California Dream

In 2020, Louis Vuitton added California Dream to its repertoire, an oriental composition by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. Its heart tier combines mandarin, sparkling and sun-kissed, with benzoin tinged with vanilla, caramel and toasted almond, while musk composes the base, woody, animalic and warm.

Brand: Louis Vuitton
Launch year: 2020
Olfactory family: Oriental

Published November 10, 2026

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California Dream was launched in 2020 at Louis Vuitton. The formula bears the name of Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, who is its perfumer. The house offers it in two sizes, a 100 ml bottle and a 200 ml bottle.

Olfactory pyramid

Heart notesThe heart of the perfume
- Mandarin
- Benzoin
Base notesWhat lingers
- Musk

Composition

Mandarin and benzoin

At the heart, mandarin brings a sparkle and a sun-kissed brightness, a radiance readily attributed to citrus zests. Benzoin, a balsamic resin drawn from the bark of the styrax, delivers inflections of vanilla and caramel, nuanced with a note of toasted almond.

A musky base

Musk occupies the base of the accord. Its woody and animalic facets give it an enveloping warmth. Once harvested from the musk deer, this raw material is now reproduced in perfumery through synthetic molecules with multiple nuances.

Oriental

The oriental family designates warm, resinous and amber accords. In California Dream, benzoin carries the essential part of it through its vanilla and caramel, relayed by the warmth of musk; mandarin places a luminous touch on this balsamic base.