Miss Dior Dior 1947 Eau de Toilette

Miss Dior is spectacular, it's magical, it's timeless....it is absolute fragrance perfection. For me at least. It is the epitome of all that I love about fragrance.

There is something about it that feels so well thought out, so perfected, and it doesn't even matter what vintage form you get it in. You could choose one blind folded and it's gonna be good. I have multiple forms from different time periods and I would be hard pressed to choose a favorite. I have EDT, EDP, cologne and extrait. Most of my Miss Dior is vintage but I also have Originale EDT which is very well done and smells like "Miss Dior" and I also have the Originale extrait, which is possibly the best current powdery green chypre on earth and it doesn't even have oakmoss. It smells vintage and like true Miss Dior only astonishingly potent. I have the vintage parfum also and I'm telling you, the new extrait is phenomenal. That said, there is something about the vintage cologne that is truly special. There is a softness to it yet a touch of masculinity and the fighting yin and yang of the two leaves me nearly speechless with delight.

I hate to go on and on and hype this like it's the perfume version of the Hope Diamond but it sort of is. If you like old school style, if you like powder, if you like chypre, if you like PERFUME period and haven't tried this yet it is almost an abomination.

This was my sister's daytime signature scent. At night she wore Shalimar. Miss Dior will always have a place in my heart because it was her scent. My sister was a petite, delicate boned, very intelligent lady with a big heart. She was earthy, passionate, compassionate, very classy, and mysterious, and both fragrances suited her personality and body chemistry, smelling wonderful on her. Though she is gone almost 27 years now, I can still smell this scent on her wedding gown from over 40 years ago. When I open the box it is stored in, I am greeted with a whoosh of spring and memories of my lovely sister. For that reason alone, I will always love this scent. It is as beautiful as she was.

Opens with a blast of citrus and galbanum - its cold, green woody-aromatic nature makes itself known very strongly. It's also soapy-powdery. During this part, it reminds me of a sparkling bottle of champagne. This is the type of aldehyde I’m okay with. Nothing pissy here.
This lasts and lasts, until drying down to mostly galbanum, a barely sweet, indolic floral, an almost pissy animal accord - ambergris plus patchouli? - and a scratchy woods.

The scent is kind of harsh to me for a perfume called "Miss Dior." It's funny how different the idea of youth in1947 was. This perfume projected verve and sensuality through a bracing green galbanum and a stanky animal accord. Now, sweet accords are considered youthful and sensual.

It just makes me think of how different life is now versus then - in 1947, artificial sweeteners were not yet in common use, larger-than-life food flavorants for extreme salty, spicy etc flavors were not invented. The world was coming out of a horrible war and many countries were still rationing.
In that context, the flavor and scent explosions that would be created in the coming years were unimaginable. In comparison to the modern Miss Dior (2021) Eau de Parfum this perfume is the essence of stiff upper lip.

I was lucky to found a 10 ml miniature of this vintage....first I thought it had turned, so strong, but after 30 minutes a very beautiful smell on my skin...gonna hunt for this vintage. This is good juice

I had the immense luck to find a 10 ml miniature of this version of the scent. Incredible chypre. Bitter, mossy, slightly floral and vintage. Classy. The longevity is a bit below average but it's an old bottle of EdT, so I don't mind. No idea why they had to ruin Miss Dior's name with shitty cloying flankers.... I will treasure these 10 ml like it's a gift from gods :D