Not sure I can pick a fave, but the new Vetyverio EdP is fantastic, though I don't own it.
I much prefer the scent of L'Ombre dans L'Eau as its candle, Baies. It grates on me if I wear it, but is softer and fantastic as an ambiance scent.
Tam Dao EdT is a nice cedar and sandalwood scent I enjoy, though both it and the EdP are overrated as sandalwood scents in my opinion - there are better ones out there.
Do Son is a nice floral, especially in the scorching heat of summer if layered over Tahitian Monoï oil.
SixCats, since you enjoy intense fragrances you might want to try L’Eau, Diptyque’s original fragrance from 1968. It’s a spice bomb - cinnamon and cloves. Potpourri for the body.
Yaay! I'm glad I (or rather, we) guessed that Oud Palao might be right down your alley alright!
SixCats, you might also want to test the new Hyrax by Zoologist. It is incredibly pungent at the start - not dirty exactly - but this densely saturated smell like the packed layers of bedding under a horse or a hamster, quasi-calcified with old urine and scat. Then 5-10 minutes in, the pungency is lifted or overlaid by the aroma of burning tires. It is quite dry, and fiercely strong. I think it will either wow you or knock you over.
Another thing I tested recently and thought of you - an unlisted sample by Sultan Pasha called Ode (it's a prototype). It came to me sealed with tape around the little sample, and for all that week I searched around my office for the electrical wires that I thought were burning or singed in my office. When I finally opened my sample of Ode, I realized that the scent of burning had been emanating from this tiny, sealed-tight vial. It is phenomenally smoky, with what I don't know, but I suspect cade, birch, oud, etc along with an accord that smells like bitter cherries, marzipan, roasted tonka bean, and patisserie, similar to an old Caronesque fond a couple of us BNers had the chance to sample a few years ago thanks to a kind Basenoter called David. If the budget stretches to it, perhaps you could write to Sultan Pasha for a sampler of his most animalic, oudy and ambergris-heavy attars for you to test and ask him to include a sample of this prototype?
Beck, you summed it up pretty well : "Actually this whole brand is worth trying if you ask me."
I have to agree Beck, DIPTYQUE is an OUTSTANDING House!
ClaireV, THANK YOU for the 411 on "Sultan Pasha" and Ode. I for sure will look into Sultan Pasha.
I recently ordered (from England) SIX Attar Oils from Maison de Parfum Abdul Karim Al Faransi
which are quite lovely (and some VERY Funky!) Love it! Oooh, I still have a bunch (eleven) of Zoologist Samples to test.
Hyrax came out just after I had placed my order. I will make a note to try Hyrax in the future as, per your description, Hyrax sounds very interesting!
Pray tell ClaireV, what part of Ireland do you live ? My Father's parents were from Kilkenny & Tipperary !
Beck, you summed it up pretty well : "Actually this whole brand is worth trying if you ask me."
I have to agree Beck, DIPTYQUE is an OUTSTANDING House!
ClaireV, THANK YOU for the 411 on "Sultan Pasha" and Ode. I for sure will look into Sultan Pasha.
I recently ordered (from England) SIX Attar Oils from Maison de Parfum Abdul Karim Al Faransi
which are quite lovely (and some VERY Funky!) Love it! Oooh, I still have a bunch (eleven) of Zoologist Samples to test.
Hyrax came out just after I had placed my order. I will make a note to try Hyrax in the future as, per your description, Hyrax sounds very interesting!
Pray tell ClaireV, what part of Ireland do you live ? My Father's parents were from Kilkenny & Tipperary !
SixCats, I live in Rosslare Strand, County Wexford, but I was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary! All my family - parents, grandparents etc are from Tipperary, and two sets of great grandparents are buried in the Rock of Cashel. But I go with my family very often to Kilkenny, which is a short 1.5 hours from here, and it's an absolutely wonderful place - we love it! Let me know if you ever make it over here. I worked with a great guy from Maine once, and he had been taught in uni by Steven King, a fact that I could never stop marveling at.
I've owned several Diptyque Fragrances in years past and pretty much enjoyed them all. However, if I were going to buy a new bottle of Diptyque, I'm not sure which one I'd purchase. I'm leaning towards Eau Lente as it is just beautiful and has a subtle Wow! factor. In addition, I especially love the uniqueness of L'Autre. Of course I'm open to new suggestions! What say you ? Which are your favorite fragrances by the House of Diptyque ?
Diptyque Eau Lente is without a doubt one of my favorite Diptyque Fragrances and (in general) one of my favorite fragrances period. It's just lovely/beautiful/Artful.
SixCats, I live in Rosslare Strand, County Wexford, but I was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary! All my family - parents, grandparents etc are from Tipperary, and two sets of great grandparents are buried in the Rock of Cashel. But I go with my family very often to Kilkenny, which is a short 1.5 hours from here, and it's an absolutely wonderful place - we love it! Let me know if you ever make it over here. I worked with a great guy from Maine once, and he had been taught in uni by Steven King, a fact that I could never stop marveling at.
