L'Eau d'Hiver Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle 2003

L'Eau d'Hiver starts fantastically: a floral, transparent scent cloud envelops me, it smells white and slightly green as if cyclamen are peeking through the snow. Cool, but not biting cold, rather gently cool: like light snowflakes landing on the hand or a slowly flowing river in winter.
What a composition! Ellena must be a wizard, so much nature and emotion, and everything is so beautifully intertwined, so complex... I dream at the beginnings of L'Eau d'Hiver and rediscover many great comments from here.

Unfortunately, yes unfortunately, the further development of the fragrance cannot keep up with the beginnings: After just a few minutes, L'Eau d'Hiver diminishes enormously. The scent loses complexity. It’s as if some levels of the fragrance pyramid collapse and are only held up by Iso E filler. The fragrance thus appears slightly synthetic and whether I want it or not, the whole picture is destroyed. As if a hint of plastic suddenly enters the beautifully natural winter scene.
L'Eau d'Hiver no longer seems cloudy dense, but rather diluted, somehow weak and loose in its structure. In some fragrances, fragility adds to the charm, but that is not the case here. L'Eau d'Hiver was pleasantly soft at the beginning, now it comes across in a sadly imperfect way, stripped of charm, thin, perforated, two-dimensional.

The idea, the "dream" L'Eau d'Hiver deserves 100%. However, due to the very disappointing development, it only amounts to a total of 70%. Such a pity.