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EAU DE... brought them to Mount Pelion, by which A BOTTLE MADE OF
GREECE they were utterly fascinated. No wonder it MEMORIES, AROMAS,
has been characterised as "the place of the SUN, SEA AND NATURAL
THE ALMOST SCORCHED BY soul". In the village of Méliès they rented a BEAUTY. | ΕΝΑ ΜΠΟΥΚΑΛΙ
THE SUN WILD FIG TREES OF summer house which they visited for four ΦΤΙΑΓΜΈΝΟ ΑΠΟ
PELION BECAME A SOURCE consecutive summers. When they returned ΑΝΑΜΝΗΣΕΙΣ, ΑΡΩΜΑΤΑ,
OF INSPIRATION FOR THE to France, they gave Christiane Montadre- ΗΛΙΟ, ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ ΚΑΙ
CREATORS OF THE FRENCH Gautrot, the third co-founder of diptyque, ΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑ.
HOUSE OF DIPTYQUE. | ΟΙ the "magic" box that contained a dried
ΆΓΡΙΕΣ ΣΥΚΙΈΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΗΛΊΟΥ, fig leaf along with some other gifts from
ΣΧΕΔΌΝ ΚΑΜΈΝΕΣ ΑΠΌ ΤΟΝ Greece. In 1996, Philosykos was born
ΉΛΙΟ, ΕΝΈΠΝΕΥΣΑΝ ΤΟΥΣ bearing the signature of perfumer Olivia
ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΎΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΛΛΙΚΟΎ Giacobetti, a timeless perfume that became
ΟΊΚΟΥ DIPTYQUE. a best seller in no time. And all because of
Words by IRA SINIGALIA
Photography by DIPTYQUE
"After all that sightseeing, we’ve finally
found our favorite spot, mount Pelion!
Here, in a remote village called Méliès,
surrounded by countryside that is barren
in parts, lush and fertile in others, dotted
with huge waterfalls, we’ve decided to
stay for the rest of the summer, and let
time stand still. I’ve sketched the village
square for you, to give you an idea of
where we are."
Signed as: Desmond Knox-Leet (an
outstanding painter)
Along with interior decorator Yves
Coueslant they were the two of the
three founders of diptyque, the French
perfume house. In 1960 they embarked
on an Odyssey in the Mediterranean
and ended up in Greece. Their footsteps
170
GREECE they were utterly fascinated. No wonder it MEMORIES, AROMAS,
has been characterised as "the place of the SUN, SEA AND NATURAL
THE ALMOST SCORCHED BY soul". In the village of Méliès they rented a BEAUTY. | ΕΝΑ ΜΠΟΥΚΑΛΙ
THE SUN WILD FIG TREES OF summer house which they visited for four ΦΤΙΑΓΜΈΝΟ ΑΠΟ
PELION BECAME A SOURCE consecutive summers. When they returned ΑΝΑΜΝΗΣΕΙΣ, ΑΡΩΜΑΤΑ,
OF INSPIRATION FOR THE to France, they gave Christiane Montadre- ΗΛΙΟ, ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ ΚΑΙ
CREATORS OF THE FRENCH Gautrot, the third co-founder of diptyque, ΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑ.
HOUSE OF DIPTYQUE. | ΟΙ the "magic" box that contained a dried
ΆΓΡΙΕΣ ΣΥΚΙΈΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΗΛΊΟΥ, fig leaf along with some other gifts from
ΣΧΕΔΌΝ ΚΑΜΈΝΕΣ ΑΠΌ ΤΟΝ Greece. In 1996, Philosykos was born
ΉΛΙΟ, ΕΝΈΠΝΕΥΣΑΝ ΤΟΥΣ bearing the signature of perfumer Olivia
ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΎΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΛΛΙΚΟΎ Giacobetti, a timeless perfume that became
ΟΊΚΟΥ DIPTYQUE. a best seller in no time. And all because of
Words by IRA SINIGALIA
Photography by DIPTYQUE
"After all that sightseeing, we’ve finally
found our favorite spot, mount Pelion!
Here, in a remote village called Méliès,
surrounded by countryside that is barren
in parts, lush and fertile in others, dotted
with huge waterfalls, we’ve decided to
stay for the rest of the summer, and let
time stand still. I’ve sketched the village
square for you, to give you an idea of
where we are."
Signed as: Desmond Knox-Leet (an
outstanding painter)
Along with interior decorator Yves
Coueslant they were the two of the
three founders of diptyque, the French
perfume house. In 1960 they embarked
on an Odyssey in the Mediterranean
and ended up in Greece. Their footsteps
170
