J'adore L'Absolu 2018

Version from 2018
Lilau
21.11.2018 - 09:12 AM
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It is well known that taste is a matter of dispute

I had been rather disappointed by Dior lately, concerning new releases and also settings, e.g. Midnight Poison or the many Miss Diors. If you fall in love with a version, you can't be sure that it will still exist in a few years
Just like this J'adore L'Absolu. I once had the version from 2007, a lush sensual creation that I really liked very much. I never owned the 2014 one myself, but I found it very successful. And one day I missed my Absolu from back then.

And now, there's another new one, I'm upset after all. But, you wouldn't be a perfume, I was brave and left the scent on my skin.
And I must agree with my previous commentator, first a flower overkill of the finest kind! Otherwise I perceive the fragrance completely differently, but I can understand her disappointment.

I first have to filter out the individual flowers, but with time the jasmine blossom predominates, rose and magnolia sink. It also crystallizes a slight freshness, the orange blossom sends greetings!

I'll say straight away, jasmine and orange blossom lovers will enjoy this slightly soapy fragrance! Everyone else will find that too much in flowers. I don't find J'adore L'Absolu too sweet, but a nice balancing act between fresh-fruity and floral-sensuous, slightly woody ending.
This contrast makes this new variant something special, as it is both suitable for everyday use and unobtrusive as well as fine, noble and sensual! The golden nectar-like liquid fits perfectly!

I do not find this Absolu as lavish as its predecessors for a long time, seems to be a sign of modernization. Tuberose and ylang ylang are missing, which makes this fragrance not quite as intensely sweet. However, the durability is quite satisfactory. The DNA traces of the normal J'adore are only vaguely to be guessed, in the L'Absolu of 2007 they were even more pronounced.
If the J'adore L'Or is too heavy and too expensive for you, maybe you should try this new Absolu.

I find this reinterpretation of 2018 really successful and like to wear it very much, it will certainly fit even better in the coming spring.
However, one cannot be sure how long this version will remain on the market. The jasmine and rose fields from Grasse are surely all harvested one day, there will be something new again!
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