Dior
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Galbanum cuts first, sharp and almost medicinal, with asafoetida adding an unusual savoury note that grounds the bright citrus notes—tangerine and bergamot struggle briefly against this green resistance before settling into something altogether stranger than either could manage alone.
The florals bloom with delicate insistence; tuberose and freesia intertwine whilst honey and neroli create a conversation between sweetness and subtle bitterness, the whole accord drifting towards something almost aldehydic in its powdery quality, fresh yet undeniably feminine.
Sandalwood and vanilla emerge as a pale, creamy foundation whilst heliotrope adds a faint almond-tinged warmth; musk provides gossamer structure, but the overall effect is transparency rather than projection—the fragrance becomes a skin scent of ethereal delicacy.
Tendre Poison inhabits a peculiar liminal space—it's a floral that refuses sentimentality, instead channelling green astringency through its tuberose and freesia heart like a deliberately pressed leaf between silk pages. The opening bristles with galbanum's vegetal sharpness and asafoetida's peculiar earthiness, preventing the citrus top notes from becoming merely cheerful; tangerine and bergamot arrive already tempered, as though filtered through morning dew rather than sunshine. What emerges is less a conventional feminine floral and more a study in restraint—honey sweetens the proceedings without cloying, whilst neroli adds a subtle bitterness that keeps everything taut.
This is a fragrance for those who wear florals with intellectual distance, the sort of scent that appeals to someone comfortable in their own contradictions. It's neither particularly warm nor particularly cool, instead existing in perpetual equilibrium. The powdery base—heliotrope and vanilla working in concert with sandalwood—develops softly, never asserting dominance, which explains its notoriously whisper-quiet performance. Wear it close to the skin, for those meant to encounter it; consider it a secret rather than an announcement.
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