Comments on: Christian Dior Diorissimo ~ fragrance review

By: ami

ami — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:50:16 +0000

thanks a million Robin

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:32:50 +0000

I do not know where you can buy vintage other than eBay, unless you get very lucky at a garage sale or estate sale. Sorry!

By: ami

ami — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:17:46 +0000

my dear Robin, vintage Diorissimo tiny 5 ml decant EDT is one of the best things has ever happened to me in my whole life. thank you so much for introducing her.

(could you please help me how to buy a FB vintage original? I do not dare to buy from ebay, probaly they are fake)

By: liliarundel

liliarundel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:10:37 +0000

It can be found or special ordered in many dept stores – It was my fall back for many years – never obtrusive, always classy – but as I grew older I longed for something spicier, darker – Diorissimo is a “blond” perfume, has no mystery or secrets – but does evoke strong memories- Sunday lunches with my in laws who brought back my first bottle from Paris, weddings, lunches with girl friends, cashmere and jeans.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:41:59 +0000

What a wonderful story, thanks!

If you buy, be careful…Diorissimo is getting reformulated this year, and you might want to look for an older bottle.

By: Barbarella

Barbarella — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:05:17 +0000

November ‘63,me and my mom home alone whilst dad was in Germany with work.JFK asassinated,the world took a deep breath and I slept in her bed because we were both rattled..
Dad returns days later bearing gifts. Mon Cherie chocolates,Pumpernickel bread,cuckoo clock from the Black Forest,Steiff puppy dog……and a bottle of Diorissimo for mom.

At the age of seven,I marvelled at the glamour of the pale pink box,the shell-like silk interior,in which nestled the bottle of perfume.
It was heavy,the scent was darkish in colour,and it had a glass stopper.I wanted it to be mine.
My mom was kind of confused by the obvious expense.She was a housewife,who clipped coupons and barely went out.When/where should she wear it? I saw her nose wrinkle as she smelled the bottle, and tipped a tear drop amount onto her wrist.
I asked to be allowed a sniff….and was instantly transported to an exotic world that I knew nothing about.
It waited,beckoned even…..but was out of reach.
Heady,sweet to the point of cloying,indulgent,precious,playful,confident.It spoke to me of nights night sin San Tropez,Cannes and St.Moritz,though I only knew of these places through reading my mother’s Vogue mags.

I was so envious of that heavy glass phial,that I used to slip into her bedroom in the evening and take the bottle from it’s plumptious home,and dab a smidgen on my wrists to help me sleep and dream..
Lily of the Valley…gorgeous…in your face…I can recall it even now some forty years later.

Tragically,my mom fumbled with the stopper one evening and dropped the bottle.The contents seeped onto the bedroom carpet….lovely and uplifting for a while,but ultimately such a waste.

My mom is very old now,and needs help with her baths and day to day tasks.I want to buy a bottle to recall the days when she was young and vibrant,and still my dad’s girl…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:58:00 +0000

And hope spring will be here soon…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:43:00 +0000

Diorissimo is so lovely that it brings tears to my eyes. It is the very breath of spring.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:22:00 +0000

Perfume usually lasts better on fabric than on skin, and spraying in hair works well too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:55:00 +0000

I think I've said about everything to say about Diorissimo but wanted to add some more thoughts. This is my newest scent in a limited lineup — haven't bought anything new for about two years and I totally adore it. You could even say I'm addicted to it at the moment.

Spraying the EDT on my clothes seems to help prolong the scent — for some reason it seems to fade out on my skin. Went to the Dior web site and it notes the top notes as being: greens, bergamot, calyx; heart notes as being lily of the valley, jasmine, ylang ylang, and lilac; and the base note as being sandalwood. No mention of any civet, although maybe that's something that no one would willingly report. This old scent is my new favorite. Do have to say that the name is kind of dumb and I would never have tried it without reading “Perfumes: The Guide.”