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.
For Mimi, of Makeup Withdrawal, the Tam Dao Eau de Parfum rests on an accord of sandalwood and cedar, with cypress in support, amber, musk and spices; the Eau de Toilette seems far creamier to her.
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Makeup Withdrawal, April 2, 2014
Mimi smells in the Eau de Parfum an accord of sandalwood and cedar, with cypress in support, amber, musk and spices. She admits she cannot pick out coriander, lime and ginger one by one, which in her view are missing from the Eau de Toilette.
Comparing the two concentrations, she finds the Eau de Toilette far creamier, with sandalwood and rosewood dominating it more, in her eyes, than in the Eau de Parfum.