Diptyque

Volutes

  • Unisex
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 2012

Volutes is a golden and magnetic amber fragrance signed Diptyque. It opens on saffron, pepper and honey, reveals tobacco and hay at its heart and rests on a base of amber, opopanax and benzoin.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Saffron · Pepper · Honey

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Tobacco · Hay

  3. Base Several hours

    Amber · Opopanax · Benzoin

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Hay: a niche material, declared by only 16 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
  • Amber: conversely, a material of the common core — 32% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Amber, spicy, woody and gourmand: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with amber supplying 3 of 8.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If Volutes by Diptyque seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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