Seven years ago, around this time of year, in a bar in Madrid with brick walls and velvet sofas, I discovered the perfume that would end up being my signature scent for almost a decade. It was by chance that a friend of a friend came to say hello to the table and introduced himself to me. I don’t remember his name, nor his face, but today I could list from memory the notes of his perfume , which shortly after would also end up being mine: myrrh, myrtle, oregano, rockrose, pine, laurel, thyme and rosemary—cocktailed into Diptyque L’Eau Trois .

Diptyque

L'Eau Trois Eau de Toilette $190

DIPTYQUE

At the time, I had to ask him more than a dozen times before he finally divulged its name. “I can’t tell you,” he repeated. “It’s the perfume I’ve been wearing since I turned twenty, an

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