Dior · 1999 · Calice Becker

J'adore

VersionEau de Parfum

Dior says

You’ll smell ylang-ylang essence, Damascus rose essence, jasmine grandiflorum and jasmine sambac.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions solar ylang-ylang, Damascus rose, Solar ylang-ylang, velvety Damascus Rose, Grasse jasmine, Ylang-ylang, jasmine, rose, violet and lily-of-the-valley.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

J'adore’s scent picture, a draft: ylang-ylang, rose, jasmine, violet, lily-of-the-valley, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

J'adore, top notes: Ylang-ylang, Violet, Bergamot, Geranium

Heartthe first hours

J'adore, heart: Rose, Jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, cinnamon

Dry-downhours later

J'adore, dry-down: Sandalwood, peru-balsam, Iso E Super, Vanillin, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

30 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender13 florals3 woods3 sweet2 amber & resins2 spices1 powder

Citrus3

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateTerpineolLinalool

Florals13

Ylang-ylang oilGeranium oilRose oilJasmineHexyl cinnamalBenzyl salicylateCitronellolHydroxycitronellalGeraniolMajantolGeranyl acetateRose ketonesFarnesol

Woods3

SantalolSandalwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)Benzaldehyde

Amber & resins2

Peru balsam oilBenzyl cinnamate

Spices2

Cinnamon bark oilEugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet6

Trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetCinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholRed 4Yellow 5Violet 2Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Dior, never on a label

VioletLily-of-the-valley, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 30 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.