L'Autre by Diptyque, 1973

I thoroughly enjoy "dirty" leaning fragrances, so I was excited to get a bottle of what I'd heard was the skankiest juice around. Ultimately, it wounded up being far more pleasant than I'd anticipated. Although the first few minutes are spice overload (hello, Cumin!) and almost vinegar-y. But then a lovely dry-down; it smells warm and ancient. Projection is not significant; I haven't had any comments on it from neighbours/co-workers. It lingers quite close to the skin once its mellowed out. The "humanity" mentioned in other reviews is here, I suppose. For me, it's a romantic fragrance with a slight leaning toward the erotic, but not too confrontational to wear. I'll enjoy wearing this through the winter months, for sure.

A powerful, spice based fragrance which will not be to all tastes. Bold cumin and coriander seed soften out into dusty asffron and wood nots on the dry down, revealing a certain unconventional elegance and more than a hint of what I will generously call humanity. Try before you buy, this is a polarising scent which induces rapture and disgust in equal measure. A great favourite of mine, but one to wear for yourself, and almost certainly 'nsfw' as they say.

i think this is my first review :) well, if this humble thumbs up saves this along with l' eau trois from being totally phased out from this earth then so be it.. if you hate curry-like spices you will most probably not like this otherwise this is a warm comforting weirdly elegant scent i dont wear it out but it is one of my favorite private comfort scents, or simply said one of my favorites i ordered this unsniffed and asked my friend who went abroad to bring it home for me and when i opened it to smell, i immediately had two exclamations in my mind, "o shit she's gonna hate this!! <lol>" and the other was "damn, this is everything i read and dreamed and hoped it would be!!"

L'Autre could have been a good scent if just Mark Buxton and Comme Des Garcons didn't rich the perfection in this kind of perfumes with both CDG Original and CDG White. It's basically a very spicy one with tones of Cardamom, Coriander and Nutmeg but I can't consider it as part of my collection as it's a kind of rough prototype of the two above mentioned masterpieces. Even if this one came out first, go directly for a CDG one, if you're into this kind of scents.

Declaration squared to the power of 10. I have Declaration on one arm and L'Autre on the other and the cumin note is quite similar but Dec is more muted while L'Autre is clearer, sharper and IMO fresher despite the many armpit comparisons. A great take on the scent of an Indian bazaar (bizarre) which I love the smell of, with no cloying or heavy notes to bog it down.

I am very much in the minority....too.
I like this perfume that brings me back to my childhood among boiling French polish pots in furniture restaurateurs' laboratories (but more old and dark indeed), among smells of old woods sawdust and withe spirit. Than arises the cumin, the saffron (that my grandma put in her "risotto") and the woods become rounded, but still heavy, with a little of a week old shirt indeed...
any way I like it, brings me comfort and good remembrance for a while and then the perception of doing well.
(sorry for my rudimentary English, I would like to express more...)

PEE-YOOO!!!!! I ordered this as a sample. It smells exactly like B.O. Curry infused underarm sweat, to be precise. I love weirdness in perfume but this was just unpleasant. I just kept asking myself, "would someone really wear this??!!"

It seems I am very much in the minority....but I think this is a wonderful, warm fragrance. I bought it recently in the Diptyque shop in PAris.....apparently it is now discontinued as and I quote "no one likes it, Madame"!!!
Well, I DO!

I originally gave this a neutral rating. Simply put, this cumin laden scent was intriguing to me. However, since that time, I now think of L'Autre as cumin run amuck. Just out of control excess. There are much better presentations of this note. Thumbs down. (Revised from 21 July 08).

This smells like what my college dormitory would smell like during spring break. Hemp. Just add woods. It'll end up like cumin I bet... I wouldn't want to smell like this.