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L'Eau Eau de Toilette bottle
Diptyque ↗

L'Eau

Eau de toilette

Warm spicy · Cinnamon · Rose.

3.87 / 5Rating · 590 votes
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Year1968
Marketed forUnisex
PerfumerDesmond Knox-Leet

Collection: Eaux de Toilette

The short answer

A scent, in focus.

L'Eau by Diptyque has a listed warm spicy, cinnamon, rose profile, with notes of Cinnamon, Rose, Geranium, Cloves, Sandalwood.

Based on listed notes and accords.

01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.

Main accords

warm spicy
100
cinnamon
47
rose
31
fresh spicy
29
aromatic
25
woody
18
herbal
12
powdery
9

Relative prominence on a 0–100 scale. Not ingredient percentages.

Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.32 / 5

192 votes

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category average, not hours

1
11
2
21
3
75
4
66
5
19

Projection

2.52 / 4

223 votes

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1 = intimate; higher = stronger

1
29
2
89
3
64
4
41

Value perception

2.89 / 5

96 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

1
4
2
26
3
47
4
15
5
4

These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

Season preferences

winter
160
spring
76
summer
56
autumn
182

Vote counts. Categories are not mutually exclusive.

Day or evening?

day
150
night
109

Preferences, not restrictions on when to wear it.

565Own it
199Previously owned
870Want it
View overall rating distribution
1
7
2
109
3
30
4
252
5
192

Different measures can have different numbers of votes.

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Before you try
What does L'Eau smell like?

L'Eau by Diptyque has a listed warm spicy, cinnamon, rose profile, with notes of Cinnamon, Rose, Geranium, Cloves, Sandalwood.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is Desmond Knox-Leet.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.32 out of 5, from 192 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define L'Eau?

Its listed notes include cinnamon, rose, geranium, cloves, sandalwood. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

04 / Try before you decide

Let your skin have the final say.

Save this fragrance to your sampling shortlist. Retailer stock and prices are not connected in this prototype.

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L'Eau Eau de Toilette

Diptyque · Eau de toilette

Diptyque L'Eau Eau de Toilette
Leading accords
warm spicy
cinnamon
rose
fresh spicy
aromatic
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Cinnamon · Rose · Geranium · Cloves · Sandalwood

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