SUMMER ESSENTIALS

diptyque pays tribute to Mediterranean nature by dedicating its entire summer collection to its inexhaustible source of inspiration. A nature that is simple and authentic and opens onto the sea: the Mediterranean landscapes where Yves Coueslant and Desmond Knox-Leet, two members of the trio who founded diptyque,

loved to recharge their batteries and from 1960 onwards, brought back plenty of materials and memories for the creations and perfumes to come. Summer 2022 sees the emblematic Mediterranean scents highlighted as olfactory reminiscences of the landscapes of Italy, Provence and Greece,

where the two friends valued the unadorned beauty. In the Mediterranean, they found their “landscape of the soul” – the place where they felt most fully themselves.

Matthieu Cossé

This is also a location where the young French artist Matthieu Cossé – who has been invited to create drawings visualising the world of the summer collection – loves to portray the sun-kissed landscapes seen from a neoclassical, poetic and colourful view. It was inevitable that he would one day collaborate with diptyque, for a number of reasons.

Traits marking him out as a natural choice include his love of colour, shared by the Maison since its early days and its very first fabric collections, plus his fondness for gouache and watercolour techniques which are very much in line with those used by Desmond Knox-Leet and diptyque’s celebration of the simple, essential qualities of nature.

Click here to discover the visuals

One summer in the Mediterranean

The inspiration for this limited edition collection takes on the form of a poetic celebration. In his own manner, he rekindles the beauty of the light and of the natural world of the Mediterranean. Keeping faith with his own style, he depicts the region’s colours radiating freely, embracing with a spirited gesture the essence of the Mediterranean setting – the sea, the sun and the native flora.
He gets through to the essentials, just like the collection itself – an amalgamation of objects combining beauty, simplicity and utility, reproducing as closely as possible the scents of that sun-drenched soil.

THE SUN

The sun lies at the very heart of Ilio, the eau de toilette of the summer collection, also available as a hair mist. Taking its name from ilios (the Greek word for “sun”), Ilio is a concentrate of summer itself, captured in a bottle – a breath of warm air cut across with addictive fragrances from flowers and fruit trees. Characterised by prickly pear – an emblematic, unconventional fruit from the Mediterranean basin – Ilio will both brighten and freshen up the summer,
adding notes that blend bergamot, iris and jasmine.

RAW MATERIALS
Prickly pear, Bergamot, Jasmine, Iris

Ilio eau de toilette – 100ml
Ilio hair mist – 30ml

Discover the summer collection Hide the summer collection

Celebrating lemongrass – another characteristic summer scent, known and valued for its tangy coolness and its mosquito-repellent properties – two new limited edition scented candles enrich this solar collection: a candle in the classic 190 g format and its large-format 1.5 kg cousin, the latter entirely decorated with illustrations courtesy of Matthieu Cossé. Enhanced with green, floral touches, this candle will be the ideal accompaniment to summer evenings spent al fresco after night has fallen.

Citronnelle interior and exterior candle – 190g / 1,5kg

Citronnelle / Verveine / Feuille de Lavande candles set – 3x70 g

Conducting an innovative approach in the perfume industry, diptyque has specially developed an eau that takes as its base essential oils of lemongrass, geranium and lemon eucalyptus, all known for their ability to repel mosquitos. It also symbolises the spirit of the Maison – both functional and beautiful, combining the useful with the enjoyable. Softened with floral notes and a closing touch of musk, this summer body spray is sure to become the
indispensable item of the season.

Summer body spray with essential oils – 100 ml

Citronnelle Perfumed insert

Bringing this Mediterranean-inflected collection to a majestic conclusion,
diptyque reinvents its famous Vinaigre de toilette, one of the Maison’s first products, in a new olfactory creation crafted exclusively to mark the occasion. A Mediterranean edition with a typically aromatic perfume, inspired by the traditional recipes of the region with its infusion of lavender, rosemary and thyme as highlighted by the lavender sprig inserted specially into each bottle. A product you can use unstintingly for perfuming clothes, helping the body unwind, beautifying the hair and cleansing your home.

Vinaigre de toilette – 200 ml