J'adore l'Or

Dior publishes no pyramid for L’Or de J’adore: the house names three absolutes, orange blossom, jasmine grandiflorum, and centifolia rose, and describes a fresh, luminous orange blossom, a jasmine nuanced with almond, mango, and banana, and a full, round, exuberant rose.

A critic’s breakdown

Rachel K. Ng, of ÇaFleurBon, places jasmine at the top, green stems included: a camphorous edge, lactonic and vanillic tones, apricot facets, an ylang-tinged banana, and an angle of clove over an animalic facet that enlivens it.

The bouquet widens at the heart with orange blossom, honeyed and golden, with glints of grape nectar, dark honey, amber, and vanilla, and a rose of honey, citrus, and beeswax; the base strikes her as a violet sweetness melting into a warm amber.

Jasmine therefore holds the top, orange blossom and centifolia rose the heart; the amber, violet, and lily of the valley the critic perceives remain in prose, as do the vanillin, ylang-ylang, and sandalwood of the ingredient list.

The 2010 version

François Demachy’s composition brought together jasmine grandiflorum and centifolia rose absolutes from Grasse, Tahitian vanilla, ylang-ylang, and tuberose; ÇaFleurBon read in it a base of tonka bean, patchouli, and amber. These older notes no longer appear in the current description.

What the label declares

The ingredient list on the house’s page confirms the three flowers through their extracts, orange blossom, jasmine, and rose, and adds vanillin, ylang-ylang oil, and sandalwood, both oil and santalol, along with three colorants.