What Are the House Codes?

Each code embodies a part of a heritage that has been written over decades and shapes our language.

- The Oval 

A symbol of art and history, a sensitive frame that borders creative freedom. An emblem stamped on candles, perfumes, and decorative objects.

- The Fragrance Burner

At the heart of the oval, it evokes rituals of the past, releases swirls, and asserts the craft of perfumer-storytellers.

- The Dancing Letters

Playful calligrams where the name becomes a drawing; visual puzzles inspired by the fragrances, a nod to Desmond Knox-Leet’s past as a cryptologist.

- The Drawing

Each perfume has its landscape, each landscape its perfume. Always created in tandem, the drawings reflect the uniqueness of the House, inherited from the founders who illustrated their memories and sensations through panoramic illustrations.

- Black & White and Colours

The deep black of the ink, vibrant in the dancing letters, meets the immaculate white of the canvas that welcomes the artist. Together, they engage in a subtle play of contrasts, of fullness and emptiness.

- The “O”

A sonic and visual leitmotif, it echoes in every Eau, symbolising both Diptyque’s first eau de toilette and the shape of the oval. This letter appears in all the names of the House’s perfumes.

To learn more about the meaning of these codes and their stories, continue reading here.