Diptyque · 2021 · Olivier Pescheux

Orphéon

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright, gin-like juniper berries over jasmine and cedar, drying down to warm tonka with a powdery, smoky haze.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell juniper berry, cedar, tonka bean and jasmine.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Juniper berries, Juniper berries, Tobacco smoke, Powdery notes and Wood.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Orphéon’s scent picture, a draft: juniper, cedar, tonka (coumarin), jasmine, tobacco drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Orphéon, top notes: Juniper

Heartas it settles

Orphéon, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Orphéon, dry-down: Cedar, Tonka (coumarin), Tobacco

What’s inside it

What the label names

13 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

5 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

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares juniper, cedar (Atlas cedar), tonka and jasmine$550 for 100 ml
Fan Your FlamesNishane · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), tonka and tobacco$375 for 100 ml · about the same as Orphéon’s $260
Lost CherryTom Ford · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), tonka and jasmine$630 for 100 ml · about twice Orphéon’s $260
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.