For the past couple of weeks or so the temperature here in Toronto has been INSANE, and that’s putting it lightly. I think. We had a balmy Christmas, but have been under an extreme cold weather alert for a good portion of this week and last. Like -27 °C bad (windchill factor). Yowzaa! So, today in celebration of a rather mild day (it was -2°C), I took my Miss Dior perfume out from the depths of my washroom cabinet and basked in its perfume-y goodness.
What’s in it:
Top note: Galbanum (The Galbanum plant grows in Iran and Afghanistan. Its gum is collected through an incision made in the root, then distilled.)
Heart note: Jasmine (A symbol of feminine softness, Jasmine is one of the most commonly used flowers in perfumery.)
Base note: Patchouli (Patchouli is a plant native to Indonesia and Malaysia. It is to be found in chypre, woody and oriental fragrances.)
Why I love it:
It’s hard to describe fragrance without sounding completely corny, so I believe it’s best to leave that to the marketing department. But two words do come into my mind when I smell this: simple and elegant. It isn’t “matronly” nor too musky. I just love how the scent unfolds as the day goes on. There’s a reason it’s been around for so long (it was introduced as the house’s first signature fragrance in 1947) and continues to be a favourite the world over — it doesn’t smell like you’ve got a bowl full of potpourri on you. I’m not fan of suffocation by strong perfume.
And look at that bottle. Doesn’t it just take you back in time? Wait, 1947? Okay, never mind that, but just imagine for a moment. It doesn’t have a spray like most conventional perfume bottles do, but the stopper is itself the applier so one just needs to apply it to the pulse points (i.e. the back of your earlobes, the inner part of your elbows, or your wrists).
Would anyone who has tried Dior’s Miss Dior Eau de Toilette like to give their two cents on the stuff? And while we are on the topic, I’d love to test drive the younger version of itself: Miss Dior Cherie. I have been watching Miss Dior Cherie’s commercials non-stop on youtube. Ooohh watching it makes me feel like flying over to France just to eat Laduree macaroons like I still have the metabolism of a 10 year old. Le Sigh.
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I always loved perfumes with Patchouli and Jasmine notes and I own a few
but I don’t know anything about that Galbanum top note. I never smelled it but it must be interesting, I should sniff it next time I’ll go to Sephora 
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Oh, Tavia, you MUST! I love it.. Like you I love LOVE LOVE LOVE
LOVE
Jasmine (did I emphasize that enough?). Patchouli I can live without and I also have never had any perfume with Galbanum until this one.
I’m also really curious to see for myself how the “younger” version is.