Dolce Vita was released in 1995, composed by Pierre Bourdon for Dior under the direction of Maurice Roger. A fruity woody built on cedar, cooked peach, cinnamon and vanilla, it owes its name to the Fellini film. Francis Kurkdjian restores it on October 1, 2026, along with the twelve other Dioriginals.
Three reviewers consider Dolce Vita an underrated fruity woody: an abstract dessert for Frolova, a voluptuous fragrance for Vosnaki, a juice to be reassessed for Persolaise.
What critics say
Victoria Frolova, Bois de Jasmin, September 2005
She calls Dolce Vita an abstract dessert: a fragrance that makes the mouth water without ever smelling like confectionery, built on a cedar covered with cooked peaches and dusted with cinnamon and vanilla.
She hears in this cedar a link with Féminité du Bois, and immediately marks the distance: where the elder broods, this one sparkles.
Elena Vosnaki, Perfume Shrine, February 2024
She judges the fragrance worthy of its name, as voluptuous and sensual as Anita Ekberg appears in Fellini's film, and attributes much of that success to the peach fuzz.
She describes its effect as a touch more than a smell: the caress of fruit skin, all in contours.
Persolaise, October 17, 2023
He chose Dolce Vita for the four hundredth episode of his series of filmed reviews, describing it as a neglected fragrance. His verdict is an invitation to revisit it: nearly thirty years on, in its current version, he finds in it a brightness and a joie de vivre that he says are lacking in most mass-market releases.
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