Diptyque Eau Moheli eau de toilette - 100 ml

Diptyque Eau Mohéli Eau Mohéli takes its name from the smallest of the Comoros Islands (East Africa) where lylang-ylang is born. This yellow flower becomes the protagonist of the new Diptyque fragrance which after the Hespéridés, a series of EdTs focused on sweet and spicy citrus olfactory notes also presented the Florales collection which creates an olfactory journey along an imaginary flowered avenue. After launching Eau de Rose which celebrated the scent of roses, the maison returns with Eau Mohéli which pays homage to allylang-ylang with an inebriating almost narcotic scent that immediately takes you to exotic and distant places. Ylang ylang is considered the most seductive and narcotic flower of the plant kingdom so much so that it has been nicknamed “flower of flowers”. Tropical prey coveted by perfumers due to its sweet and aphrodisiac aroma that explodes from its gold-colored bunch 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 islands of Comoros Mohéli, a lush and fragrant garden of Eden where the aromas of Africa, the scents of the Indian Ocean and the scents of Arab culture meet. A flower so fascinating that in the past it bewitched Jean Paul Guerlain so much that it became the protagonist of the olfactory pyramid of Mayotte (formerly Mahora) could not leave Diptyque maison indifferent, known for its fragrances that invite you to travel. This is how Diptyque set off towards Mohéli with the intention of stealing the aromatic secrets hidden in the long ruffled petals of ylang ylang and then making it into a perfume for Les Florales, the collection that distils the aromatic aura of iconic flowers. Olivier Pescheux nose behind the perfumes tells this raw material in a new way that leaves out the notes of camphor, jasmine and tuberose and focuses on violet and blackcurrant which accompany and envelop lylang-ylang adding spicy notes such as pink berry. Given its tropical nature, ylang-ylang is an impatient and capricious flower. It needs to be harvested every week in the morning at dawn because otherwise it risks losing its scent and then being distilled within two hours of harvesting. The women delicately collect the yellow flowers directly from the tree and then place them in woven baskets to be weighed and subsequently distilled. The distillation process carried out locally can take up to twenty hours and the first four allow us to produce the best qualities that Diptyque will use. Always in search of quality raw materials Diptyque currently participates in the sustainable development project carried out for many years by Givaudan on the island of Mohéli to prevent the "flower of flowers" from disappearing permanently. By participating in the development of nurseries, the maison contributes in two ways to stabilizing the supply and exceptional quality of this exotic flower: on the one hand through the cultivation of plantations of ylang-ylang trees and on the other by protecting their natural environment thanks to the supply of firewood necessary for the distillation of the flowers, avoiding deforestation.