Brand: Diptyque
Location: Paris, France
Founded: 1961
Site: diptyqueparis.com

Scents: Few things are as good in life as Diptyque’s scents. It’s an olfactory orgasm for the senses.

Throw: Your neighbors will thank you for your Diptyque candle, because they’ll smell it too.

Design: Diptyque candles are easily some of the most recognizable high-end candle vessel designs. Nothing says ‘I read the New Yorkers’ like a repurposed Diptyque vessel holding your toothbrush.

Carcinogenic Wax: Diptyque candles are made of paraffin wax which creates the highly toxic benzene and toluene when burned — both known carcinogens and linked to asthma and lung cancer.

Sustainability: From what we could find, it doesn’t appear Diptyque uses recycled glass for their containers, although according to Diptyque, their perfumes and waxes are made sustainably and ethically

Diptyque candles are somewhat sustainable and ethically made.

• Non-Vegan (beeswax & hoey)

• Not tested on animals

• Contains paraffin wax which has been linked to asthma. and lung cancer.

Diptyque was founded in 1961 by an interior designer, painter, and a set designer, opening their first store on Boulevard Saint-Germain as a fabrics store.

Turned out, fabrics wasn’t the move — so soon after, Diptyque made the switch to candles and was soon scenting homes in Paris and beyond.

They quickly became recognized for their black lettering design and oval label, echoing the design of an 18th century Roman medallion.

Fun fact: Diptyque is famously discreet and never shares the identity of customers, no matter how famous. But their website does use cookies, so clearly privacy doesn’t extend to the internet.

Numerous locations:
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