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· spicy heat
Released 2010 by Fabrice Pellegrin
**Diptyque Eau Duelle Eau de Toilette** opens with the dry coolness of spices: cardamom and pink pepper create a fine spark, while bergamot brings in light.
Shared notes: bergamot, cardamom, pink pepper, juniper, vanilla, frankincense
Where it differs: black tea, patchouli
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· warm amber wear
**Vanilla Barka** opens not as dessert but as spice: cardamom and saffron bring a dry, golden warmth, lifted by a small citrus flash of bergamot.
Shared notes: bergamot, cardamom, saffron, pink pepper, vanilla, amber
Where it differs: tonka bean, labdanum, jasmine sambac, sandalwood
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· floral heart
Released 2024
**Amouage Lustre** opens with a bright, spicy shimmer: the citrus freshness of bergamot is quickly lifted by cardamom and dry, almost sparkling pink pepper.
Shared notes: bergamot, cardamom, pink pepper, saffron, frankincense, amber
Where it differs: rose, jasmine sambac, iris, sandalwood
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· floral heart
Released 2020 by Shyamala Maisondieu
**Soul Of My Soul** opens with a cool spark of bergamot and the dry shimmer of incense, like light entering a half-dark room. Within minutes the pepper recedes, leaving a soft iris at the center, powdery and almost velvety in texture.
Shared notes: bergamot, pink pepper, frankincense, benzoin, amber, musk
Where it differs: iris, rose, suede, sandalwood
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· bright citrus opener
**Diptyque Lazulio** opens with a dry citrus brightness: bergamot and lemon feel clean rather than sweet, sharpened by the cool spice of cardamom.
Shared notes: bergamot, cardamom, pink pepper, tea, frankincense, musk
Where it differs: lemon, iris, violet, cedar
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· woody backbone
**Menace** opens with a dry, almost sparkling strike of bergamot and pink pepper, sharpened by a spicy shadow of saffron. After a few minutes it warms on the skin, and at the centre a rose appears without sweetness—more velvety than lush,…
Shared notes: bergamot, pink pepper, saffron, cardamom, frankincense, amber
Where it differs: rose, geranium, cedar, patchouli