Comments on: Fragrance review: Diptyque L’Ombre dans L’Eau

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:30:21 +0000

Oh, great layering idea, I’ll have to try that!

By: anaria

anaria — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:11:00 +0000

This is an excellent review of a special perfume. I wonder though, if others get the darker notes that somehow sound below the harmony of sharp green and rose? I find that there is a subtle note almost of sweat, which sounds unappealing but gives this a depth and sensuality that posts about gardens don’t seem to capture. It’s almost as as if someone was crushing current leaves on leather. A very adult take on freshness. I sometimes layer it with a dusting of Demeter’s Dirt.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:47:23 +0000

Nice — that set is so cute!

By: PinoiPerfumista

PinoiPerfumista — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:59:30 +0000

This is one of the four 15 ml bottle-set I bought from a business trip. I wore this in the office today and it is just as lovely as you described it, Robin. I love the green-rose interplay. And I am quite happy with the sillage. Thanks for the review.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:07:00 +0000

Oh, the Gobin Daude line is sadly long gone. There were rumors here & there that it would be back, but I've given up.

Seve Exquise, should you ever happen to see a bottle in a garage sale, was sweetish green, but lovely and very unusual.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:11:00 +0000

Duh! I see that you've reviewed both! I was just in Tak last week and found no such $19 bargain.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:06:00 +0000

I keep hearing about this Sous Le Buis and I can't find it anywhere. Didn't even know it was discontinued. I've read that Seve Exquise also falls into this bitter green category.

In typical Chanel fashion Jacques Polge dusted Bel Respiro over with aldehyde and I think it made the dry-down more powdery, and yes, softer and sweeter, I agree. I would wear the L'ombre night and day if it didn't have that rose note. I SO love the first few moments of it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:53:00 +0000

Interesting — it is L'Eau that reminds me of potpourri.

I love that sharp green too. Bel Respiro is much softer, to me. Did you get to smell Gobin Daude's Sous Le Buis before it was discontinued? You probably would've liked that one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:43:00 +0000

It just goes to show how much of what one feels toward a fragrance is influenced by context. In college I had a bowl of rose potpourri that smelled exactly like the rose signature in this fragrance. Granted, it was high-quality potpourri, but it still had that “air freshener” association. I love love love L'ombre opening; what a shocker, the green, the sap, the bracing woodsy-ness, and it dovetailed nicely with the tart cassis middle. But the rose, I cannot get over the rose. It just screamed “room potpouri” to me, and I can't wear that. Fresh Index made a Pear Cassis fragrance at one time, and the cassis in L'ombre is very much like that, although it's linear and never goes anywhere else after the opening act.

The green in L'ombre is very much in character of the green opening in Bel Respiro, to my nose. And since I've been wearing Bel Respiro every day this spring, I've become even more addicted to this sort of bitter herbaceous greens, more than the tart green that typically describes frangrances like Vent Vert, Patou 1000, Quelques Fleures.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:50:00 +0000

I love green notes, so I don't object to the opening even though I find it a bit harsh — but I know many do. Agree that it is a fabulous fragrance, and I think underrated in general.