Frédéric Malle’s L'Eau D'Hiver Eau De Toilette is a fragrance entirely one's own, clean, crisp, but also warm. The transparency of water bonds with the softness of white heliotrope, iris and honey for the gentlest composition imaginable. Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena set out to create the first Eau Chaude, pushing his understated, minimalist style beyond traditional boundaries. Here, he fuses the two extremes of the olfactive spectrum into a mellow, fragile fragrance of a new kind.
Born into a family of perfumers from Grasse, Jean-Claude Ellena was introduced to the art of developing fragrances as a teenager. Self-taught, he defines his creations as a "poetry of memory." Everyday smells – wax floors, clean sheets, skin, an old sweater – are his greatest inspiration. His signature is simple, minimalist and modern, with his style often compared to watercolours or chamber music.
