Diptyque · Olivier Pescheux

Eau Capitale

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Pink pepper and bergamot over lush roses with a touch of cinnamon, drying to patchouli and ambery woods.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell rose, bergamot, patchouli and pink peppercorn.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Chypre accord, Roses, Lush roses, Pink berries, Ylang ylang, Cinnamon, Akigalawood, Georgywood and Ambrofix.

The house’s page

The drawn Eau Capitale bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau Capitale’s scent picture, a draft: rose, bergamot, patchouli, pink pepper, ylang-ylang, cinnamon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Eau Capitale, top notes: Bergamot, Pink pepper

Heartas it settles

Eau Capitale, heart: Rose, Ylang-ylang, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau Capitale, dry-down: Patchouli, Akigalawood (oud), Ambrofix (ambergris)

What’s inside it

What the label names

13 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender7 florals2 spices1 powder

10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

ExplorerMontblanc · shares rose, bergamot, patchouli, pink pepper and 2 more$136 for 100 ml · about a third of Eau Capitale’s $260
PromiseFrédéric Malle · shares rose, patchouli, pink pepper, agarwood and 1 more$470 for 100 ml
AniNishane · shares rose, bergamot, patchouli, pink pepper and 1 more$375 for 100 ml · about the same as Eau Capitale’s $260
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.