Mon Jardin d’Hiver

I'm generally not a fan of those cucumbery aquatics, but this is actually very nice. Not nice enough to lay out for a whole bottle, but certainly worth a decent review. "My Winter Garden" - yes, it has iciness about it, but also the promise of sunshine on an ambery base, with a wipe of something sweet (Benzoin?) to warm the bitter orange. Cucumber may be a cool "fruit", but it evokes warmth, summer salads, salty air and sand. The lavender and rose are almost incidental, lost on the oceanic blast. I'm surprised this hasn't been snapped up from the shelves, it reminds me a bit of New West without the skanky indolic Jasmine note. I can see the bright young things loving this on their acres of bronze skin when the leaves burst green again in Hyde Park. Lazy Sunday. It's a happy, happy perfume note, goodbye winter, hello fun.