Diptyque · 1996 · Olivia Giacobetti
Philosykos
VersionEau de Toilette
Green fig leaves and creamy, milky fig sap with a pinch of black pepper, over pale, dry fig-tree wood.
Diptyque says
You’ll smell fig leaves, fig tree sap, fig tree wood and black pepper.
Top noteswhen you spray it
Heartas it settles
Dry-downwhat stays
Top noteswhen you spray it
Heartas it settles
Dry-downwhat stays
What’s inside it
What Diptyque names
What the label names
6 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.
1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder
Citrus1
Herbs & lavender1
Florals2
Sweet1
Heart2
as it settles
Dry-down2
what stays
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Not for the smell3
Our match of the notes
Shares its notes
Poivre 23Le Labo · shares black pepper
Le Beau Paradise GardenJean Paul Gaultier · shares fig
Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.