08.31.2015 Jasmine mille-fleurs Shadow of scents The Essences Insensées from diptyque reformulate the mille-fleurs: rather that unsold flowers or residues, it is the flower whose bloom was most majestic in terms of quality which is selected to make each year’s version of the fragrance.
08.17.2015 Waltersperger Crossed paths Waltersperger is the last semi-automatic French glass and crystal maker whose work requires highly skilled manual intervention.
11.09.2014 The Aboriginal gold Shadow of scents « Essences Insensées », the latest perfume from diptyque, was composed from the “mille-fleurs” of the season. “Mille-fleurs” means “a thousand flowers”, that is the age-old tradition of master perfumers which involves the collection of unsold flowers at the end of a season to compose a perfume. Due to an exceptional bloom, mimosa was the keynote of this mille-fleurs. Mimosa will always be associated to the French Riviera. One would rarely link…