L'Ombre Dans L'Eau Diptyque for women

I liked this fragrance and can understand those that are not huge lovers of rose being able to wear it. The rose doesn't really take centre stage and just supports the Cassis. It's like diving into a nettle patch and finding a rose. Very nice and a little different I would definitely like a bottle at some point. It's almost a juxtaposition in that the Cassis note is the strong deep dark rich role and the rose takes the green role in that it provides the lighter side to the fragrance. Different and definitely a winner for me.

I could not smell much rose in this at all. Very very green, like ferns and the stems from a tomato vine. An interesting smell for my own sniffing purposes, but not really what I would call a wearable scent. It seemed too aloof. I would however, get a candle in this fragrance. The vegetation and crisp clean feeling would make for a pleasant room ambiance, very summer like.

A green garden, situated near a clear stream, with roses which have not yet bloomed. My favorite rose thus far.

For me, this scent purges unwanted things.

Several years ago, I fell in love with a red currant scented candle from a company called Votivo. I've been searching for a currant note in perfumery like the one exuded by the candle, and thought I had found it in L'Ombre Dans L'Eau.

For about 15 minutes or so, it is perfect. It then turns into a pretty but fairly run of the mill icy metallic rose covered in dewdrops.

I have the solid perfume but also tested the liquid. (Sadly, I tested both in a store and did not wear the scents long enough to realize the currant note fades too quickly.)

In its defense, the solid comes in a gorgeous, heavy black compact that is satisfying to use. The texture of the solid perfume is the perfect wax-to-cream ratio that enables easy application. For a solid, this one has some of the best sillage and longevity of any I have tried. That icy rose lingers for hours, on par with a decent alcohol-based EDP.

Love, love, love the currant note!

The rose, which is the main and longest-lasting note in the composition, is just a like-like-like. Lovely, but not quite what I was looking for.

Diptyque L'OMBRE DANS L'EAU opens with a ferny feeling and then suddenly a rosebush pops up out of nowhere. After a couple of minutes, though, the “fern” note, which I believe is angelica, given its behavior—takes over the composition completely, shrouding the rose in relative obscurity. I've learned through a few niche testings that angelica is really not a note that works well for me. Perhaps I am extra-sensitive to the point of finding even a modest dose excessive. Whatever the case may be, L'OMBRE DANS L'EAU ends up being yet another (quasi-)angelica-focused niche offering that I really cannot see myself wearing much. I own the solid compact of this perfume, which unfortunately offers an even stronger presentation of the fernish angelica (or reasonable facsimile) note and while it does not make me ill, neither is it a perfume that I would reach for before, say, 200+ others.

This was a bad blind buy on my part, a gamble based on the entirely arbitrary fact that Diptyque has chosen to offer only a few of its perfumes in solid form, all of which I decided to acquire as a part of my quest to expand my understanding of that much-neglected medium. Maybe if I wear L'OMBRE DANS L'EAU enough I'll develop a tolerance to this hyper-super-ueber-fernishness. On ne sait jamais. Hope springs eternal, and sundry other hackneyed clichés, not to mention pleonasms and, yes, redundancies!!!!!

Last winter, I tested Diptyque L'Ombre Dans L'Eau but bought the matching candle Baies instead.

L'Ombre Dans L'Eau was rather strong on the skin.

The candle, however, filled my home with a comforting scent of warmth.

Maybe this is an alternative way to enjoy this wonderful fragrance of freshly cut roses and leaves.

Arghhhh! This lies so synthetic on my skin. I was shocked! Green bathroom detergent, no rose, no nothing.

There is cassis leaf but it also makes me think of a warm summer breeze filled with a note of blossoming roses. It's quite sweet throughout but a sweetness that is natural and organic, with a sour undertone. Regardless of the garden freshness this perfume evokes, it sets a mellow mood.
To me this simple composition is one of the most poetic fragrances that I have ever smelled. It's my childhood on a Russian datcha or a Monet painting of the Giverny gardens, a place where time stands still.

It stays on all day. The lotion smells wonderful too. Roses .

I can't detect any rose on my :(,only green frech leaf of cassis.

I don't know if this is due to my rose-magnifying skin, but all I can smell here is rose and it stays linear throughout - no berries or green notes for me. In fact, it's very similar to the smell of those Bulgarian rose oil souvenir vials, with which I grew up, and considering the price I'd choose them over L'Ombre Dans L'eau any time.

I find L'ombre dans l'eau aromatic fragrance and maybe the most unusual I have tested. To me it smells exactly like a tomato leaf planted in my mama's garden.

It has great sillage and overwhelming aura, and although I adore that smell in the nature, I am not sure whether I would like to go through city smelling like just got of the garden :D For those braver, do not miss to test it it- is really unique!!!

gorgeously! my favorites!

...great scent,indeed.

Unlike my favourite Diptyque Philosykos which disappears half an hour after you put it on, this one is a stayer. The rose, to me, smells like it has been dipped in honey, it is very, very sweet but not cloying. This would be a definite head-turner if worn in public, with very big sillage. I didn't get any green notes or sourness with this, and rose is not a scent I usually head towards, but this is divine and fairly linear on my skin. If I was a rose fancier I would definitely be after this one in a FB. (BTW the French for on the water would be "sur l'eau" - as it is it reads "shadow IN the water").

L'Ombre dans L'Eau - The shadow on the water

Very well done scent that will last for the whole day.

Green moist leaves and rose notes throughout the whole experience; quite linear but well balanced, the scent holds and carries itself rather than the other way around...

A must in spring time...

I need to apologize to this perfume for my previous review. It was way too harsh and critical, which I realized later was due to the fact I was coming off a bad cold and my nose wasn't completely back to normal.

In my defense, I had been staring at several anxiously awaited sample vials for several days, unable to smell a darn thing (not a thing!) and so frustrated. When I finally got some sense of smell back, I couldn't wait to start sniffing.

I've learned to never judge (let alone review) a perfume until the nose is firing on all cylinders.

That being said, L'Ombre dans l'eau is a beautiful and authentic smelling gift from the rose garden itself, complete with soil and stem trimmings, and is sure to please the true rose fanatic, but it isn't my cup of tea. I prefer my roses less authentic, I guess, with some soft, woody undertones like patchouli, amber, sandalwood or cedar.

This is the perfume that I got most compliments for. Maybe it blends well with my skin... What I really appreciate, is its beautiful twist after 10-15 min; the heart is like another perfume. The strong and maybe distrurbing initial smell evaporates and gives way gradually to an earthy warm deep rose, mystical and sexy- but like you are born sexy, not in an artificial way. My favourite.

The scent obviously doesn't work with my body chemistry but I imagine it lovely on the right person. Simple but beautiful. I think the name "Shadow on the water" suits the fragrance perfectly.
L'Ombre Dans L'Eau turns very soapy on me. Nice soap, I'd use it to wash my hands in a heartbeat. But do I wan't to wear it all day? No!
At first I get black currant leaves, later the rose stands out for a while until finally they mix together. It lasts 9+ hours.
Re: The negative reviews: I guess you either love or hate the crispness of currant leaves, there's no use denying they are tart. I most definitely appreciate them.

This perfume is intriguing. I'm still not sure if it's something I'd ever buy because it's so unique that I could either love it or end up never wearing it. It's a very crisp fragrance, which for the first two hours kind of reminds me of a pine tree. Or possibly even a vegetable patch with carrots, tomatoes, and celery. It's extremely earthy. Later I detect some currants and after about two hours I finally get a nice, clean, strong rose. Very, very interesting.

BTW, I like it layered with Diptyque Tam Dao, which is a woodsy, vetiver type of scent. All Diptyques can be layered.

The fact that the following words were sprinkled throughout the reviews for this scent should've been red flags: sour, sharp, twigs, dank water, ivy, putrid, cut grass, dirty.

However, I chose to disregard those words and focus on the pure rose notes that many reviewers mentioned.

I won't make that mistake again!

I WISH I had gotten sour, dank, ivy and cut grass!

What I got instead was an overwhelming chemical-like cardboard smell!!!! Yikes!

My goodness, I am so confused as to why this is considered perfume! I guess I need to broaden my perception of what actually constitutes perfume. I can't imagine one single occasion in life where I would want to smell this on myself or anyone else. Thank goodness I sampled first!!!

The perfect rose scent for those who don't like rose scents!

Mythical rose in all its complexity. No sugar or candy here. It's a green, green rose, but somehow evokes something earthy, too. Very beautiful, and a tiny bit dirty. Magnificent.

Trax, you've turned me into a Diptyque lover. Yes, rose for sure but I get plenty of green cut grass on my skin. I love this.

This opened very tangy, green, and sour. I knew I was in for something different anticipating the drydown.

This is a very herbaceaus, green, cold rose. Its not just the rose but the whole garden including the ivy growing on the nearby cottage on a crisp day. Very realistic smelling. You can get your imagination going with this one.

Would be very refreshing and intrigueing on a summer day or night. I wouldnt wear it in the winter because it has no warmth to it at all.

I have to give up for Diptyque. Everything I have tried from them is so natural smelling, longwearing, and distinct. The ingredients seem to be of the upmost quality. It seems that they dont just turn out fragrance just for the profit. Some real heart goes into the making of these perfumes.

This has got to be the most realistic rose! It doesn't just capture the rose bud, but the whole plant!

It's just so good that I've got so many compliments from both male and female. This is suitable to both male and female, perfectly unisex. Not perfumey at all, just natural in a very good way.

My favorite Diptyque.

oh! the opening so reminds me of my greatgrandma's garden: black currant bushes! i remember picking fresh berries so that she could make jam))
5 minutes later the rose becomes more prominent and it transforms into magnificent rose&black currant fragrance. This is very aromatic, a bit herbal scent, I simply adore this one!

To me this scent is all about rose, a bit like Penhaligon's elizabeth rose, white rose, calm and restrained. However, the beginning is quite impressing, cold green herbal scent, as if you were in the deep forest, just took some water from the brook and then sit down beside a damp stone, feeling refreshed. A good scent for hot days.

I got this for Christmas from my fiance, and it has fast become one of my absolute favourites.

I'm surprised at the 'sour' other people find in this perfume, I don't detect sourness at all. It's refreshing and uplifting with a zing in the tail in the first few minutes. This settles down quite quickly to become a leafy, blackcurrant-ish, sublimely rosy scent that follows you around all day.

It has great waft-ability, by which I mean you find yourself wafting your clothes to grab a deeper sniff of the perfume throughout the day. A definite wrist-sniffer!

I was very pleasantly surprised how well this lasted on me - it has presence but manages to stay delicate, so I imagined it would be a ghost of a memory within a few hours (particularly as it's an Eau de Toilette and they very rarely last well on me). Not so! This smells pretty much the same on me at the very end of the day as it does within the first half hour of development.

I can still smell this on my scarf several days after I sprayed it there. I let a friend of mine borrow the scarf yesterday and she commented how gorgeously it smelled. Now she wants to get L'Ombre Dans L'Eau, too. :)

I'm glad this isn't a watery, rotten mess, which in the wrong hands it could so easily have been. This is my first Diptyque fragrance and it makes me eager to try the rest.

Beautifully blended, subtle yet certainly there, this never fails to cheer me when wearing it. I suppose I should be saving this for the warmer months, when it will truly come into its own, but even with a blanket of snow on the ground, this is a treat to wear!

L'Ombre dans l'Eau is a magical scent! I love it, but most people seems to find it repulsive somehow. It's not an easy one to wear, but it is so well made and very original!
I don't think of this as a rosy scent. Rose is present but in a total different way. It smells like wild roses around a dark pond in a forest. It's quite frizzing in the beginning, also a little harsh, but the harshness goes away fast and leave place to a sweet strange almost putrid in a good way smell of berries and seaweed, but it's not salty at all. It smells mostly of sweet water weed and then it smells of sugared almonds, then again weed and it goes on changing every minute. It has a totally weird and deep smell without being a stone, without any stiffness or mustyness, strong yet airy.
It's the smell of deep secret things. I don't usually wear it, because I don't feel it as a social scent. It's more of a contemplative secret scent.

Levely name, but goes on too sharp and astringent for me and dries down like dank water. Didn't get any of the rose at ALL. Had to scrub it off.

Too sour for me, unfortunately as it's really lovely. It is really evocative of something with water. If I close my eyes I see a garden in the '20es with moss covered statues and a big stone fountain in the middle. There is no sun and all is in a shade but not darkness. If you can wear this without having the sharp sourness then you can wear a great scent.

This smells like the under growth of a rose bush. Cool and damp I almost smell the fallen twiggs and rose petals on the ground. Very "boutique" smelling if that's a catagory, but not your usual rose. Scent stays true and present all day, very nicely blended.

I love this aromatic floral very much, it's unusual and very very comfortable for me. The first notes are sharp and green, but I recognize black currant and smell its sweet and aromatic accords, they are unique. A perfect marriage with a fresh rose.