I know, I know, this blog usually focuses on Indie/niche perfumes. However, a dear lovely someone sent me some perfume samples, and...well, what is one to do but to dive head first into them? (I have to admit, people who send/give/throw perfume at me rank pretty high on my list, by default.) Yesterday, I smelled like a melange of deliciousness (because the box came in yesterday and so I had to dab on as many as I could, of course), and now today I am starting my lovely exploration of them individually.
I had in mind that this would be the one I tried first, by itself. I was amused and tickled when I reached into my "grab bag of awesome" and pulled out the first one I touched, and it ended up being this. I love when a plan comes together.
According to Dior, Miss Dior "celebrates the beauty of a sensual Grasse Rose wrapped in fresh notes and woven with a lively Rosewood." According to Fragrantica, this has "dominant notes of roses, the Damask rose and May rose from Grasse, to be precise. The rest of the composition consists of a fresh opening of lemon, mandarin, pink pepper and a sensual accord in the base that includes rosewood and patchouli." Hmmm, rose/s? Note of death? We'll see how THIS goes.
At first application: I don't really get the rose, but I do get fresh and light, clean, a little powdery (but not talcum powder, more like...ahhh sometimes rose can go a bit powdery). Also, according to Dior, this is a "sensual floral fragrance." Sometimes those haaate me, but so far this is...pretty. Pretty and light and soft and I'm not getting the citrus, but am getting what could be the pink pepper.
As it dries: Ohhhh, there at the bottom is a soft rose note. But a fresh rose. Not heavy. Slightly sweet and raspberryish (like a sweet rose musk) the way some roses can go. Rounding that out is the mandarin (adding more to the sweet notes here, I suspect).
I just left the room for a minute (had a face mask on and had to wash my face) and when I stepped back into the room, ooooooh! That was pretty! There! There's the rose--soft and lovely! And the rosewood! Mmmm! It's definitely not coming up on my skin the way it lingers in the room, but it's so pretty and bright. (I also ran and shoved my arm under my husband's nose while he is working, and his face lit up and he nodded very emphatically, then mouthed, "I like that one a lot!" in the middle of his meeting lol.)
This is, as Dior described, wrapped in fresh notes. For me, that means it lies clean on the skin. Doesn't get heavy or muddied or muddled at all. It floats a bit around me, not quite the way warm laundry on the line can give that clean floaty vibe, but nearing that territory. I don't really get the patchouli that is mentioned, but there is something to the base that could be it (although it merges with the musk, for my nose). To me, perfumes can have moods, and although Dior says this is sensual (and perhaps it is on someone else's skin), this is more happy, bright, friendly, outgoing. (Although, to be fair, this is making me think it would be fun on a date night, so maybe there is something to be said about the sensual aspect.) And it's also really pretty. Delicate. Light. (Should I go dress up now? I feel like that would be appropriate.) If someone walked past me smelling this, it would make me smile and be grateful for allll the lovely smells out in the world.
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