Coming in May from Diptyque, a trio of unisex colognes that revisit the themes explored by Diptyque's first fragrance, L'Eau, launched in 1968. The new fragrances, developed by perfumer Olivier Pescheux, are as follows:
L’Eau de L’Eau is a “fresh reinterpretation of Diptyque’s first fragrance, L’Eau”, and the spicy fragrance includes notes of mandarin, grapefruit, citron, clove, cinnamon, ginger, geranium, lavender, tonka bean and orange blossom…
Diptyque, a new book by Elisabeth de Feydeau, tells the story of the cult brand established by three friends, painter Desmond Knox-Leet, set designer Yves Coueslant and decorator Christiane Gautrot, in 1961.
199 pages, 226 illustrations. In French; published by Perrin. (found via madame.lefigaro.fr)
Other books by Elisabeth de Feydeau: A Scented Palace (in English), L'un des sens : Le parfum au XXe siècle (in French, with Marie-Christine Grasse & Freddy Ghozland).
My early favorite of the 2007 holiday fragrance coffrets: the Eaux de Toilette Collection from Diptyque, consisting of four of their classic fragrances in 15 ml bottles (I think they are splash rather than spray)…
Diptyque has launched a trio of limited edition holiday candles for 2007.
Épicéa (Spruce, shown) ~ “The scent of leaves, pine resin and wet birch bark mingle with risinig wisps of vetiver, cedar and sandalwood…”
Denmark and India are two very different countries. In fact, I am hard pressed to imagine two countries with less in common. This is probably why, being half Danish and half Indian, I tend to notice the very few occasions when they share something. On a recent trip to India, in the garden of the house that used to belong to my grandparents, I was enchanted to see a whole wall covered with fragrant sweet pea flowers. I was enchanted not only because of their wonderful colors and fragrance, but also because as a child spending summers in Denmark, my most vivid fragrance recollection is that of sweet peas as well. They grew profusely in my Danish grandparents' garden and thrive in the mild Danish summer climate, while limiting their life span in India to the (very) early spring before the summer heat sets in.
The warm round floral tones of sweet peas in the sun remains one of my favorite fragrances, and so I had high hopes for Diptyque's Pois de Senteur (Sweet Pea) candle…