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Tempo al tempo
“Tempo” is the Italian word for time. I didn’t know why Diptyque chose to give this name to one of its creations, but after three weeks with it I might see why.
I wanted to buy a Diptyque fragrance for months because I am a sucker for their style and their candles: even though I tried many because their offer is massive, I needed up with Tempo wanted something versatile (so not Oud Palao) and a little bit different from what the creamy woodyness I am already used to (Santal Austral by Matiere Premiere has basically been my signature this year and I also have Egoïste by Chanel, so Tam Dao and 34 Bvd. St Germain were off) without breaking the bank (so no Eau Rihla, even though it might be the most beautiful fragrance I’ve smelled from them. Maybe in the future…).
Considering that I love drinking mate I was eyeing Tempo since I became interested in niche perfumery, and when it was time to choose I basically went for the fragrance that thicked as many boxes as possible even though it wasn’t what captured me the most at the time (Eau Rihla) or the one I felt better suited for my personality (34 Bvd St. Germain EDP). However, I was pretty confident that a green-earthy fragrance would have enriched my collection and was happy overall with the purchase.
When I smelled the fragrance more closely, I felt two things. The first was how well blended were all the elements from the citrusy, spicy opening to the earthy but gentle drydown; the second, was that the mate was not the focal point but rather a great enforcer to the patchouli. I wasn’t a big on this ingredient since recently, but I think that Tempo really made me a fan in this iteration: I feel like it’s damp but warm at the same time, and I think that the violet leaves help smoothen it in the drydown.
However, something really unexpected happened like the third day I wore it: something seemed unpleasant once I sprayed it in the morning before going to work, and once I got home I tried to spray it again on my wrist and on a mouillette. I smelled nothing but Martini Extra Dry, and it was a nightmare for me because I have a negative memory associated to it (when I was younger I bought a bottle of it during a summer when I was alone at my parents’ home, but soon I threw it away because its smell became repulsive to me). I think that it might have done with the aromatic profile of the fragrance, but at the time I was upset because it was the most expensive fragrance I’ve ever bought: I even thought about selling it to recover some money and keep buying ambery woody or spicy woody fragrances for the rest of my life.
Luckily, I chose to wait a couple of days, wear my beloved woody fragrances and then try Tempo again on the next week. It worked perfectly, since I don’t smell Martini Extra Dry anymore and I seem to like it every day more.
Tempo, as its name suggests, might have taken some time to truly convince me. But now that it made it, I think that it’s going to be smelled many times on me in the next few years.
I wanted to buy a Diptyque fragrance for months because I am a sucker for their style and their candles: even though I tried many because their offer is massive, I needed up with Tempo wanted something versatile (so not Oud Palao) and a little bit different from what the creamy woodyness I am already used to (Santal Austral by Matiere Premiere has basically been my signature this year and I also have Egoïste by Chanel, so Tam Dao and 34 Bvd. St Germain were off) without breaking the bank (so no Eau Rihla, even though it might be the most beautiful fragrance I’ve smelled from them. Maybe in the future…).
Considering that I love drinking mate I was eyeing Tempo since I became interested in niche perfumery, and when it was time to choose I basically went for the fragrance that thicked as many boxes as possible even though it wasn’t what captured me the most at the time (Eau Rihla) or the one I felt better suited for my personality (34 Bvd St. Germain EDP). However, I was pretty confident that a green-earthy fragrance would have enriched my collection and was happy overall with the purchase.
When I smelled the fragrance more closely, I felt two things. The first was how well blended were all the elements from the citrusy, spicy opening to the earthy but gentle drydown; the second, was that the mate was not the focal point but rather a great enforcer to the patchouli. I wasn’t a big on this ingredient since recently, but I think that Tempo really made me a fan in this iteration: I feel like it’s damp but warm at the same time, and I think that the violet leaves help smoothen it in the drydown.
However, something really unexpected happened like the third day I wore it: something seemed unpleasant once I sprayed it in the morning before going to work, and once I got home I tried to spray it again on my wrist and on a mouillette. I smelled nothing but Martini Extra Dry, and it was a nightmare for me because I have a negative memory associated to it (when I was younger I bought a bottle of it during a summer when I was alone at my parents’ home, but soon I threw it away because its smell became repulsive to me). I think that it might have done with the aromatic profile of the fragrance, but at the time I was upset because it was the most expensive fragrance I’ve ever bought: I even thought about selling it to recover some money and keep buying ambery woody or spicy woody fragrances for the rest of my life.
Luckily, I chose to wait a couple of days, wear my beloved woody fragrances and then try Tempo again on the next week. It worked perfectly, since I don’t smell Martini Extra Dry anymore and I seem to like it every day more.
Tempo, as its name suggests, might have taken some time to truly convince me. But now that it made it, I think that it’s going to be smelled many times on me in the next few years.
Mistersiri
