Volutes
Volutes by Diptyque is an unisex eau de toilette from 2012 in the premium price tier. It opens with saffron, pink pepper and iris, moves into tobacco leaf, honey and hay and dries down to opoponax, benzoin and myrrh. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Pink Pepper Fizzy, rosy and bright. Adds sparkle without heat.
- Iris Cool, powdery, slightly carroty and expensive. The luxury note.
Heart
- Tobacco Leaf Greener and drier than cured tobacco. Hay-like.
- Honey Sweet, waxy and slightly animalic. Can smell dirty in large doses.
- Hay Sun-dried grass and tonka. Warm, rustic and comforting.
Dry-down
- Opoponax Sweet myrrh. Balsamic, warm and slightly medicinal.
- Benzoin Sweet balsamic resin. Vanilla-adjacent but drier.
- Myrrh Bitter, smoky resin. Ancient-smelling and slightly cool.
Smells like this
- Masque Milano Ribot
- Fragrance Du Bois Oud Bleu Intense
- Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea
- Olfactive Studio Vanilla Shot
- Carner Barcelona Felino
- Amouage Lineage
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