Dior · 2016
La Colle Noire
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
powdery rose petals, bright lemon, rosy fruits
Scent Notes
Floral
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About This Perfume
La Colle Noire by Dior is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women and men. La Colle Noire was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is François Demachy. Top note is Lemon; middle notes are May Rose, Peony, Spices, Lily-of-the-Valley, Black Currant, Raspberry and Peach; base notes are White Musk, Amber, Sandalwood, Heliotrope and Agarwood (Oud). Dior presents a new edition within the exclusive collection La Collection Privée called La Colle Noire. The new fragrance is created by Dior's in-house perfumer Francois Demachy around the intense, expressive and dense aroma of May Rose absolute as the central component. La Colle Noire is announced as a sunny composition dedicated to Grasse, a place that plays a vital part in the history of Dior perfumes. One of the castles of the Provence, Château de La Colle Noire, was bought by Christian Dior in 1951 and served as his favorite place to vacation in his retirement years. The composition is floral, woody, musky and ambery at the same time. It includes notes of May rose, spices, sandelwood from Sri Lanka, other woods, white musk and amber."La Colle Noire celebrates Rose de Mai, melded with spices, woods, amber and musks. The Grasse Rose is unique, spicy and powerful. It is not overly sweet, it conveys all the raw and sun-drenched beauty of this region in the south of France." - François Demachy. The fragrance is available in bottles of 120, 250 and 450 ml Eau de Parfum.
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Dior has released over 1,000 fragrances since Miss Dior launched in 1947; Scendira currently stocks 85 of them. The house spans three clear territories: the Sauvage-led fresh masculine line (Dior's biggest commercial anchor), the J'adore-Miss Dior feminine florals, and the François Demachy iris-and-cedar Dior Homme collection that reshaped men's iris in the 2000s. Prices range from about $49 for travel formats to $525 for La Collection Privée exclusives. The five standout Dior fragrances currently on Scendira are Dior Homme Original (dry iris and vetiver, 2021 remix), Diorella Parfum (1972 mossy chypre), Dior Homme Intense 2011 and 2007 (powdery iris-vanilla-cedar), and Dior Homme Cologne 2013 (crisp bergamot-grapefruit blossom). Family-wise the stocked selection leans fresh and unisex on average, with iris and vetiver as recurring signatures on the masculine side.
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