Dior Addict
The original Dior Addict opened with a jolt of tart blackberry that felt almost edible, a daring choice for luxury perfume in the early 2000s.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Floral85
- Woody75
- Vanilla70
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Blackberry
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Rose
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readThe original Dior Addict opened with a jolt of tart blackberry that felt almost edible, a daring choice for luxury perfume in the early 2000s. This fruit didn't linger long before giving way to a dense bouquet of jasmine and orange blossom, their indolic warmth pushing the composition toward something more carnal than pretty.
As it settled, Mysore sandalwood and vanilla created a soft, woody sweetness that felt less like dessert and more like skin warmed by sun. The tonka bean added an almond-like roundness that kept everything from turning too sharp or too cloying.
This was a fragrance built for night, for women who wanted their presence felt before they entered a room. It wore heavy and close, refusing to be polite or fade into the background. A different era's idea of seduction—unapologetic, unsubtle, and somehow still elegant in its excess.
Scent twins
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