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French odyssey

The artist Zoë Paul hadn’t planned to end up in a cave. A few months prior, the French maison Diptyque had approached her to take part in its celebratory 60th anniversary show, which has now opened in Paris, with pop-ups around the world to follow. The exhibition features original works by nine artists. Of these, five have created editioned objects fragranced by Diptyque perfume, with Paul drawing inspiration from Greece, Joël Andrianomearisoa from France, Johan Creten from Italy, Hiroshi Sugimoto from Japan, and Rabih Kayrouz from Lebanon.

These five destinations were chosen because they were places Diptyque’s founders, Christiane

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