Francis Kurkdjian, who arrived in October 2021 as Dior’s Creative Director for Fragrance, remembers his first meeting with the Avenue Montaigne house in 2004.
From this meeting emerged a trio of singular and mixed fragrances, between tradition and audacity, with the idea of a collection of perfumes thought as a perfect silhouette: Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche and Bois d’Argent. The first two were created by Francis Kurkdjian, the third by Annick Ménardo (the only one kept as a permanent reference in the Private Collection). Bois d’Argent invented the idea of universal olfactory elegance before its time. Dominated by a richly powdery iris, the fragrance is enveloped in a mystical incense note on an amber base. A trail that we make our own, an addictive skin-to-skin experience.

Very grand siècle, Cologne Blanche has a princely allure, worthy of a Versailles salon. We meet a luminous orange flower wrapped in a violet accord. A deceptively tenacious Cologne, which resembles a caress on a sensual amber base.
As for Eau Noire, it unrolls on the skin a trio of absolutes and lavender essences of great quality dialoguing with myrrh and the rightly dosed gourmand notes. For a disturbing and chic effect, …