Diptyque Eau Moheli eau de toilette Unisex 100 ml

Diptyque Eau Moheli Eau Mohéli takes its name from the smallest of the Comoros Islands (East Africa) dove lylang-ylang is born. This yellow flower becomes the protagonist of the new Diptyque fragrance that after the Hespéridés, a series of EdTs focused on sweet and spicy citrus olfactory notes, has also presented the Florales collection that creates an olfactory journey on an imaginary flowery avenue. After having launched Eau de Rose that celebrated the scent of roses, the maison returns with Eau Mohéli that pays homage to lylang-ylang with an almost narcotic inebriating scent that immediately takes you to exotic and distant places. Ylang ylang is considered the most seductive and narcotic flower in the plant kingdom so much so that it is nicknamed "flower of flowers". Tropical prey coveted by perfumers because of its sweet and aphrodisiac aroma that explodes from its golden clustered corollas during the dry season of the African continent, ylang ylang is also known by the botanical name cananga odorata and grows on the smallest of the Comoros islands, Mohéli, a lush and fragrant garden of Eden where the aromas of Africa, the scents of the Indian Ocean and the perfumes of Arab culture meet. A flower so fascinating that in the past it so enchanted Jean Paul Guerlain to become the protagonist of the olfactory pyramid of Mayotte (formerly Mahora) could not leave indifferent Diptyque maison known for its fragrances that invite you to travel. That's why Diptyque set out for Mohéli with the intention of stealing the aromatic secrets hidden in the long ruffled petals of ylang ylang and then making a perfume for Les Florales the collection that distils the aromatic aura of iconic flowers. Olivier Pescheux nose behind the perfume tells this raw material in a new way that leaves out the notes of camphor jasmine and tuberose and focuses on violet and blackcurrant that accompany and envelop ylang-ylang adding spicy notes such as pink berry. Given its tropical nature, ylang-ylang is an impatient and capricious flower. It demands to be picked every week in the morning at dawn because otherwise it risks losing its scent and then being distilled within two hours of picking. Women delicately pick the yellow flowers directly from the tree and place them in woven baskets to be weighed and then distilled. The distillation process, carried out locally, can take up to twenty hours and the first four hours allow us to produce the best qualities, those that diptyque will use. Always in search of quality raw materials, Diptyque is currently participating in the sustainable development project that Givaudan has been carrying out for many years on the island of Mohéli to prevent the “flower of flowers” from disappearing forever. By participating in the development of nurseries, the house contributes in two ways to stabilizing the supply and exceptional quality of this exotic flower: on the one hand, by cultivating plantations of ylang-ylang trees and on the other, by protecting their natural environment by supplying the firewood needed for the distillation of the flowers, thus avoiding deforestation.