10.15.2018 Fragrant drawings
diptyque’s vocation was to be a perfumer, but a cunning twist of fate made the swirls of perfume pass through the line of drawing.
diptyque’s vocation was to be a perfumer, but a cunning twist of fate made the swirls of perfume pass through the line of drawing.
diptyque was primarily a playground for these three great friends.
The Eau de toilette Do Son finds its balance by associating humidity with freshness.
“diptyque has always been between two worlds, between dream and reality,”
Along with Do Son, Tam Dao is the second perfume inspired by Yves Coueslant’s childhood in the ever colonial Tonkin.
Do Son: this name, so evocative for Yves Coueslant, was to become the name for a perfume dedicated to his childhood memories.
An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.
An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.
Wherever Desmond Knox-Leet went, he drew. An artist at home, he filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.
memento is a magazine based on the logic of harmonics…
Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) was dear to the heart of the founders of diptyque.
Venice is a hypnosis. A theatrical city, a floating dream, undulating maze, blurred reflections, blaze of the day in the wave… Poetry drenched with torpor. It was a summer stop for the diptyque founders and friends…
In the past, the name was written Prouveyresse. The sound of this word shows its Provençal origin.
Philosykos stands as a friend of the fig tree. This eau de toilette gives off all of its scents – fruit, sap and leaves. Philosykos is a tribute to Greece, a place of light and mysteries where the Gods still live.
Before he attempted the diptyque adventure, Yves Coueslant had been living an extraordinary life with exciting artists for twelve years across Europe…
Where does such a name come from?
Time and loyalties made it familiar. But in 1961, it was nothing but a technical word for art specialists.