Eau Duelle Diptyque for women and men

I haven't tried this out yet...but the main accords look simular to La Nuit d l'home Yves from the top and La Nuit has a vanilla sweetness of sort on drydown. Can someone tell me if these scent is very far apart or are the simular to one another. I know this is a niche fragrance and I need at least 2 but I don't want to buy one if it smells like something I already got.

I've been anxious to try this for a long time as I was positive I would love it from the notes.
In the bottle it smells very vanillic but on first spray I get a ton of juniper berries and soft spicey cardamom with a tea hint in the background. This vanishes within minutes and all I am left with is lots of powdery amber and a vanilla like sweetness. This smells on my skin exactly like L'Instant de Guerlain.
If the opening was the entire fragrance I would make a dash to buy it but this wonderful juniper berry spice tonic vanishes so fast. And as I have L'Instant I won't purchase this. But a very nice scent indeed, with great staying power for an edt - 10 hrs so far on me - and gentle sillage.
Edit: staying power is amazing! I could still smell smokey vanilla on my skin this morning, nearly a full day later!

For me this scent opens up with the alcholy fresh gin with the slight trace of cardamom to give it some sweetness and spice. after the top notes settle a bit a get a slight tea note, i think green tea smell with the mellow top combintaion and also this doesnt take long to go to the vannila and amber which is the way it stays.
The vannila here is very delicate not like a heavy vannila found in serge lutans un bois vannile,(great scent) but more like smelling a vannila pods.
the scent is very elegant and refined.
I can't see anyone into heavy vannila scents liking this, but who knows, if your one of those like me who do enjoy vannila but like it subtle Diptyque style, than this is the one. To me it's slightly more feminine than masculine but i will wear it any day of the week no problem, quite expensive but well worth the price. I find this scent very versatile as the opening is quite refreshing gin and green tea cardamom and the vannila is light and natural, so can be worn in the heat as well. I personally prefer this scent during autumn and spring.
sillage is good for the first two hours creates a litlle bubble around you than dies.
Lasting power on skin is 4-6 hours than close to the skin. Some one has to hug you after that or your body has to be heat up, for someone else to smell it on you.
Very typical of Diptyque to bring a scent out in this style.I love this scent.


Scent 8/10

I really liked this scent and Duptyque 34, but they is no sillage and little longevity on my skin. Beautiful scents though. If you can get them to last, I would highly recommend.

Aaah, Eau Duelle...it is so comforting and cozy. The opening is reminiscent of a vanilla gin martini - herbally, dry, with a hint of creamy vanilla. I get a lot of cardamom and juniper at the beginning, which soften as the scent dries down, but they never completely disappear. Those two notes for me is what keeps this scent refreshing and exhilarating.The vanilla becomes more prominent as the scent develops, but this is not your typical vanilla. It kind of reminds me of the vanilla used in Atelier Vanille Insensee. In fact, I would definitely put them in the same category. I am very impressed by Eau Duelle because it has managed to change the way I think of vanilla and how it is used in perfumery. Ever since I started exploring niche fragrances, I have discovered and fallen in love with perfumes that I never thought I would ever like. When a perfume has the ability to surprise you and make you realize things about yourself that you didn't recognize before, well, that's how you know you've found something special.

A harmless bourbon/vanilla scent. So inoffensive that it may be worn in a no-scent business environment. It reminds me of Juliet and Teint de Neige. Both are more of what this one is trying to be. Even Casmir has more character. Forgettable.

Diptyque EAU DUELLE is a somewhat sweet floriental. Pretty inoffensive but also not very thrilling. I wore the liquid edt both yesterday and this morning, and I have now applied the solid perfume. Yesterday's wearing was, I have to say, entirely forgettable. I didn't even notice what I was wearing for most of the day. I'm finding the solid perfume quite a bit more appealing. It's less sweet and more incense-y and I find it more oriental and less sugary than the edt.

I've tried (and acquired) a number of houses' solid perfumes, and Diptyque's has a wonderful texture: soft and oily, rather than hard and waxy. The oiliness appears to be contributing to the composition as well, as I really do prefer the solid EAU DUELLE to the liquid. The packaging of the Diptyque solids is gorgeous: a black-enameled stamped vessel with a lot of heft and an appealing closure mechanism. The only problem I foresee is that the lid is flat and only rests on top of the perfume, rather than enclosing it. This makes me wonder whether this would travel well, since the perfume itself is already quite soft. I can imagine, for example, this melting out of the container all over one's bag in hot weather. But that's okay: I'll leave mine at home, where I can admire it in all its beauty and wear it now and then.

I'm giving a neutral rating to EAU DUELLE, all things considered, since I only really like it in the solid form. I was underwhelmed by the liquid version of this oriental composition and would not add a bottle to my collection.

I did not like this at all at first spray. It was just a strange tangy tea and vanilla. Nothing compelling at all. It took a few hours to start to evolve into a very smoky sexy resinous vanilla type aroma. This I like. On my skin it lasts 12+ hours, but the projection is minimal. As much as I love the drydown of this scent, I'm not willing to suffer through that odd beginning, unless they bring the price of this way down. I really do love that smoky aroma...very nicely done.
UPDATE: After more wearings, this has really grown on me. It has one of the most gorgeous bases I have come across. Very smoky with subtle vanilla type aroma. I have started experimenting using it as a base and layering on top, and it is simply miraculous. Incredible base.
So after many wearings, I think I have gradually come to understand what I am smelling. What put me off in the beginning was the big cardamom. I am not the biggest fan of cardamom, especially when it takes the front seat. Also the juniper is fairly prominent in the beginning, and this, I like, but it fades into the background all too fast. The elemi starts to stir up its smokiness fairly early, but doesn't really get going for a couple of hours, and when it does, it gives this its wonderful smoky aura.
I have come to really love this fragrance...something that I never thought would happen, and it really didn't take all that long. I use this a lot in layering because of its wonderful base and am so glad I gave it a chance.

(Review for parfum solide):

Really beautiful fragrance, but sadly not enough projection for me.

Maybe I would fare better with the EDT spray?

Very interesting in the beginning but, on me at least, dries down into pure vanilla and nothing else..
I still prefer Black.

I think that eau duelle is a good name. The duality, to me, is expressed in the idea of it being indicative of travels to exotic destinations where you might smell a blend of different spices, and at the same time it is somehow very familiar, very cosy and domestic like something you might have been baking in your own kitchen.
I really like it but something about it makes me think that I have smelled it before. I don't mean to say that it smells generic but it makes me wish for a more expressive perfume from the diptyque house. It's quite girly in the dry down as it turns pretty powdery.
It is just weird that there is no vanilla listed in the notes section. I would say that saffron and vanilla are the main notes.

Vanilla + lapsang. Yum. Smells natural, good quality and not too sweet. This is going to be my Autumn/Winter scent this year.

This scent is an impressive interpetation of bourbon vanilla. Warm, deep, rich , mouthwatering gourmand scent.
Tea, saffron and the juniper notes opens, after the cardamom makes the scent slightly spicy. This swirling cavalcade ends with a touch of amber,very close to skin.
After few hours just resinous vanilla smell I could detect in a subtle way on my skin.
Nice winter fragrance, I use my sample happy, but I think I will not invest my money in a full bottle...

I quite like this one from Diptyque. It is not a scent that you could wear during the day, but is a great comforting scent for the evening. Great on a winter night.

I finally got round to trying this and was expecting great things...but for the first time ever, Diptyque let me down!

To me, it's a very sweet vanilla, with a hint of cardamom. All the other notes listed just seem to disappear on my skin.

Very nice if you like strong vanilla fragrances, but sadly not for me. I'll stick with Diptyque's Tam Dao instead!

Nice!very similar to Angelique noire guerlain!

Just bought this today and instantly fell in love with it after smelling a lot of 'so-so' scents. It's sweet sultry perfume like quality is very definitely on the far-end of what most would consider male fragrances, but as I also like the opposite 'power-house' end of the spectrum I don't feel the need to live up to others expectations. If I smelt this on a woman I would probably want to ravish her in a Jane Austen type way! Indulgent and yes, unisex for the bold male.

It's a nice vanilla scent and by the way not as expensive as some of you seem to think it is. However, I'm still not sure if it's wearable for men, too. And even if it is, perhaps I don't want to smell like a cookie.

In a nutshell, this is another simple but very good scent by expensive perfume house. If you spend some time with it, you will realize there is something difference/special about it. I don't think I have ever smelt anything like this before; Spicy sweet vanilla tea? So light so pleasant, but yet very long lasting. Odd one but it's actually wonderful and it mesmerizes me.

I've tried Eau Duelle today and I fell head over heels for it! I don't know exactly why. The lady in the shop told me it's a new green vanilla from Dyptique. I can't see any vanilla listed. It smells strong at first but then it fades away. It's still lingering on my wrist but in a very subtle way not noticeable. What I like most in this is probably the lemon-vanilla vibe. It gives me craves! I would eat my arm, but it's not a gourmand scent. It's true it reminds of old discontinued La Perla Eclix which made me same effect even if it was a much more gross scent compared to Eau Duelle. Besides this I won't probably purchase. Too weak and weird as signature scent and no rose in there.
I will try again for sure.

It smells sweat and nice.when i smelled this directly i bought it and i was really excited.. unfortunatly after a week i got bored of this.
It is stable and safe but not really noticable by others.Wearing it will not make you special it will make you only a normal person who smells good.

(solid Parfum review)

I'm coming back to this one because I've worn it more often and love, love, love it!

But now I know why. This is very similar to my Bois D'armenie, another incense/vanilla/benzoin fragrance. I LOVE this combination, it is so warm, deep and sultry.

Bourbon vanilla is one of my favorites, really shines here. the notes above are a little off, there are two types of vanilla but I can't remember the other type)

My one complain, and sorry, I must say it, is price. Asking $48 for .14 oz is plain foolishness.

So while I'm in love with this, I'm a practical gal and this price point does not get my business.

i have been trying to find something similar to la perla eclix and after having a spritz of this found it similar but to me its like a creamy lemon cheesecake smell, it doesnt last too long on my skin so i going to get the soap aswell to maybe give it a boost. good i you wanna smell like dessert maybe