Volutes Eau de Parfum

Volutes Eau de Parfum Diptyque (3C29D1, BNI Tester Box) Update 1 : December 1, 2024 I retest Volutes again today and I still dry down of the scent is very beautiful. Powdery make-up iris with tabac blond nuance, slight dirty but still clean and reserved. And the way that this use "Styrax" the matte semi-powdery chewy amber here really a highlight. The point is I don't think I want to smell like Vintage Tobacco. When I wear Tobacco fragrance, prefers something more realistic for this kind of scent. (Tobacco from today (cigarette) not a vintage tobacco (a tobacco pipe). Beautiful renditioned fragrance but slight too fantasia for my taste. I find "Tobacco Nuit" the most realistic, like smoked skin so far. O'wise I go full wild on something like "Liquor B.P.M" modern amber with Cigarette and Liquor. (Don't you suppose to feel Bad yet sexy when wear Tobacco?) Probably put in the market soon. ==== Miracle in the bottle. Yeap, I might overly expressing but I have never met any unisex even feminine leaning Tobacco fragrance beautiful as this. Volutes, as presented on the box. Woman dancing on bon voyage cruise. Dressing in 80's dress, Volutes truly reflect feel of it label. Sweet skin and Blond Tobacco. The open is all Diptyque's orris I am familiar from FdP. But this time not neat and bright, the classic Violet & Iris combo. Bring this scent more on classic powdery/soft lipstick interpretation. Tobacco slowly build up after it is getting heavier. But I won't say this is tobacco centric, powdery violet orris stay with Tobacco so beautiful. Almost like blond tobacco. The honey, also thickening as time develop. Softly acid, gooey and sweet. Like most of classic interpretation of Honey. I believe, this carried on the signature Orris, Violet and Ambrette combo. Because I perceive something musky similar to FdP and also a far cousin No.18. So sweet, so girly but blond tobacco linger non-stop. If I could sum up. The scent might build around ambermax profile. But the quality of beautiful iris in heart truly aim something. Volutes bring masculine tobacco profile into unisex-feminine leaning scale. A party girl dance non-stop all night while gentlemen smoke his soft cigar. The beat goes on and on, non-stop, in copacabana. (Think of A little party never killed no body, Fergie MV ambience) I read somewhere while ago that Volutes EDP is not discontinued. But now, change status to Diptyque Boutique exclusive. Similar to Mizah and Vetiver from Dior. I can't reconfirm that you should hunt for this. But this beautiful iris-powdery with tobacco edge. Good quality is unique by itself. I do love it the most so far from my little tobacco-honey fragrance collection. which all of them... very masculine leaning.

May you all be witness to my love letter written for this fragrance; This literal liquid joy... simply the best perfume I’ve ever smelled in my entire life. I thankfully live in a city where a flagship store resides in. This was the first ever diptyque scent I smelt, and I instantly fell in feverish love. Despite having smelt upwards of 20 scents that day, I couldn’t stop smelling the paper this was sprayed on. I was enthralled in a way I’d never been before; the opening is adorned with the smell of a very sweet and light tobacco, with the wax of lipstick. I’m not sure why there’s no lipstick accord listed under this fragrance since the person running the store literally listed it as an opening note, but I digress; the waxiness of a lipstick gave me a warm hug, and then a gorgeous spiciness makes its way into the scent. The dry down is amazing, it settles into the most beautiful faintly sweet, yet spicy, musk I’ve ever had the pleasure of gracing my skin. This perfume is everything I’ve ever wanted. It’s a comfort, I smile when I put on my jacket from the night before and smell it on the fabric. Speaking of longevity- it stains. It stains, and for that I’m so happy. The sillage is strong, it’s not the loudest perfume I have but it’s definitely top three. Overall I really do think this is my favorite scent of all time. It makes me feel powerful and attractive, it demands attention; I’ve been asked if I’ve put on cologne when wearing it and that question made me genuinely happy. My adoring feelings aside, this is not a safe blind buy unless you know for a fact you like gripping scents, gripping unapologetic scents. This smell is bold, it’s unapologetic, you must wear this or it’ll wear you; yet another reason why I love it so much. Volutes, I truly adore you, and I never thought there would come a day where I found anything that could make me so happy and confident while wearing, but you’ve not left my mind since being graced by your tobacco hug. Arms I never want to leave. The day I don’t own this is the day all signs of life leave my body. Really.

I have been wanting to try this for such a long time but have never seen it at a counter...until now! I don't know why they keep it tucked away because it is a fantastic scent. I've been twice this week to spray on strip and skin. Serge Lutens was my introduction to niche perfume and I still love several Lutens scents. The biggest disappointment to me, though, was Chergui. Everyone said it was great and it had so many notes I love - honey, tobacco, iris... but it made me feel ill every time I tried it. It was too thick, too sickly, too stale. Volutes on the other hand is a little more translucent and evolves more evenly over time. I find it honeyed with weightless spices and tobacco. Don't let the words 'translucent' and 'weightless' deceive you, though, because they bely the tenacity of this scent. The paper strip has perfumed my office for two days! And the sample of skin from today is going strong 6 hours later (although I'll report back if it falls short of expectations as recently happened with Galop). Yet, this is a scent that is not hard work to wear. Sure, Tobacco Vanille is great when you are dressed up on a special winter evening and want to make a big impression, but you can reach for Volutes three seasons of the year and the scent will draw people in. I love this!

I am really surprised by this one, and regret not trying the colder weather offering by Diptyque sooner, as they are a side of this house that I am gaining much appreciation for. Volutes is what I imagine an alien coming to Earth would expect tobacco to smell like after observing how addicted human kind is to smoking it. Like the spice Melange from Dune, narcotic, sweet, alluring, spicy, sticky are the first words that came to my mind when I smelled it today. The opening is a dense, sweet, spicy explosion of honey and cinnamon with a clear civet like animalic undercurrent, an essential part of honey accords, as honey intrinsically has an animalic quality to it. However the animalic tone fades slowly and a robust incense note appears in the back, with plenty of vanilla, tonka, amber all cloaked in a veil of powdery iris. It's enchanting. Addictive. An exaggerated 'fantasy' version of tobacco, taking all the facets of tobacco and transforming them into the best version of themselves. As a non-smoker I much prefer this 'fantasy' version of tobacco much more appealing than fragrances like Lorenzo Villoresi Atman Xaman that smell like popping your head into an actual humidor. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys tobacco, iris, spicy or smokey ambers.

diptyque has such a lovely variety of scents but volutes has been my favourite from day 1. a bit unique considering the overwhelming floral and aromatic frags the house has to offer, i was so pleased to sample this, it has been no.1 on my list for a full bottle purchase! i'm quite partial to tobacco, honey, and iris notes, though the note that is most striking to me in volutes is the opoponax? [doesn't say here on fragrantica but is written as a note in boutiques] it has an almost gummy quality, such a smooth and well rounded frag that is slightly sweet, though i don't get a photorealistic honey (look for slowdive or guerlain's tobacco honey for that). a wonderful notable iris, a generally soft but pronounced scent, a creaaamy tobacco that has absolutely stolen my heart. so disheartened to see that they don't display volutes in boutique any longer, and it's near impossible to find on site so i believe it is now end of line :( don't miss your chance to smell it if the notes grab you in any sort of way, i haven't found anything near this scent besides felanilla by pierre guillaume, but even that doesn't compare. everytime i smell this i am overwhelmed with comfort and happiness, such a special perfume.