Eau Mage

I'm new to fragrances and have been testing some with decants. It will be hard for me to pick out notes but I will start with my first review of Eau Mage by Diptyque. The opening was fresh with some spice that as alfarom said must be cumin. The opening is clean and rosy. As the fragrance calms down it becomes a lovely rose musk. The "light and dark" play was not simultaneous. On my skin it changed depending on the atmosphere I was in. At an air-conditioned space it remained calm clean and light, close to the skin. It wasn't later till I was hot and sweaty (and without my deoderant) that the perfume became dark and sexy. With my natural body scent, the fragrance became dark and musky with the constant scent of rose. Basically dirty, sweaty, animalic sex on a bed of tranpled roses. On my male skin I almost felt innapropriately sexy and suave. Beautiful fragrance, can work as a light beautiful fragrance or as a dark, sexy musk. longevity: 6 hours+ sillage: very good, more of an aura. good if hot. scent: light and flowery/dark and musky. Always rosy.

Diptyque Paris - Eau Mage Eau de Toilette (Les Invités du 34 Collection) An interplay between luminous and umbran notes in perfumery. It opens with a blast of mandarin peel and fresh spices which instantly perks up the olfactory senses. As time passes through, "Eau Mage" reveals its darker facets; cashmeran, velvety rose and sensual musk fused together creates this effect.

It's now part of the boutique exclusives with cracked-glass bottle and marble-looking cap. The opening is very green and sharp, but quickly warms into a spicy caraway-dominant scent (although I really smell cumin), then dries into a secure musky-woody ambroxide. Overall quite interesting and masculine :)

Diptyque does Comme Des Garcons...well, sort of. Often described as "the least Diptyque of all the Diptyques", "The best Diptyque ever" or "the worst Diptyque ever"...one thing is for sure, L'Eau Mage is a polarizing composition or, as a friend use to say, an "iconic fragrance". Eau Mage is built around a consitent dose of clean, woody and sort of animalic ambroxan juxtaposed to a fresh-spicy opening of mandarine-orange and cumin. The overall effect is of a clean and at the same time dark musk with a slightly metallic edge provided by the rose oxide/ambroxan combo. If you're into older Diptyques like L'Ombre Dans L'Eau or, let's say, L'Autre, you'll probably be disappointed, instead if you're up for an abstract take on synthetic musks entirely played on juxtapositions, this is a big winner. Minimalistic yet incredibly distinctive and satisfying. By all means modern stuff. Great projection and lasting power. Rating: 8/10

I agree with Taskphorce and Alfarom that this scent is the orphan child of CDG that was somehow adopted by the Diptyque brand (ala Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie adopting children from overseas). Because this has none of the Diptyque pedigree. This fragrance is not sweet, it is not fruity or floral. IT IS very synthetic (in a pleasing way), aldehydic, metallic, astringent and uber-modern I smell the sparkling effect of citrus without the sweetness. I also smell something similar to a lit firework (not smokey, but rather a sulfuric/gun powder effect). all on top of a very muted, synthetic, linear musk. I find it endlessly interesting and it has tremendous staying power. Rating: 8/10 - Definitely Full bottle worthy if you can find it!