Poison

Poison is a floral oriental built on an overdose of tuberose, framed by dark fruit and spices, set on a honeyed, balsamic base.

What the house declares

Dior presents Poison as a sulfurous elixir made of rich, spicy, floral and ambery notes, with sensual accords of honey and musk. Three materials are put forward: Russian coriander, tuberose absolute, opoponax.

What the market serves

Independent descriptions agree on the frame. Plum, wild berries, coriander and anise at the opening; overdosed tuberose, cinnamon, orange blossom, carnation, jasmine and honey at the center; opoponax, labdanum, vanilla, heliotrope, sandalwood and musk to finish.

They do not agree on where each material sits. Osmoz puts orange blossom at the opening and leaves the berries behind it; Elena Vosnaki places coriander and plum at the center, and keeps ambergris, labdanum and opoponax for the end.

The disagreement follows from the object itself. The materials are blended to the point that the order of appearance reads poorly, which Persolaise sums up by refusing to file Poison among the figurative tuberoses.

What the label declares

The box carries formula code #16047. After alcohol, fragrance and water come triethyl citrate, a PEG-40 solubilizer, a UV filter, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, an antioxidant and CI 60730, which tints the juice violet.

The rest is the allergen declaration: linalool, hydroxycitronellal, eugenol, isoeugenol, coumarin, geraniol, citronellol, limonene, citral, cinnamal, farnesol, anise alcohol, benzyl salicylate and benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, alpha-isomethyl ionone. No lilial, no lyral.