Christian Dior, Diorella, 7.5 ml. or 0.25 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1972, Paris, France ..

A woman’s perfume tells me more about her than her handwriting.’ So said Christian Dior, who was born in 1905, and who was one of the greatest-ever couturiers, but yet a man whose name is also synonymous, all over the world, with the art of perfume." The Perfume Society.

Christian Dior lived from 21 January 1905 until 23 October 1957 and was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior. ‘A woman’s perfume tells me more about her than her handwriting’ ... So said Christian Dior, who was one of the greatest-ever couturiers, but yet a man whose name is also synonymous, all over the world, with the art of perfume.

During the Second World War, Dior worked as a designer beneath couturier Lucien Lelong. On 12th February 1947, Christian Dior started his own business, and turned the austere post-wartime world on its head, creating the most headline-grabbing collection ever known. Overnight, Christian Dior‘s ‘New Look’, with its full, swirling skirts, wasp-waisted jackets and bold use of colour, became, as Vogue puts it, ‘catnip to a luxury-starved populace eager to return to the rituals of grooming and dressing up’.

But women didn’t just want to look good. They wanted to smell beautiful, too. Soon after the success of his ground-breaking New Look, Dior recalled, ‘Miss Dior was born. It was born of those Provençal evenings filled with fireflies when green jasmine serves as a counterpoint to the melody of the night and the earth.’

Launched in 1972, Diorella symbolizes the spirit of freedom of the 1970s. This fresh, floral-chypre is gentle thanks to the floral notes which dominate the composition. Top notes are Sicilian lime and basil; honeysuckle and peach are in perfume’s heart, while vetiver and oak moss are in the base. The nose behind this fragrance is Dior’s famous Edmond Roudnitska.

Top notes are Bergamot, Lemon, Sicilian Lime, Basil, and Melon
Heart notes are Jasmine, Honeysuckle, Peach, Hedione, Orris, and Violet
Base notes are Oak Moss, Patchouli, Vetiver, and Coumarin

I have always adored all the early Dior fragrances, and went between Diorella, Diorissimo, Diorama, Dior Dior, and Diorling for many wonderful years. It is hard to find the perfume perfume versions of these absolutely classic fragrances now.

Offered here is a full, quarter ounce, unused bottle of Diorella perfume. It is in beautiful condition. Highly prized and very collectible! Comes in its original presentation box. Rare to find now ..