Soft chemistry is attractive thanks to its easy implementation. However, the related phenomena are poorly understood to this day. Usually, crystal size and their nucleation rate are described using classical nucleation theories. By construction, they neglect (i) any potential intermediate state (ii) any consideration of microstructure. In addition, the nucleation rates measured are in disagreement with the prediction, by a factor of at least 1010. Taking into account the intermediate states and investigate their impact on the structure (not only the size) should be a good way to improve crystallisation theories.The characterisation of those intermediate states remains challenging : they are labile, nanometer-sized, and are formed in less th...