Diptyque · 1996 · Olivia Giacobetti

Philosykos

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Green fig leaves and creamy, milky fig sap with a pinch of black pepper, over pale, dry fig-tree wood.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell fig leaves, fig tree sap, fig tree wood and black pepper.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Figs (milky) and Fig wood.

The house’s page

Press one to add its card to your shelf.

The drawn Philosykos bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Philosykos’s scent picture, a draft: fig, black pepper, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Philosykos, top notes: Black pepper

Heartas it settles

Philosykos, heart: Fig, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Philosykos, dry-down: Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Diptyque names

What the label names

6 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Eleventh HourByredo · shares fig and black pepper
Dylan Blue Pour HommeVersace · shares fig and black pepper$129 for 100 ml
Poivre 23Le Labo · shares black pepper$545 for 100 ml
More from Diptyque16 more perfumes

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.