J'adore L'Or (2023)

I have not been a fan of the jadore line. I have only liked 2 flankers so far the all natural one in white and jadore Lumiere toilette. But I didn't like either enough to consider buying. This new L'or flanker I just might pick up. I've tried the past L'or flanker and didn't care for it. I had the same problem with that as I do with the original and that is screechy florals. Here the florals are rounded off. The rough edges are smoothed away to reveal a very unexpected floral perfume that is full of contrasts but the contrasts do not shout out their presence they whisper them to you as the perfume develops. Here is how I see L'or 2023.. Upon first spray I get a tropical feel. I get mango and banana. The mango is just ripe not to green and not to juicy. Succulent but tart. The banana is very white, dense and creamy. Theses fruits envelope the florals from the inside out. This is the gold of jadore. Warm, lush, tropical. As the perfume develops again the silver white violet mingles with lily of the valley to create a chilly effect. Like makeup powder made of snow. I can see Elsa from Frozen wearing this while creating an Ice Palace in the middle of a tropical island. As the perfume develops further it shifts again back to its original gold but instead of the florals being infused with tropical fruits they are slightly spiced creating a warming effect on the chilly white jasmine. This perfume for me is a contrast between the chilly silver white of jasmine violet and lily of the valley. And the gold of tropical fruits and orange blossom. This is absolutely stunning and should have been a stand alone release IMO. Not a flanker of a flanker. Going on my want shelf. Best new release of 2023. I don't get the comparison to alien. Alien is a casmeran and amber wood bomb. Ruins the jasmine IMO. But I have only smelled what is in stores today not vintage. Edit: I was thinking of a full bottle of this and while I do love it I am being more careful with full bottle purchases. And sense I have other jasmine forward perfumes in my collection I don't need this one. This is a lovely floral bouquet. Slightly tropical and slightly classic. A good introduction to true floral perfumes for a younger generation. I think that is what FK had in mind when he created this.

Beautiful, golden, round, creamy, juicy, honeyed floral. A masterpiece. This was love at first spray. L'or 2023 starts off with a burst of flowers that becomes juicy and creamy. I sense a lot of creamy Ylang Ylang. The mix of florals, juiciness (sweet like a mango sorbet syrup softly humming in the background) and creamy Ylang is gorgeous. And yes, I do feel that golden is a good description, not golden like amber but golden like late afternoon sun on plush fragrant flowers, quite tropical. Eventually the florals fade but the creamy Ylang persists, now it's also subtly salty. Here is where the comparison to suntan lotion can be found, but it's the smoothest, most elevated Ylang Ylang lotion. As someone who finds salt notes absolutely repellent, I don't mind it here at all. This drydown invokes late afternoon sun setting on your beach-tanned skin. The drydown lingers on my skin and hair into the next day and this phase is also heavenly - it's like a vaulted golden note upheld on jasmine and mango tea, faint, but every now and then it announces its presence. I would love to drink this tea. When J'adore first came on the scene, the magazine insert for J'adore made me nauseated and gave me a headache, so I avoided it and never had any interest in tracking down the actual scent. I cannot compare 2023 L'or to the original EdP or EDT or any of the previous L'or versions. (For anyone who is familiar with the EDP or EDT could you please describe if it's similar to this version or not at all?) Hesitated to buy this because it's pricey for 50ml, and those magazine inserts for the original J'adore did not sit well with me - what if I hated it? Wonderfully, I ♥️ love ♥️ L'or and I'm thrilled to own this beauty. This has easily taken the spot of most beloved floral in my collection. The price may seem steep, yet I have bought perfumes anywhere in the $50 - $100 range that I have absolutely regretted and even hated. So, considering the beautiful quality of this, it's well worth it.

Disclaimer: I have the original J'Adore, but no experience with any other iterations of L'Or, so I can't comment on reformulations. Frankly I was annoyed with myself for dropping $200 after tax on a 1.7 ounce bottle of anything. But after I got home and begrudgingly opened the box, I gave myself two sprays and went about with my life. Folks, it was still very noticeable 12 HOURS later and it was still projecting enough for others around me to notice. This stuff has monstrous staying power. I bet it would last weeks on clothing. For those of us who love old-school powerhouse fragrances, this is an absolute gem. Scent-wise, L'Or is very syrupy, almost obnoxiously so. The opening is a heavy jasmine and a thick, buttery ylang-ylang that feels almost too much. Underneath is a warm amber and vanilla base that anchors the sweetness. But the true star here is the rose in the dry down. It's just the right amount without screaming ROSE, if you know what I mean. It's noticeable without smacking bystanders in the face. Yes, the price is way more than I want to spend on a small bottle of perfume, but the quality is definitely here. So for that I don't feel bad for buying this. It's a bit loud for an office environment, but I can get a lot of wear out of it anywhere else. I got a few compliments on it the first night I wore it out, and the restaurant was relatively quiet with few people inside. So needless to say, I'm in love with this stuff. And to address the bizarre complaint below about the bottle's supposed phallic silhouette: you would have to be one of those deeply unserious people who sees a phallus in everything to get that picture. The sort of person who repeatedly gets the vapors and screams "PERVERT!" in the pickle aisle at the Piggly Wiggly. It's just not that serious. There may be other genuine issues here, but that's not one of them.

this jadore is really good. it smells very fresh and almost has a flower nectar scent. very floral and uplifting. beautiful. upon first spray, it has that fresh explosion and hits a high note. cant place what exactly im smelling, but it is something i dont usually smell in perfumes and it is interesting, almost like a stem that’s been rained on and now sunned on. for reference, im a white floral lover, a lilly of the valley lover. this is a little fruity but still very floral. it smells unusual to me. i have jadore edp, infinissee, absolute, the salty one in a mini, and now this one. it smells like spring, renewal, hopeful, relaxing but exciting too. gosh it’s good. kinda like a flower shop when they bring out flowers from the fridge. this makes my eyes roll all the way back. i do smell the notes noted on this but i smell it all together as one. will come back and tell you of the dry down and longevity on me. thank goodness my nose and skin like this cause i blind bought it. the bottle is stunning. glad they did the bottle differently than the others. mr kurkdijian is really a master. ok edit: 4.5 hours later, it was a skin scent. i had sprayed one spray on my chest and one on my wrist. my boyfiend went looking for the bottle and brought it back out and sprayed more on me, just one spray. he said ‘oh, this is good. this is really good. i like this one.’ which is a lot to say from him. i like this. i see the color yellow for some reason. smells of fresh cut grass and stems and dewy flowers.

Wearing it today it is so deep yet fresh and gorgeous on my wrist and radiates beautifully worn globally. But it needs to have clean skin, after shower with no trace of a competing scent to fully appreciate it. Your nose will dive deep into it, then. I am comparing it to Infinissime today and I am not happy how it overwhelms l'Or from time to time. J'adore L'Or is very jasmin and orange blossom, tamed by fresh, dewy, powdery violets. I can feel the flowers coming back to life once I spray this beauty. It wears like parfum concentration. If you prefer your parfums floral, fresh, cold and J'Adorish you will love the l'Or 2023. Bees might try to come close to you it is so realistic. I find it a parfume concentration of Eau de Toilette Lumiere and similar in power and fresh greenish feel to Infinissime version. Eau de Toilette Lumiere is less intense, obviously, and more solar in comparison. Infinissime more yellow and honeyed under fresh top. But they are similar. You do not need to own them all, unless you truly love flowers and J'Adore like myself. After many hours of wear l'Or started to feel Alienish. On closer inspection spacious, radiating from my body still green-white flowers. I can also feel it on myself next day - it lasts more than 24 hours. I also love the new solid gold stopper design. It fits with the density of the flowers in this gem. Subtle but dense.

Enormous, nectar dripping triffid of a scent that roars. I swear that the year I’ve had this it’s matured in a way that I didn’t expect. Not a quiet scent when I first got it mid year 2024 it’s just intensified tremendously. Unless it’s a cycle thing and it’s not normally this loud? Cool spring evening I decided to revisit warm weather frags as I start reviewing my collection. Thick juicy and golden. The florals are sweet, almost too sweet and fleshy. It’s not airy or cool or light. This has heft and it’s beastmode. The scent gradually calms and a soft musky undertone gives a soft base to the florals. I don’t really get any obvious violet tones. Maybe just an edge to the scent. That works for me as I’m not a Violet lover (unless we are taking the actual flower). This slowly softens after about 3 hours of strong projection. Lots of sillage. A crowd pleaser. Mature, classy and bold with a sexy edge. Good for night. Gold, white, yellow and lilac are the tones. This really is a stunning beauty that has an unexpected bite to it.

Honestly, I'd really want to use it on a daily basis. The opening is filled with fresh white florals - something I adore. It's hard to find a white floral perfume that would smell clean, but detergent-y or too musky. It has a smell similar to Lail Maleki by Lattafa regarding that, but L'or is a bit more feminine and is filled with sweetness of honey, unlike the Lattafa's perfume. After 10 minutes it becomes a bit more soapy, probably due to orange florals. Generally it's okay, isn't bad. After 30 minutes it becomes a tad bit salty and, perhaps, aquatic, but that's due to violet. I feel like it would suit a more mature woman, but it's definetly not a grandma smell. It has alluring freshness with honey, almost as if im drinking some jasmine tea with it. I love it. It's definitely feminine. Lasts on skin very well, but it's not overpowering the room with its smell. 9/10, would absolutely wear it. Way too pricey though, It's the only thing that averts me.

Multidimensional beauty. Every time I wear this it is slightly different. Sometimes it remains cold and does not have much presence. Today it warmed up immediately with just one application point on my neck and it spreads its syrupy denseness all around me. Deep like an ocean. Jasmin here is still in bud, calming, cooling and adding green aspect but the orange blossom is magnificently juicy, radiant and sunny. I can also feel a romantic rose, light pink and dewy. Sometimes violet shares its greenish, fragile self. Lily of the valley I do not feel yet the scent reminds me of it from time to time in a great way. Again it is spacious and honeyed on me and projecting solar bubble. It flashes something carroty in the drydown as if orris and iris. In a way it is a mastery in showing its raw materials and less of a well crafted parfume that changes during the day to make you feel pretty like the eau de parfum.

$170 for 1.7oz in a Sephora should be illegal omg. ...unfortunately, it is beautiful though, and has crazy-good performance. It maintains the nectar-like sweetness and depth I was craving in the dry-down of Elie Saab Lumiere (also by Kurkdijan), but it lacks the citrus of Lumiere that would help cut through the sweetness. It is ever so slightly cloying on my skin, but on paper, the fresh orange blossom really shows up and it's perfect. Still, even on my skin, it's kind of addictive. I wish they sold travel sprays of this! As many other reviewers have noted, I get a big heap of ylang-ylang. There's also something a little vanillic and spicy in the drydown that could be benzoin?...but I'm no expert. Drydown is a bit reminscent of BDK's Tubereuse Imperiale, but much less cloying. The notes seem kind of deceptive tbh. Edit: I gave in, I'm complicit...

L’or de J’adore is the first creation of Francis Kurkdjian for Dior ( he started the work before Dioriviera). This is a refreshed and more simplistic version of J’adore L’or. More luminous, with plush, rich, and sweet flowers. The Vanilla has been deducted but a delectable feeling still there. It has an Ylang-Ylang feel which dries down on the skin to a creamy banana pancake type of scent. This could actually be worn in any season. It would be warming in winter and comes out sun-warmed tropical in hot weather. Very good sillage and projection. If someone around you wears this fragrance, it is highly perceptible and recognisable. Actually very unique and a super refreshing add from Francis to the J’adore collection. Don’t expect a Baccarat Rouge quirkiness and innovation, but rather a premium and unique offer inside a classic luxury range.

Oh J'adore L'or... you're so hard to ignore. If you love florals consider this a voluptuous, larger than life bouquet. The orange blossom wraps you up as you transcend into memories of happier times. I see myself in a floral dress with a glass of white wine in hand, vivacious, a spectacle! It feels like sunny days and sweet tea. At first glance the bottle is art, its neck reminding me of the soft honey that reveals itself within a half hour. This fragrance reminds me that sometimes the solution to your problems is to embrace nature. Like, when was the last time you put your nose at the center of a rose and took a deep breath in? L'or is special. I would only wear this fragrance for special events, making the 1.7 ounce size is the obvious choice. I'd like to see how this fragrance reacts to the bum bum cream.

Classic & timeless. This performs either amazing or is just meh for most. This isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea & some people will just assume it’s a heady jasmine scent, buttttt....this is exceptionally well blended. It smells like old money and class. Which is saying a lot because I don’t even like florals. Also, just because a perfume under performs for you doesn’t mean it’s “bad”. A lot of people are buying perfumes with notes that don’t mesh well with their skin’s ph level. I will say the only thing I will criticize is the price for the longevity. If it’s gonna be an extrait, I want people to smell me before I walk into the room. And this...is just not giving that for $170. What a shame. Scent: 9.2/10 (Francis Kurkdjian did his thing) 🤌🏼 Sillage: 7.8 Longevity: 6.7 Overall: 8.7

I wasn’t fortunate enough to experience the previous generations of L’or, so I will have to review this one based on its own merits. I am a J’adore fan in general, and I really like this one too. This is a more rounded, golden version of the original, with less screechy top notes. If you blended Jasmine with creamy vanilla and doused with honey, this is what you would get. The more mature and classier big sister. Smells like money. On me this lasts forever. My partner has commented he can smell my perfume on our baby, or when I leave a room, hours after application. I wore it to bed two nights passed and I can still smell it on my night clothes. Careful not to overspray, as it can be headache inducing. Longevity 10/10 Sillage 10/10 Beautiful

I got a sample of this and fell in love, hunted down a bottle from someone who disliked it for a good deal. I was in love with it for a week only wearing this then someone said it smelled like bananas. To be honest I could smell it and it really bothered me so I stopped wearing it for a bit, but in different weather I tried wearing it again and I only smell creamy clean and sexy, super elegant. I still wonder how and why I smell it differenetly but overall even with the banana vibe, this one is a compliment getter and even with a big perfume collection it always stands out. I wear this when I want to make a confident and elegant impression. Oh also, prettiest bottle I have ever owned (only because my vintage insolence has no cap hehe)

I am so head over heels in love with this fragrance that I'm ignoring the rest of my collection, I can't leave it alone. I've even taken to hunting down bottles of the 2017 and the 2010 versions and, god help me, they are *divine*. But back to this one, gorgeous, smooth, buttery, fresh floral with phenomenal performance. Just heavenly, I wish I was better at describing notes and impressions as some of you are, I'm not doing it justice here! Some days I top this off with Lancome O Zenith and it's enough to make my eyes roll back in my head ~ 10/10 recommend. I was never a fan of the OG so I never tried any of the flankers, what mistake omg. One I won't make again.

I love it very much and in my opinion when I tried it years back I didn't like it at all. So it seems that for me this version works well but you may take it with a grain of salt because I was way younger then and also may not remember so well. However, I like it very much and I think it has quite a string jasmine note that is in it's best form it can be formulated into a perfume but I also understand it may be mesmerizing as well as nauseating for some. It has this "I feel I'm high from spring aromas" effect. I haven't find anything that would smell like this fragnance so it seems to be very special. One of my all time favourites, sadly it's very expensive.

BEAUTIFUL. I just bought this and can't get enough of it. It is a gorgeous blend of white florals, and I do get the barest whisper of fresh-picked roses upon first spray, but there's this underlying creamy note to it that makes it softer and more sensual than the original. This is the cashmere sweater version of J'adore. It's not mentioned anywhere but I swear the dry down on my skin is a warm, smooth vanilla. It's mellow and not overly sweet though. It's like if someone tossed a single vanilla pod into a bowl of jasmine, orange blossoms, lily of the valley, and green leaves, then left it on a windowsill to soak up the sunlight.

My favorite one from the entire J'adore collection. Its scent is exactly what I imagine liquid gold to smell like. Whenever I wear it I feel like a rich girl from the early 2000's in NYC. Floral. Feminine. Gold. It is a 10/10 and also a love at first sight. It lasts for about 7 or 8 hours on my skin chemistry, and the sillage is quite strong. It is also very versatile, I feel like you can rock it in a sporty outfit on the way to get iced matcha latte as well as in a beautiful golden night gown. It can be worn all year round, day and night and therefore it is an integral part of my collection.

Grabbed a bottle of this on special offer with a quickness for £74.99 (UK). Sweet florals are often samesy to me & kind of generic, but this one? This one is signature scent worthy for sure. From the first time I sniffed a sample, I was entranced. I definitely smell ylang ylang in there somewhere and there is a juicy plumpness that gives this perfume satisfying body. Sillage & longevity are fantastic. 2 sprays and you’re good. I wear this on special occasions. The juice in this is too delicious to burn on regular-degular day wear.

Love it! Beautiful, creamy, photorealistic jasmine with violets! Elegant, ladylike, as if you're wrapped in a silk RL gown. It smells spring in the winter, if it makes sense. It's warm and rich, yet floral enough. Revision: Black tie event type of elegant, where you go with your husband and you're your husband's wife. It's not sexy nor "independent "; rather, it's serious, wifey and I little bit melancholic due to violets. Timid and introverted. It's not anything groundbreaking, though. I'd love to add it in my collection.