Bazaar Bride. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Goodbye to All That. Charlize Theron, who came on board as ambassador in , starred in the ad campaign for the fragrance published in Though no official ad campaign was released for the fragrance, Charlize continues to play the golden girl of J'Adore. It makes a sensuous debut in a bottle featuring a finely engraved new necklace. It starts off with the fresh scent of fleur de sel, before unfolding its heart notes of tropical ylang ylang essence and sinking further into ripe, juicy peach notes.
That said, its gorgeous bottle has to be a contributing factor to its popularity. Elegant and alluring, there's no disputing that it was designed to sit pride of place on a dressing table. He looked to historical amphoras, Greek containers with a curved shape.
Amphoras had been a source of inspiration for Christian Dior himself when, in , he debuted his New Look dress designs, which, unlike the loose-fitting clothing of the '20s and '30s, featured rounded shoulders, a cinched waist, and a full, A-line skirt to create a previously unseen hourglass silhouette.
According to Van der Straeten, the J'Adore bottle was "designed to enhance the perfume itself and is a talisman-like object that nestles in the palm of the perfuming hand. Widely considered the most precious of metals, gold—both the colour and the material—are widely used within Dior's fashion and beauty collections. Christian Dior, who used gold to decorate both gowns and fragrances, was said to be fascinated by it. However, J'Adore was the first perfume that saw the brand use gold so profusely.
Perhaps one of the perfume's most notable characteristics is its name. J'Adore is a rare example among fragrance names, as expressions were, and still to this day are, seldom given to perfumes. Christian Dior was known to exclaim "j'adore" when he would first see a model in his designs, making this fragrance all the more sentimental and a loving homage to the brand's heritage.
The adverts in which she stars—often dripping in beautiful gold beading—are easily some of the most memorable ever created, particularly in the world of beauty. Few perfumes are considered as timeless as J'Adore, making it a wise investment for any bathroom vanity.
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