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Miss Dior Cherie(2005)

Christian Dior · Christine Nagel · Chypre

At a glance

Created by Christine Nagel for Christian Dior, Miss Dior Cherie opens on mandarin and strawberry leaves, moves through a heart of caramel popcorn, strawberry sorbet, violet, and pink jasmine, and closes on patchouli and crystalline musk. Its playful, candy-shop gourmand structure, complete with an actual caramel popcorn accord, marked a significant departure from the more classical Miss Dior lineage and helped define the flirtatious, youth-oriented gourmand-fruity genre of the mid-2000s.

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Brand

Christian Dior

Perfumer

Christine Nagel

Launched

2005

Family

Chypre

Miss Dior Cherie is a fragrance from Christian Dior, released in 2005 and composed by Christine Nagel. It sits in the Chypre family. It opens with Mandarin and Strawberry Leaves, moves into a heart of Caramel Popcorn, Strawberry Sorbet, Violet, and Pink Jasmine, and settles into a base of Patchouli and Crystalline Musk.

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