Miss Dior Parfum (2024)

When I heard this new fragrance was being compared to Miss Dior Chérie, I knew I had to have it! Like many of us here, I dearly miss that beautiful gem and am always searching for a fragrance to fill the Miss Dior Chérie shaped hole in my heart. I took a chance by ordering the largest bottle of this new Parfum from the Dior website, I don’t typically buy large bottles of a fragrance I haven’t tried yet. My risk paid off well because I’m head over heels for this fragrance! I will say I don’t find it to be a dupe for Miss Dior Chérie, I suppose if the 2 fragrances were songs, they would be in the same music genre, But to me, that’s about as far as I would go. Even tho I do not find them to be the same and only mildly similar, I still really love the new Miss Dior on its own! Over time I may come to love it even more because I do find it stronger and longer lasting vs Miss Dior Chérie! To my nose at first spray, I’m met with a bright sharp, slightly fizzy and almost syrupy (but only for a moment) orange and strawberry that very quickly mellow as they greet the denser and less tart peach and apricot. The bright notes of the fruits soften as they dance with a calm and gentle, non-indolic jasmine and I swear I get a bit of creamy lily in there somewhere! The sweeter notes are anchored by the warm amber and moss. The moss isn’t a green, wet moss, it’s soft, sweet and braided with perfect balance into the amber. I hardly get the patchouli because it’s blended so well that it perfectly flows into the warmer notes creating a solid delicious base for this beautiful fragrance. So people who struggle with patchouli may still enjoy this Parfum. I can see how the lovely warmth of the moss and amber could remind people of the popcorn and Carmel notes in the old Miss Chérie. They both give a rounded, warm density to the fragrance. I personally find this to be strong and long lasting and most fragrances never last on me so that’s saying a lot!! Hopefully those struggling with lasting power will have better luck as their fragrance macerates over time! Also the sharp, tart, fizzy top notes lasted much longer on clothes vs my skin, just a tip for those wishing the sweet, bright notes lingered longer! I find this fragrance to feel youthful in spirit (not necessarily age)! Beautiful and feminine but also playful and a tad sassy! I think for me, it will be a perfect spring/summer scent but because of the warm base, it really is a great all year scent. I’m already calling this as my new spring/summer go to! My husband doesn’t love fruity floral scents on me, He prefers it when I wear deeper, spicy and creamy fragrances but he does really like this one on me!

ok so let’s get this straight, miss dior parfum isn’t an oriental floral fragrance. idk where on earth that comes from but it’s really really not. it’s more akin to a fruity chypre or a fruitchouli. there’s not nearly enough floral in this for me to consider it a floral comp. that said, i don’t really get apricot peach or mandarin, those top notes skip me entirely. maybe some apricot or peach if i REALLY sit sniff and think about it. it is heavy on wild strawberry and that’s part of why i bought it. it’s not a sweet synthetic strawberry mind you, it’s very much a tart, almost sour wild strawberry. it smells like how real fresh strawberries taste. and now to address the mr. dior allegations. is the drydown masculine? well compared to your regular powdery/vanilla drydown more common in popular feminine perfumes yeah, i’d say it’s pretty ‘masculine’. the drydown is pretty heavy on patchouli and amberwood, maybe the moss too. if that’s what you consider to be masculine then keep that in mind before you blind buy. i personally don’t find it particularly masculine and like with most patchouli heavy scents i feel like some people just don’t get the vision. that’s definitely the case here. it’s not something i think most would expect from ‘miss dior’ particularly but i think it’s very pretty. let’s not box femininity into one particular scent. longevity is pretty good, i can’t speak for sillage since i don’t think i’m the most sensitive to the more prominent notes in the perfume. after i sprayed it my dad mentioned it was strong and i was a little confused bc i didn’t think it was strong at all. i feel like this would work best in warm weather since i only caught any sillage while i hovered over the heater at work, but like i said, i’m definitely not the type who’s over sensitive to patchouli or any of the other base notes. overall a really pretty perfume and pretty unique if im completely honest with you. lastly to get this out the way, natalie portman isn’t too old for miss dior. she’s beautiful and youthful despite her age. have some respect, she’s perfect.

It's been a short while since I last reviewed this fragrance and I have to admit I have been a bit harsh on it. I smelled it numerous times on a tester strip in store and always thought it was over hyped. The way this has been pushed on social media i.e: Instagram & Tik Tok, is ridiculous for certain. I still think this has been over hyped and pushed heavily in the media, however the perfume has grown on me, so much so that I have bought myself a 50ml bottle. I definitely think a perfume can actually be good but still be overhyped. It really is interesting, it starts off feminine, sweet, fruity (strawberry)/jammy and floral (jasmine) in the initial stages after spraying and settles down (in the dry down) into something earthy, mossy (almost ink like) and woody that leans to the masculine side. I don't get any other fruits ie apricot, peach or mandarin orange. I would argue it's too feminine to be called a man's perfume, yet too masculine to be called a purely ladies perfume - unisex?. This is a strong perfume and somehow is balanced between being strong and projecting and yet it's airy at the same time. I've gotten a few compliments wearing this, a lady at a supermarket checkout said she liked the way it smelled and asked to smell my sample bottle, which I happily obliged. She also commented she could smell me before she even saw me, yet I myself couldn't smell it myself - I get a whiff here or there once in a while. My advice spray this on your clothes as it lasts so long. Do not blind buy this fragrance; I would reason this perfume to not be a safe blind buy as it won't be for everyone and it is not the cheapest of perfumes out there on the market. I would highly recommend you get a sample or pop into a perfume counter store and see if they have it in stock for you to smell and try. Do I regret getting it?.... no, I don't. It's grown on me a lot, I spent hours covering my nose with my jumper smelling the perfume last night, which is how I got to know the perfume better.

Okaayyy, now THIS is an iteration of Miss Dior I can get behind. THIS is perfume.🌺The type of strong scent you can smell from the bottle spray, never mind after spraying. Fruity, sweet, juicy & floral. THIS announces itself assertively, no effs given. Not brash, still classy but fierce in the opening before noticeably mellowing down as she develops on skin. Not a perfume I would wear to work or on an everyday tip. This is more for the days or eves where something confident & slightly more glam is called for. Projection is moderate, not beast mode on me 🔉and lasted about 5hrs on my skin on a balmy, warm day, before I topped it up again. (This is not the one for warm weather btw, autumn through to spring yes imo) The drydown maintains some of her berry-floral aroma in the woody-patchouli base. If you don’t like patchouli you’re probably not gonna vibe with this. Luckily for me patchouli seems to take to my perfume eating skin & I happen to like it when it’s done right. There’s a slight baby wipe note midway which reminds me of something in CH blush elixir?? I prefer the opening & middle notes more than the drydown. Not that the drydown is bad or anything. I certainly don’t find it masculine. The strawberry and fruit notes are so damn good -realistic and not too syrupy but definitely sweet. Especially with that jasmine in there. THIS one should stay in the collection for a long time for sure, she is signature bottle worthy. I wore another strawberry infused scent on my other arm today. The Armani Red Musk one & that is also very nice, although different from Miss Dior. I am on the fence about longevity though and will need to wear that a few more times. Anyway THIS Miss Dior is an impressive addition and I can see this being a crowd pleaser. Not one to blind buy either though - that patchouli note won’t be to everyone’s taste but you won’t know unless you try it.

The first and only time I have ever approached someone and asked what perfume they were wearing. From a distance, the immediate impression was something mixed with Angel - an obvious patchouli reference - with something sweet but more complicated than berries and sugar. I would never have bothered to test this owing to a certain prejudice on my part that Miss Dior's fruit-loops were not my thing. I was wrong. Its more than just a fruity floral but calling this a chypre is more than a bit of a stretch Monsieur K. Adding oakmoss does not a chypre make, especially when paired with strawberry jam. This is the next evolution of the Coco Mdmoiselle fruitouli trend which has dominated the strategic trajectory of all major perfume houses over the last 20 odd years. Like anything, it depends on what other perfume you are used to wearing on a regular basis as to how your nose perceives it. Initally the sweetness dominates, but after wearing it for a couple of of days, the other facets become more noticeable and the sweetness isn't as striking. FK also seems to have influenced Dior to rid itself of the dated Dior-ade background which was always slightly off-putting. Kurkdijan's compositions need time and distance because how they project is not what your nose perceives pressed up against your wrist over and over again. The Miss Dior Essence flanker is excessively sweet and I think that the 2024 edition is the better of the two. It is above average strength which means you get much more depth and development compared to 90%+ of fragrances.