L'Ombre Dans L'Eau Diptyque for women

This is something I would happily wear to sleep. The rose is not at all powdery, and it leaves a sweet aura that isn't cloying. The greenness is light, not overpowering or acrid.

Definitely a 'you smell good' scent not a 'your perfume smells good' scent.

I prefer the EDT over the EDP - they are very similar, but the EDT contains ambergris, and lower projection - which I prefer. It just feels like a scent for yourself and those you'd allow to get close, not something to announce to the world. The longevity of the EDT is excellent though!

I have tried to love this perfume as I love green scents. I am totally addicted to Philosykos at the moment and I want to be able to love L'Ombre Dans L'eau as well. I have a small vial sample of L'Ombre and I have sprayed it on my skin a few times. I hate the strong astringent opening, it is horrible to start off with, but after about 10 minutes the green notes become a bit softer and I can start to smell some of the rose notes.
I will give it another try as with many Diptyque fragrances it takes time to love some of them. I didn't like Philosykos the first time I sprayed it on and now I am truly obsessed with it and have bought the 50 and 100 ml bottles.
I will update if I end up loving l'Ombre Dans l'eau....I really hope so as I love Diptique.

Update: I went home and sprayed some on my arm and waited to see if I like it - a few hours later and I still could not get over the very dry, green topnote. It just smells like I am walking through my dad's tomato plants (which does not appeal to me and I cannot smell the rose at all).....I wish I could love this fragrance but unfortunately on my skin - it just does not work. Good on you all that can wear this one, I just will stick with Philosykos.

I never wore perfume when I was young, so I never got to experience a scent "bringing back memories" until L'Ombre Dans L'eau.

I grew up in the United States as a first generation immigrant and up until I left for college, my family lived in poverty. My mother supported my family by cleaning hotels full-time; it was back breaking work for her. Everyday I would come home from school to see her laying on the couch, eyes closed, hair in a braid, hands behind her head.

Then she would get up, ask my sister and I about our day while making us dinner. Food was always sooooo good, and as always, she only used the fresh vegetables she grew in her garden.

My mom had this massive garden she would tend to after work. Near our apartments, there was a communal garden area in which you could purchase a massive empty dirt lot for $10 a year. My mother maybe had 4-5 of these lots and spent at least 3 hours every evening tending to her gardens. She grew eggplant, cilanto, parsely, lettuce, zucchini, bok-choy, corn, cucumber, kohlrabi... EVERYTHING.

Even after she cleaned hotels, took care of us, grew her vegetables... she would THEN spend her weekends selling her vegetables at the local 'farmer's market' equivalent. So for near 18 years, almost everything I ate was either directly from her garden or purchased with the extra money she got from selling her vegetables in her garden.

And she grew these wonderful and amazing tomatoes. I used to visit her a lot in the gardens, especially when I was young. When the tomatoes were ripe, she would crouch down with me and point at a tomato for me to pick. Excitedly, I would crawl through a forest of tomato plants and grab the indicated fruit... and I'm telling you that L'Ombre Dans L'eau smells just like that.

Crawling through a forest of tomato plants, mud under your knees, the symphony of smells from various plants around you... totally earthy, natural, fresh, tomatoe-y... amazing.

I love you momma <3 (and I love L'Ombre Dans L'eau!)

Oh, what a cassis/black currant galore!

Being partly Eastern European originally, I am more than enamored with this strong and unusual scent. It has an almost aromatherapeutic quality, it is relaxing. When I smell it I feel I stand in the middle of my grandma's garden, where she had black currant bushes; the soil is damp and fruitful, the sun shines, the wind is fresh, and I am a child, full of life and energy :)

Optimism and joy in a bottle. For me, a definite winner. However, if you aren't into natural, vegetal perfumes, pass on this one. It does not smell like a perfume, it smells like plants!

In five words: simple, vegetal, black currant, gardening, unisex.

One more thing...
Though I am glad to have this scent, it is not a fragrance I would wear out unless it was a Medieval Costume Party, or a Full Moon Drumming Circle, or perhaps a funeral.

It is a uniquely sensual experience to wear it. I will wear it for myself ... maybe once a year to commemorate a particular life-changing event.

As a newbie, studying this fragrance has been an invaluable learning experience as well.

A worthy journey.

This scent is fascinating...a blind buy and I'm glad to have it.
It starts out cool and foggy with strong musty Rose. Upon my first whiff its impact immediately stimulated a flood of sensory memories, eliciting a powerful sensuous response. Words flowed through as I inhaled... Dark, Rose, Nighttime, Musty,Dense,Sweet, Deep,Mossy forest, Wet Boggy Creekbed, Nocturnal creatures.

Flecks of very Sour Green Citrus began to play hide-n-go-seek. Then it warmed up briefly with a vague Aromatic spicy smell of a lady's chamber in Medieval times. The wet, heavy, dark Rose was a constant.

The finale left me smelling like a Water Mocasin Snake, which emits a strong, pungent secretion from it's anal glands when threatened. These snakes live near water and hide in the shadows of creekbeds, in densely forested shade. Solid Black, fataly poisonous though non-aggressive.

If there were a contest to come up with a new name for this perfume, "Water Mocasin" would be a perfect fit.

This for a beautiful bride on her wedding day and only to find her new husband got nauseated from her perfume and barfed all the wedding cake up on a bush of green plants and roses outside near the grass..she thought she smelled pretty and fresh..but to him she did not smell sexy but like someone dumped weeds and old roses over her head after the wedding to congrad. her. so gross!

I've worn Diptyque's L'Ombre Dans L'Eau on and off in samples for over a year now, and I am about ready to finally break down and purchase a bottle. This is such a gorgeous green rose with what smells like incense on my skin. The rose is not the sickly sweet kind found in many fragrances, this is a fresh take on the flower, kind of like being in a rain forest. This is a long time favorite of 1980's rock star, Billy Idol, and that makes me like it even more. Worth all the money to me.

My review on the scent: I don't find it as green as other members do... but a velvety blackcurrant that is inmersed in a wonderful rose-petals bath...
...even if normally don't pay attention to what sexy is, I recognize sensuality when smell it, and this is pure lust!

Makes you feel living a fairy tale... only that is real life (much better, don't you think?).

Perfect balance in beetween sweet and refreshing, not sour at all, but aromatic green in first stages... to end in a pastry-rose with juicy blackcurrant and slightly musky-powdery...

Wonderful longevity, medium sillage, quality and elegance for a seductive lady who knows what suits her skin.

Full bottle worthy! EDP review.

I feel like I need to say this but, it is very much my thing to roll around in a dirty garden and smell utterly greenish and tomato-ey. Green enough to give someone a throbbing headache on the wrong day. I don't give a damn if a man does not find me sexy wearing this, it's sensual in a raw way. I also get a strong tomato leaf vibe and this is ok with me! I like tomato plants and I like to smell them :)

I feel like I am sitting on the fresh dewy grass of a riverbank and I am looking at the shadows dancing on the water.... (Ombres dans l'eau). I am loving life in a crazy spontaneous laughter kind-of-way. Green is the new sexy for me today.

This perfume opens with an astringent green note, very aromatic and sharp due to musk and cassis together.... strange combination! I get a feeling that the musk is there only to hold the cassis note to the rose note, as they seem to be trying to split apart from each other in a dissonant way that I find so charming and shocking. I am having trouble finding the ambergris, but it is probably the magic here.... it blends so perfectly! The fruits are acidic and tart (citrus and berries) and the rose is dewy/unripe, not velvety or not even girly... a greenish rosebud.

Iconic EdT and now eau de parfum, since 1983...( I have the new EDP version, merci Manevitt!!!)

*rolllsssss around in the cassis and roses, laughing hysterically, hugging bottle of L'Ombre dans l'Eau*

I love this perfume. It's original and it is quite an experience!! Do not expect to smell "perfumey" with that one. You'll only smell very natural and fairy-like.

I wore this today, to a garden concert. It felt just right to smell of dewy green stems and peppery-salty roses at that moment, with real roses blooming in the cool air all around.

I have the EDT version, which is light, yet lasting. L'ombre dans l'eau projects moderately, which is ideal - rose fragrances that project too strongly can be overwhelming to the wearer and bystanders.

Got the bottel today, love it, the smell is so original for 1983, love a black currant smell, the new one to have for currant lovers is Enchansed forest by Elena, love that one too.

Ombré dans l'eau is so gorgeous and addictive I cannot stop wanting it. I thought I was over my "rose" phase but this brought me right back . It's so fresh so natural ! Indeed more green and aromatic than rosy , it smells like very fresh roses in a garden full of herbs. The well discussed tomato leaf smell is strong even pungent . It's almost a field cultivated with tomato plants decided to make roses instead of red tomatoes. Incredible! After a while this crispness loses some edge and a honey note edges , but not enough to sweeten the juice. I have the edt concentree and the silage is fantastic with good lasting power; so far the strongest Diptyque I sampled . This perfume is marvellous and unique, energizing and sexy, youthful and confident . A modern masterpiece !

Fruit punch with a handful of tomato leaves thrown in. Nauseating. If this is Billy Idol's favorite scent, he can keep it.

I got the eau de parfum version of this fragrance. It was love at first sniff. I was aiming for a more woody and oriental type of rose fragrance at the store and ready to pay for a bottle of Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud until I took a quick sniff of this. Changed my mind and paid for it without a thought. It's fresh and beautiful and very different from the roses that I'm used to. I'll not wear it in the winter but will definitely wear it often in the hot summer.

Got a 12 ml atomizer free,sadly i find it more befitting a woman, rose..blackcurrents..figs..nice blend though 7/10

This seems to get the nod when someone on the forum is looking for a herbal scent. I don't quite get a "herbal" vibe though, for that I look towards Tauer's Reverie au Jardin, this comes across more a fresh rose and green leaves of plants, both fresh and lush. I adore the name. It's so prettily poetic and the short story behind the perfume on the Diptyque site suits the name perfectly. Does the perfume suit the name? I believe so. It gives a nice cool breeze upon wearing it with the scent of the rose and all things green and living coming across, making one calm and collected. It's very much like the story-sitting at the edge of a dark and still pond in a bountiful but not disorganized garden. It's got that "simple/zen" vibe that Diptyque scents all seem to be and it's wonderful and uncomplicated in the wearing. Sillage is medium and longevity is very good.

This fragrance I would not categorise as floral or fruity, but as aromatic. There may well be rose and blackcurrant in this, but all I can smell is blackcurrant leaf and the lightest hint of rose, that really takes on more of a geranium impression here. And a bucket load of Cassis. It smells amazing - green and bitter and rather herbal. It softens more in the dry-down with the appearance of the amber, but remains an aromatic green scent.
It's very invigorating and fresh and I think would be fantastic in hotter weather. Really quite unisex too, my boyfriend liked it a lot.
For me though it's almost too realistic. The scent is vibrant and alive - it feels like you're walking through a dense herb garden, drinking in the fragrance emanating from around you. But in a way, as beautiful as this is, I don't want to smell like it personally.
Wonderful, just not for me. (Based on the EDT)

I liked Chanel No. 19 but was too upset at its abysmal strength and lasting power to purchase it. Here is the wise alternative, hissy vegetal green, extremely strong and lasting! And as an added benefit, Diptyque has a cooler image than Chanel anyway. I'll have to get some for next summer.

This scent is rather unexpected, as on the first sniff I am thinking tomato plants but then it dawns on me...this smells like freshly crushed cassis fruits and leaves and currant bush in my garden, on a wet day.
When I was little, my granny used to collect these and make tea so this scent immediately reminds of my childhood summer holidays spent in a huge garden under the currant bushes.
It is very potent, longevity is amazing. I keep getting whiffs of it and thinking wow I smell interesting....in a good way!
What an unusual and amazing perfume this is and yes I would love a full bottle of it.

It took me over a year to warm up and truely appreciate this captivating and mysterious fragrance with the most expressive name. It's not the usual powdery sweet rose but the most life-like earthy, dewy rose that grows wild, hidden in the deep of a forest. The opening is sublime and it only gets better with time. It's a bit melancholic and very romantic. I'm so glad I've never stopped trying it otherwise I would have dismissed one of the most unique scents out there.

I would suggest Kamicha's opinion for a PERFECT and accurate review of this interesting perfume. She speaks of l'Ombre dans l'Eau so well!!

It is sharp, green and astringeant, and super sweet. I am in love with this, it smells like nothing else. Very long lasting on me.

From the reviews and personal experience, I find that a lot of people have to give it a second chance or a LOT of second chances in order to love it. Definitely not for everyone and that's ok.

Love rose, but this is so sweet and cloying on me. Initial reaction was a nice and soft rose scent but after a couple minutes it transforms into something way too fruity. Oh well...will stick with my Rose the One!

I love the Baies candle and I never paid much attention to the scents, which was foolish it turns out. Took me 20 years to realize the Baies candle smell can be worn. Not sure yet if I want to wear it though. As much as I enjoy it, I have to say it does have a little bit of an Airwick quality. Which is not really a criticism: in the 70s some of those smelled OK. Like...Diptyque Baies candle, in fact.

Gosh, this is gorgeous! Crushed green cassis leaves served with yummy rose marmalade.

Aggressively green, sweet and sour, fresh to almost astringent heights... ...a composition which probably messes up your concept of pretty roses for ever. If you are more into aromatic and green scents than straightforward florals you will probably love it. Even if not - it has a chance, this one is a brutal charmer. The green elements do some magic to the rose, it stays unusually realistic and fresh on the skin for the whole lifeline of the scent.

Still I find it somehow romantic - dark romantic even - like neglected and overgrown but still very beautiful garden with hidden ponds and fountains; the growth haphazardly revealing patches of bright light and creating deep shadows - both equally inviting. Its charm is effortless. It does not try to please, it just is.

It's not my everyday scent, but I find myself being in a mood for it quite often these days.

when i first smelt this i loved it, it was the standout scent from diptyque for me. later when i received a sample of it to try, i was happy to be able to test this out over a period of time. i liked it for its soft fruity frehsness, it didnt strike me as a rose scent. over time i found myself hating this fragrance more and more. i have tried two diptyque scents, this and doson, both left the impression of freshness but when i actually test it out, i find both to be very very stifling. it still smell the same as when i first sniffed it at the store, but it is giving me a headache now when i am around this smell. i can not imagine wearing this on a hot summer day. i feel like i have to grasp for air.

I discovered Diptyque by chance at Nordstrom's today, and was of course both surprised and excited. To think, another niche brand I've been meaning to try, that I don't have to order samples of on Luckyscent anymore!

I was very hesitant to try L'Ombre Dans L'Eau, given that it's a rose fragrance (rose being one of the worst notes on my skin), and the tomato leaf comparisons. Luckily, I was highly impressed and ended up purchasing a bottle.

I would classify L'Ombre Dans L'Eau as a green woody floral. Rose is obviously the star here, but there are two rose facets brought out in this fragrance: one is a smoky, woody facet, kind of a peppery smell. In a way, sort of like Czech & Speake No. 88. The other facet is, of course, vegetal greenery. Tomato leaves? Yes, to an extent, but the dark, dry, smokiness balances it out to make this probably the best rose fragrance I've ever had on my skin. The dry, earthy pepperiness also brings to mind Terre d'Hermes or Chanel Sycomore, but only in certain parts. The fragrance lasts for quite awhile (I can still smell the base after 10 hours), and it projects extremely well - when I sprayed this on in Nordstrom's, each of the saleswomen I walked past commented on how good I smelled. This was from one spray on my arm. This stuff is seriously potent, so go easy.

I think L'Ombre Dans L'Eau would smell great as a nocturnal scent, but I also think it would really come to life on hot, sweaty skin during the summer. I know I'm definitely gonna try that out, and I look forward to trying (maybe even purchasing!) more of the Diptyque line. I highly recommend this.

P.S. I wouldn't have expected Billy Idol to wear this, but the dude definitely has unique taste. I applaud him on his choice.

I bought the Baies candle for years and never thought to see if there was a corresponding fragrance. I just bought a bottle of L'Ombre and I am in LOVE!!! I have read several of the reviews and all I can say is that the beauty about fragrances is that that the same scent can smell totally different on different people.

With that said, I wear this scent very well. I do not get an overpowering green vegetable smell like others have mentioned. On me, I smell cassis and roses. It lasts on my skin for hours and even makes it through a moderate workout. After a few hours it is soft and just beautiful. If you stop by the Diptyque counter the SA will probably give you a small tester to try at home before you commit to a bottle. That is what I did and could not wait to call the SA back to have her send a bottle to me. Definitely give it a try!!! BTW...the Baies candle is crazy amazing!!!

I'm shocked I haven't reviewed this yet as I got my sample so long ago. It's like a big vegetable patch at first, full of ripe, red tomatoes and zesty celery. But the beauty of it is that it dries down into a lovely, soft, and very pink rose. The perfume is a beautiful and natural scent, very refreshing and cooling on a summer's day. Yet there is a warmth to it too. Think of huge, fragrant roses in a garden, the scent diffused by the heat of the summer sun. This is how your skin will smell.

Regret the purchase.

Its too green, too juicy, too tomato-ey. I know why people will like the refreshing and soothing nature of the fragrance, but I feel like being suffocated in vegetable and vines! (think of the water and vegetable juice after washing lettuce when making a salad!)

There is a rose note there, a dark, truffly, earthy one. But yes, it is engulfed by the greeness of this fragrance.

Good for Spring / Summer but I just can't the salad and vegetable connations!

This is the perfume that taught me the meaning of green. A briar rose picked straight from the thicket growing by the riverside, not quite open and still with morning dew sparkling on the leaves. There's the scent of a few accidently squished aphids, too.

This is a very cooling scent and would work best on a summer's day when the temperature is set to soar.

Yes, smells exactly like the Votivo candle "Black Currant". Not a compliment or an insult, just a description. I had the candle for a long time and loved it. If you like the candle, you will love this.

I first tried this scent about six months ago in my on-going search for the perfect rose. When the SA sprayed it on a strip I immediately disregarded it as far too green for my tastes. However it never left me, and every time I passed a bottle in a store I sprayed it, and would again think "too green! Why did I do that again"

More time passed and the green wore me down. Now I love this unique journey into an overgrown, unkempt garden as the dew settles on crushed leaves, mingling with the sap as thorny roses battle with blackberry thickets and tall grasses.

This is the sun setting in an english countryside garden in late summer. Wonderful.

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!

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 yet 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.

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.