L'OMBRE DANS L'EAU by Diptyque (edp)

Brand: Diptyque ^{pronounce in French}
Perfume: L'ombre dans l'eau ^{pronounce in French}
Concentration: edp
Notes:* rose, petitgrain, blackcurrant buds, blackcurrant leaves
♔Ingredients: Alcohol Denat. (SD Alcohol 39-C) (80% vol.), Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Citronellol, Geraniol, Linalool, Limonene, Eugenol, Benzyl Alcohol, Citral, Farnesol, Coumarin, BHT
♔Information on the packaging: Dist. Diptyque SAS, 34 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris
♔Brand owner (now): Manzanita Capital Ltd., UK - www.manzanitacapital.com, www.diptyqueparis.com
♔Made in France.

 I  notice a dense, vegetal odour of tomato leaves but also of another plant, one akin to chopped lovage leaves. A citrussy note of lemon juice gives it sourness. And there is a big dose of salt present as well.

The fragrance goes in the gastronomic direction overall. I am somewhat reminded of the smell emitted by cooking an instant tomato cream soup or boilling chopped tomatoes. Furthermore, L'ombre dans l'eau recalls those bouillon/stock cubes wrapped in aluminium foil that one adds in soups to improve their flavour.

The savory aspect previously mentioned goes hand in hand with the scent's sweet facet. If I check the pyramid of notes, I can state that it comes from the rose. The combination is successful and the fragrance can be sprayed without problems.

One interesting fact: my nose was a little bit stuffed one day and I was wearing L'ombre dans l'eau. There was this whiff of beer or block of fresh yeast around me, similar to the one in Malt by Akro, and I realised at some point that it was coming from my perfume. And I liked it.

A delicious fragrance.

My verdict: 10 out of 10.
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* The notes were taken from www.diptyqueparis.com