Youth In a Bottle
DIOR’S MASTER PERFUMER, FRANCIS KURKDJIAN, USHERS IN A NEW ERA FOR A FRAGRANCE THAT STANDS FOR POSITIVITY AND FREEDOM
WORDS BY SALLY HUNWICK
Miss Dior Essence 80ml, $325, and the 1947 original, set against the Domaine les Naysses estate as it is today.
If you were to picture an idyllic Provençal farmhouse, there’s a fair chance it would look a lot like Domaine les Naysses. Lovingly restored, the picture-perfect white-stone home nestles happily among row upon row of fragrant centifolia rose and grandiflorum jasmine, as bees buzz languidly in the air.
This house, though, is so much more than its bucolic vistas. It once belonged to Catherine Dior, beloved sister of iconic designer Christian, and stands as a lasting tribute to the woman who inspired one of the world’s best-known fragrances. Suffice to say, there’s no better place to unveil the latest iteration of the Miss Dior fragrance: Miss Dior Essence.