Diptyque revisits the patchouli theme, (naturally) in a refined form, expressive yet very subtle, created by perfumer and long-time collaborator Olivier Pescheux. Three different extracts were used, all sourced from sustainable cultivation on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi by Givaudan. A long-lasting vibration, like the lingering echo of a musical explosion.
The crude patchouli imported from India, Kathmandu or Colombo, which was roughly distilled and integrated into simple fats, was not exactly one of the most subtle fragrance substances, let's be honest. But despite its anti-moth note (the leaves of the shrub were actually used as moth repellent for a long time), this fragrance clearly radiated a kind of manifesto. Henna, kohl, patchouli: a trademark?
The young people also brought back sounds from the Orient, new harmonies, pacifist melodies. Sitar, tablas, wah-wah guitar sounds, an echo of the heartbeat of the (new) world. While Jack Kerouac considered jazz to be the most important influence on the Beat Generation, the children of the post-war generation switched to flower power mode with the off-beat sounds of psychedelic rock.
You can feel a hint of damp earth in a jungle full of ferns and giant teak trees, in the semi-darkness of mysterious shadows where ancient endemic species still live. Here they call it nilam.
A powerful opening, woody, consistently racy (underpinned by mate absolute), almost camphor-like, almost green (intensified by violet leaves), with a barely perceptible hint of wild cocoa. A powerful accent that adds brilliance to the other ingredients.
Pink pepper, bergamot and fresh jasmine add sparkle and colour. An ambergris accord adds sex appeal. It is composed of clary sage (the plant version of grey ambergris) and ambrofix (an extract from the same aromatic leaves), which is even used in its pure form by passionate lovers: warm, velvety, with a hint of cedarwood, subtly animalistic, comparable to silky soft suede. A dash of musk adds the finishing touch. The olfactory surprise? The tension between the tart and oily character of violet leaves and the mossy (musty) facet of patchouli.
Diptyque - Tempo
- Regular price
- 170,00 €
- Sale price
- 170,00 €
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- 2,266.67 € / 1 l
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Setting the Imagination free
In Saint Germain, a neighbourhood brimming with the artistic and cultural ebullience of 1960s Paris, a creative adventure was born. Three multitalented aesthetes - Yves Coueslant, Christiane Montadre-Gautrot and Desmond Knox-Leet - were united by their travel-fueled imaginations, their fascination with great civilisations and their shared appreciation of beauty. Together, driven by boundless curiosity and with the freedom to explore it, they founded Diptyque.
Creator of perfumes for the self and the home, scented skincare products and decorative objects, Maison Diptyque tells stories that set the imagination free. Each creation is, in itself, a mini world, a fragrant journey with some familiar paths and others that nourish inspiration and cultivate wonder.
Diptyque extends a poetic invitation to step inside this world of bounty. Here, letters dance. A simple sketch brings an entire lanscape to life. Emerging from the interplay of fragrance and image, it is a place between reverie and reality, between the intimate and the universal. Here, the imagination, liberated, may roam.
Since then, Diptyque has produced numerous sophisticated collections. Fragrances, room fragrances, candles, cosmetics, and accessories in their very own, unmistakable signature. Inspired by nature and travel — the forgotten flavour of a particular fruit, the heaviness of a tree resin, an exotic spice, sweet and delicately scented flowers, the fragrant depths of a balsam and the subtle notes of wood.