A fact from Un Jardin sur le Nil appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the perfume Un Jardin sur le Nil(pictured) was inspired by green mangoes?
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... 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)
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)
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)?