Empty perfume bottles "Miss Dior"
Accessories
Inventory number
2021.9.28.1ad.AC.CS.C2011.FRAuthors:
Christian DIOR (French, 1905 - 1957)House of Dior (French, founded 1946)
Description
Empty perfume spray bottles "Miss Dior" by Christian Dior, each item made of transparent glass with plastic cap and silver bow.Dior's younger sister Catherine joined the French Resistance, resulting in her capture by the Gestapo and subsequent imprisonment at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. She survived and was liberated in 1945. In 1947, Dior named his debut fragrance Miss Dior as a tribute to her.
The perfume: a floral chypre with leather and galbanum notes, was created by Paul Vacher and Jean Carles. Other notes included mandarin, gardenia and bergamot as the top notes; jasmine, narcissus, neroli and rose in the heart notes; and patchouli, oak and sandalwood as the base notes.
Materials
GlassPlastic
Origin
circa 2011 Paris, FranceDimensions
Width : 5 cmLength : 15.5 cm
Height : 10 cm