Diptyque · 2024 · Nathalie Cetto and Olivier Pescheux

Lilyphéa

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Spicy cardamom and ginger with green galbanum and violet leaf over crisp white lily leaves, settling onto soft vanilla.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell cardamom, violet leaves and vanilla.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions White lily leaves, Galbanum essence, Violet leaf absolute, Madagascar vanilla absolute, Ginger and Green notes.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Lilyphéa’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, violet, vanilla, lily, galbanum, ginger drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Lilyphéa, top notes: Cardamom, Violet, Galbanum, Ginger

Heartas it settles

Lilyphéa, heart: Lily

Dry-downwhat stays

Lilyphéa, dry-down: Vanilla, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

3 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 sweet

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Diethylhexyl syringylidenemalonate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

TuxedoYSL · shares cardamom, violet (sweet violet), vanilla and lily$330 for 125 ml
I WillArmani · shares cardamom, violet (sweet violet) and vanilla$170 for 100 ml · about half of Lilyphéa’s $345
Stronger With YouArmani · shares cardamom, violet (sweet violet) and vanilla$120 for 100 ml · about a third of Lilyphéa’s $345
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.