Discussion for the Diptyque Crowd (please join!)

[AnneMCC]

If you are a fan obsessed or just a beauty lover curious about Diptyque, come on over! I thought this would be a fun place to share your thoughts, collections, decorating ideas, questions about the fabulous world of Diptyque.

I started out with one candle, the Beverly Hills candle-which is so fabulous-I'll post a picture of it tomorrow-thinking I was crazy to buy a $70 candle. Yes, it's crazy-crazy good! I've since collected 2 or 3 more and purchased a perfume. This week I got my first body care item, the satin body oil. I really love everything from Diptyque.

So let's discuss 🙂 One question I have is how do you get the inside cleaned out so you can use the jars for pretty collections like I see a lot of on social media?

[BaseballMommy]

Thank you! As long as it's not too strong or headache-inducing, I should like it. And I'm equally excited to recycle it as a brush holder later!

[Amysangel]

I'm pretty sensitive to smells and I have bad allergies. This didn't bother me at all. Excited to hear what you think about it!

[BaseballMommy]

That is sound advice. I could go to a store, but it's about 90 minutes away with heavy traffic, so I did order blind. I hope I won't regret it, but I knew I assumed the risk while ordering. Full disclosure, I love the rosaviola jar so much that I felt it was worth the risk. And I ordered a small jar of the baies candle to try. For the most part, I know what scents I like and don't like in the fruity and floral genres which is why I stuck to those. I feel ok taking a calculated risk in those areas. Spicy and woody are much trickier for me. I do need to make a trip though to actually smell them before I fall too deep into the rabbit hole. Thanks for the reminder! And hate you weren't a fan of yours. 

[guzelkiz]

Aww it is tough not having a store nearby.  There is one 30 minutes from me but I don't go there often.  I really hope you end up loving the ones you ordered.  I'm sad that I don't like Rosaviola but in a way it's good I've had a stuffy nose and can't smell anything so I've been burning the heck out of it.

[AnneMCC]

Truth be told, it's not my favorite either. I mostly bought it it because pink is my favorite color and the jar is a collectors piece.

[guzelkiz]

Wow really?  I thought you loved it @AnneMCC

[AnneMCC]

@guzelkiz I do like it, but you know how when you burn a Diptyque and it takes over the room-you want to savor it, I feel like the Rosaviola scent is so powdery I like it for just a whiff but not an all day kind of scent..if that makes any sense!

[guzelkiz]

@AnneMCC I totally know what you mean!  

[PaletteAddict99]

🙂

[BaseballMommy]

Smart plan! Then you can repurpose the cute jar!

[guzelkiz]

Exactly!

[Tamara76]

Excellent advice!   I love Rosaviloa (it smells like Choward's Violet Mints with a hint of rose IMO), but I also have an incredible aversion to Oud (just no).

I purchased a sample set of mini candles from Nordstrom in December so I was able to see which ones I liked most and hand pick scents for friends and family members based on what I thought they would most enjoy (ie Mom loves vanilla, Sister loves berry scents etc....). It seemed to work well.  🙂

[guzelkiz]

I don't know if it's just me but I don't detect any rose in Rosaviola.  I love rose scented things but this candle doesn't smell like that to me.  As I said, everyone has different scent preferences.  🙂

That's a good way to sample them!  I like those sets they have.  I may try one of those if they release one I am interested in.

[sungelly87]

I second this tip! Best to smell it before buying online. And if you have to buy online make sure you know which scents you like and which you don't really well. 

From my experience, cold sniff (pre burn) smells the same when I'm burning the candle. So I would recommend if you don't like it on cold sniff, don't burn it and return it. I think you can return a burned candle too if you got it from Nordstroms. 

[BaseballMommy]

That's good to know it smells the same post burn as pre burn! Thank you!

They should arrive tomorrow, so I'll update on how I like them. Fingers crossed!

[guzelkiz]

I really like that second sentence.  It's so true!  Before I got into diptyque candles I didn't have a concept of what scents I like because I don't wear fragrance of any kind.  It's really important to really know what kind of scents.

I totally agree.

[BaseballMommy]

My saving grace for knowing the fruity and floral scents I like (and dislike) was a perfume search last summer. I can imagine it would have been hard without wearing fragrance to narrow it down!

[guzelkiz]

@BaseballMommy it's very hard.  I'm still learning what I do/don't like,

[sungelly87]

Yes, and there have been times where I thought I liked a scent. For example Rosaviola. I kinda had an expectation that this was gonna be powdery. But when I got it I was still surprised...I don't hate it. But it's not my favorite. 

I think sometimes the scents are not what you're expecting either, especially if they're a combo or two scents/blended and not just a straight up rose of fig. 

[guzelkiz]

That's exactly what happened with Oud.  I read the description and thought I would like it but it totally wasn't for me.  

That's true.  I love roses so I thought I'd love Rosaviola but I really don't.

[sungelly87]

Have you smelled the Roses (original) scent? It's my favorite Diptyque candle. It's a true rose with a touch of lychee, sweet fruitiness. It's not overwhelmingly sweet. But the lychee adds some depth. I'd try to get your hands on a mini one if you haven't tried it.