Discover Eau Duelle by Diptyque, a Unisex Eau de Parfum that explores vanilla far beyond conventional sweetness, combining Bourbon vanilla with pink peppercorn, incense and cypriol in a warm, spicy and smoky composition built around contrasts of light and shadow.
The composition centres on Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, retaining its soft sweetness while revealing a denser and more intensely spiced personality in the Eau de Parfum. Pink peppercorn adds lively warmth, cypriol introduces dark woody-smoky nuances, and incense brings balsamic depth to the vanilla accord.
Diptyque describes Eau Duelle as an ode to travel and vanilla along the spice route. The vanilla moves between darkness and light, enriched with luminous calamus accents and darker smoky nuances of cypriol. The result is a relatively dry, aromatic and smoky interpretation of vanilla rather than an overtly sugary gourmand fragrance.
Created by Fabrice Pellegrin, Eau Duelle Eau de Parfum was launched in 2013 as a denser interpretation of the original Eau Duelle Eau de Toilette released in 2010. Specialist fragrance sources classify it as a Unisex Aromatic Spicy fragrance with prominent vanilla, amber, balsamic and smoky facets.
Top Note
The fragrance opens with pink peppercorn.
Pink peppercorn introduces bright spicy warmth and a lively dry edge, contrasting with the smooth vanilla and emphasizing the fragrance's more aromatic and spiced personality.
Heart Notes
The heart develops around cypriol and incense.
Cypriol contributes woody, earthy and smoky facets, while incense adds resinous and balsamic depth. Calamus, referenced by Diptyque in the fragrance story, brings a brighter aromatic nuance that contrasts with the darker smoky character.
Base Note
The composition settles around Bourbon vanilla.
Bourbon vanilla remains the enduring signature of the fragrance, warm, smooth and gently sweet. Here, however, it feels drier and more spiced than a conventional gourmand vanilla due to the interplay of incense, cypriol and pink peppercorn.
Fragrance Notes
- Top: Pink Peppercorn
- Heart: Cypriol, Incense
- Base: Bourbon Vanilla