Review: Christian Dior Les Perfumes Gift Set
By Shikha Koli
Price: $53. 5x5ml
Made in France
Hello Everyone,
As you guys must have guessed by now (no rocket science) that today I am going to be reviewing Dior Perfumes! I dunno whether to be happy having received this luxurious perfume gift set on my engagement by my in-laws or be rattled about reviewing perfumes? See its very difficult and confusing to review perfumes. Readers cant exactly smell the perfumes on net and the onus falls upon the reviewer to describe the scents aptly so that the readers can imagine what the perfume may smell like. Or you can be like me and ignore the smell reviewing part and just enjoy the beautiful bottles and drool over them! :)
To make matters worse for me this review is not just on one bottle of perfume but a total of 5 bottles all packed together in a beautiful gift pack. Right from the packaging to the miniature perfume bottles which are exact replicas of the full sized versions. All of it speaks of a High-end purchase, class and luxury and why not its Christian Dior after all. Once I am done using up all perfumes, I am going to keep all the little bottles as collectors item. They are gorgeous. :)
So let's start!
Packaging: Its a white hard cardbord purse looking box. On one side you get a shiny image of all the five bottles you will own when buying the gift pack (see first pic) and the other side of the box the box feels like rubberized paper with Dior logo (pic above).
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| Name of the 5 Dior perfumes and other details |
At the bottom of the box all sort of information and details are engraved/printed such as the name of the five bottle perfumes you receive, size etc. A litle booklet is also included with the same information and ingredents list and a special note from the Mr. Dior himself.
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| The 5 bottles in the gift box |
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| Bottles are placed in the order of the names on the box L-R(Forever, Addict, Miss Dior, Hypnotic Poison, Diorissimo) |
Bottle 1 Forever and Ever Dior:
It was released in 2006 but Dior re-released Forever and Ever again, in a new, limited edition Forever and Ever Dior and in a new packaging. Top notes are: aquatic jasmine, freesia and ivy. Almond flower, pelargonium and rose are in the heart or middle note. The base is made of vanilla, musk and nutmeg.
The first burst of spray will give you a citrisy and flowery smell, nothing confusing or mish-mashed.
The middle note will linger on and on for a very long time and in my opinion it is the middle note that stays forever and Ever to the last lingering note. Middle note is flowery and citrusy too but more like an incense.
I think this perfume is a very unique perfume. It is different and mystical. It is the type of perfume you might not like initially but as it grows on you, one realizes how unique and lovely this scent it. It is worthy to be someone's signature scent.
Bottle 2 Dior Addict to Life:
The new edition of the original Dior Addict perfume from 2002., Addict To Life, launched in June 2011. Addict To Life is described as shimmering, vibrant, indefinable, unique and unforgettable fragrance that focuses on sparkling and intense rose.
The in-house perfumer, Francois Demachy, created this fragrance with noble floral notes, trying to evoke the light and joy of life. The composition begins with pomegranate, raspberry and peach. The middle notes are of rose, jasmine and lily followed by the base note of cedar and white musk.
This is one of my favorite perfumes from this gift box. To me it smells very classic and clean like a fresh morning garden, a breath of fresh air or light flowery breeze. Not like laundry but a little sexy twist. It is something I will wear to a cocktail dinner or a dinner date with a my LBD (little black dress) and stilettos and pearls. However it can be worn both day and night.
A perfume apt for the sophisticated and classy lady. True to its name it is quite addictive and creates a positive atmosphere around you towards life. A keeper for me.
Bottle 3 Miss Dior:
How cute is this bottle? Love the ribbon at the little but since its made of plastic its sharp n pointy and im scared of either breaking it or pocking my fingers with it. :P But super cute design for a missy.
Okie this perfume is the new version of a re-released version. So it's like the 3rd or the 4th version of this perfume with numerous other limited version of this perfume. Its pretty confusing so whatever. I would like to think of this as the new version of the original Miss Dior Cherie which was launched in 2005.
Top notes are Italian Mandarin. Followed by the middle notes which are Egyptian Jasmine and rose. The base notes are Patchouli and musk. The composition is chirpy and develops step by step. This fragrance was created for the spirited, elegant and 'young woman in love'.
This perfume is perfect for all girls and young female adults for all the special moments in their lives. This is my other favorite from this gift set. To me it not only looks like candy but smells like candy too. So, when I want to smell sweet and cute and lively I spray this on all over me. For my engagement this was one of my shortlisted perfumes to wear for the day but sadly it lost the battle because I wanted something stronger due to the hot humid weather but more about that in another post.
Bottle 4 Hypnotic Poison:
Everyone knows about Dior Poison perfumes. They experienced huge popularity and were even liked a lot amongst the youngsters. They smelt absolutely sexy and irresistible, attracted attention with a sexy blend of flowers, spices and gourmet aromas. Was best used by the night.
I have finished there poison perfume which came in the purple bottle and was my absolute favorite perfume in the world and my go to perfume for the night until it got over. :'( :'( (Hope fiance is reading this and gifts me the purple bottle). I still have the bottle and yes I shall keep it as a collectors item. :*
So now this latest edition by their in house Dior perfumer Francois Demachy, depicts the devilish side of the original perfume with an oriental twist and composition enriched with sambac jasmine to b in sync with its raw ingredients.
The bottle is shaped as a candied hard apple with dark layers of melted lava. It has some sort of reversed ombre effect. The color scheme goes very well with the oriental fragrance. This perfume is strong and powerful and draws its animalistic nature and depth from raw materials such as jasmine, orange blossom, tonka, vanilla and assentuated by licorice which is the key ingredient to the entire line of the Hypnotic poison.
However, I was extremely disappointed by the scent. It was nothing like my original one and this perfume just confused me. I seems like it is a perfume out of place. It is something else and trying to be something else. It is not a bad smelling perfume by any means but if you have used and loved the earlier editions than this will disappoint in my opinion but the bottle is beautiful. SIGH!
Bottle 5 Diorissimo:
Diorissimo is a romantic fragrance of the 50's. It's fragrance will take you straight to the of Lilies. It has a fresh and clean scent and transport you into the dewy spring morning of the woods.
Diorissimo was created by Grasse, France, Edmond Roudnitska with a vision to create a perfume that would be revolutionary and break the trend of sweet perfumes that were dominating the market. The goal was to simplify perfume’s formula and create a perfume that’s simple and luminous.
Top notes are composed of lilies, yland-ylang. Middle note are composed of amaryllis and Boronia followed by the last note of lingering jasmine. In my opinion Dior failed in their vision of creating a unique luminous flower smelling perfume. To me it smells like all the other flower perfumes out there.
So this perfume has a hardcore flowery fragrance. If you are a hardcore fan of flower scents and Indian itar, than this is your fragrance. Since I am not into flowery scents this is not my kind of fragrance this is my least likable fragrance from the gift set.
Our Verdict:
This is a nice gift set and whoever receives it will definitely feel very lucky, loved and important and off course luxurious. It has a mix bag of good and very good perfumes. The bottles look stunning. Overall, its a good buy or gift to give to anyone.
However, in my opinion all the older versions of Dior perfumes were better and worth the Dior brand when compared to these newer formulations. All the newer formulations are good but old is gold for me in this case. The sillage is also not that long as the earlier formulations had which could be smelt on clothes even after couple of days. the newer formulations only last about a day. In my opinion, if you can get hold of all the earlier editions and versions of all these perfumes and than grab them over the newer editions. However, these are good too no doubt.
It goes without saying I would purchase the earlier formulations over these or try some other perfumes or gift set, however if I were to buy a bigger bottle of any of these than it would be Dior Addict to life or Miss Dior.
I give it a 4 out of 5
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