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Midnight Poison

Dior launched Midnight Poison in 2007, the fifth fragrance in the Poison line, composed by Jacques Cavallier and Olivier Cresp with François Demachy. Inspired by Cinderella, this woody oriental opens on bergamot and mandarin, sets a dark rose and patchouli in the heart and ends on amber, vanilla and ambroxan.

Launch year
2007
Gender
Women
Olfactory family
Oriental
Secondary family
Woody
Concentration
Eau de Parfum

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Midnight Poison came out in 2007, the fifth chapter of the saga begun by Poison in 1985, after Tendre Poison, Hypnotic Poison and Pure Poison. Jacques Cavallier and Olivier Cresp of Firmenich composed it in collaboration with François Demachy of LVMH.

Dior drew on the tale of Cinderella: the bottle evokes the gown of the young woman fleeing the ball in the midnight haze. Osmoz sees in it a modern Cinderella, for whom everything can begin once the twelve strokes have sounded.

Drier than expected

Eva Green, its face, told Women’s Wear Daily, as reported by Now Smell This, that she avoids heavy fragrances and found this one fresher and younger than the other Poisons. Robin of Now Smell This, on the contrary, found it less young and less fresh than Pure Poison.

It was launched as a 30, 50 and 100 ml eau de parfum; Osmoz also mentions an extrait in a small bottle, a shower gel, a lotion, a body cream and a deodorant spray.

Olfactory pyramid

  1. Top notesThe first minutes
  2. Heart notesThe heart of the perfume
  3. Base notesWhat lingers

What critics say

Robin of Now Smell This does not love it and ranks it far behind Hypnotic Poison, but finds it well made, the best recent Dior to her taste, and unfeminine enough for a man to wear.

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SillageOverpowering
Intimate1 voteOverpowering

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The advertising

Eva Green by Wong Kar-wai, 2007

In 2007, Eva Green embodied a modern Cinderella for Midnight Poison, in a film by Wong Kar-wai, wearing a blue gown by John Galliano.

In the summer of 2007, Dior signed actress Eva Green, known for her role in Casino Royale, as the face of Midnight Poison. She embodied a modern Cinderella in a short film directed by Wong Kar-wai, wearing a blue gown created by John Galliano.

Osmoz also credits photographer Sølve Sundsbø for the campaign images. Now Smell This shared the film in September 2007 and found it in keeping with the fragrance.

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