This March 2017, diptyque is celebrating 35 years of their iconic fragrance ‘L’Ombre dans l’Eau’. In 1983 it was sold for the first time as an eau de toilette – a surprising scent that tells tales of a lakeside garden. A childhood memory of one of the three founders of diptyque, this fragrance captures the spirit of a peaceful summertime garden with soft notes of blackcurrant and rose and a base of grey amber and musk.
At the very end of Boulevard Saint-Germain, the boutique is built around this reminiscence: “A unique atmosphere reigned here, where the desire to pass things on and forge bonds attracted an eclectic clientele: show biz, Presidents, crowned heads, and neighborhood residents found it to be a formidable grounds for exchange,” tells Henri Fournier, the boutique’s current director.
Diptyque’s boutique has preserved the aura of these first magical, fantastical, and poetic moments. Amid furniture fabrics and scents from around the world can be found a small Pollock theater, a wooden horse, rolls of scented paper, or the brand’s first perfume released through the flame of a lit candle. Today, this enrapturing floral perfume is releasing its sense of adventure through a poem called L’Oeil du Poète – check it out in-store now!
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