Eau de Minthé Diptyque 2019

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7.2 / 10 324 Ratings

A perfume by Diptyque for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is fresh-fougèreartig. It is being marketed by Manzanita Capital.
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Main accords

Fresh

Fougère

Green

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Notes

Mint

Geranium

Rose oxide

Patchouli

Perfumer

Fabrice Pellegrin

Ratings

Scent

7.2324 Ratings

Longevity

6.9262 Ratings

Sillage

6.6267 Ratings

Bottle

8.1252 Ratings

Value for money

6.4142 Ratings

Submitted by Viola8, last update on 07/28/2025.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/30/2023

Yenn
34 Reviews

Yenn

1

A pleasant and refreshing surprise

Sorry because I can't write a proper review though to I only have tried it on a sample paper at a Diptyque boutique (I havent more free skin to try lol), but I have to say that as someone that doesnt like fougeres and that I doesnt like the geranium note, I really like the opening on this one! Most of diptyque fragrances need time to develope but this one has one of the best openings from the whole boutique!

04/08/2025

5
Sillage 5
Longevity 5
Scent

ScoobaSteve
9 Reviews

ScoobaSteve

1

Smells like an 80's cologne

I really wanted to love this one, but to me it smells like a drug store cologne from 40 years ago. It's what I always imagined what Stetson or Halston must have smelled like, especially for the first couple minutes. Once the dry down starts, it does smell better, but it still has that old-man cologne backdrop that I just can't get past. The mint barely peaks his head out. Sadly, this is a no for me. Off to try Orpheon next

07/29/2025

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 5
Longevity 8
Scent

WolfHunter
54 Reviews

WolfHunter

1

A gem victimized by its release date

Contrary to popular opinion, I think Diptyque Eau de Minthe is good. Really good. Off the top, you get just a bit of minty freshness that makes this an absolute awesome warmer weather fragrance. It then goes into such a classy and timeless barbershop fougere that is appropriate for literally any occasion. It can be dressed up or down and will still right at home. To me this is not a grandpa fragrance, it’s a mature, well put together, masculine gentleman’s fragrance.

I do get the comparisons to Drakkar Noir. They are both fougeres after all. But Drakkar tends to wear A LOT heavier and can be a bit much for hot weather. It’s also much screechier and loud. Eau de Minthe is present but polite and a lot smoother of a formulation. You can tell the ingredients used are not bargain bin quality like you get with a lot of the reformulated and neutered 80’s powerhouse fougeres.

With current masculine fragrance trends over the past 10 or so years, it’s no wonder that Eau de Minthe was not that well received. Most masculine marketed fragrances have gone the way of sugary sweet with heavy vanilla and tonka bean bases. But for those of us that want to smell like a fresh straight razor shave and bald fade, this one hits the spot hard.

02/06/2021

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

CD1810
19 Reviews

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CD1810

Top Review 21

A plea for Eau de Minthé

I can share much of what you read here about Eau de Minthé. But I draw somewhat differently accentuated conclusions from it.
Yes, a fougère through and through.
Yes, fougère, but not stale at that.
Yes, fresh and spicy it is.
Yes, the mint plays a much smaller role than the name might suggest.

So far, so good. On those four points, most who have commented here on Eau de Minthé seem pretty much in agreement. But many don't think it's anything special.

Yes, I do think it is. The combination of old-fashioned fougère and fresh, minty spiciness makes it special. The fact that an old-fashioned theme is interpreted in a modern way without falling into overly synthetic excesses is something special today (unfortunately). And for me, the longevity and sillage are also special, namely very decent. This is rather unusual in a Freshie, at least if too much Ambroxan or ISO-E-Super is dispensed with.

Eau de Minthé comes extremely well received, he generates many compliments (one röche indeed particularly), he is universally applicable and he offers his qualities at a still decent price.

In this respect, I plead for more distribution and more approval and condemn all whiners to four weeks Gualtieri- Dauerbedampfung!

08/31/2020

6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Jazzbob
80 Reviews

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Jazzbob

Very helpful Review 9

Soft fougère without a really special character

The name Eau de Minthé is, in my opinion, rather misleading, because mint is only clearly perceptible for a relatively short time in the top note. What really makes the fragrance stand out is a rather modern, but by no means groundbreaking fougère accord. Of course, this is automatically associated with lavender, which isn't found here, but many classic representatives of this genre often use rose geranium as well - as in Diptyque's creation.

This in turn creates the connection to mint, because - botanically correct - Pelargonium graveolens has a light, rosy and almost minty-fresh character. This effect is probably intended to be further enhanced by rose oxide, but I don't perceive the fragrance as being too floral. I have to admit that there are some parallels to Lumière Noire Homme. At least, if you think of mint aside, the texture looks similarly smooth to me, since patchouli only shimmers through very gently at first. However, the scent of Maison Francis Kurkdjian is much sweeter, spicier and fuller, while Diptyque focuses on a soapy accord that is already reminiscent of shower gel. Patchouli comes out a bit later, but seems to be strongly tamed and 'cleaned' green-woody.

Like many other barbershop perfumes, Eau de Minthé smells like freshly shaved/combed and is therefore a very safe companion for every situation in everyday life. But to really stand out and justify its price it lacks the special character. In a similar vein, I like masculin Pluriel and At the Barber's much better and if it should be more spicy, it is better to go straight to older classics or to Honos. The lavender makes the difference and roughens the texture a bit more.

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