ComparisonsNov 21, 2026
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Diptyque
A blackcurrant leaf and rose scent that smells like a wet garden, loved for its green sharpness.
Sharp, green blackcurrant leaf runs through a clean rose. It has a watery, stemmy character with a pale woody base. It is a green floral that sits apart from sweeter rose scents.
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Ranked by how much they share with L'Ombre dans l'Eau. The notes in common are listed under each bottle. Prices and stock come from the makers’ own shops.
Shares the green leaves and blackcurrant over a cedar base, with a vapour-like lilac lift. It has no rose and adds apple, spice and coffee, so it is busier and less clean.
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Blackcurrant opens with chervil and long grass, so the stemmy green side carries over. There is no rose here, and cumin, cypriol and vanilla make it spicier and warmer.
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Sharp green leaves with rose and a pale woody base. It has no blackcurrant and adds citrus, aldehydes, violet and iris, so it reads powdery rather than fruity-wet.
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Blackcurrant and rose otto, kept short and clean. It is an oil with azure musk and orris, so it sits softer and more powdery, with no green leaf sharpness.
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Sold outBlackcurrant and rose again, set in a forest mood. Patchouli and oakmoss make it earthier and darker, with less of the watery, stemmy snap.
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These are independent suggestions based on shared notes and accords, not copies or dupes. Undernotes is not affiliated with Diptyque; the name is used only to describe a smell. No link here is paid.
