Description
The house of Dior has rightfully held one of the first places in the world of perfumes for years. Dior’s collection Les Creations de Monsieur Dior introduced in 2009 represents a review of vintage editions. The collection includes 5 perfumes – 5 classic fragrances favorized by many women worldwide.
Diorella, Dioressence, Diorissimo, Eau Fraiche Forever and Ever make the five fragrances of the Les Creations de Monsieur Dior collection, presented as timeless opus of Dior which resists time and new trends.
Diorella is a fragrance with chypre floral composition presented in 1972 as a fragrance of independence and free spirit. Its gentle, floral structure is composed of fruity-green notes in the beginning leaving a sophisticated chypre effect (melon, bergamot, lemon, basil and green leaves). A heart introduces sweet fruity and floral nuances of peach and honeysuckle (with rose, cyclamen, jasmine, carnation), while a base is created of moss and patchouli which enhance the chypre closure with musk and vetiver notes.
Les Creations de Monsieur Dior Diorella EDT has accentuated luminous lemon from Sicily and combines its freshness with sweet and floral honeysuckle in a heart and vetiver in a base. The new edition arrives in a redesigned flacon (50 and 100 ml EDT).
oligarh46 – :
Self Former Ghost Barely Resambles Version Vintage WTF Ifra exclamation mark (put them in order…)
I know, I know even if I don’t know cause I don’t know the vintage version but I can imagine, but still…if I focuse on what it’s there, I can only say that I find beauty in this little gorgeous summer chypre, its creamy vetiver sweetened by the peach and honeysuckle really stands out. The fact that many reviewers have pointed out a shared dna with Le Parfume de Therese has surely skyrocketed my excitement but I really can’t see what’s not to like in this new version of Diorella. Longevity is good and the drydown makes me almost as happy as the brunette in the vintage ad. Now I have to get a yellow jacket.
A new personal favorite.
Meaju055elipseskism – :
Today I had a chance to try Diorella in a shop. It is really beautiful. Very fresh, but it is fresh in a completely different way than other fragrances, I can smell rich lemon, surrounded by honeysuckle and vetyver is in the background. It is also delicate and creamy, couldn´t stop smelling my wrist. I think this will be my favourite one for the next summer. When I compare it to other fresh summer fragrances it is much more softer and elegant not so loud. I love it.
kingserg – :
I never smelled vintage. I love modern version. I know vintage is better and I am willing to shed $100-140 on 50 ml of vintage edt (average price on ebay) I see blue with white oval and white and black checker boxes. Which one is older?
Lordtel – :
This is such a beautiful vetiver fragrance. I ignore most going on, despite loving the entire composition.
The dry down is where this comes out and shines. It can be very creamy and vegetal. Quite delicious.
NikiticH – :
I wore it all day and each step, each move gave me pleasing orchestra of sweet scents between vetiver, peach, carnation, basil, lemon…It last all day on me, I love it…great experience
TallUGGS6 – :
Un peu diluée cette version actuelle de Diorella qui était bien plus verte et croquante dans sa formule initiale. Sa proximité avec Cristalle est évidente mais je trouve que Diorella dégage quelque chose d’un peu pétillant, presque effervescent. C’est en cela que les deux créations, contemporaines l’une de l’autre, se différencient.
kyz-netalex – :
I think I have never smelled the vintage Diorella. This review is based on the current version.
Diorella was one of those mythic perfumes of the 70’s, aimed to assertive, active, professional women. Women who considered that intelligence and self-conficence were the first features of beauty, but who didn’t renounce to a practical elegance and to feel fine and look atractive in every moment. Diorella was a member of the same ilustrious clan of Private Collection and Aliage (of Estée Lauder), Chanel Nº 19, Silences de Jacomo, Guy Laroche’s Fidji, Empreinte and Eau by Courrèges, Eau de Lancaster, Ô de Lancôme…Perfumes wich were bitter, greenish, dry, slightly dirty, chipre-like, cold…
In its good times, Diorella had: in the opening, melon, green notes, citruses and basil; in the heart, peach, rose, jasmine, cyclamen, honeysuckle and carnation; in the base, patchouli, musk, moss and vetyver. The new Diorella has only three official notes (bad signal: minimalism was not a fashion during the 70’s when this was for the first time released): lemon, honeysuckle, vetyver. In the shops is very hard to find: they have relegated it, toghether with other venerable classics, to the “Les creations de Monsieur Dior” Collection: it is good to remember that, by 1972, when Diorella was put on sale for the first time, Monsieur Dior had died about 20 years ago. Like a guest star, Diorella has a status which is both prestigious and secondary. And they have the tester almost hidden, like if they were expecting that only some whimsmical old ladies, that used the same perfume for the las 30 year, would be the only people curious enough for ask for it.
When I finally tested this, I knew why.
The openning of this new Diorella is some apathic aldehydes and some anemic, vague, white florals. The heart is a synthetic lemon air-freshener, that reapears often squeaking during all the time that the perfume is drying. The drydown note is an ugly cumin, reminiscent of rancid sweat and old dirt, along with the kind of white musks that one can find in laundry softeners, something somewhat mossy, and then, a bizarre minty note that makes me to thing about a toothpaste. Sillage and lasting power are very good during the first two hours: then, it becomes a very soft skin-scent.
This, ladies and gentelmen, is a Dior perfume, and in the city in where I live, a bottle (of the Eau de Toilette version, we must precise), costs 90 €.
As tragic as shameless.
This new Diorella makes me to think about a woman who was very beautiful and intelligent 40 years ago. Today is a neglected old woman, whose beauty has dissapeared and who suffers of a worrying Alzheimer. Sometimes, very rarely, she has a gesture or says something that reveals a pale hint of her former glory. Something in the general countenance of this watered down, disheveled thing, reveals that once upon a time was a beautiful and bold perfume, now lost because of the stupid IFRA regulations, and Dior’s tight-fistedness and lack of interest of its own heritage and legacy. For me, it is now evident they they are interested only in to squeeze the names of Miss Dior and Eau Sauvage to release expensive, but mediocre products, that can please the current teenagers, but that will dissapoint the future women (and all the girls of today will be women tomorrow).I, as conoisseur, only feel pity for the beauty this once was, and comtempt, for what they have made with it.
And know, I ask, does it worth to have a thing like this in the market with the name of a glorious perfume, like some sort of zombie, or ghost of something long time ago dead? Wouldn’t be better to remmember Diorella as a beautiful perfume and not as a pitiful carcass..?
autumno – :
Blind buy as I thought that it would smell similar to Chanel Cristalle EdT(which I love, but sadly is a bit too soft) – disappointment for me!
Smelled like soap on my skin.
Somehow I expected a crisp green scent with a little floral hint…but this was in a way too sweet and warm for me.
I sent it back, I’m looking for a cooler scent…
DEMIMAN – :
😀
Don’t worry , I don’t get it either what all the fuss is about.
And moreover,how come there’s 2 different ,same name,identicall bottle. Confusion and dellusion ,following an illusion 😀
kpab – :
Fragrance enthusiasts – especially professionals – have a number of ways to make a favorite fragrance sound irresistible. Reviews can enumerate the various notes in a fragrance, using flowery, unlikely descriptors to make each note sound unique and desirable. Sometimes a fragrance will be compared as a whole to an unrelated experience or situation…ie “such and such smells like a walk on the beach in the winter, when the whales are especially amorous.” Sometimes a particular fragrance is inextricably linked to an event or a time period – “…was composed in 1925, and every bottle contains the soul of a flapper.”
Diorella, as a result of a certain quality, age and popularity, has been reviewed endlessly – and it was my bad luck to build an image of it in my head (completely unsmelled- despite its relative importance, it can be incredibly difficult to find a boutique or department store with a tester). When I finally found a bottle within my budget, imagine my disappointment when I discovered the “perfected Eau Sauvage,” with its notes of “overripe melon” and weird incongruous notes, “like toothpaste on fur,” was merely a sad white floral with an incredibly brief citrus opening and a soapy vetiver drydown. Whatever masterpiece this once was – a labor of love from maestro Roudinitska, emblematic of a generation of liberated women and supposedly a damn good masculine too – it is no longer, and given the state of the industry likely will never be again. I will have to continue my search for an affordable older bottle, so I can finally understand what exactly all the fuss is about.
fth471Diobtetty – :
I just managed to grab a tester of the reformulated version and this is my review after about 2 hours. Diorella starts with a burst of lemon zest and fresh herbs, in a very bright but a bit uninspiring (for me) way. Then honeysuckle appears, more on the skin then on clothes: it is nice and delicate, quite romantic. But there must be some cumin around, giving the same sweaty odor that appears in Diorama.
It is interesting but not to die for, a nice cologne with some “animalic” notes that could probably be sexy under some circumstances.
I do not think I will wear it at work, as my colleague could probably think that I forgot to shower for some days.
Maybe I could wear it for my husband, or have him wearing it, to see if it has any effect as a love potion LOL
After trying this I would like to find the vintage version, to be able to make a comparison.
Update: my husband just smelled it and said it makes him think of soap.
After his comment, I think this bottle will go in the “selling” drawer.
Bye bye Diorella, at least the recent version.
s.kazak – :
I thought Diorella would be fresh and spring-like, as that’s how it’s often described in the reviews, but I mostly get sweaty leafiness that smells very much like the areas of lush overgrowth along the coastal paths near where I live. The verdant greenery may look beautiful, but in the peak of a humid, subtropical summer it tends to fill the air with fetid aromas of decaying plant and sea life. While the scent may hold a certain attraction, it clearly is not something I would call pleasant. That’s what Diorella reminds me of; it doesn’t smell exactly same, but it has some elements of that humid, coastal green malodour. I just can’t see how this could be referred to as fresh. I have to think it must be my skin, or maybe the specific way my nose perceives the scent.
I have to say though, the top notes do smell nice and fresh. I get a gentle burst of zesty lemon, some basil, and amazingly, even a nice amount of crisp floral sweetness. But it’s too little to change my perception of the scent, because the top notes dissipate way too soon, and within just a couple of minutes all I’m left with is the sweaty green heart filled with leather-like patchouli.
The scent doesn’t improve much on drydown. It mellows out just a bit, but not enough to redeem itself.
Diorella’s brand of sweaty, green mustiness is familiar to me. I recognise it from some other green classics I once had, Ma Griffe and Miss Dior, both of which I ended up disliking. Clearly I’m having a problem with the style. Diorella is probably the lightest of the three, the freshest, and yes, spring-like, by comparison, but still way too dank and old-fashioned for me.
sklyar – :
i’m really enjoying this. as a male, i don’t find it too noticeably feminine to wear. a great scent for spring, and i think i’ll keep wearing it through to summer. it stays with me all day, quite close to the skin but reassuringly there with me all day at work. i think of spring flowers and fresh salty breezes and somehow, tall buildings and busy city streets in new york as i wear this. even though it’s not the original, i enjoy thinking about how it was released in 1968 and marketed towards the ‘modern woman’. the vintage ads are great.
kelfWeers – :
As woodlandwalk previously said, it resembles Eau Sauvage, which I owned and loved. Sniffed this today and I must say, I like it very very much. I know I must own it, the problem is I can’t choose between this (Diorella) and Diorissimo. As the weather gets warmer and warmer, I find myself craving for fresh, invigorating scents. Longevity is pretty good: has been over 7 hours since tested and I can still smell it on my arm. Must rethink my budget. Again.
domovooi – :
Aaahh…nothing compares to the timless nuance of the fresh citrus, patchouli and moss classic that once was. Sadly this is not it. How I miss it though, I can actually still smell it inside my mind, and it takes me back to younger days of getting dressed up to go sell perfume at the counter at Nordstroms, and splashing on Diorella lavishly to match the fragrance with my chic attire (of the era). It looks like I’m going to have to get a vintage from ebay, why not? After all, I am a perfumista!
macready – :
This is my favourite from Les Creations de Monsieur Dior series. The only Dior I’ve tried in vintage is Miss Dior so I don’t have the original to compare Diorella to.
I’m really enjoying the way the animalic/indolic jasmine is playing with melon, lemon and woody notes of vetiver, I find it very sensual and I’m surprised to see it described as spring fresh. It does have a very fresh lemon but that’s contrasted nicely with the more rounded notes. Indolic/sweaty white florals usually seem to be paired with sweet notes which can get a bit sickly, so I like this fresh/dirty contrast
It’s reminiscent of some aspects of Eau Sauvage and Diorama, and probably Parfum de Therese though I’ve not tried that one yet – I’m just guessing that PdT has similar fruity and vetiver elements,but enhanced. Eau Sauvage is one of my favourite male perfumes so I’m liking this very much!
I think if you’re looking for a spring feel Dior’s Forever and Ever is far more spring-like than this.
The silage is quite soft and longevity good
Denis 999 – :
Diorella is a very classic scent, you’d be hard pressed to find anything of this calibre in modern fragrances.
Typical of most chypres, Diorella opens with a citrusy and refreshing burst of Sicilian lemon and bergamot. Adding to the citrus is an interesting blend of green notes and basil which gives this fragrance a herbaceous like quality.
Despite this rather sharp and sour opening, Diorella is extremely feminine and balanced.
The top notes transcend delicately into the heart which is mostly subtle, green and slightly sweet honeysuckle, rose, jasmine and peach. After a while the heart takes on a clean and soapy quality which is a little similar to Miss Dior.
Rounding off this scent is the drydown which is rich, animalistic and woodsy. A masterpiece in my opinion.
Upon your first encounter with this fragrance it may not be love at first sniff, but like so many other Dior fragrances it will certainly grow on you. It’s on my wishlist.
KpoJIuk=) – :
This is seriously sad…
terrible… The bottle is gorgeous, the juice is not.
It smells like any nice baby cologne in a great flanker.
Please, bring back the Diorella that I fell in love with…
romi4 – :
I think it’s this one that I just bought, since the original is discontinued, yes? The man at the counter said that one could only buy this at one store in Sweden(where I live) and otherwise in Paris, France. So us Europeans had only Paris or Stockholm, Sweden to choose from(unless you buy it online of course). Anyway, he sprayed it on my skin and he smelled it and said that my skin brought out the freshness in the fragrance and that on many others, it came out too “heavy” or strong. I don’t know if that’s just sale talk or not, but I liked the scent. I find it very hard to describe the way it smells, maybe some citrus, some fruit. It’s a fresh scent. Can I just describe the emotions instead? The scent brought out a bubbly joyfullness and also mystery. It’s like going to the circus during the day and see the clowns and bubble over with laughter and then in the evening/night, you are a mysterious person, wearing a black robe and dark glasses, sort of Ingrid Bergman. And this bubbly and at the same time mysterious person is one you want to know more about. That’s how I felt about this perfume. I’ve never smelled the original, but I liked this one. It was one of the most unique scents that my nose have had the pleasure of smelling.
Petroff – :
What a disappointment! This is not Diorella!! It’s a rough copy of the original and wonderful Diorella!
Morph2003 – :
This is not diorella! It is something such as a deodorant that slightly reminds diorella….I would not spend so much money for this!!
55sasha555 – :
I wish Dior had relaunched the old Diorella, with all its notes, even if it was in a reformulated version. This is such an oversimplified copy that it almost brings tears to my eyes! And so terribly pricey! For me this is only a classier, greener Eau de Rochas, and I do like Eau de Rochas but I really miss Diorella’s subtle floral nuances 🙁
liahtiz – :
fresh, bright, breezy, summery, uplifting. Really lovely. would be suitable for men or women. Very cheerful! top notes strongly remind me of Eau Sauvage.
not terribly long-lasting & I’m not sure I’d want to spend £70 on a big bottle (I have a 7.5ml mini). to be fair, it did last longer than ‘diorissimo’. maybe the sprayers are too mini on the mini bottles…
jxn281elipseskism – :
I don’t know how close it is to the original as i’ve never smelled it , but this one is very pleasant summer scent.
It smells like Eau de Cologne , in a bit more sophisticated way however.
It smells classic , it’s an everyday / office scent, very lemony , but not too sour . I bet some young trendy girl would call it “old lady scent” , i’d rather call it classical .
In the same spirit of Eau de Rochas and the Escales series also from Dior.
Prerfrind – :
I was sceptical about EDT but lasts 4 – 6 hours so acceptable.
Follows the original but not complete mirror,less complex, more liner.Initial exposure remains constant.
Still very welcome.
Released here in Australia in time for summer.
However retail price of $190 for EDT is a bit cheeky.
Wish Dior had relaunched Diorling as well.