Diptyque · 2010

Eau Duelle

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Creamy Madagascar Bourbon vanilla with smoky cypriol, pink pepper and calamus.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell vanilla, pink peppercorn, cypriol and calamus.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar and Smoky cypriol.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau Duelle’s scent picture, a draft: vanilla, pink pepper, cypriol, citral (lemon), citronellol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Eau Duelle, top notes: Pink pepper, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Eau Duelle, heart: Calamus, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau Duelle, dry-down: Vanilla, Cypriol

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals

Herbs & lavender1

8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Guidance 46Amouage · shares vanilla, pink pepper and cypriol$550 for 100 ml
ElsewhereAmouage · shares vanilla, pink pepper and cypriol$475 for 100 ml · about twice Eau Duelle’s $195
The One IntenseDolce & Gabbana · shares vanilla and pink pepper$153 for 75 ml · about the same as Eau Duelle’s $195
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.