What’s your unpopular Hermes opinion?

[Love Of My Life]

Unpopular opinion: I love the lip oils. I rarely go through makeup but I am plowing through the Rose Kola shade!

Ditto. Rose Kola has replaced my go-to Dior Lip Glow Oil. I don’t get the hate.

+1 for team lip oil.

I was a big fan also of the Rose Kola lip oil until I discovered MAKE lip serum balm. JMO,
no comparison & just sharing..
Have no affiliation with MAKE just discovered it & love the range of colors, texture, how it
looks & feels on the lips & the packaging is clean & cool looking

 

[maxroxxherhandbags]

My latest unpopular opinion is that I find myself becoming bothered by some recent
posts complaining about the attitude of Hermes sales associates.
I will add a confession that I no longer shop in NBS because I found the staff there unhelpful and not very friendly.
I wrote 'recent' in bold lettering because November to end of December is a crazy time in retail (Mid to late December especially)
staff are run ragged, often skipping breaks and its an endless stream of demanding and sometimes rude customers.
Even if one is polite to the SA I can understand they may become a little short or less than willing to engage.
Please cut them some slack.
I know their job is to serve but honestly? when I've witnessed recently the endless stream of customers at Chanel and Hermes I've seen how relentless the days must feel.
Often businesses block staff from taking more than two days off over the holidays (So Christmas Eve and Christmas day or Christmas day and Boxing day) many sales associates find themselves unable to take time to visit family especially if their loved ones are not local.
Its the season of goodwill...please show some love for those hard working Hermes employees

 

[WhiteBus]

Yes, I had noticed.
It had concerned me that there has seemed to be a number of anti-Hermes accounts,
which on closer examination did not seem to hang together in the way that the original posts would wish us to believe.

 

[Purseloco]

My latest unpopular opinion is that I find myself becoming bothered by some recent
posts complaining about the attitude of Hermes sales associates.
I will add a confession that I no longer shop in NBS because I found the staff there unhelpful and not very friendly.
I wrote 'recent' in bold lettering because November to end of December is a crazy time in retail (Mid to late December especially)
staff are run ragged, often skipping breaks and its an endless stream of demanding and sometimes rude customers.
Even if one is polite to the SA I can understand they may become a little short or less than willing to engage.
Please cut them some slack.
I know their job is to serve but honestly? when I've witnessed recently the endless stream of customers at Chanel and Hermes I've seen how relentless the days must feel.
Often businesses block staff from taking more than two days off over the holidays (So Christmas Eve and Christmas day or Christmas day and Boxing day) many sales associates find themselves unable to take time to visit family especially if their loved ones are not local.
Its the season of goodwill...please show some love for those hard working Hermes employees

Well said!

 

[Angelbethanh]

For me it’s the exotics- it makes me so sad that while more and more luxury brands are ditching exotics, H still uses them. I’m not judging anyone, i just wouldn’t be able to buy one knowing the animal was born and killed prematurely solely for the sake of a bag on my arm.

 

[daisygrl]

For me it’s the exotics- it makes me so sad that while more and more luxury brands are ditching exotics, H still uses them. I’m not judging anyone, i just wouldn’t be able to buy one knowing the animal was born and killed prematurely solely for the sake of a bag on my arm.

But how is that different from a lamb, goat, or calf skin? They are literally "born and killed prematurely solely for the sake of a bag" on your arm.

 

[Angelbethanh]

But how is that different from a lamb, goat, or calf skin? They are literally "born and killed prematurely solely for the sake of a bag" on your arm.

That is true, I try and buy the cow skin or goat skin that come from the animals who are also used for meat etc, so that the whole animal used…. I’m not sure if Hermes does this.

I try and buy secondhand as much as possible too.

But like I said, to each their own, I’m not passing judgement on other people. Would just make me feel even better about supporting the brand ❤️

 

[papertiger]

But how is that different from a lamb, goat, or calf skin? They are literally "born and killed prematurely solely for the sake of a bag" on your arm.

Members are entitled to opinions without having to defend them. It's the unpopular Hermes opinion thread after all .

 

[phoenixfeather]

That is true, I try and buy the cow skin or goat skin that come from the animals who are also used for meat etc, so that the whole animal used…. I’m not sure if Hermes does this.

I try and buy secondhand as much as possible too.

But like I said, to each their own, I’m not passing judgement on other people. Would just make me feel even better about supporting the brand ❤️

Maybe this makes you feel better. In many countries animals that we call exotics are also killed for their meat and their skins end up in our products too. I own a collection of ostrich leather organizers from a company that has a policy of only using leather from animals of the meat industry.

 

[Angelbethanh]

Maybe this makes you feel better. In many countries animals that we call exotics are also killed for their meat and their skins end up in our products too. I own a collection of ostrich leather organizers from a company that has a policy of only using leather from animals of the meat industry.

That does help, thank you! ❤️. I was reading the animal welfare policy and it seems H is making steps in the right direction. You never know what to believe from the media. I really like the idea of what you mentioned, using the whole animal.

 

[880]

Re longevity of JCE EDC

I believe part of the JCE aesthetic, or at least his brief from Hermes, was a type of transparent clean scent which would be more fleeting

Traditionally scents derived part of their longevity to ingredients like oak moss which were subject to IFRA bans.

Although Guerlain engineered a synthetic oak moss atranol, also used by many other fragrances houses, many modern fragrances or reformulations have issues with adhering to long standing scent profiles etc.

I do prefer the older H fragrances myself, my unpopular opinion, though I do have travel atomizers of vetiver tonka and a few more modern ones

Off to google make lip oil with thanks to @Love Of My Life

I used to wear exotics; now not so much, though I still wear some older fur. I do think that vegan leather and derivatives are far worse for the environment. I am not at all interested in Hermes mushroom le#ther concept. Another unpopular opinion is if you are anti leather, I find felt and toile extremely sturdy and practical

 

[Love Of My Life]

Re longevity of JCE EDC

I believe part of the JCE aesthetic, or at least his brief from Hermes, was a type of transparent clean scent which would be more fleeting

Traditionally scents derived part of their longevity to ingredients like oak moss which were subject to IFRA bans.

Although Guerlain engineered a synthetic oak moss atranol, also used by many other fragrances houses, many modern fragrances or reformulations have issues with adhering to long standing scent profiles etc.

I do prefer the older H fragrances myself, my unpopular opinion, though I do have travel atomizers of vetiver tonka and a few more modern ones

Off to google make lip oil with thanks to @Love Of My Life

I used to wear exotics; now not so much, though I still wear some older fur. I do think that vegan leather and derivatives are far worse for the environment. I am not at all interested in Hermes mushroom le#ther concept. Another unpopular opinion is if you are anti leather, I find felt and toile extremely sturdy and practical

@880, hope that if you decide to purchase the MAKE serum balm, you will enjoy it as much as I do
& have fun experimenting with several of the shades.. one can't go wrong

 

[maxroxxherhandbags]

On another thread @etoupebirkin mentioned having fallen out of love with the Birkin,Constance and Kelly due to their popularity with influencers and visibility on instagram.
I share these feelings, (although I do still Rather like the Kelly especially in 32 or above) and therefore have decided not to renew my Wishlist at the boutique.
living in London I see so many Birkin 25's and Mini Kellys on a daily basis that they have lost their cachet.
Maybe I'm old and jaded but despite working in fashion my entire life (and studying it) I've never wanted what's 'hot' I've always preferred to have things that aren't massively recognisable as by a certain brand.
I think judging by the many posts by people desperate to 'score' one of the big 3 bags My opinion is an unpopular one and in the minority.

 

[tinkerbell68]

On another thread @etoupebirkin mentioned having fallen out of love with the Birkin,Constance and Kelly due to their popularity with influencers and visibility on instagram.
I share these feelings, (although I do still Rather like the Kelly especially in 32 or above) and therefore have decided not to renew my Wishlist at the boutique.
living in London I see so many Birkin 25's and Mini Kellys on a daily basis that they have lost their cachet.
Maybe I'm old and jaded but despite working in fashion my entire life (and studying it) I've never wanted what's 'hot' I've always preferred to have things that aren't massively recognisable as by a certain brand.
I think judging by the many posts by people desperate to 'score' one of the big 3 bags My opinion is an unpopular one and in the minority.

I suppose your post makes me feel lucky to live in a city where I have never seen another B even at the boutique and have only once spotted a K. I too prefer to create my own style rather than follow the trends and, here, I am...by carrying a B and not wearing Patagonia

 

[880]

Unpopular opinion, I have owned VN (gave my VN 30B to my mom)
and have replaced it with a barenia 30B. It turns out that I prefer VN