DIPTYQUE

diptyque Paris – from a passionate Parisian boutique to one of the most coveted niche brands worldwide.

It is like ajourney into another world, a boutique full of unique pieces: travel treasures collected from all over the world, presented in two shop windows framed with a door. We enter diptyque, the boutique at Boulevard Saint Germain 34 in Paris. Soft jazz music accompanies the lively conversations of the visitors, who enjoy the ambiance and artistic exchange in soft leather armchairs. The three founders probably did not foresee that the small boutique on the Parisian boulevard would rise to become one of the most coveted niche brands. But the charm they have brought to the world with their special luxury brand diptyque is contagious.

That is why we at DASPARFUM & Beauty are particularly pleased to be one of the few online shops for exclusive niche perfumes and luxury cosmetics to offer you the unique diptyque luxury perfumes, the fragrant scented candles and room sprays, as well as the diptyque premium care products.

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FOUNDERS AND HISTORY

Diptyque Paris – born from the passion of an artist trio for luxurious perfumes, scented candles & care products.

It was the first store on Paris's Boulevard Saint-Germain 34.
"Diptyque" – a name as unique and complex as the construct it stands for. French for diptych, it describes a two-part painting often encountered in Renaissance Italy. Like a two-part amulet that reveals its precious treasure only when opened, the Diptyque Paris boutique opens invitingly to the street. A door between two symmetrical corner windows, clearly identified by the Diptyque founders and art history lovers as a diptych – and beyond that as a perfect platform to offer their beautiful travel treasures. Much comes together in Diptyque, yet the brand always remains true to the founders' vision: to remain a chic, multifaceted, poetically inspired, and above all, much influenced by aesthetics and art fragrance and care house that offers customers the best of the perfume, art, and care world.

  • But let's look at the history of the niche brand diptyque Paris from the beginning:
    The meeting of three unique personalities marks the founding moment of diptyque. A collective of artists: Christiane Montadre-Gautrot an architect, Desmond Knox-Leet a Scottish painter, and Yves Coueslant a stage designer – the three friends decided in 1961 to open a boutique dedicated to the art of living. Armed with a bold plan, the artist trio followed their intuition and created a true shopping experience for all visitors – with art, music, conversations, and of course extraordinary perfume creations. They gathered much inspiration from the adjacent Parisian nightclub Orphéon, which they later integrated into their boutique. Their travels through Europe also provided them with a wealth of ideas. From there, they brought back unique decorative objects, luxurious scents, and other treasures to Paris.

    They began designing artfully printed cotton fabrics and wallpapers and selling exotic furniture and perfumes from around the world in their boutique "diptyque". The demand for exquisite scents for home and body especially flourished and continued to rise. In the year 1963 the trio then designed the first own scented candle "Thé". Christiane Montadre-Gautrot procured fireproof laboratory glasses from the pharmacy, in which she poured dried flower petals with high-quality wax. The petals emitted a wonderful fragrance when the candle was lit, and the new business idea was born. But that was not all. In 1968 diptyque's first perfume, the Eau de Toilette "L'Eau" was launched. A timeless and classic fragrance with cinnamon and cloves, which can be worn by both women and men. With their first exclusive perfume, the three founders broke a taboo: A unisex fragrance was still a scandal in the early 60s. However, the "scandal fragrance" hit the pulse of the time of student movements for more equality.

    Even today, one perfume from diptyque replaces another on the bestseller throne. And the beautiful thing about it? diptyque Paris always bridges the gap between past and present.. The stories of the European travels of the three artists still serve as a template and inspiration for the creation of the unique fragrances. Discover the exclusive bestsellers from diptyque Paris at DASPARFUM & Beauty – unisex fragrances that dress both women and men equally well with their delightful variety of facets:

    diptyque PHILOSYKOS – the fragrance for all fig lovers, in which everything from the fig, from the fruit to the leaf and stem, has been processed.

    diptyque DO SON – named after a popular seaside resort in Vietnam, where Yves Coueslant had a vacation residence and was impressed by its beauty – exotic flowers in abundance and the sea coast are reflected through floral jasmine and tuberose notes as well as salty marine notes.

    On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diptyque Paris in 2021, the exclusive luxury perfume brand launches a very special fragrance, whose namesake plays a significant role in the founding history. ORPHÉON is a tribute to the bar next to the diptyque boutique in Paris, where the three founders spent many sociable hours gathering inspiration for their unique creations. Orphéon has always been a part of diptyque and does justice to this anniversary with its celebratory fragrance effect. The unique scent captures the atmosphere of the bar and nightclub perfectly – fresh-floral With woody undertones, diptyque ORPHÉON combines the warmth of tonka bean with cedar, floral jasmine, and fruity juniper berry. Another very successful luxury fragrance from diptyque. DASPARFUM & Beauty congratulates and is pleased to present the special diptyque unisex perfumes to you.

INGREDIENTS AND PRODUCTION

The secret behind the luxury perfumes and fragrant room scents from diptyque: Natural raw materials & traditional craftsmanship.

The procurement of raw materials at diptyque is based on a give and take. Many of the high-quality raw materials come from fair trade projects. The collaboration between diptyque and the raw material suppliers is particularly sustainable, as new ones are planted multiple times for the extracted raw materials. This way, the environment and the origin of the raw materials are protected. Furthermore, diptyque Paris is committed to preserving and modernizing the cooperative villages by supporting them with donations in kind that help expand the infrastructure. Otherwise, all production of diptyque runs through medium-sized family businesses across Europe, which ensure consistent quality of the raw materials.

  • The special feature of the premium niche fragrances from diptyque is an olfactory surprise. A fragrance component that only spreads its sillage over time and highlights a special component of each luxury fragrance. For the extraordinary perfume creations, three renowned perfumers regularly work for diptyque:

    • Fabrice Pellegrin
    • Olivia Giacobetti
    • Olivier Pescheux

    Join DASPARFUM & Beauty on a journey through the overwhelming scent landscapes of diptyque, which skillfully highlight the special components and accents of different fragrance families. We demonstrate it to you with the example of diptyque FLEUR DE PEAU:

    FLEUR DE PEAU from the floral fragrance family:
    The particularly floral-sensual scent of diptyque FLEUR DE PEAU is like the eruption of a positive emotion, an ecstasy, a state of intoxication of passion and love. This fragrance was inspired by the love story of Psyche and Eros from ancient Greece. The task of embodying this legend in scent falls to musk. As an animalistic but also sensual fragrance component, musk underscores the powdery-soft iris notes and creates a downy-soft fragrance experience. Fruity accents by amber-like ambrette seeds from hibiscus round off the sensual perfume FLEUR DE PEAU. The olfactory surprise in this seductive fragrance is created by pink berries. Into absolute ecstasy, as the name of the fragrance already suggests, you are elevated by the tingling buds of pink berries and a hint of pepper, which provide a refreshing contrast to the overwhelming warmth of musk.

  • Exclusive scented candles from diptyque Paris - French artisan tradition meets artistic luxury

    In the exclusive scented candles by diptyque, the traditional luxury craftsmanship of France is practiced. The exclusive scented candles are lovingly handmade in various sizes. Additionally, at DASPARFUM & Beauty, you can find the colored mouth-blown glass candles in five different scent directions as well as the Scented Ovals, small scent amulets with porcelain frames that are wonderfully suitable as closet scents.

    The quality of the raw materials means the luxury candles are in no way inferior to premium perfumes. The blend of eight to nine mineral waxes and the thickness of the braided cotton wick are specially matched to each scent, ensuring even fragrance release and maximum burning time. At DASPARFUM & Beauty, you can buy the fragrant diptyque scented candles in three sizes online: The small scented candles with 70 g scent your rooms for up to 20 hours, while the slightly larger diptyque scented candles with 190 g spread their fragrant charm for up to 60 hours. The mouth-blown scented candles in their beautiful colors with 300 g delight us even for 75 hours with their wonderful fragrance compositions.
    The classic and timeless designs blend harmoniously into any home and enhance your home with luxurious candlelight.
    We recommend the diptyque Paris scented candle bestseller Baies in a beautiful dark gray glass or in the classic laboratory glass – available online at DASPARFUM & Beauty.

    The room sprays are consistently enriched with essential oils that unfold an immediate fragrance effect in the room as soon as they are sprayed. Always use only small amounts due to the oil content. The room sprays are particularly suitable for scenting various textiles such as fabric lampshades, curtains, or furniture (not leather).

    Discover the extensive selection of scented candles and exclusive room sprays by diptyque at DASPARFUM & Beauty and purchase your favorite perfume in coordination with the notes of your scented candle or room spray – you will be surprised at how differently a single scent can manifest in two different fragrance forms. We are thrilled by the artistry of the diptyque products and can only warmly recommend them to you in all forms.

  • A transformative skincare experience with diptyque Paris - luxury skincare for the body

    Even with the premium care products, diptyque relies on plant power – Clean Beauty meets luxury. The care products in the form of high-quality soaps, creams, butters, scrubs, shower gels, and oils for the body are based on plant infusions, through which natural ingredients are slowly and gently extracted. This means that the extraction methods are carried out over long periods and at low temperatures. In this way, the highly effective properties of all plant components are preserved, and the complete effectiveness is fully utilized in the luxury care products. So you can be sure that the high-quality soaps and body care products specifically address your skin needs and care for them through the beneficial plant infusions.

    diptyque pays attention to an individual composition of the plant infusions in each care product. This ensures that each cosmetic product meets exactly the skin requirements demanded for the specific body area.
    And the best part: diptyque luxury cosmetic products do without preservatives and animal testing.
    Of course, the exquisite diptyque fragrances, with which all diptyque luxury products are equipped, must not be missing. The concentration of the fragrance oil corresponds to that of an Eau de Toilette. So you also enjoy a long-lasting and pampering fragrance experience with the exclusive diptyque care products.

    The care products like the liquid hand soap and hand lotion come in practical glass containers that are refillable. Good for us, good for the environment.

    By the way: diptyque Paris adheres to strict guidelines when formulating the luxurious care products. No preservatives in the form of parabens, no mineral oils or irritating surfactants, and no silicones that can clog skin pores are used in diptyque's premium cosmetics.

THE DESIGN BEHIND THE BRAND

Unique diptyque designs: characterized by artistic chaos, passionate creativity & a love for art history.

The design of the brand name is characterized by a break. The classic stringency is completely ignored, leaving the field to creative chaos. The brand itself describes it as: "A name designed like the pediment of a Greek temple." A beam with downward sloping gradations adorns the logo, transforming it into a calligraphic artwork. The creator of the extraordinary diptyque logo was one of the founders, Desmond Knox-Leet. The painter had, among other things, a passion for calligraphic drawing. He presents the brand name freely and simply. To bring the logo into the desired form, however, he let the letters stumble. This shows us what is desirable for the brand diptyque Paris: imperfect perfection, being different, standing out through unconventional and innovative ideas. And what diptyque also shows us: not everything has to be apparent at first glance for the message to come across. diptyque has its own spirit, and that's why we at DASPARFUM & Beauty love the niche brand.

  • A characteristic shape: the diptyque oval - infinite, self-contained & life-affirming

    Even behind the specific form of the diptyque logo, there is more than just a pure shape. Right after meeting, the three founders of diptyque were inseparable. Their shared fondness for graphic art and aesthetics led them to design patterns for wallpapers and fabrics, from which the designs of diptyque fragrances still draw. The story of the creation of the characteristic oval for diptyque even goes back to ancient Rome. The trio's great interest in Roman history led them to encounter an elongated soldier's shield. The oval of the shield of a soldier from the Praetorian Guard, the king's bodyguard, is a common motif in the fabrics offered by diptyque. The shield, borrowed from ancient Roman culture, served as a model for the founders of diptyque Paris for their designed vignette, which adorned every perfume and product from diptyque from then on. They showcased their new calling as perfumers with an incense burner placed in the middle.

    The logo from back then was replaced in today's diptyque luxury fragrances by special lettering that represents a jumble of letters similar to the creative chaos of the logo. The painter Desmond Knox-Leet was not only a fan of calligraphy but also enthusiastic about pictorial puzzles. Henceforth, the painter's idea lives on the front of every diptyque Paris perfume, presenting its viewers with a pictorial puzzle for the perfume name. Here too, diptyque playfully works with its name, as the pictorial puzzle on the front reveals the story of the fragrance in images on the back. A look into the bottle lets you immerse yourself in the world of diptyque's Eau de Parfum or Eau de Toilette and learn about the fragrance's origin story.

    The logo shaped by the oval also dictates the form for the bottle. An oval that perfectly frames the logo. Carefully produced in a glassblowing workshop in northern France, the perfume bottles from diptyque Paris are characterized by excellent craftsmanship.
    The small step at the back of the bottle, admittedly a very delicate undertaking in the manufacturing process, shows how stable the glass of the perfume bottles is. But this step serves another purpose: It frames the internal story of the perfume like an amulet frames the image it contains.

APPLICATION

The magic of combination: fantastic fragrance compositions with the perfume gestures of diptyque.

"Fragrances are to a perfume what colors are to a painting", says the inspiration of the diptyque founders.

And just as in a painting the various colors mix, overlay, and blend into one another, diptyque offers you the opportunity to do the same with scents. Courage and the joy of experimenting are needed here! Try combining the Eau de Parfum FLEUR DE PEAU with the Eau de Toilette EAU DES SENS. We at DASPARFUM & Beauty have already followed this brand's recommendation, and we can only say: It smells heavenly together!

  • The individual fragrance variants from diptyque Paris are called by the brand perfume or fragrance gestures. Whether luxurious perfume or eau de toilette, a nourishing soap or hand cream, a refreshing shower gel, oil, or foam, a rich body butter, body scrub, or nourishing body cream – you can combine all fragrance gestures from diptyque and don't even have to stick to one scent.

    The different concentrations of alcohol or the various base carriers of the products allow this with the exclusive products from diptyque. Learn more about individual fragrance layers in our magazine article about the luxury perfumes from diptyque.

    To give you another example, we will now focus on the diptyque hair perfumes that you can buy online at DASPARFUM & Beauty:

    The particularly gentle hair perfumes from diptyque are made from denatured alcohol and nourishing camellia oil. They lay like a delicate veil of fragrance over your hair, spreading their scent intensely and long-lastingly. The camellia oil provides an extra boost of care, giving the hair a beautiful shine. The result is a stunning scent of the unique diptyque Paris premium perfumes, a silky shine, and soft hair. At DASPARFUM & Beauty, you can get the exclusive hair perfumes from diptyque in the scents EAU DES SENS, FLEUR DE PEAU, and EAU ROSE.

  • Care instructions for the room fragrances from diptyque Paris - for long-lasting enjoyment of your diptyque scented candles

    Important care tips for your diptyque scented candles keep your luxury candle for a long period. Here's what you should pay attention to:

    1. When lighting the candle for the first time, let the scented candle burn for at least 1-2 hours. The wax layer on the surface of the candle should be completely liquid to ensure even burning without unsightly unevenness.
      Make sure your candle does not burn for more than 2-3 hours at a time.
    2. Trimming the wick after each use of the exclusive scented candle from diptyque Paris is essential. Trim it to 3-5 mm each time to avoid soot formation and faster burning of the candle.
    3. For proper handling, you will find at DASPARFUM & Beauty helpful tools for caring for your special diptyque scented candle: A separately available candle lid made of fireproof Bakelite, which you can place on the candle after it cools down to protect the aroma and from dust. Also, a wick trimmer that will make trimming the wick much easier for you, as well as a candle snuffer that you can gently lower onto the flame to extinguish the candle without dipping it into the wax.

    Feel free to watch practical application tips, exciting background information on manufacturing processes, or exclusive news from diptyque Paris on the Youtube channel of diptyque Paris. Your exclusive online shop for niche perfumes and luxury cosmetics DASPARFUM & Beauty is still happy to assist you with all questions about products, application problems, or other wishes.

  • Transformative textures: diptyque creates luxury skincare experiences with different textures

    Using the exclusive cosmetic products from diptyque Paris offers a special application experience. As you use them, you'll notice how the textures of the individual products transform in your hands. The contact with water or the skin itself triggers this magical process, providing you with a particularly sensory experience during care. Another advantage: The different textures of a single product allow for various application rituals: massage, peeling, or facial cleansing – you decide. Discover with DASPARFUM & Beauty the incredibly delicately scented and fine textures of the luxurious and pampering diptyque cosmetics, which transform on your skin from nutrient-rich creamy to velvety fresh. The subtle fragrance signature always adapts to the blend of the plant infusion and works individually in each care product.

    Important to note: Less is more!

    Start by using less of the respective care product, as most products develop and unfold in combination with your skin. A fingertip of the little finger is enough for the Invigorating Body Balm, for example, for two hands and possibly the forearms, as the balm releases five times the amount of oil to your skin.

Press reviews

Vogue
“Inspired by ancient Greece, Diptyque tried to give the Fougère and its genderless scent a modern touch with mint. Initially, the Paris-based fragrance house sourced a unique type of perennial herb from a hybrid plant of the Cascade Range in Oregon. The ultra-floral rose and geranium, as well as musky patchouli, complement the comprehensive interpretation of the fresh scent.

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  • World
    “The founders of Diptyque were pioneers of scented candles. The passion for this work still burns in Paris, and now also in Berlin, where the first German boutique has opened.”
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    Glamour
    “Royal scented candle: Duchess Meghan's favorite decor is a homage to her wedding”
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    This is Jane Wayne
    “When the anti-scented candle girl met the Diptyque fig tree”
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