Miss Dior L'Eau

Miss Dior Chérie L'Eau

Dior 2009

At some point last year, a hotshot promoter in a department store approached me with the words "Do you know the new Miss Dior Chérie L'Ö?" (neither a mishearing nor a slip of the tongue, she said it several times loud and clear).

Since then, I immediately feel good whenever I think of this fragrance, see it, read about it, or smell it. The funny "L'Ö" is the icing on the cake of this wonderful perfume, which smells so sparkling, cheerful, fresh, and delicious. No, the L'Ö has nothing to do with the squeaky-sweet original Miss Dior Chérie as a verbal offshoot. This here is pure refreshment, but at a high level. Because amidst all the citrusy fruitiness, a depth, a vastness, a three-dimensionality, and almost a kind of darkness immediately accompany the cheerful orange-green opening, triggered by the bitterness of the bitter orange. This note prevents this perfume from coming off like an Eau (Ö) de Cologne and presenting itself as "just" fresh and light. Instead, I smell confidence, ambition, and elegance here - an adult fragrance wrapped in lightheartedness.

Cheerful, delicious, beautiful - wish list!