Our take
What does Miss Dior Chérie smell like?
Christine Nagel created Miss Dior Chérie in 2005. Dior wanted a younger Miss Dior, and the result has nothing to do with the 1947 chypre. The top is green and sharp. Violet leaf, strawberry leaf and green mandarin smell like a stem crushed between your fingers. Then comes the accord everyone talked about: frozen strawberry and caramelised popcorn tangled with jasmine. It feels like a funfair heard from a distance. Sweet, yes, but never sticky. Patchouli in the base restores order and musk keeps everything close to the skin. By the end it reads more like a modern fruity chypre than a dessert. This formula is gone. François Demachy reworked the perfume in the early 2010s and it became plain Miss Dior, with a very different smell.
When to wear it
For spring and mild days, in town or at the weekend. If you find an old bottle, check the date first: only pre-reformulation stock has the popcorn.
It belongs to the Chypre, Fruity family. Miss Dior Chérie is one of 72 creations by Dior in our encyclopedia.
