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I am not the first to state: Hera is a masterful contemporary elaboration on vintage perfumery.

She is a shapeshifter with whom one will need to sit through many wears and contexts to begin to fathom, what with her multi-layered and stunningly complex development throughout the easily over 12 hrs of wear.

She is powerful, headstrong and assertive; one spray will more than suffice, though the goddess herself is no stranger to imposing upon others (should one opt for additional applications).

She is beautiful and awesome to witness, yes — but also fatiguing and taxing to encounter on the regular for us mere mortals: Beware — and — beware — and — beware...