Three artist friends – Desmond Knox-Leet, Christiane Montadre-Gautrot and Yves Coueslan –, launched Diptyque in 1963. After a classic candle, a trio of scents appeared: Tea, Cinnamon and Hawthorn… The creation of scented candles becomes the signature of the house. An olfactory lifestyle that has seduced many stars such as Catherine Deneuve, Elton John or Madonna. This luxury craftsmanship mixes spices, leaves and flowers, like a pain- ter preparing his palette. Six decades of exploration have created a herbarium of unique scents, including the essential Baies, Figuier and Feu de Bois. For its sixtieth anniver- sary, Diptyque has gathered the 49 shades of its herbarium of scents in a limited edition box (12 copies). It is offered exclusively in certain boutiques worldwide, and in Paris, in those of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Passy.
