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Tam Dao
meets Santal de Mysore.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Sandalwood · Spices

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Eau de toilette leads with woody; Concentration not recorded leads with warm spicy. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Tam Dao Eau de Toilette bottle
Diptyque

Tam Dao

Eau de toilette

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Serge Lutens Santal de Mysore bottle
Serge Lutens

Santal de Mysore

Concentration not recorded

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ConcentrationEau de toiletteConcentration not recorded
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originFranceNot yet verified
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20031991
Leading accordswoody · aromatic · powderywarm spicy · woody · amber
Notes unique to this recordItalian Cypress, Myrtle, Rose, Cedar, Brazilian Rosewood, Amber, White MuskCaraway, Benzoin, Styrax
Longevity / 52.81 · 1,713 votes3.54 · 146 votes
Projection / 41.95 · 1,904 votes2.48 · 201 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

Declared on both

  • Parfum (fragrance)
  • Aqua (water)
  • Linalool
  • Limonene

Listed only on Tam Dao

  • Alcohol denat. (sd alcohol 40-b)

Listed only on Santal de Mysore

  • Alcohol
  • Beta-caryophyllene
  • Santalol
  • Alpha-isomethyl ionone
  • Santalum album (sandalwood) oil
  • Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
  • Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate
  • Trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol
  • Ethylhexyl salicylate
  • Vanillin
  • Farnesol
  • Linalyl acetate
  • Cinnamyl alcohol
  • Terpineol
  • Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil
  • Eugenol
  • Benzyl cinnamate
  • Cinnamal
  • Rose flower oil/extract
  • Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
  • Geraniol
  • Pinene
  • Isoeugenol
  • Pogostemon cablin oil
  • Benzyl benzoate
  • Eugenyl acetate
  • Acetyl cedrene
  • Isoeugenyl acetate
  • CI 14700 (red 4)
  • Citronellol
  • Geranyl acetate
  • Citral
  • Coumarin
  • CI 60730 (ext. violet 2)
  • CI 42090 (blue 1)

Matching ignores capitalization and a small set of water and fragrance naming variants. “Only” refers to these published lists, not proof that an ingredient is absent from the other formula.

Tam Dao

Eau de toilette · US listing

Alcohol denat. (sd alcohol 40-b) - Parfum (fragrance) - Aqua (water) - Linalool - Limonene

Source: Diptyque official US product page · Checked 2026-09-21

Santal de Mysore

Eau de parfum · US listing

Alcohol, Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Linalool, Beta-caryophyllene, Santalol, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Santalum album (sandalwood) oil, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, Trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, Ethylhexyl salicylate, Vanillin, Farnesol, Linalyl acetate, Cinnamyl alcohol, Terpineol, Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil, Eugenol, Benzyl cinnamate, Cinnamal, Rose flower oil/extract, Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Geraniol, Pinene, Isoeugenol, Pogostemon cablin oil, Benzyl benzoate, Eugenyl acetate, Acetyl cedrene, Isoeugenyl acetate, CI 14700 (red 4), Limonene, Citronellol, Geranyl acetate, Citral, Coumarin, CI 60730 (ext. violet 2), CI 42090 (blue 1)

Source: Serge Lutens official US product page · Checked 2026-09-22

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Eau de toilette

Start here if the listed woody and aromatic direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed warm spicy and woody direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.