Miss Dior

Beautiful green floral chypre! I love the "misty" feel of this. Although it was created in the 40s, Miss Dior has a sort of soft-focus, mossy, 70s tooled leather purse and macramé aura.

I always have to laugh about the 'reformulationbashers'. (as also about the 'Montale Bashers' and '80s powerhouse bashers'.) in this case: the 2011 version vs.the '70s version. I've lived through both (born 1957) and I can tell you they did a fine job with the reformulation of Miss Dior. then I've had the esprit de parfum, the perfume and the edt. this version is also masterfully done, in 2011. I have the same opinion about Poison ! I've worn the esprit de parfum in the 80s for many years, and of course Giorgio and Obsession, but do not think the modern versions differ so much of the 'old versions'. it is quite a task to reformulate such masterpieces due through the IFRA regulations and then to come out GOOD. I find the only one 'Miss Dior' an absolutely masterpiece. in older descriptions honey and gardenia and civet were always mentioned. even without civet(tone) and honey the 2011 version shares a great similarity with the 70s versions. it is the elegant, highly sophisticated ladies' perfume,along with Chanel no.5, Hermès Calèche, Jean Patou's Joy, Guy Laroches' Fidji and Chanel no.19. viva Miss Dior and fuck the flankers. (madonnatella) no. these weren't the ingredients of the 'original Miss Dior' 1947 perfume. in the labyrinth of flankerism, dilutions, dupisms and marketcentered 'eaus of eaus' thèn you still had the 'old lady perfumes' which shocked the hell out of you. the original ingredients were: Aldehydes (just like Chanel No 5 but we're already 25 years on from that 'chemical assault') , Galbanum, Clary Sage, Gardenia and Bergamot. 'middle notes' were Narcissus, Iris, Carnation, Orris-root, Lily-of-the-Valley, Jasmine, Rose and Neroli. Basenotes were Oakmoss (tons of it), Leather, Vetiver, Patchouli, Labdanum, Sandelwood and Amber. perfumers were Jean Charles and Paul Vacher. Christian Dior was a LEO so he wouldn't settle for any 'Heidi-on-the-Mountain' perfume. I have smelled this original Miss Dior in parfum (1974) and 'esprit de parfum' (in the 1980s) and it was such a heavenly and yes, Boudoiresque perfume. the Gardenia wasn't gentrified. once I had a Gardenia in my house (and I had had the same experience with a stephanotis). I came home from work and walked into a brick wall of this very smokey, pissy Gardenia smell crumbling the Stephanotis in the process. THAT is Gardenia. and that was Miss Dior also. the only real Gardenia perfumes are from J.A.R. Golconda (with Carnation), Diamond Water and Jardenia. I must say that the only remnant they have to the original perfume is the edt. (and the esprit de parfum was smashing.) but this e.d.t. comes rather close to the original. the bygone perfumers are also already subsided by the marketing machine in favor of Francis Kurkdjian. no we keep ALWAYS remember the original Miss Dior and Poison (François Démachy). these are perfumes a Diorissime worthy. I felt I needed to set things straight.

This is for Dior: Bring back this original with the same notes and composition. I want to try this so bad. I am a Miss Dior collector and love the fragrances. This would sell. 😜

This is what "old money" smells like. Creamy white floral on a base of dusty moss. Complex & multilayers. Not easy to love for the current fragrance taste but glorious once you get used to it. The scent smells "easier" in cooler weather where the creamy, milky floral comes out more. There's no significant difference in smelling profile between the EDC, EDT and Parfum, the difference is mainly the richness and complexity. The fragrance ages quite well, many vintage bottles still keep their integrity. If you're interested in exploring standard mossy chypre, instead of the high-priced "niche" wannabes, get yourself vintage Miss Dior, it's much much much better. The Originale version (2011) is still very good but doesn't have the wow factor of the vintage. The scent opens feminine leaning but dries down quite masculine. All concentrations have bombastic sillage and longevity.

I recently bought a 10ml bottle of the original EDT and I'm certain it's pre 1989 as it absolutely brings back memories of my mum wearing this in the 60's and 70's. It's so wonderfully, quintessentially ladylike. Balanced, abstract, somehow there's a balance between reserved and warm, mysterious and classy. The origin story of Miss Dior is heart-wrenchingly beautiful. I do believe this original perfume is truly a reflecton of Dior's deep love and regard for his incredibly brave sister, Catherine Dior. When I watched the recent TV series comparing his approach with that of Chanel (The New Look) I really wanted them to dwell more on the creation of perfumes, alas, it was just a detail, though it was an excellent series and I highly recomemmned it! My mum's going to be 82 this month, so this little bottle of vintage Miss Dior is for her. It has all its original old school charm. We could really do with more classy perfumes like this - not old-school neccessarily, but just well-made!

This is vintage Miss Dior, the fragrance launched in 1947, not the completely different pink confection sold in Sephora today. Miss Dior is a tweedy green-floral chypre; it reminds me a lot of Ma Griffe, which was a near contemporary by the same perfumer, Jean Carles. They both have the soupy, “mixed” feel of fifties perfumery; greens, flowers, a tan nutty base that invariably includes oakmoss, sandalwood, vetiver, and amber. Busy perfumes, with lots of moving parts and a Miss Moneypenny brisk, ladylike efficiency. Miss Dior has a fair bit of leather and something like cigarette smoke in the base; there’s a lot of galbanum up top, along with a pale, foggy gardenia-and-sage chord, like wandering through the Jardins Luxembourg in a mist. There’s also something almost fruity-resinous going on; maybe the galbanum and labdanum intersect to make something tangy. And down below, I get hints of animalics in the base, with a savory, solid aspect I attribute to ambergris. Hours in, I can also feel smooth, creamy iris butter, sort of a “nice purse” smell. I think of Miss Dior as sage-green in color. It’s not the deep, rich olive of more patchouli-heavy 70’s-80’s chypres, nor is it the clean fresh green of florals like Vent Vert or Chanel No. 19. Miss Dior is more middling, more muted, more balanced. Like Ma Griffe, it can be a little boring. But the scent that wafts up from my wrists all day has a jaunty kind of charm. The galbanum is surprisingly stalwart; it’s usually a mere topnote but in Miss Dior it sticks around.

I'm usually a lover of the romantic flowery scents — violets, roses, heliotrope and so on. However there's something in the original Miss Dior I just can't get enough of. It's such a classy, heavenly fragrance... It's powdery and a bit soapy yet spicy and makes you feel elegant whilst being surrounded by a soft cloud of aldehydes. I can see why some people would say it's mature, but I've been OBSESSED with this one since I was 17. I'm not 26 years old and I would rock it anyday. To me it's pretty much ageless, and I would go as far as to say its softness makes it very much a lovely fragrance for the youth.

recently bought a 10ml miniature bottle of this, unopened in it’s original packaging. although im not entirely sure, i suspect this bottle i have to be from the 60s/70s. first off, the design… is fucking gorgeous. minimalist yet classy black & white houndstooth with thin gold lettering. i just love it. 1000x nicer than today’s miss dior appearance imo. as for the fragrance, it is wonderful. a rich, smooth, timelessly enchanting elexir. so elegant and feminine. it doesn’t develop much throughout wear from opening-fade. it’s just such a solid, attractive fragrance. very little sweetness, but such warmth and deep leathery florals. great projection and longevity too. veryyyy curious to smell the modern formulation in comparison to this.. i already know it won’t be half as nice.

Call me old fashioned but I love this perfume. Got this in a blind swap recently and I am becoming obsessed. I feel so clean but not in a laundry astringent way, but in an enveloping, gentle, soapy way.

As a bloke, get your hands on an unopened bottle of the eau de cologne version from the 70's, houndstooth box, sealed cellophane. Thankfully there are still lots around, and this was a very widely sold scent, so this isn't difficult. Never buy an opened bottle, and never buy a bottle that looks like diabetic pee - the very lightest of straw yellow is what you are after. After those filters you may still hit the odd rancid off bottle, but with luck you'll get your hands on a good one, and then you have in your hands one of the all time great fragrance masterpieces. Like Bowie you can drench yourself in the stuff. This is one of the masterpieces of classic French perfumery, created by two of the supreme masters, Jean Carles and Paul Vacher just after WWII. There's a reason that Malle released "French Lover" and under that name, its the mingled fragrance memories and recollections of both Frederic Malle and Pierre Bourdon of the captivating drydown of Miss Dior on their mother's skin. The pure perfume may be the best expression of the idea of Miss Dior, but the EDC, rather like the Chanel No. 5 EDC, is the sublime, wearable all day version.

This was my signature scent in my late teens, in the late 80s, and I smile to think of that now. No one now would think that the 'miss' of the name meant that young women would wear it, but that's what I did then and I loved it. It is something of a bluestocking scent, and I'm happy with that reflection on my character, even as a young woman. I remember trying it on in a shop (probably Jenners in Edinburgh) and being lost in the complexity of it, and knowing that was what I needed to smell like. Sweeter perfumes were coming on the market, such as YSL Baby Doll, but I daresay now if I smelled that it wouldn't seem like the sticky sweet thing I thought of it then, it's probably rather tart. So I finished my bottle of Miss Dior, and moved on to other scents, including Mitsouko (because I obviously was drawn to chypres), and then recently I treated myself to a vintage bottle of Miss Dior, in excellent condition, and in the bottle that I had in the 80s, which is taller and oblong with ribs and a pale grey cap, for nostalgia reasons. I looked it up recently and going by the lack of bar code and original address of Dior I think it is from about 1987, which would be the exact right date for when I was wearing it. I'm so pleased! It's still wonderful, complex, raspy, sagacious. And I see from the notes listing here that I can now trace some of my favourite notes now - clary sage, gardenia, iris and narcissus. It's a lovely piece of my olfactive history to enjoy again.

Miss Dior: a tale of two (or three) bottles -- My first Miss Dior bottle was a beautiful hounds-tooth frosted glass splash bottle I received as a gift in the 1990s, and it was my first expensive fragrance. I loved it and wore it till the last drop as my "good perfume" (not the every day one). My mother would occasionally borrow it too. The bottle got empty, my skin condition got worse and I mostly stopped wearing perfume. We kept the empty bottle. I gave my mother a mini with a similar bottle I found for sale. My second Miss Dior bottle was an old (judging by the lot number, 1981) travel splash bottle with the black and white cap and label that I found for sale online, with the beautiful juice I remembered. Leather, oakmoss, woods, resins and flowers, heady and yellow, strong, willful, almost powdery but not quite, elegant but sharp, difficult to describe to whoever did not experience it. I must remember to some day compare it to Dioressence, as while Miss Dior is more elegant, perhaps a little powdery in an older way, it shares Dioressence's soul of "I can take on the world". I decanted its juice into the first, prettier splash bottle, and kept the second one, open and mostly empty, in my woolen clothes drawer. My third Miss Dior bottle, I got it today. I saw it online, asked for pictures of the box and bottle, marked with the lot number, certified myself that the numbers match, that the bottle and cap and nozzle look as they should, that it is a real one. And it is. One of the later bottles, 2011, still marked "Miss Dior", so probably from the last batch just before the "Miss Dior Originale". It's a spray bottle, hounds-tooth frosted glass, tall bottle. I sprayed, carefully, expectant to see if it's the same. And it is, clearly. It's a little less sharp, the notes seem to have a different balance, a little more orris, a little less resin, and you have to apply a little more (which is easy with a spray bottle). But it's clearly the same fragrance. Still projects a lot, still lasts for hours on end (maybe 12 or 14 instead of 24, I think), still makes me feel myself, but standing taller, stronger. The splash bottle will be for slow, deliberate, sensual application, for myself, with time. The spray bottle will make it easier to choose to wear this perfume in the morning if I so decide, as it is more forgiving in a quick application. Miss Dior will go back into my perfume rotation even when I am going fast in the morning. I will sleep happy today.

I have a bottle of this little gem from 1999 and it was an anachronism even then. So yeah, I get why Dior changed old Miss Dior into the sweet, goopy mess which it has become. This old Miss Dior is a crisp green blast from the past and she demands that her wearer is a Dame with character, an iron will and a dangerous charm - the kind of Lady who will not stand for nonsense in any of its forms. Sadly, she no longer appeals to today's market . Her Zeitgeist is now a Poltergeist. Her fans have been relegated to the old-age home or worse. Modern perfume needs to be charming and fruity and appetizing and generally popular.

My roommate was at a beautiful antique store a few weeks ago and bought me a tiny vintage bottle of Miss Dior. We both dabbed some on our wrists later and it was heavenly. She said it's "like doves" <3 I only ever wear this at night.

I was going to buy a sample of the Perfume Parlour's version of this (vegan & cruelty free) as I'm curious. But I don't get on with leather in perfumes. In fact, just reading the reviews describing how the leather comes through made me feel nauseous. Literally. Thank you reviewers, you saved me some money! 🙏🏻🙌 Now to deal with this nausea! 😫🤢

I worship this perfume, at least in its 1990s formulation which is the one that my mother handed down to me. Sometime in her life, perfumes became unbearable for her to wear, specially those classic chypre ones. For instance, she actually liked and wore Gala by Loewe, wich is powerful and creamy, but actually soft when compared to the harsh citrusy openings of most classic chypres. Anyway, i was very glad to get her bottle of Miss Dior and each time I wore the perfume, it was like sessions of pure pleasure, the evolution and discovery of smells, ah, amazing. ( My bottle is identical to the one registered here on Fragrantica, that's called "Dior Dior", except the sticker label states "Miss Dior" ). A treasure.

A dear longtime friend gave me a travel-spray atomizer of Miss Dior, which she bought at an estate sale, and it's vintage. It still smells like a classic chypre to me, so maybe this metal (gold in color, possibly plating?) case has protected it all this time. It is way more of a sharp chypre than I expected--it reminds me of Aromatics by Clinique. I suppose it is possible that this has turned, but it sure smells like all the notes listed above. I'm glad to have it. It's quite strong; it may have gotten more concentrated over the decades. Because it is opaque, I don't know how much fluid is in the little travel bottle, but I am very glad to have it.

Lovaloo I have found 2 vintage bottles dating 1960's-1970's, STILL SEALED, still in their boxes, along with a sealed dusting powder. I got all 3 together in a vintage auction.

It would probably be helpful to know which version of Miss Dior I have, but I don't know which version I have because Miss Dior has been reformulated more times than I've had foot surgeries. I found a vintage sample bottle from an old coffret online for cheap. It's authentic but I have no way of dating it. An instantaneous love. Real moss, and a lot of it. Bitter, raspy chypre with French herbs, galbanum, patch, and aldehydes. The scratchy greens bookend the narcissus, keeping it in perpetual headlock. Not as caustic as vintage Ma Griffe, but much, much colder. This one's for the heartless witches of the world. I hate how much I love this, it will be a pain to hunt down a big bottle. It's worth the effort. This is unequivocally the best chypre floral I've encountered. It makes Chanel No. 19 seem soft and mumsy by comparison.

I need somebody to educate me on the Miss Dior fragrance family because I just don't get it. The only version I ever liked was the 2005 Miss Dior Chérie. I must be missing something because none of the other fragrances smell even remotely like that one did, by Christine Nagel.

I have a 1950s/60s Houndstooth bottle and I have to say this is one of the best chypre fragrances I’ve ever come across. It opens bright and effervescent with a heavy dose of aldehydes and a touch of bergamot, with powerful galbanum and sage to add green undertones. Soon after this, a heady marriage of countless powdery florals takes charge - namely narcissus, orris and carnation. Once this dries down you’re left with an explosion of natural oakmoss, some of the best I’ve ever smelled. Alongside this, the base is comprised of a leathery labdanum and earthy patchouli, all while the powdery florals, galbanum and aldehydes persist. This is a must have fragrance for any chypre lover, a world away from the overly sweet and synthetic mess that Miss Dior is today. The quality and pure talent that’s present in this classic scent is breathtaking; one of the best iterations of oakmoss I’ve ever come across.

I have the vintage miss dior from the 50's and OH MY GOD why did they change this beautiful elegant and sophisticated scent to the sugar bomb that is miss dior of today? I mean all I can say about this vintage beauty is that it is elegance, grace and class in a bottle. It's clean, its' clear, its strong at first but immediately calms down to this soft right bouquet of expensive fresh flowers at the peek of their growth and smell. I wish they made it like this still.

The sharp chartreuse galbanum and aldehydes that open Miss Dior EDT are my ray of sunshine on yet another milky, overcast New England day. The most pronounced floral is this dusty, green-leaf and hay-like narcissus, ever so slightly honeyed, feeling like an optimistic springtime thaw. This is underpinned with a contrasting bone-dry powdery orris and the vetiver is just as much evident on my skin as the oakmoss. The EDT makes for a great reference chypre as it ticks all the boxes. The classic development of greenness, into floral, into mossy-leathery-woody is a study in balance. Its parched feel somehow quenches, its austerity may make it feel a bit intimidating to some, but to the right noses this would captivate and fulfill a wearer's desire. It echoes a time where luxury and intelligence was not perhaps not perceived as mutually exclusive, and though I know socially and culturally we are in flux (there was a lot that wasn't so great in 1947), we would do ourselves a disservice by completely poo-pooing the past.

I've recently acquired a 5pc travel set of Dior perfume miniatures that appear to be from 2004. Miss Dior captured my attention the most of the five. Although I've read about how the original Miss Dior is nothing like the rebranded version of recent years, I did not realise how different it would be and how much I would like it because I really don't care much for the current Miss Dior releases. Encased in a tiny houndstooth motif crystal bottle, I could see a substantial amount of the old perfume had leaked or evaporated away (or both) and it made me really sad because it was my favourite of the five but also had the smallest volume of the five. I went back to the store from which I'd gotten the set to look for some other discontinued classics and it turned out that the owner had a couple of 100ml bottles for sale - I got one immediately. Although the big bottle that I have now was part of a later production (batch code from 2002) rather than a pre-2000s vintage, this 20yo lady is adequately mossy, herbaceous, and full of character. Thinking about the story behind the concoction of Miss Dior, the olfactory profile of the original makes so much more sense than the modern, pink formulation. She's hard, dry, and imposing, but also beautiful, tenacious and quite awe-inspiring - none of which I'd use as adjectives for the modern day Miss Dior(s). Absolutely unforgettable!

Miss Dior in the original version is everything I dreamed it would be and then some more. It's very green and sharp as a razor blade in the opening, but oh so floral at the same time. It smells clean, but without being soapy. The oakmoss in the base is out of this world and the leather is exquisite, like an exclusive leather bag that has been immaculately cared for. Extremely elegant and not in the nonchalant sort of way. Miss Dior is oldfactory art and she's impeccable.

Wow, I got a small 5ml bottle of Miss dior EdT from the 80s-90s, and im so glad i bought it. its such a gorgeous, expensive smell, i feel like a old hollywood actress wearing this. The new version is good too but it cannot beat the vintage version. the aldehydes are beautiful in the beginning, the only middlenote i can smell is rose, but the best are the basenotes that come out after a couple of hours, its intoxicating oakmoss, leather and sandalwood. I have ordered a big bottle from ebay, because i cannot live without this.

I have a vintage EdT and I am so glad I purchased it. I have smelled the latest formulation and like it a lot, but wow there is nothing like the original. The aldehyde gardenia opening is intoxicating...I can only distinguish the carnation from the other middle notes, but the well blended mids lead to that oh-so-beautiful sandalwood, leather, and oakmoss base that takes my breath away. Yes, I like the new formulation but the vintage? Nothing can compare.

I can’t describe how much love I have for this scent. It was my mom’s so I got a chance to smell it when I was young and it is the beginning of my love for patchouli lol I like floral-patchouli-green notes since then but nothing compares to this bottle. Sadly It’s hard to find nowadays so I save all I have to my storage. Just smell it some time but definitely not gonna wear it daily

I just found a bottle of Miss Dior Eau de Cologne (vintage) in my parents' house. I don’t know whose perfume it was or when it’s from. Maybe it was my grandmother’s who didn’t really wear perfumes… The cap is gold and the package is with the B/W houndstooth pattern. It smells really good, it’s fresh, green and “vintage”. Reminds me a bit of Aromatics Elixir, but I like this one better. I love how elegant, classy and aromatic it is. It smells like a wealthy woman on the Riviera or in a fine restaurant. I keep smelling my arm, but unfortunately the staying power is not so strong. I'm definitely going to wear this!

Ahh, Miss Dior... New in 1940s... The norm in 1950s. Hip in 1960s... Elegant in 70s. Rich in 1980s... Granny in 1990s. Edgy in 2000s... Vintage in 2010s. and a total time capsule in 2020s, VIP museum material which should be under protection I guess... Smelling this I am depressed. I question my whole existence indeed. Who knew perfume would be a spiritual catalyst! When I was a child in 90s, in this life at least, a friend of my mum's was living in a very old house (circa 1960s) in the middle of sun-dried meadows; in a war-torn land where the future prospects could as well be bright or promising, people still took their strength by maintaining their ties with the past, and that which smelt exactly like Miss Dior, because when cyhpre is the case, the French named it after La Chypre the island already... Whatever that future brought, I am not sure... Memories of the old house, and the meadows and everything coming alive like a hologram, the stark contrast between how things were and how they are now makes me feel old first hand, and I can't quite describe where in my life this scent would fall into, or what expectation it would serve, other than the feeling of touring a museum filled with incredible but no more relevant many things... I am not sure if I am a "Very Good Girl", guess I've never been, I am just looking for the fine line, an olfactory experience between a well-lived but sadly depressed woman and a pastless one... This perfume is performance art.