L’Ombre Dans L’Eau Eau de Parfum

smelt this on the nozzle and saw the design on the bottle and said wow wow and then went to the shop a second time to test spray and suddenly it was just not deep enough for me. like at all. sprayed and it later settled down to a slightly more complex, but still subdued, artificial chemical sweet aspect. definitely not for me.

New to the Black Currant green parts, super green, crushed forest leaves and stems, activates non-sweet rose, simpler.

L'Ombre dans l'Eau is the fragrance that finally made me understand what people mean when they describe a perfume as "green." Before this, I thought it was just perfume jargon, but this genuinely smells like freshly crushed berry leaves and stems. It's intensely green, with rose running through it, and the longevity is excellent. This is definitely a fragrance with a strong personality rather than a crowd-pleaser, but that's exactly what I enjoy about it.

It has a beautiful green opening, lots of tomato leaf, and then becomes super florid. Soon it settles down into something I can only describe as sophisticated old lady. I like it, and I'm often open to things that are slightly feminine-leaning, but it is not what I want to smell like. The drydown lasts a long time but is a little bitter.

The green, rose and blackcurrant all goes well together its just not for me. It does what its suppose to but this is not really the kind of scent i would wanna smell on people (male and female alike). Its just not a scent for people

I get the green, medicinal blackcurrant overpoweringly for the entire duration of this fragrance. The rose makes a fleeting appearance. L’ombre dans l’eau is melancholy, deep, and admittedly beautiful. I am not sure, however, that I want to smell like this. The EDT is more palatable, in my opinion, and much more rose-forward, which I prefer. The longevity on this is surprisingly good for a Diptique fragrance. I would say at least 6 hours on my skin.

Imagine, if you will, a cat spraying a fine mist of urine into the air & you later running around with a black light & an old bottle of rose air freshener, making feeble attempts to cover up the odor. This is L'Ombre dans l'Eau in a nutshell. As a fascinating aside, my father has taken to rescuing cats and now has a dozen of them . He was unable to care for even one child in the past & this is what I imagine his house smells like now. Update: Oddly, it turns out I still like Baies, so this is my new L' Ombre substitute (used as light fabric spray)

I wore this for my wedding that was supposed to give fall British countryside inn vibes and this was the perfect complement. The black currant stands out immediately to me, and then it leaves a green floral on the skin. I wear this throughout the year. The diptyque associate recommended it to me when I came in to buy l’eau rose. I can see sister similarities, but I don’t think it’s a safe blind buy

The black currant is really prominent to my nose on this one. It is green and the rose is faint on the background. If anyone is interested, I have an almost full bottle of the 75ml edp with complete presentation. PM me.

he led me to the rose garden, took a long sip of cassis from his flask, and kissed me all night long

I’m a bit sad about how my nose works ; This was a love at first sniff for me. I remembered that I got green slightly fruity and dewy scent which I adored but a week later after I bought a full bottle somehow all of that turned into some kind of cat piss smell to me. I’m gonna give it a second chance though.

I got a lot of garden chervil from the EDP version. Not so in the EDT. So the EDP is def not a safe blind buy or gift ;) Great longevity and very interesting but not a very attractive scent on my skin, alas.

I instantly bought this after I smelled the blackcurrant. It reminded me of my childhood. On my skin it almost stings when I take a whiff, but in a pleasant way. I get after-rain vibes but also clean, like how a blackcurrant bush would smell after a storm that lasts through the night, and you go outside in the morning when it calms down, to find the entire garden beaming with powerful aromas.

L’Ombre Dans L’Eau / Eau de Parfum is a stunningly green, realistic and almost wild interpretation of rose. Instead of sweetness, it opens with a vivid burst of blackcurrant leaves: pungent, tart, vegetal and almost crunchy, like snapping a fresh stem between your fingers. The petitgrain adds a citrus-woody brightness, while the rose gradually rises from the green shadows - bold, naturalistic and beautifully untamed. Elegant, unusual and deeply evocative.

Black currant and rose. A little petitgrain in the dry down. It’s a little green forest witchy.

Having trouble telling the difference between the two, side by side. The EDT is fruitier and more faceted. The EDP is like a weird dupe? The same but not quite. They both smell very similar on my skin at first, but the dry down is where the difference becomes apparent: the EDT is sweeter. The EDP has a musky aspect that is heavier. Both fade fast unfortunately.

@gelatobby clock it

@zex89 Review options exist so we can express a broad variety of opinions and experiences with one scent instead of everyone echoing the same experience (usually influenced by other reviews) I went in the store knowing exactly what kind of scent this is supposed to be and knowing even the exact notes. I have read reviews on here, so naturally, I expected the perfume to be a very green, fresh, leafy, tomato leaf scent. I have smelt tomato leaf multiple times in my life, so I had a very clear vision tied to my expectation. I was so wrong. On the test strip, it definitely smelt maybe a little green and rosier, but on my hand it turned to a sweet mess, not green at all, and a little vomit-like and hospital-like, similar to the person who reviewed below. It does not smell like baccarat (in a dupe sense), obviosly, but on my skin, it became the same dna: very sweet hospital smell. I was in such disbelief. I kept smelling my wrist for hours, and waiting for the magic to happen, waiting for perhaps the drydown to give me the slightest bit of greenery, but it didn’t happen. There is nothing wrong with my nose and never, in my fragrance journey have I experienced something so vividly contrasting with how others describe it.

This opens with a sweet vomitous note which calms down after a while; on my skin it then gets rosy but remains a bit sickly. It's been an hour, and now it smells a little like a bandaid with rose. I also sprayed it on a test strip, which smells much rosier, zestier, and greener, and instead if being sickly, its just soft and sweet. On the test strip, it's lovely. Thats wild...

I have always loved L'Ombre dans L'Eau and have owned the EDT for many years. I had two small issues with it: the almost unpleasantly sharp entrée and its longevity. The EDP arrived into my life today and I am fully happy now. It starts much softer and with more shadow than the piercingly bright first few minutes of the EDT. It feels rounder, smoother, more dreamy and has more of my childhood summer mornings' sun-dappled quality to it than the EDT. Plus it seems to last longer than its more fleeting sister. I love this scent so so much!

A greener version of BR540??? Bro you need to visit the otorhinolaryngolist. :p This is a straight up tomato leaves in the opening that evolves into cassis greenery and rose. Its not even remotely close to BR540. And i hate replying to Fragrantica comments but godamn this made me laugh. 😂

Wow, I did definitely not expect this trying this for the first time. It pulled very sweet on me and smelled me like a greener version of br540

this actually smells like soil to me at first spray but actually dries down to a rosey heaven. i just can’t move on from the first whiff of this being a whole lot of soil entering my nostrils before smelling the roses…

Diptyque #5 – Less is more or is older simply better? The EDT version of L’Ombre dans L’eau made a great impression on me after testing it a few days ago. For better or worse, i called it not necessarily a fragrance but an olfactive experience and thats due to its realistic and evocative green, floral and bitter-sweet fruity nouances. Fully adopting the manner in which Diptyque seems to make their fragrances coupled with the fact that it was an Eau de Toilette enhanced the experience by adding a light and airy, borderline melancholic touch to the composition. That being said, Im curious if the Eau de Parfum concentration could improve or perhaps ruin the thematic of this impressive scent. To be completely honest, the two concentrations aren’t worlds appart altho as i’ve suspected, i prefer the EDT. The EDT opens up as a more mellow, watery and translucent perfume then the EDP. Where the EDT eases you into this realistic, watery-green botanical world, the EDP pierces you with an acidic floral greenness. The gentle floral sweetness emerges quiet early on in the EDT whilst the EDP sustains the sharp greenness. This makes the EDP feel more synthetic and frankly, cheap. Its more intense indeed but not in a good way. Keep in mind that im analysing the two side by side from smelling them upclose. I cannot say how these differences would present themselves in the air, smelt in the sillage. Its counterintuitive and rare that an EDT would surpass an EDP but that is the case here, atleast for me. Not only is the EDT more pleasant, its also relatively more complex and more natural. Im glad that i’ve got to smell the EDT first because i believe if i would have started with the EDP, it would have lessened the positive impact this particular scentprofile left on me. Given that the EDT was released back in 1983 and this one in 2012, its entirely possible that the EDT sample is older and simply used better quality and more natural ingredients then the newer EDP. It would certainly explain the quality differences and the less synthetic feeling of the EDT. I believe the EDT succesfully builds the imagery this scentprofile intended to. The EDP attempts to recreate that painting only with unintentionally bolder and thicker brush strokes. Its like an amateur painters attempt at recreating a masterpiece. Its not a failed attempt but it clearly lacks the suave skills and fine details of the original.

Such a beautifully green scent: the crisp cut stems of the roses still bleeding, that delicious blackcurrant stem & blossom freshness. It's a cool, dewy, misty mood that envelops you in a cool girl embrace, nonchalant but a statement all the same. I love to wear this on my skin with a coat or knitwear that i've been wearing Roses with. It makes me think of my great grandmother & her rose garden, and i think she would be pleased i'm thinking of her 180 years later.

Literally reminds me of being a kid in my grandparents' garden. Smells green and sweetish, like nature, like the stems of grapevines. Definitely an unique scent and NOT blind buy safe.

Opens very vegetal with something reminiscent of a damp tomato plant. Then it becomes a dark, rich rose mid bloom. Smells so similar to da lat by d’Annam in the dry down

Pretty interesting green rose fragrance, definitely opens with more of a spicy sharp greenness before it settles down into more of a rose-forward scent. Wish it had a bit more dimension but overall a good scent.

An intoxicating fragrance that captures the essence of a secret garden after a summer storm, L'Ombre Dans L'Eau by Diptyque is arguably one of the most evocative masterpieces of artistic perfumery. Although the Eau de Parfum version was launched in 2012, the DNA of this fragrance dates back to 1983, confirming itself as a timeless classic that challenges passing fads. Unlike many floral perfumes that focus on sweetness, this creation by Serge Kalouguine is hyper-realistic, green and almost "wild". The Opening: You will be hit by an explosion of blackcurrant leaves. It is a pungent, sour, almost "crunchy" odor, reminiscent of the broken stalk of a plant. The petitgrain accentuates this citrus and woody freshness. The Heart: Here the Damascus Rose emerges. But be careful: it is not the classic dusty boudoir rose. It is a wet rose, still attached to the bush, surrounded by damp earth and thick vegetation. The Evolution: Compared to the Eau de Toilette version, the Eau de Parfum is denser and deeper. The blackcurrant flower adds a slightly fruity but never cloying note, maintaining a masterful balance between the acidic and the velvety. Excels in spring and rainy days, where the humidity enhances the sap notes. Mood Introspective, sophisticated, natural. It is the perfume of those who do not want to "impress" in an obvious way, but leave a trail of mystery. L'Ombre Dans L'Eau is not a perfume for everyone. If you love sweet, vanilla scents or "clean" office classics, it might be too bold or too green. However, if you are looking for an olfactory photograph of a riverside garden, it is one of the best interpretations of rose and currant ever created. The name literally means "The shadow in the water". It is a fragrance that constantly plays on the contrast between the light of the flowers and the darkness of the undergrowth.

The opening smells like crying on a solitary walk through a sullen suburban spring day and stumbling into a neighbor’s thorny, rose bush. Tears fall onto the petals, but they’re indistinguishable from the dew already present on the flowers. As it dries down, the rose turns jammy— almost to convey that even harsh days like these hold a gentler, sweeter ending.