Tag Archives: La Collection Privée

Who Needs Pink Elephants? – Review: Dior La Collection Privée Grand Bal

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Olfactoria

When I think about Dior, I don’t think of the botched new versions of great classics, of the demise of some of the most important scents in perfume history, no, strangely enough and quite contrary to my usual character, when … Continue reading →

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An Unofficial Rose – Review: Dior La Collection Privée Ambre Nuit Revisited

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Olfactoria

The great Iris Murdoch would hopefully forgive me for appropriating her book title (she herself lent it from Rupert Brooke’s poem “The Old Vicarage, Grantchester”) for my review, but I find it so wonderfully fitting, I started re-reading this Shakespearean comedy of errors … Continue reading →

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A Good Friend – Review: Dior La Collection Privée Patchouli Impérial

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Olfactoria

My third Dior La Collection Privée bottle that I unexpectedly encountered at London Heathrow airport and that I gave myself for my birthday, has the pride of the place right now. Flanked by its sisters Mitzah and New Look 1947, … Continue reading →

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Not Every Amber Is For Me – Review: Dior La Collection Privée Ambre Nuit

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Olfactoria

Ambre Nuit was the fourth issue of the line of men’s colognes by Dior. All four of those have since been integrated in the recent La Collection Privée. Although intended as a men’s cologne initially, this is a comfortably genderless … Continue reading →

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Silver Haze – Review: Dior La Collection Privée Bois d’Argent

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Olfactoria

By Tara I was sniffing my way around the new Dior perfume boutique in Selfridges when the Sales Assistant gave me something sprayed on a card, without telling me what it was. I was bowled over immediately and asked for … Continue reading →

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