While the luxury perfumer is a fan-favorite for its candles and scents, diptyque is now introducing a new lineup quite different from any other. Instead of spritzing or rolling perfume onto your wrists and neck, the Prêts-À-Parfumer collection is a range of scented accessories. Before bottle perfumes existed, people wore scents on the jewelry on […]
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