Do Son Diptyque for women

Very strong white floral without uniqueness. On my chemistry it smells very strong and while it lacks the horrid indole of most white florals and my skin, it isn't different enough to merit purchase. It is also very loud on me, screaming LUSH TROPICAL!!!! SMELL ME!!! Which isn't my personality either.

This has all the elements a floral should have without the usual sharp edges you get from most mainstream compositions. I get more gardenia than tuberose, but I love gardenia so I don't mind. Very feminine floral! Beautiful! Could be my go to Gardenia!

Tuberose as soon as I came near the bottle. Very clean tuberose with no creaminess. Strong sillage and I'm guessing, the longevity must be long. I know this is a favourite among perfumistas but it is too sharp for me. I need a little creaminess to soften the edges.

One spray on strip,
Sillage: two feet
Longevity: about 5 hours
Rating: 1/5

A solid, if fairly linear, realistic and beautiful tuberose. She's the belle of the ball and doesn't want to share the room with anyone else, and in Do Son's case, it works, precisely because she IS so beautiful that all you want to do is enjoy her presence and hers alone.

As a tuberose devotee, I'm glad to have Do Son in my tuberose lineup.

Do Son by Diptyque is a scent that seems to operate on a separate and altogether higher plain.

Somehow it is set apart from the fray of normal fragrances, unwilling to compete on other perfumes’ terms.

It is sweet, floral, resinous and linear but in a way that defies the other aromas that normally accept these adjectives.

It starts almost as it ends, with a digitally clear tuberose levitating above orange flower, all the time being held aloft by an improbably clean benzoin.

In the depths of the floral heart there are tea roses and a buttery iris that adds a creamy complexion.
Much further in and towards the end there is a little musk.

None of which does justice to the piece as a whole.

This is a work of elusive, yet embracing and ethereal excellence.

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Being above the cut and thrust of normal things Do Son will not concern itself overly with petty questions of gender.

I'm a tuberose & white floral lover, and this is my #1 favorite tuberose dominant fragrance.

When I wear this, I can easily picture myself standing in an a billowy, sleeveless, empire-waist wedding gown on a remote beach. I walk down the sandy-aisle mesmerized by the sound of soft jingling wedding bells synchronized with the distant sound of waves crashing against rocks. White flowers are windblown and scattered everywhere. I catch the twinkle in the eye of my husband-to-be as he waits for me to come closer. The breezes cool as the sun sets, and we say our vows. The wedding is romantic, intimate, and witnessed only by those that are closest to us.

Diptyque Do Son (EDP) is the ideal intimate wedding fragrance. It is as billowy and lush as it is sweet, slightly cool, and clean. While it is overall rather linear, there is an enchanting quality about it at the heart of the scent.

The EDP has excellent longevity and moderate sillage; two sprays envelopes my body throughout the morning and into the night.

I get lots of wonderful tuberose but somehow it still feels new, like a scent I haven't experienced before. If I were forced to chose a perfume it's similar to I'd say the first top notes of Jo Malones Earl grey and cucumber. It stays pretty linear throughout the day and although it's not heavy it still makes you aware that it's near. I would almost like to taste this. This is very easy to wear although I would personally use it during the day. It's very classy, a little subdued but quirky and intresting. Longevity is ok, lasts 3-4 hrs on me, a bit longer on my clothes. Both the Edt and Edp are nice but the Edp made a much stronger impression on me. Would I buy a full bottle? The jury's still out.

I would like to start off by saying that Diptyque are master craftsmen. This is not high street bubble gum florals for the masses, this is niche genius by a house who creates each fragrance with love and care.
Every fragrance Diptyque creates is perfection, they never make mistakes. Every note is pure and blended with carefully selected ingredients which result in heavenly frags and Do Son is no exception.
Tuberose is the main note and it is beautiful, soft and creamy. I smell a faint trace of rose but primarily it's a gorgeous heavenly tuberose and pepper scent.
Diptyque frags last a very long time on my skin and Do Son is no exception. Heavenly, gorgeousness envelopes me all day long and calms my troubled soul. I am transported to springtime where life is just beginning again.
I cannot praise this niche house enough!
Diptyque make perfumes for those die hard perfumistas who appreciate olfactory art. If Diptyque were an artist it would be Monet.

Diptyque can't get it wrong, can they? They are devoted to providing us with something more than a scent - a memory, an impression.

I sprayed Do Son on my wrist 2 hours ago and it's still quite strongly Tuberose-y. Now, I do think it's a little bit too femminine for my liking and a little bit too flowery/sweet (I'm very much into greenish-white florals) however that doesn't mean I'm going to write a negative review. Because I simply can't!

It's a lovely scent, captures tuberose perfectly. Starts off with a heady rose, pink pepper is wonderful in it, at this point the fragrance has started going a little more creamy, warm and close to skin. When I sniff my wrist I imagine a truly loving person wearing it, someone really carying with a warm heart, like a loving daughter that brings fresh flowers for her mother and then goes off to a high tea with her smart and classy girlfriends.

Now, I don't think it's a sexy scent. I think the best word for it is 'lovely' or 'loving'. Very well done.

A huge, overwhelming wash of tuberose buries all other notes. That being said, it's a really great tuberose scent, lush, dense and fresh, without the moth-ball indole notes and with a nicely sweet-tart edge. But those who do not like white florals or tuberose should walk on by

I liked Do Son EDP the first time I smelled it. I was planning to buy Frederic Malle Carnal Flower then but discovered this Tuberose based fragrance. I found it just as good if not better than Carnal Flower, especially because the base notes Y'lang Y'lang, melon and coconut in Carnal Flower were replaced with Benzoin and musk in Do Son EDP. Another good thing was the price difference among the two fragrances as Carnal Flower was selling for US$300/50ml while Do Son US$150/75ml and I sure knew how to make the decision.

I was convinced that I was smelling a rich, natural jasmine in the opening of Diptyque DO SON, but jasmine is not listed among the notes. The note in question does not smell to me like orange blossom (which is listed), as it is not at all sweet.

To my nose this is a big white flower bouquet, with tuberose as only one of the participants. I definitely do not regard DO SON as a tuberose soliflore, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to compare this composition to FRACAS, CARNAL FLOWER, and BEYOND LOVE, since it's in a completely different category. Someone has compared DO SON to Estée Lauder Private Collection TUBEROSE GARDENIA, which makes much more sense to me, since that creation has at least as much gardenia as tuberose--if not more.

Needless to say, DO SON is a white-flower-lovers only perfume. Don't even think about getting near this powerhouse unless you are prepared to dive into a billowy abundance of white flowers! DO SON is like a huge feather bed built from white flower petals. They are soft and silky and slightly cool against the skin, and their scent fills the entire room. There is not a speck of dirt anywhere on this petal bed--it's as clean as can be, not at all sharp, and more fresh than creamy.

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Solid perfume compact review:

Today I am testing the eau de parfum, but I own the solid perfume of DO SON, and I must say that it is a delight on all fronts. In fact, Diptyque's solid compact is probably my favorite of those of various houses which I own and have seen. (Putting Miller Harris, the worst of the worst packagers of solid perfume, to shame!) The vessel is a glossy black enamel covered metal with an engraving of the house graphic on the top which snaps onto the bottom half. The compact comes in a gray felt-like fold-over sleeve and is sold in an attractive black box. The presentation is incredibly sleek and weighty and, equally important, the texture and strength of the solid perfume are perfect. I've tried some concrets which are too hard and others which are too soft, but this one is just right. I highly recommend the solid format from this house. The black enamel-coated metal case would be worth having to look at and touch even if it had no perfume inside!

I can't say that I am a huge fan of Do Son, which is kind of unexpected given that I'm a huge fan of tuberose and white flowers in general. Do Son lacks what I love most about tuberose, a sort of natural, rawness that is present in both soft, airy, and heady and fleshy takes on the note. It is, to me, cold and synthetic, prim, and unsexy despite the spice in it that attempts to warm it up (but doesn't). Some perfumes are wild and loud (not necessarily a bad thing) while others softly whisper come hither. This one does neither, it's loud enough for it's presence to be known, but it just isn't inviting. The green notes smell like lily of the valley rather than lush tropical greens, like those in Carnal Flower. If you're looking for a clean tuberose that is not even vaguely tropical, this may be it. However, it's not for me.

Green, light, with a slight hothouse feel to it, Do Son is a surprisingly restrained tuberose fragrance, which is what makes it special in my opinion. It smells like dewy exotic flowers and leaves early in the morning of what will be a humid and sunny day in a hot climate. While still definitely a tuberose scent, you certainly feel the softness of the iris and rose, which put the normally boisterous tuberose into a corset. It kind of makes me think of British colonialists in the Far East attempting restraint somewhere so beautiful and unruly.
This is a sheer floral, and I think it would actually be wonderful in late Spring and throughout the summer. If you find tuberose too strong normally, definitely give this a try, it's a gorgeous and different interpretation.

I am biased on my review and preference for this scent because it reminds me of my childhood--actually to this day my grandmother still put tuberose bouquets around her house and I just love the warm association Do Son brings me.
Anyway it's very soft and quiet for a tuberose. It glides easy, it's very noticeable but not overpowering, and it's the most realistic tuberose perfume I've ever had--everything else had been always too floral.

loved this fragrance at first. it was so fresh and green, it evoked a sense of being in the cool rainy tropics in the summer. it was a comfortable and familiar smell that reminded me of childhood. but what made me hate this scent and will not buy it was when i was sitting on a bus and i could smell this scent turning into this awful headaching stifling smell. it wasnt a particularly warm day but not cold either, i didnt spray a lot too. i can even sense the man sitting beside me feeling uncomfortable around the smell. good thing i was out in the open air not soon after and it disappeared in no time. maybe my skin just isnt compatible with diptyque since another popular scent, l'ombre also turned vile on me.

I am somewhat taken aback by how fresh and green this fragrance is. I find Do Son to be a very natural interpretation of tuberose and orange blossom, with an interesting and unique watery accord, which leans slightly towards an aquatic.

For those that like their florals fresh and clean, Do Son would make an excellent choice for Spring and Summer wear. It's very likable in the way that the composition remains straight-forward and simple. While for some its basic nature may be off-putting, I find it quite refreshing that Do Son doesn't feel the need to constantly surprise me.

While I enjoy smelling Do Son in my surroundings, it's not the kind of white floral that suits my personal tastes. Its light and crisp feel unfortunately reminds me of an air freshener. I can't seem to shake off this connection.

The drydown, while still quite watery and floral, introduces a beautiful white musk accord. This blend smells rather comforting on the skin. I am pleased to say that Do Son holds its strength from beginning to end. A true sillage Queen.

The overall feel that I get from Do Son is not unlike a Spring garden after rainfall, or an antique bathroom stocked with powder and floral soaps. It's a relatively 'pure' fragrance, hardly the suggestive type.

Do Son's longevity is superb, and while I do enjoy the house of Diptyque, I am hoping that further exploration of this brand will lead me to something that doesn't remind me of an air freshener, which is not something that I aspire to smelling like.

Tho it is not listed there frangipani IS definately there, and it is very noticeable giving to this scent that "swimming pool" kind of note, which along with the white flowers gives quite a polinesian or tahitian vibe to the scent. And thats why it has quite a lot of similarities with Annick Goutal Songes, another fragrance featuring that odd and very noticable note that frangipani is. I'd say Songes is way sweeter, way deeper also way more dense, as it has that yummy vanilla base that Do Son has not. I'd say Do Son is more about the frangipani blast in your nose, with some timid tuberose in the background, but nothing like other rich, dense, big tuberose fragrances like Fracas or Miller Harris Noix de Tubereuse. This Tubereuse is quite shy, small, there in the background sweetening the frangipani which lays on top, way louder. Do Son is also more linear and i'd say, simple than Songes, also kind of "fresher" not being a fresh fragrance per se. Quite summery tho given the swimming pool polinesian touch. While in Songues the frangipani is kinda wrapped inside a whole lot of white flowers and vanilla that soften it a lot (which i like as i find frang. good but in small amounths), in Do son it is the protagonist laying on top of the rest...and thats why i like it, but..ñeh..not fully convinced.

In few words, Songes is way a more interesting complex and luxurious interpretation of a polinesian summer afternoon, when the hair starts to refresh, and the intoxicating scent of all the huge white flowers star to emerge from the warm ground after they have been melting down the hottest sun at the feet of the ocean. Do Son would be the same, but in the daytime..the mornings in the swimming pool of the hotel with a hit of the rich scents of the flowers of the island in the breeze while you get sunburnt haha! However....i want it cause i really like it...Songes is one of my favorite perfumes and none smelling similar to it will ever beat it. But I'd be very very happy wearing Tam dao in the mornings and songes in the evenings of the hottest spanish days

Longevity..psche, in about 3h it vanishes.

It's pretty, but for me it is too much tuberose. I really can't smell anything else, and it becomes overwhelming on my skin. I think this would be one I would enjoy smelling on others, just not on me.

Do Son is more wearable to me than Fracas, which, much as I love it, seems to demand a level of glamour and a certain attitude. Do Son also has a quirky green note along with the tuberose that lightens up the whole composition for me. Perhaps that's why Diptyque classifies this as unisex.

On the whole, Do Son is one of the few tuberose frags that I like for everyday use, as opposed to evening or special occasion wear. It stays fairly close to the skin on me, unlike the bigger tuberoses, but is quite long-lasting. This would be a good tuberose to try for anyone who enjoys the note but finds the "loud and proud" standards too heavy. Bonus: Diptyque is one of the cheaper niche lines.

I have solid parfume. Soft, easy, comfortable.

longevity... 8-10 hours
silliage... 7/10
scent...5/10

Very soft and fresh tuberose, to my nose smells very close to Estee Lauder Private collection Tuberose Gardenia, but Do Son is more musc and less creamy than PCTG. I love both of them.

another white flower fragrance turned chemical on my skin - if you are prone to have this effect , sample first. smells good otherwise.

Do Son is a dead ringer for Sung by Alfred Sung which seems to me a lighter, softer descendent of White Shoulders. So perhaps a little derivative?

This is to me true summer fragrance.
I smell mostly tuberose and white musk, in a very soft and fresh way. When I need a bit of a summer feeling during the winter, I spray this one on.
Love this one!!

Ahh, this is so perfect warm tuberose that there is no way I could dislike it. It's a love from the first sniff, it's tuberose, yes, many are afraid of it, but I could suggest this one. Do son is a little bit "in your face", but the tuberose here is so smooth, soft and gentle that it's hard to resist it's inviting power.
Extremely amazing and, yes, I'm in love.

Definitely a woman's fragrance. A very pretty tuberose, simple and linear, not too overpowering on me

Maybe it's me or Tuberose and Gardenia
have a same distinct smell a scent that is sweet with a tangy sourness at the
very end. the other notes are hard to detect like Rose iris and Benzoin but
orange Blossom slips quietly though the
notes the finishing part is of musk
pervasive amounts of it.
it smells almost like Lavin's Rumour
with the Dominering Tuberose effect.

but it conjoures up nostalgia like a
1920's Colonial Indochina a tea party is going on while your mother is busy
conversing with old friends bored with
idile coversation gentily walks upstares
to her mothers room a vast room with black laqcard canopy bed frame with lavish white silk pillows and sheets
with an exotic oriental finished ebony
latticed windows with white diaphous curtains you smell the intoxicating
scent of gardenias blowing in the breeze and you notice an elegant jewelery box and you see pearls white beautiful pearls.

An Occidental elegance in a Oriental
world.

At last, a very wearable soft, fresh tuberose!

This is an amazing fragrance. Simple tuberose but very soft and easily wearable. There is nothing heavy or heady in this, nor the usual nauseating sweetness found in many tuberose/honeysuckle/jasmine scents. It's fresh and light, perfect for spring or even a sunny winter day. It lifts my mood every time I put it. Lasting power is good, 6-8 hours on me, but it stays close to skin all the time. Have to get a bottle soon!