# L'Eau d'Hiver

**Brand:** Frederic Malle · **Perfumer:** Jean\-Claude Ellena · **Year:** 2003
**Rating:** 4.5 / 5 (2 ratings) · **Popularity:** #291

## Notes
**Top:** Bergamot, Calamus, Grapefruit, Green Notes, Lemon, Pink Pepper
**Heart:** Hawthorn, Heliotrope, Honey, Iris, Jasmine, Lily\-of\-the\-Valley, Orange Blossom, Rose, Violet, Ylang\-Ylang
**Base:** Amber, Angelica, Benzoin, Cedarwood, Hay, Musk, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — Spring, Fall — "This is undeniable brilliance in a bottle from the high priest of smell himself. It's a different thing every time I wear it. I think that now I'm familiar enough with it to get over the influence of marketing copy and other people's opinions, this genre-less gem has resolved in my mind as honey-iris. The iris is the same found in Heaven Can Wait, very unsurprisingly, and L'Eau D'Hiver shares more…"
- ★4/5 — "On a huge re visitation of Malle at the moment and this was one which I immediately passed on when I smelled it years ago and it's still very much NOT for me.  However, like a great piece of art I can appreciate it for what others get from it, and as a perfume it has all the hallmarks of something great. L'eau d'Hiver is very original, it has Ellena's trademark transparency, yet multidimensional c…"

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