Dior Homme Original

Dior declares three materials for Dior Homme Original: Guatemalan cardamom at the top, Tuscan iris at the heart, Haitian vetiver at the base. The house describes a woody, spicy fragrance in which the sensuality of iris meets the woody chypre accents of vetiver, under the freshness of cardamom.

Tuscan iris

Iris absolute is one of the most expensive materials in the palette, and its extraction requires rare patience: the rhizome dries for at least three years before being processed. It is this iris that made the 2005 fragrance stand out among widely distributed masculines.

Cardamom and vetiver

Grown in Guatemala and steam-distilled, cardamom gives the eau de toilette its top-note freshness. Haitian vetiver, whose roots concentrate the scent, holds the woody base.

The 2005 version

At its launch, Dior Homme paired sage, bergamot and lavender with an Italian iris concrete, cocoa and amber, over a base of vetiver and patchouli. Auparfum saw in it a powdery, chocolatey, sophisticated and androgynous iris; cocoa is no longer among the notes the house gives today.

What the label declares

After alcohol, water and fragrance, the label declares the allergens limonene, linalool, alpha-isomethyl ionone, coumarin, hydroxycitronellal, citral, geraniol, benzyl benzoate, citronellol and benzyl cinnamate, three UV filters and three colorants, yellow, red and blue.