Jules Dior 1980 Eau de Toilette

The Paris-Dakar Rally, which was to become one of the most important long-distance and desert rallies, was still a small, family outing from the city to the coast in 1981, in its third year.
The highlight at that time: a registered Rolls-Royce at the start.
Two Frenchmen had the absurd and surely somewhat alcohol-fueled idea to convert the Rolls-Royce Corniche Fixed Head Coupé of one of them, who had complained about its unreliability, into a rally vehicle.
This crazy idea was then taken much more seriously and ambitiously, and only an accident repair prevented a good finish - the Rolls was temporarily in 13th place overall.
In Crewe at Rolls-Royce, however, they forgot all British humor and wanted nothing to do with this project - even the use of the brand name Rolls-Royce was prohibited. Consequently, the car was named Jules by the hastily recruited sponsor Christian Dior after his then-current men's collection.
And with Jules Dior and Jules Rolls-Royce (hereafter Jules D. and Jules R.-R.), two fitting partners have found each other.
Jules D. is both a rebellious adventurer and a gallant charmer of soapy elegance, who could also be seen at a stiff dinner party (in discreet dosage!) and would surely count among the more entertaining guests there. The scent is a typical powerhouse of the 80s, which, alongside all the dark green spiciness, still retains a delicate structure with floral freshness.
This powerhouse starts off spicy and quite rough, but becomes softer and more harmonious towards the heart. There, an almost sweet violet note joins in, which, however, cannot overshadow the angular framework. The finish is long and characterized by dirty, coarse leather.
While Jules D. is a typical child of its time, Jules R.-R. was an exceptional phenomenon in every respect and remained singular. But the pairing is right - a lifted Rolls-Royce with off-road tires and rally stripes, that is wonderfully out of date today.

Jules R.-R. also received a late legitimization: with the introduction of the Cullinan, whose justification for existence might be even more disputed, it was even used for marketing.