Diptyque · 2018 · Olivier Pescheux

Fleur de Peau

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

A pinch of pink pepper over powdery iris and ambrette seed, melting into soft, cottony skin musk.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell musk, iris, ambrette and pink peppercorn.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Ambrette seed, Rose, Pink pepper and Ambergris.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Fleur de Peau’s scent picture, a draft: musk, iris, ambrette, pink pepper, rose, ambergris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Fleur de Peau, top notes: Pink pepper

Heartas it settles

Fleur de Peau, heart: Musk, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Fleur de Peau, dry-down: Iris, Ambrette, Ambergris

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender3 florals1 powder

6 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

YouGlossier · shares orris, ambrette, pink pepper and ambergris$116 for 100 ml · about a third of Fleur de Peau’s $260
Power SelfInitio · shares cashmere knit, pink pepper, rose and ambergris$430 for 90 ml
Gold WomanAmouage · shares cashmere knit, orris, rose and ambergris$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Fleur de Peau’s $260
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.