Note Pyramid
Benzoin
Mate
OudMiss Dior
Miss Dior Extrait de Parfum is the longest and most elaborate note row in this part of the range, and at extrait strength every part of it is working at once.
The opening is citrus and white flower together. African orange blossom and orange blossom give it a clean, slightly soapy brightness, bergamot and petitgrain sharpen that with peel and twig, and jasmine is already present at the top, which is unusual and makes the first minutes richer than a classical opening would be. The heart is rose, twice over: bulgarian rose is deep, jammy and full, grasse rose is cleaner and more transparent, and between them the flower is drawn in more than one dimension. Lily adds a cool, almost green white floral note, jasmine returns, and incense cuts across the flowers with a dry, resinous smoke that stops the composition becoming sweet.
The base is the serious part. Benzoin is warm and balsamic, mate is the dried herb used for a bitter infusion, dry and faintly smoky, oud brings its dark, medicinal, slightly leathery weight, and patchouli and vetiver give the earth and the root underneath. It is a long way from the brightness of the opening.
François Demachy composed it. At extrait concentration expect long wear at a moderate distance, with the base holding well into the following morning on clothing. It suits evenings, cold weather and occasions worth dressing for, and it rewards a very light hand indeed.
Dior's perfume and cosmetics arm belongs to LVMH, and the Miss Dior name goes back to the beginning of the house: Christian Dior showed his first couture collection in February 1947 and launched the fragrance alongside it.
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