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10.15.2018 Fragrant drawings

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet
Along the way

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.

09.21.2018 the diptyque of three artists

Yves Coueslant, Christiane Montadre et Desmond Lnox-Leet
Shadow of scents

diptyque was primarily a playground for these three great friends.

08.03.2018 “The Orange blind”

The Orange Blind (1929) by Francis Campbell Cadell (Scottish, 1884-1937)
Along the way memento is a magazine based on the logic of harmonics. A theme, a word, a topic and a past memory evoked by diptyque brings the subject matter of an article to life as a result of familiarity, affinity, analogy and resonance. Orange is harmony personified: a fruit, a colour, a taste, a scent, a burst! And a memory… But now as orange spreads its summertime wings in Eau des Sens…

08.18.2017 Dreams of Do Son

Tonkin, Doson, La Pointe (carte-postale)
Along the way

The Eau de toilette Do Son finds its balance by associating humidity with freshness.

07.03.2017 diptyque « perfumer & artist »

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Shadow of scents

“diptyque has always been between two worlds, between dream and reality,”

06.02.2017 Tam Dao

Guide francophone au Vietnam - station de Tam Dao
Shadow of scents

Along with Do Son, Tam Dao is the second perfume inspired by Yves Coueslant’s childhood in the ever colonial Tonkin.

07.04.2016 Dreams of Do Son

Tonkin, Doson, La Pointe (carte-postale)
Shadow of scents

Do Son: this name, so evocative for Yves Coueslant, was to become the name for a perfume dedicated to his childhood memories.

05.27.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: Asia

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet
Along the way

An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.

05.16.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: Mediterranean world

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet: Assise
Along the way

An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.

05.06.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: France

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet: jardin de Provence
Along the way

Wherever Desmond Knox-Leet went, he drew. An artist at home, he filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.

03.24.2016 « The Orange Blind »

The Orange Blind (1929) by Francis Campbell Cadell (Scottish, 1884-1937)
Along the way

memento is a magazine based on the logic of harmonics…

01.25.2016 Stockhausen weekend

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Along the way

Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) was dear to the heart of the founders of diptyque.

08.13.2015 Venice

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Along the way

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…

08.10.2015 La Prouveresse

EmilNolde-Blumengarten(ohne+Figur)1908
Shadow of scents

In the past, the name was written Prouveyresse. The sound of this word shows its Provençal origin.

08.06.2015 Philosykos

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Shadow of scents

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.

06.01.2015 Yves and the theater

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Along the way

Before he attempted the diptyque adventure, Yves Coueslant had been living an extraordinary life with exciting artists for twelve years across Europe…

02.05.2015 Merchants of nothing

Gault-Millau
Along the way Gault et Millau, the founders of the famous and influential gastronomic guide, nicknamed diptyque “marchands de rien” meaning sellers of nothing. For decades the diptyque boutique at 34 boulevard Saint-Germain was a very unique place - there was no equal. It was probably the first very chic bazaar. The three founders were curious and intuitive with a refined taste in craftsmanship. As travellers they would go in search of beautiful…

12.02.2014 The mystery of the name

34 Bd Saint-Germain, Paris
Along the way

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.

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