Fragrance Notes
J'Adore
Dior J'Adore Eau de Parfum has been one of the best known fragrances in the world for a quarter of a century, and it did that without a gimmick: it is simply a well made bouquet of white and pink flowers, worn by millions of women who would not call themselves interested in perfume.
Four materials make it. Ylang ylang is the first thing most people register, lush and creamy with a faintly tropical sweetness that gives the fragrance its golden quality. Damascus rose supplies the body, deeper and more velvety than an ordinary rose, with a honeyed richness that keeps the composition from reading as thin. Then the two jasmines: jasmine proper, heavy and slightly animal under its sweetness, and sambac jasmine, cooler and greener and sharper edged, which lifts the whole arrangement and stops it becoming cloying.
It is a short note row for such a famous scent, and that turns out to be its strength. There is no clever twist to wait for, no surprise in the second hour, just a large and generous floral smell that holds its shape from beginning to end. As an eau de parfum it has serious presence for the first hour and then settles without disappearing, usually lasting a full day on skin and longer on clothes. Two sprays are sufficient. In a warm room it blooms considerably, so a lighter hand in summer is sensible. It suits occasions more than it suits errands, works beautifully in the evening, and is probably the most gifted women's fragrance on the market for exactly that reason. The composition dates from 1999.
Dior's beauty and fragrance division sits inside LVMH. Christian Dior presented his first couture collection in February 1947 and launched a perfume beside it the same season, composed by Paul Vacher to the brief that it should smell of love, and the house has worked at that scale ever since.
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