Diptyque

Tam Dao

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Coriander and cypress over sandalwood and cedar.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell sandalwood, cedar, cypress and coriander.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Mysore sandalwood, Myrtle and Asian spices.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Tam Dao’s scent picture, a draft: sandalwood, cedar, cypress, coriander, myrtle, citral (lemon) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Tam Dao, top notes: Cypress, Coriander, Myrtle, Citral (lemon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Tam Dao, dry-down: Sandalwood, Cedar

What’s inside it

What the label names

5 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 florals1 spices

Herbs & lavender1

Spices1

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

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XVI TimberAmouage · shares sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cypress$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Tam Dao’s $260
Epic ManAmouage · shares sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar) and myrtle$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Tam Dao’s $260
Million GoldRabanne · shares sandalwood and cedar (Atlas cedar)$145 for 100 ml · about half of Tam Dao’s $260
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.