Diptyque Eau Duelle Fragrance
August 31, 2010 Being a lover of all things Diptyque, I was excited to hear about the new Eau Duelle Eau de Toilette. This new unisex fragrance is a different interpretation of vanilla. If you're big on this seemingly pedestrian spice, you don't want to miss this new scent.
Developed by perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin, Eau Duelle chronicles its journey along the imaginary Spice Route. Two contrasting vanilla notes (Bourbon and Firnat) mark the dual aspects of the scent. Dark, animalistic notes meld with more fresh and delicate ones. Unusual woody and grassy elements (from the calamus reed) are also present in this intoxicating fragrance.
Other spicy notes include cardamom, pink peppercorn, saffron, fresh cypress, elemi, juniper, smoky black tea, amber, frankincense, vetiver and Asian cypriol. The EDT also contains natural vanilla extract, which is a fresh welcome to the strong synthetic derivative.
Eau Duelle will be available in September (1.7 oz. & 3.4 oz. spray and 0.16 oz. solid perfume).
Reader Comments (4)
They say vanilla is the favorite scent of guys. Maybe it's because it reminds them of food? Hah.
I'd be curious to smell, even if Vanille wasn't ever my favourite when it was fashionable 20 years ago...thinking of early nineties revival, I want to buy a GIANT bottle of their Eau de Neroli!
I don't like most vanilla scents if the vanilla is really predominent, because it can smell like Play-Doh. But I love it when they mix it in with lots of other stuff. This sounds like it smells yummy.
Carolyn - it probably reminds them of sugar cookies!! Lol.
Delphine - I was never a vanilla fan, unless it's in my baking...but we need to get you that bottle of Neroli!
Sonja - that's because they're synthetic. this one is really nice.