Diptyque was founded in 1961 by three friends who had been trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in house decoration, Desmond Knox-Leet, Christiane Gautrot and Yves Coueslant. They first produced their own printed fabrics and then began importing to Paris the most renowned English perfumes. In 1963 Diptyque started producing a series of scented candles which soon gained world-wide fame. In 1968 Diptyque produced its first toilet water, l'eau, based on a XVIth century pot pourri and clove pomander recipe. This was to be followed by other creations, which came as toilet water or soap as well as rare and sophisticated toilet vinegar. Renowned for their unisex-y, always edgy and modern herbal takes on the classics, as well as for the products' brilliant and singularly distinctive alphabet-soup graphics, this line will be just as of-the-moment in 40 years as it is today - and as it was 40 years ago.