Diptyque will launch L’Eau Papier, a new fragrance developed in collaboration with perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin and artist Alix Waline.
By virtue of its history, its nature and its name, L’Eau Papier is a tribute to creation – the backbone of the Maison – and to paper, the primary means by which that creation is expressed. Paper triggers the imagination, the sine qua non for the emergence of both drawings and perfumes, and these in turn liberate the imagination of each individual with the stories they prompt and the memories they evoke. The name of this new creation brings together water and paper, recalling both the history of the Maison and the founding trio’s driving passion for the line and the brush-stroke. It conjures up the diluted ink that permeates the page and calls forth shape – the act performed by every artist composing a drawing and giving free rein to their imagination. [...]
“Creating a perfume for Diptyque is like writing a book. You have to have a story, an introduction, a structure – the primary materials that echo each other to form a narrative. For L’Eau Papier, I started with one initial ingredient, grain – in particular, sesame, in the form of extract of roasted sesame seeds. This is the surprise element in the fragrance: I chose it to evoke the novel scent of ink and to add a delicate flavor to the scent. I enhanced this by working in musky notes, to heighten the sensual aspect. Then I added floral mimosa notes with gentle, powdery properties, to supplement the gentle note of paper. The uniqueness of the cereal and ink accords, blended with the sweetness of white musks, creates the scent of paper – and this combination is what defines the fragrance. I’ve tried to convey the subtle, sensitive interaction when ink is applied to a sheet of paper through an overdose of musks.” — Fabrice Pellegrin
Additional notes include rice steam and blond wood accords.
Diptyque L’Eau Papier will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette.
(via presse.diptyqueparis)
I wouldn’t mind sniffing a nice, paper-based scent.
Same. Hope this one is not too watery.
Or too white musky: the “overdose of musks” is giving me pause.
Yeah, that too.
To be honest it has been a very long time since I’ve swooned over a new Diptyque.
Label is gorgeous though!
Sounds nice!
It does. (And mimosa & rice steam should be its own fragrance! )
That would be like Kenzo Amour!
https://youtu.be/_0zr2sXszYM
This came to mind as soon as I saw the name. 🤣
It does sound like a nice perfume.
Lol – love those old Seinfelds.
This sounds very interesting. Finally a perfume about paper and writing. I have no idea how this would smell but I am intrigued.
Oofff….another one on the try-list!!
This sounds really interesting. I hope it’s not a limited edition like so many of their recent releases.
IDK…as someone who has spent a reasonable amount of time studying papermaking and the history of the book, I’m not sure I buy into this one, from the description. Also…my dad has a degree in paper technology (yeah, Applied Chemistry but his specialization was paper technology, truly), and I ate paper as a child (yeah, weird friends when I was 4, but it does give you a very tactile response to paper). “Diluted ink” sounds just that…diluted. Sesame seed is like, uh, you needed SOME sort of scent? White musk is…well, usually well overdone. I’m not likely to go out of my way for this one.