Five Things You Didn’t Know About Diptyque &#8

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1. The name comes from the shape of the original store at 34 Boulevard St. Germain in Paris. The windows to the street formed a diptych and the founders thought they were being clever,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], throwing in some extra letters.
2. When it opened,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in 1961,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it was a kind of bazaar,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], selling random products from across the globe. But it was the fabrics–crazy ’60s prints on cotton–that finally put them on the map.
4. Their first candles,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], thé, hawthorne and cinnamon launched in 1963,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but their original eau de toilette,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which launched in 1968,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], was based off a potpourri recipe from the 16th century.
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3. They’d paint the outside of the store a different color every week. It’s fuschia now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the last color chosen by the three founders,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Christiane Gautrot,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Yves Coueslant and Desmond Knox-Leet.
5. They’ve finally launched e-commerce. (Ok,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so you might know that one,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but just in case you missed it.)