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Frederic Malle

Frederic Malle L'Eau d'Hiver

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
White Floral
Iris
Green
Aromatic
EDT · 2003 · unisex

Frédéric Malle is a niche house founded by perfumer Frédéric Malle and designer Marc Buisson in 2000, known for commissioning fragrances from renowned independent perfumers. L'Eau d'Hiver was created by perfumer Dominique Ropion and has become one of the house's signature releases.

Opening with bright citrus notes of bergamot, grapefruit, and lemon alongside green notes and pink pepper, L'Eau d'Hiver quickly settles into a dense floral heart. Hawthorn, heliotrope, iris, and jasmine form the core, supported by lily of the valley, rose, orange blossom, and ylang-ylang, with honey adding sweetness. The base is warm and creamy, built on sandalwood, tonka, and white musk with subtle hay and cedar notes. The overall character is a refined white floral with powdery iris undertones and honeyed sweetness, anchored by soft amber and benzoin.

This fragrance works year-round but leans into cooler months, suiting anyone drawn to classic, feminine florals with depth. It's equally at home on someone seeking an elevated everyday scent or a special occasion fragrance. L'Eau d'Hiver aligns with The Romantic, The Heirloom, and The Homesteader.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
44%
Fresh
56%
Floral
100%
White Floral
90%
Iris
80%
Green
19%
Aromatic
19%
Woody
39%
Earthy
19%
Musky
70%
Powdery
60%
Amber
19%
Warm Spicy
19%
Balsamic
19%
Vanilla
39%
Sweet
72%
Gourmand
19%
Creamy
19%
Clean
19%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit
Bittersweet and juicy with a faintly metallic zing that sets it apart from sweeter citrus notes. Grapefruit is uniquely energising, it reads as clean and modern rather than traditionally 'citrusy.' It pairs effortlessly with musks, making it a staple of office-safe, all-day fragrances.
Green Notes
Green Notes
Lemon
Lemon
Sharp, clean, and instantly familiar, the pure zest of fresh-cut lemon peel, not the sugary juice. In perfumery it reads as crisp and energising rather than sweet, and is often used to amplify other light notes. It fades quickly, so it's almost always a top note that makes a striking first impression.
Pink Pepper
Pink Pepper
Fruity, slightly rosy, and gently spiced, pink pepper is softer and more aromatic than black pepper. It occupies a unique space between citrus, floral, and spice families, which makes it exceptionally versatile. You'll find it in contemporary fresh fragrances where it adds lift and personality without aggression.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Heliotrope
Heliotrope
Powdery, sweet, and slightly almond-like, heliotrope is the quintessential 'retro' note of Victorian-era perfumery, now experiencing a fashionable revival. It smells of sugar, vanilla, and just enough floral to keep it interesting. In modern fragrances it tends to read as nostalgic, soft, and unapologetically pretty.
Honey
Honey
Sweet, waxy, and faintly animalic, honey in perfumery has an almost skin-like quality, intimate and slightly raw. It's related to beeswax in the natural world, and both add a warmth that reads as close and personal. Honey bridges floral and oriental families, adding natural sweetness with a slightly dark edge.
Iris
Iris
One of perfumery's most prized and expensive ingredients, iris has a powdery, cool, almost carrot-like richness that is hard to describe and impossible to mistake. It's simultaneously earthy and refined, like the inside of an old Parisian couture house. Iris root (orris) adds quiet luxury to anything it touches.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Lily Of The Valley
Lily Of The Valley
Crisp, green, and dewy, this spring flower smells like rain on cool grass with a clean, soap-like clarity. It's one of perfumery's most requested scents despite being nearly impossible to extract naturally, so it's almost always recreated synthetically. The result is fresh, tender, and timelessly elegant.
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom
Sweeter and more honeyed than neroli (both come from the same tree), orange blossom is a floral note with a warm, almost edible quality. It floats between citrus and floral families, adding richness without weight. A signature note of classic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern perfumery.
Rose
Rose
The queen of floral notes and the most-used ingredient in fine perfumery. Real rose is simultaneously velvety, honeyed, and slightly spicy, nothing like the synthetic candy version. Depending on the variety used, it can anchor a composition or drift through it like a ghost, adding warmth without dominating.
Violet
Violet
Sweet, powdery, and faintly green, violet sits between floral and earthy in a way that feels distinctly old-world glamorous. The leaf and the flower smell quite different: the flower is sugary and delicate, while violet leaf is fresh and slightly vegetal. Together they create a note that feels both nostalgic and current.
Ylang-Ylang
Ylang-Ylang
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Angelica
Angelica
Complex, musky, and slightly earthy, angelica root has a unique profile that sits between herbs, earth, and musk. It was historically used as a fixative and still adds a deep, rooty quality that grounds and extends other notes. Angelica seed is slightly citrusy; the root is darker and more complex. A note beloved by niche perfumers.
Benzoin
Benzoin
Sweet, warm, and balsamic, benzoin resin smells like vanilla mixed with incense, with a powdery, slightly medicinal edge. It adds a comforting warmth and fixative quality to oriental fragrances, and blends beautifully with spices. Often used to smooth and round off sharp edges in complex base notes.
Cedar
Cedar
Hay
Hay
Warm, sweet, and slightly smoky, the scent of dried grass and summer fields. Hay in perfumery reads as coumarin-adjacent: warm, powdery, and nostalgic, with an honest, agricultural quality that grounds sweeter notes. It adds the smell of the countryside to orientals and woods, making them feel warmer and more organic.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Tonka
Tonka
White Musk
White Musk
Clean, soft, and slightly soapy, white musk is the scent of fresh laundry and warm skin. It's the furthest from the animalic origins of real musk: approachable, inoffensive, and universally flattering. Almost every mass-market fragrance uses white musk as a base, which is why it reads as 'clean' rather than specifically musky.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The RomanticBest match86% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Heirloom86% match
You carry something beautiful that most people have forgotten.

Powdery, soft, classically sweet. Iris, aldehydes, gentle florals, quiet vintage warmth.

🏡
The Homesteader84% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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Scent Profile
Citrus44%
Fresh56%
Floral100%
White Floral90%
Iris80%
Fragrance Family
Floral
EDT
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Frédéric Malle is a niche house founded by perfumer Frédéric Malle and designer Marc Buisson in 2000, known for commissioning fragrances from renowned independent perfumers. L'Eau d'Hiver was created by perfumer Dominique Ropion and has become one of the house's signature releases. Opening with bright citrus notes of bergamot, grapefruit, and lemon alongside green notes and pink pepper, L'Eau d'Hiver quickly settles into a dense floral heart. Hawthorn, heliotrope, iris, and jasmine form the core, supported by lily of the valley, rose, orange blossom, and ylang-ylang, with honey adding sweetness. The base is warm and creamy, built on sandalwood, tonka, and white musk with subtle hay and cedar notes. The overall character is a refined white floral with powdery iris undertones and honeyed sweetness, anchored by soft amber and benzoin. This fragrance works year-round but leans into cooler months, suiting anyone drawn to classic, feminine florals with depth. It's equally at home on someone seeking an elevated everyday scent or a special occasion fragrance. L'Eau d'Hiver aligns with The Romantic, The Heirloom, and The Homesteader.
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Top: Bergamot, 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, Cedar, Hay, Sandalwood, Tonka, White Musk.
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frederic-malle Frederic Malle L'Eau d'Hiver belongs to the Floral fragrance family. It is an EDT.
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