Back in April (2024), Diptyque invited a select group of beauty editors to Paris. The reason for our trip was kept a secret. But, as ‘hush hush’ press previews and projects from the French perfume house usually dictate, there was an inkling something special would be revealed on arrival.
Suspicions were proved right, of course, as we soon became acquainted with ‘Les Essences de Diptyque’ – perhaps the most ambitious olfactory project by the 63-year-old maison to date. This new collection of fragrances has been cleverly made using ‘synesthesia’, with five beautiful yet odourless natural phenomena imagined into perfume: ‘Corail Oscuro’, ‘Lunamaris’, ‘Bois Corsé’, Lilyphéa’ and ‘Rose Roche’, which respectively evoke Venetian coral, mother of pearl, tree bark, water lily leaves and desert rose crystal.
