Daily delight: Diptyque arrives exclusively at Mecca Cosmetica!

I am a sucker for a beautifully fragranced candle no matter what the price, and Diptyque are one of the brands I’ve been known to talk about in hushed, unashamedly fawning tones. For those of you who know the candles but not much of their history, the Diptyque story began in Paris, at 34 Boulevard Saint-Germain, with three friends driven by the same creative passion and a love for fragrances. The inspired trio, Christiane Gautrot, interior decorator, Desmond Knox-Leet, painter and Yves Coueslant, theatre administrator; employed a keen sense of beauty, first with candles, before launching their to-die-for eau de toilette collection. Their current range also now includes body care with coveted soaps and sought-after lotions and scrubs that are impossible to resist. The good news is that the celebrated scents, sweet and spicy, light and dark, are now available in New Zealand exclusively at Mecca Cosmetica. I’m gagging to get my hands – quite literally – on a tube of their Emulsion Velours (Velvet Hand Lotion). It’s a truly beautiful formula, which uses organic immortelle floral water and sesame seed oil to provide a sheer, protective buffer for the hands to combat ageing properties, while properties of acacia honey, licorice extract and sweet almond milk soft and satiate even the thirstiest of paws.