Do Son was released by Diptyque this year, and is their first new fragrance for women since 2003’s Jardin Clos. Like Tam Dao, it was inspired by the childhood memories of Yves Coueslant, one of Diptyque’s founders, who…
…grew up in Haiphong, a vast harbour in northern Indochina where his father, a lawyer in love with China, was established. His mother, hardly bearing the heat and damp monsoon weather, used to rest for hours in the fresh and quiet half-light of her sitting room. She loved the bitter sweet fragrance of tuberoses and the great department store in town where she used to buy whatever was fashionable from Paris. (via Diptyque website)
The fragrance notes are tuberose, orange tree leaves, rose, benzoin, iris, and white musk…
To honor the 80th anniversary of Shalimar, 