La Colle Noire (2018)
La Colle Noire takes its name from Christian Dior's rose estate in Provence, and the scent makes the provenance plain.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 accords.
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- Rose80
- Fresh50
- White Floral50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Black Currant
- Lemon
- Raspberry
- Peach
- Lily of the Valley
- Peony
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readLa Colle Noire takes its name from Christian Dior's rose estate in Provence, and the scent makes the provenance plain. A tangy opening of black currant and lemon gives way to a lush floral heart where rose anchors raspberry and peach alongside lily of the valley and peony — a full garden in bloom rather than a perfumer's reduction.
The base winds down through sandalwood and amberwood to a honey-touched white musk that keeps the finish luminous rather than heavy. This is domestic Dior, pastoral and generous, for those who want warmth and bloom rather than the house's more austere formal register. The rose through-line remains clear from heart to drydown.
Scent twins
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