Do Son

Diptyque · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2005

≈ $200 · 75ml · approx. retail

Do Son is an airy, luminous tuberose by Fabrice Pellegrin, a tribute to founder Yves Coueslant's childhood summers at the seaside resort of Do Son in Vietnam. It reinterprets tuberose as soft and breezy rather than heavy or opulent.

The scent

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The opening · first 15 minutes

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The core · the next few hours

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The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringSummerDailyEveningSpecial Occasion

Perfumer

Fabrice Pellegrin

French · 13 in collection

A Grasse-born perfumer from a family of jasmine growers and naturals suppliers who works at Firmenich (now dsm-firmenich), where he also leads natural-ingredient development. A François Coty Prize laureate, he is especially associated with his long body of work for Diptyque.

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