Diorissimo

Twelve raw materials carry the eau de toilette, built around an entirely reconstructed lily of the valley accord.

The green opening

The green note and bergamot open. The house highlights the ylang-ylang essence from the Comoros, obtained by steam distillation of the fresh flowers, to which it credits elegance, volume, and originality.

The reconstructed lily of the valley

Lily of the valley holds the center, surrounded by lilac, jasmine, lily, ylang-ylang, amaryllis, rosemary, and boronia. The house describes an accord with green, floral, jasmine, and ylang facets, soft and fleeting.

These flowers do not decorate the lily of the valley, they build it. Each contributes a facet that the flower carries but never yields to the distiller.

The base

Sandalwood and civet close it. The wood brings softness, the civet an animalic quality that keeps the bouquet at a distance from pure spring-like innocence.

What the label declares

The list the house publishes for the Dioriginals version has thirty-seven entries. Hydroxycitronellal, a molecule with a lily-of-the-valley scent, comes fourth, right after alcohol, water and fragrance, ahead of citronellol.

It also names essential oils and extracts: ylang-ylang, bergamot, rose, jasmine and geranium. A UV filter, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, protects the juice, which three colorants tint: yellow, red and purple.