Talk:Un Jardin sur le Nil

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Cwmhiraeth in topic Did you know nomination

Did you know nomination edit

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:50, 4 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

 
A bottle of Un Jardin sur le Nil
  • ... that the perfume Un Jardin sur le Nil (pictured) was inspired by green mangoes? Source: "In 2005, a stroll through a garden island on the Nile provoked him to create the Hermès scent Un Jardin Sur le Nil. “The idea came to me in an alley of mango trees,” he recalls. The branches drooped with heavy, aromatic green fruit." (NYT)
    • ALT1:... that perfume Un Jardin sur le Nil (pictured) was Jean-Claude Ellena's first creation as Hermès’s first in-house perfumer? Source: "Ellena ... had recently been named Hermès’s first in-house perfumer." (The New Yorker story on the creation of the scent)
    • ALT2:... that perfume Un Jardin sur le Nil's green-tinted bottle (pictured) was inspired by green mangoes? Source: "In 2005, a stroll through a garden island on the Nile provoked him to create the Hermès scent Un Jardin Sur le Nil. “The idea came to me in an alley of mango trees,” he recalls. The branches drooped with heavy, aromatic green fruit." (NYT) and “To distinguish Nil, the bottle would be tinted green—a nod to the Aswan mangoes.” The New Yorker)

Moved to mainspace by Innisfree987 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:39, 18 January 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   A novel idea indeed! I would prefer the original, or some combination of the original and ALT2. The article is long enough (4067 characters), and the Earwig report looks fine. Joofjoof (talk) 20:28, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Joofjoof! Agree about the hook. Do you like this better?
ALT3 ... that green mangoes inspired both the fragrance and the green-tinted bottle for perfume Un Jardin sur le Nil (pictured)?
But maybe short/crisper as in ALT0 is better. Any of those work for me (striking ALT1 for clarity). Innisfree987 (talk) 17:14, 23 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Innisfree987 - ALT0 does sound a bit punchier to me, but I'll let the promoter choose. Joofjoof (talk) 22:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC)Reply