The Tam Dao Eau de Parfum extends Diptyque’s 2003 Eau de Toilette, a childhood memory of Yves Coueslant in the sacred forests of Vietnam, where sandalwood was burned in the temples. The house has Asian spices seize the sandalwood and its creamy nuances, alongside cedar, cypress, coriander and myrtle.
Diptyque names sandalwood, cedar, cypress and coriander without dividing them into tiers, and celebrates the splendor of Mysore sandalwood. Its velvety, milky and lightly spicy notes are refreshed, the house says, by cypress and myrtle.
Coriander and spices
Coriander appears only in the Eau de Parfum’s list; the Eau de Toilette’s list names myrtle. In the United States, the house also cites lime, ginger, musk, vanilla and amber woods around the sandalwood and cedar.
What the label declares
The INCI list declares five allergens: linalool and limonene, as in the Eau de Toilette, along with geraniol, isoeugenol and citral. Isoeugenol evokes clove, citral evokes lemon peel, and geraniol is found in rose essential oil.