J'adore Eau de Toilette 2011

MissK's review below says everything I would have done so please see below - this is indeed far fresher than the EDP which genuinely felt as if someone had shoved a bouquet of slightly gone-over white flowers doused in a melon-heavy fruit cordial up my nose and left it there. The drydown was bearable but I'm not sure how much of that was just my brain surrendering a kind of olfactory Stockholm Syndrome if you will. I LIKE strong scents but this was a refined assault - not in a painful, throat-catching way, just like being pitched into a pool of berry and melon-flavoured garlands some of which you inhale before emerging. I digress - the EDT, by contrast, is flowery, fresh, classy and non-invasive. I wish I got the jasmine and african orange blossom as much as lucky MissK but this is certainly going on a my list as a nice, non-offensive but refined floral for formal occasions, as I can't cope with the traditional aldehydes or botanical musks that often are deemed appropriate for such times. I must be honest though and say that I don't perceive the individual 'essences' as listed by Dior of Italian Mandarin, Damascus Rose and Neroli, but I suppose by terming them 'essences' rather than 'extraits' Dior has left itself plenty of wriggle-room for individual interpretation of the blousy white floral bouquet it actually smells of to me. The vanilla listed above is personally undetectable, but I have been wearing Alien Absolue recently so perhaps I've become desensitised to all but the most potent featuring of the pod?

Got it from Brussels airport.love it so much... I just wear it in special occasions. the thing that I confuse is I got it since 2009! I though it was the other edt but this one has golden colour and smell like described here. very very confuse but I like it better than the edp. hi,does anyone knew which countries sell the golden edt? in UAE the edt has clear colour with white box (the old edt) and different smell.In my country,singapore or japan it has the same box but it has clear colour.i spesifically bring my old bottle and it's totally different! And just found out that my old j'adore edt is J'Adore Eau De Toilette Spray 75ml/2.5oz F061523709 Confidence and sensuality With the blend of Mandarin, Champaca Flowers, Jasmine, Ivy, African Orchid, Rose, Ylang-ylang, Violet, Damascus Plum, Amaranth Wood and Blackberry Musk notes After so many fuss looking for my edt I got it again from Belgium, the new golden edt..F061523209, the one listed here. it's turn out my old one is not exist anymore and might only sold in selected area... The old one more vibrante in my skin than the new one.. it's different vibe...At begining and at the end of wearing it these two smell different, but somewhere in middle (say 2hours after) they smell alike. i love both, but i'll save my old one as long as i can since i can't smell it anywhere anymore. it's really confidence and sensual

I just bought this EDT recently (couple days ago to be exact) I am in love straightaway with the Tuberose. At the beginning this bottle was just an in-flight duty free blind buy out of boredom waiting to land. I got it, opened it and sprayed it, at first I didn't notice much fragrance out of it except for Ylang Ylang (which I don't mind at all). Little did I know that after I landed, I saw the girls who were sitting behind me were rushing to duty free perfume section to buy 2 bottles of this EDT 100ml (the one which I bought is 50ml). I got a little curious on why they suddenly like it... So when I arrived hotel, I sprayed on my clothes and on my skin. After awhile, I could smell tuberose and rose in the room from my shirt. Whilst on my skin I notice much of Ylang Ylang, Citrus and Woodsy notes. I wore the shirt and sprayed some on my skin again, men praised the smell and they didn't notice much but they just said "something smell good here" and yet it lingers for quite sometime. Funny as I walked through the garden (and it was winter in Taiwan) a male friend next to me mentioned that he smell somekind of flower and it smells good. I guess sillage was quite good. Not as long as I expect out of that price of a perfume. I am putting this EDt as one of my loved and favourite!

Oh, how I love wearing this in the winter. Makes me think of the sparkling crystals of snowflakes. The florals in this scent really shine at this time of year. It also lasts all day with beautiful trailing silage. As I mentioned before on the Lumiere review page, the Eau de Toilette is now the Lumiere scent. The change in name was a big mistake, IMO, as this really is a luminous scent that perfectly fits the original name. There were two prior formulations of the Eau de Toilette before Dior decided to use the formula of Lumiere for J'Adore Eau de Toilette 2020. The original version in 2002, and the first reformulation in 2011. I haven't had the opportunity to try the original or first reformulation, but I can assure you that what is selling now is the Lumiere scent as I have both the original Lumiere and a bottle of 2020 Eau de Toilette. It is exactly the same scent and just as stunning as Lumiere. Fragrantica really needs to update the information on this fragrance to reflect the change.

The floral and woody notes in this EDT are well blended. The scent appears sharp at first but at the dry down, the musc comes through and it becomes a well balanced clean feminine scent that is quite pleasant. It is therefore safe as a blind buy or for gifting. This is often classed as summer or spring fragrance but for some reason it shines through in colder weather and evenings. Certainly for family friendly evening ocassions this could be a great choice and perhaps formal events, too. Sillage is decent and staying power is amazing for an EDT. Final remarks is that if you want a floral scent with personality, this is not it. The J’adore DNA is present throughout, which adds to elegance and initially turn heads, but it lacks uniqueness. After a couple of hours, you just smell of expensive soap and it does not turn heads anymore. But again, it is a safe bet for most ocassions and certainly one to have in a collection of clean florals.