Orphéon unfolds its nuances in this fragrance ritual, the cleansing gel. It reveals the olfactory portrait of a legendary bar where the founders of Diptyque spent many evenings together.
Tonka bean, cedarwood and juniper berries tell of the effervescent flair of Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 1960s in a light, silky foam – a vibrant attitude to life.
On contact with water, this perfumed gel transforms into an exceptionally light and silky cleansing foam. Enriched with shea butter, it softens and perfumes the skin. The notes of the fragrance reveal themselves with an intensity as if the whole body were immersed in the perfume. This perfumed gel envelops your entire bathroom in a wonderful fragrance and takes you on a journey to distant lands.
The perfume gestures are inspired by the history of perfume; their textures have been reinterpreted to enable a completely new way of perfuming. A way to make the invisible perceptible and the intangible tangible. Whether hair mist, perfumed shower gel, body lotion or hand cream – they all contain a special concentrate that has been developed to deliver the optimal fragrance result depending on the formulation. Due to the high concentration, it may be sufficient to use just one of these products, depending on the moment and mood. Matter becomes fragrance, fragrance becomes matter…
The world of Orphéon
The Orphéon Eau de Parfum was launched in 2021 and is one of Maison Diptyque's bestsellers. The fragrance takes its name from a historic jazz club located in the Latin Quarter, near the first Diptyque boutique. Its atmosphere, décor and party spirit inspired the fragrance. The glamour of its evenings, its notes and accords.
Perfumer Olivier Pescheux, a loyal friend of the house, constructed the fragrance like a painting:
The room itself, dominated by wood: coffee tables, armchairs, the shelves behind the bar where the bottles are lined up, the wooden dance floor in the basement (cedar, vetiver, patchouli). The drinks, in which juniper plays an important role, that aromatic ingredient of gin, served in long drinks with a slice of Italian lemon or a dash of green mandarin (like a gin fizz) over ice. The tobacco, which on many an evening certainly produced a thick haze that no one minded at the time, is now embodied by tart accents of mastic and galbanum, but also by softer nuances of honey and cistus, like a good cigar or Amsterdam pipe tobacco.
The scent of women, floral or powdery, but always multi-layered, ylang-ylang from the Comoros, Chinese magnolia, Turkish Damask rose. And, of course, the olfactory coincidence: a radiant, vibrant sambac jasmine absolute, like a lipstick that glows seductively in the semi-darkness... The men, a little dandyish and always in a flirtatious mood, smelling of musk or amber (but also of cigarette smoke).
Finally, the lighting that shows the décor in its best light: muted, warm red with an accord of Venezuelan tonka bean and vanilla-scented benzoin from Laos.
An overdose of ambroxan: a harmless addiction, but definitely dizzying...
In four words: fresh, floral, sensual, woody. And, as always, free from any gender roles.
