J'adore Eau de Toilette 2002

I'm wearing the 2002 and 2011 version today. 2011 immediately reaches its solar floral glory in comparison. 2002 has a weak start, but heart is beautiful and clear. I think it's magnolia, but also how lily of the valley smells and it raises it to a soprano. The newer edt feels warmer, simpler and less of a crescendo. A sampler I found at home of this particular version is how my love for J'Adore started. I still remember how it felt spoiled and close to nothing initially, but after a couple of hours I suddenly kept feeling wafts of something amazing. It was this silver neck gem and I still love its heart and acquired a bottle at some point of time. It is rich and multifaceted. I love the parfume the most, then edp or this. Then all the others. the silver neck is stronger and brighter and more multifaceted than the 2011 version. It radiates better, I still prefer it and it is still good enough to wear despite being a vintage juice. Drydown is identical to 2011 version, and detectable after ~12hours

Very gentle, bright, rather trendy...nice enough to attract you to buy the same bottle again until you finally realize that there must always be one. Charming plum runs through the composition and everything is made in an aristocratic way, distinctive but not particularly unique fragrance, although this light fragrance enhance the day and is perfect for spring and summer. Parfumed bodycream is similar to EdP, beautiful floral scent with a lot of freshness, cheerful, sunny and has a wide aura. The whole Dior J'adore collection is fantastic, incl. hair mist, in fact I don't know which is better. J'adore is superultrafeminine!

Why does the house description say "...amaranth, musk and blackberry in the trail" but Fragrantica's pyramid doesn't show either Blackberry nor Amaranth? I'm actually seriously enjoying this and, while I've always sort of liked the original j'adore, this is a little more interesting to me. I can see that for some it might come across a tad too synthetic but I find the dry-down well worth it, which sets in at about 15-20 minutes for me. It's fresh, yet warm, clean, yet playful and elegant yet surprising, and all in all very nonchalant and fun. Love it.

Agree with dina's review, ylang-ylang is clearly felt, although not mentioned and I'd like to add that original EdT, I mean this one, smells a way better then the "new" edition released last year - this def my fav among J'adore line when talking about EdT

I used to have this and totally, totally loved it and oh still continue to love it.Amazing!