Tangy yuzu in Tokyo. Citrus preserves at tea time. Diptyque's founders carried memories home from their travels, imbuing them in wax like pages in a botanical journal.

In shaded forests and the hulls of galleys, the founders discovered a different kind of beauty. Oak, cypress, sandalwood. Dense, dry, resinous. Back in Paris, these wooded scenes were transformed into candles that hold time itself.