Diagonal Eau de Cologne (1968)

Diagonal opens with a bright surge of green and citrus—bergamot and orange lifted by aldehydes that feel almost effervescent, like morning light cutting through leaves. Rose emerges softly in the heart, grounded and genteel rather than heady. The composition settles into vetiver and sandalwood, where moss and labdanum lend an earthy, almost mineral quality that anchors the earlier sparkle. There's a deliberate restraint here, a cologne that whispers rather than declares, moving from crisp herbality to quiet woody warmth.