J`adore Dior for women

I love the advertising for this fragrance, especially the longer version MTV type advertisement that they have on the Dior site itself for J'ADORE. However, the actual perfume doesn't match the image that they are creating in their print ads - or in their TV commercials/MTV-Type Ads.

Its not that this fragrance reeks or is displeasing, but it doesn't have that "Wow Factor" that I want when I choose a signature scent.

This could boil down to a "chemistry thing" - but on my skin, J'ADORE turns into something that smells like an over powering dose of shampoo. It is clean and fresh - but the aroma is kind of "common", not really something that I would invest in to wear as a perfume. On my skin, it also smells almost as if you could have purchased this in a drugstore.

A lot of people really like this, so it just may be my chemistry reacting to how this sits on my skin, but I think that Dior has a lot better "creations" out there... such as Poison, Pure Poison, and the other perfumes in the Poison collection. I also really like the grapefruit scent that I tried and reviewed by Dior, Dior Addict Eau Fraiche Dior for women.

But try this yourself. It doesn't set up well on my skin - and just turns into an over glorified "shampoo" smell.

Got this back in 2000, along with Pleasures. Nice scent but I think I over did it back in the day and cant bring bring myself to repurchase again, and because I can weed this scent out on anyone(too common)

I can't get enough of this scent❤

Oh so feminine. Gentle, fresh, sweet flowers. I love it. It's easy for me to wear anytime. Not overpowering, just right. It lasts on me for 6-7 hours. Classic.

It caught my eye first when i saw Charlize Theron's advert. Next i saw it in a mall. The bottle was lovely...this was in 2006. But could never convince myself enough to buy it as I was more into younger perfumes then.
Now finally last year(2012) in December I received this as a gift.

Verdict -
1.A very likable fragrance.

2.Suitable time of wearing - both day & night but mostly day.

3.Suitable climate - Spring/summer.

4.Sillage - Open area - 1/2 feet max, Enclosed room - 5/6 feet...may even fill the room!

5.Longevity - it depends on body chemistry and temperature...so may vary from 3 hrs minimum to maximum 8 hours....longer on clothes.

What you may smell the most - melon+jasmine+rose... eventually peach and tuberose...

very floral scent...a bit fruity...I do not get the musk or cedar as much I would want...

8/10... great scent!!

smells just like shampoo and lotion on me. I love the bottle though

Ho hum, I can't summon up more enthusiasm for this scent, it just seems a bit bland. I'm reminded of the tepid water left in the bottom of a sink in a public loo, after using the soap dispenser.

The 'people who like this might like..' recommendations on the left are fairly accurate, I'm not keen on Chance, Coco Mademoiselle and Hypnotic Poison either

I am not a fan of J'Adore, on me it smells dirty and un-fresh, almost repulsive. The bottle is amazing though!

My BF loved this and found it attractive. He says he likes the bitterness in it. This is weird because for me it's, well, just nice; being more of a Poison and Hypnotic Poison girl. (he loves them, too.) Need to get this though, for him ;)

This perfume turned out to be completely disappointing. I was first introduced to it by a salesperson at a Dior counter, who sprayed it on my wrists.
For the first half hour or so of wearing this, I was in love. I felt feminine, beautiful and sexy. The first note that I smelled was Jasmine......but as time went by, Jasmine was the only note I smelled. It became increasingly cloying; neither calming down nor evolving to reveal its base notes. Hours and hours after having J'Adore first applied, I still smelled overwhelmingly of Jasmine. Extremely cloying. Avoid if you tend to get headaches from perfumes with florals.

Believe it or not,the nose behind this one is the one who created Vent Vert !!

It's funny how my sense of what smells good to me has changed over the years. When I first smelled this back when it was initially released I thought it was amazing! I wanted it so much, but didn't have a lot of money to spend, so never bought it. Now, when I smell it again - it honestly doesn't smell much different than a fruity-floral shampoo scent! Either my nose has changed or something, because back in the day it was a mouth-watering delicious creation. Don't get me wrong, this doesn't smell BAD - it's pleasant enough but boring to me. Ah, well - at least I can save my money on this ;)

Dunno why I think it smells very Synthetic , goes straight to my head n gives me a migraine......

I feel something akin to social anxiety when wearing J'Adore.

My experience can only be described as one who is anticipating an intimate dinner with a friend. You've brought them a bottle of expensive cab sav and a bunch of flowers; roses, freesias, jasmine and others equally beautiful, however uncommon for a florist.

You stand at the familiar door. You knock. The door swings open and you're confronted by a group of strangers - amongst them, your friend. As your mutual friend does the awkward round of introduction, you're nauseated by the fume that is their fruity moscato breaths. It mixes with your flowers which they crush as they lean in to kiss you wetly on both cheeks.

In the living room, the cheese and greens platter before you of browning pear and a particularly sharp blue cheese only add to the sensory confusion.

Essentially, stifling uncomfortableness at a party in which too many ingredients are invited. Unfortunately, I do not J'adore.

This is a very feminine scent, it is soothing and comforting without all the powdery stuff like other perfumes. I Belive this perfume is for the sophisticated, delicate, extra feminine woman. I am none of those, but I like it anyway for occasional, daytime wear.

J'adore has all the hallmarks of a classy scent. The name, the House and the well crafted list of yummy ingredients.

A well groomed jasmine in polite conversation with a posh tuberose. Magnolia in the background politely whispering. A heavy sun-ripe pear surrounded with assorted other delicious fruits....and all the way in the dry down a cool freesia draped in perfect pose on a chaise longue of musk.

Yet on my skin she is a cold clinical beauty. An Ice Queen that refuses to warm up and mingle with my chemistry. Oh, she is pretty, but it's a pretty that is calculating and impersonal. On me the note evolvement happens all at once and leaves me the whole day with the same cold top notes.
A scent that feels frozen on my skin and although she is pretty I can't help feeling rather bored with it. We simply don't mix. I don't know what it is that keeps J'adore so distant on my chemistry since I adore (J'adore!) white flowers and fruit notes in a yummy construction of notes. But this Dior creation just won't be friendly to me.
Alas, despite all the adoration I was willing to offer this potion in its classy bottle, it was in vain. We parted ways and I doubt she even remembers who I am....

Silage is: Cool white florals - Longevity is: 7+ hours of Ice Queen cool (on me).

I am sorry to be so radical but I really dislike this perfume, I think it is too fruity in a yogurt flavour kind of way. I don't find it elegant, interesting or beautiful at all. It is everywhere in icecreams, mashmellows, candies and gumdrops not to mention candles, soaps and airfreshners. I don't pretend to be offensive to anybody, it is just that my nose can't recognize it as a perfume.

Can't believe it belongs to the same nose as Beyond Love...

Luxury perfumes but I dont like this scent. It suitable to mature women.

I only have a tester of this. Both times I sampled this on my wrists I've had to wash it off. So insanely sweet, it makes my teeth hurt!

After all the good reviews I'd read, I expected more from this perfume. I had so many expectations... I guess the reviews sort of blew it for me =) It's not a bad perfume, but it's not (to my taste) an exquisite one either. For me, it's lacking a bit of warmth, but that's very personal. I would wear it if someone gave it to me as a present, but I wouldn't go and buy it. Overall, an OK elegant spring fragrance.

Imagine this:
A well groomed, very handsome guy, is making a play for you. You are intrigued by his style and elegance. You agree to meet for a rendezvous. His name is so alluring....Joe Dur'e
When you meet, he hands you some pears and some sliced melons in a grocery bag. No flowers, no passionate kiss. Then decides he wants to watch the football game, kicks off his shoes, pops his feet onto your Ikea coffee table, then falls asleep, thusly.
....and there he is, looking great seated on your sofa while you stand there looking at him winsomely, holding the plastic bag of pears and melons.

Disappointing...unexciting.....but thank goodness it was only a sample.

I absolutely love J'Adore!! (It's I love in French)The gold bottle reminds me of something or someone glamorous, classic, and sexy. It's not too strong and light; the jasmine really caresses my nose and senses. It's something I would wear often, but not every day. It's just one of those days when you feel empowered, strong, and vibrant. You just need this to sustain that. I want this soooooooooooo badly! Ever since I smelled this 3 years ago (I know right?!) It's amazing!

I feel too young for this one. Smells nice but doesn't suite me at all.

To me, this is very pretty but I think I was expecting something more. I think it's hyped up and way too pricey for what it is. Smells like a pretty, sweet floral to me. That's all. I like the clean pear smell and I love that I can smell the magnolia in this, even if it's hiding behind the sweet Peary jasmine. It's nice. Maybe my nose isn't as refined as it should be. I kinda feel bad like I should appreciate this more. It's pretty but I won't buy it. Too much money. Sorry to everyone who thinks this is god's gift of perfume. I'll wear it until my sample runs out but I wouldn't buy unless I got a great deal on it. Does anyone know of a perfume that will blow my mind? I'm still a newbie and I'd really love to know of a fruity floral that will blow me away. Any suggestions? Sorry if my lack of perfume knowledge may offend anyone who really appreciates this scent.
Update: wore this again today, it IS very pretty and it lasts a long time. Still, I don't think it has that something special I'm looking for. Not for the price anyway. I wouldn't mind spending this much if I'm in love with a scent. Does anyone know of a cheap dupe of this?
2nd update!: ok, maybe I should wear a scent at least a few times before I review it! It hasn't changed at all, I just can't stop wearing it! There's something very addicting, to me, in this! It's also a bonus that my hubby came downstairs after I put this on today and grabbed me from behind and took a big whiff and said I smelled "goooood"! Bonus! What the hell is in this? I keep smelling it and going to it before my other scents! Crazy! Guess I shouldn't have spoken so soon. Not a signature for me but I think I will buy this one! I smell goooood!

This is sweeter than you thought, it is not as big women as the commercial shows. But the low key elegant feature made this a perfect everyday appearance. admittedly this is the best bottle I have ever had.

This scent is very special for me because it was the first perfume I had and also was given to me by a very important person for me.
J'adore is One of the best perfumes in my collection.
This perfume has already become am icon of perfumery, I think of him as the scent of the Divas and Goddesses.
Everything starts with a bottle extremely beautiful and elegante smell when is magnificent liquid can see that has a smell very feminine, sedutive and refined.
The longevity of this perfume is huge (last all day) and sillage is quite powerful.
I Love this perfume and recommend.

This is a fresh and pretty summer/spring daytime fragrance for me. Opens strongly with the mandarin and bergamot - then the mild sweeter fruits and soft florals appear. On me it's a sweet citrusy floral, and it smells delicate and classy. Easy to wear.

Amazing amazing amazing on me. This perume was my signature smell cor yers but now i got tired of it, so I stop using it for a few years. I think I could use it again.
this is a crispy fragrance, fresh, luminous! glamorous, mature jey playful and sophisyicated!! what a dream! it works for all seasons!

I think its the only floral-fruity scent I love so far, I mean LOVE, big time!
I'm surprised to find how I do enjoy the peach scent here..its fresh and not sour, just fresh and sweet.. Then the waves of white floral that's just beautiful..

Not that elegant nor seductive nor sexy, but feels very much like a friendly and pretty girl nextdoor, we can certainly be friends for life!

Longevity is good, especially on cloth (yeah off course) but on my skin this lasts pretty long too.. Sillage is okay too.

A beautiful, innoffensive floral scent perfect for everyday wear. A bit plain though, it's not something I'd consider buying as there are many more exciting and rich florals out there.

I used to like it a lot but now it seams to me like very sharp scent. I like it on others. I love the beautiful bottle of this perfume and I wanted to come back to it after a decade but not for me anymore. But for those who love a sweet and kind of sharper perfumes, you will love this perfume. It's very feminine and beautiful but strong and not suitable for all I guess.

The jadore perfume bottle presentation is fantastic to display on your vanity. The scent is very Rosy. Not my all time favorite though like my DKNY Be Delicious.

Totally agree with Jewongonlee and svacant...i cannot get why so many people likes it...so nauseating...the lady at dillards said they dont give samples, so tried in my arm to see if hubby would like it...oh my oh my, what a torture driving back home...hardly could wait to be able to wash that off...nauseating and something there that just dont go well ...

Totally agree with Jewongonlee and svacant...i cannot get why so many people likes it...so nauseating...the lady at dillards said they dont give samples, so tried in my arm to see if hubby would like it...oh my oh my, what a torture driving back home...hardly could wait to be able to wash that off...nauseating and something there that just dont go well ...

Totally agree with Jewongonlee and svacant...i cannot get why so many people likes it...so nauseating...the lady at dillards said they dont give samples, so tried in my arm to see if hubby would like it...oh my oh my, what a torture driving back home...hardly could wait to be able to wash that off...nauseating and something there that just dont go well ...

this has a headache-inducing and overwhelmingly-floral scent. instead of smelling naturally beautiful this one smells too much like a perfume. i don't get why people love this so much.

I was not impressed. It doesn't smell bad, but there is something that was just a bit "off" for me when I tried it on. My initial impression was of rose and lily of the valley with an added greenness, but after that, the blend just didn't sit right on me and I couldn't wait to wash it off. My recommendation would be to try it on your skin before buying it, as it seems it really wears differently on each individual.

i don't like this one but i have it.i have 75 ml bottle and i only used 5 ml. or smt like that. i want to swap this perfume if you are interested in please contact with me.

This is a LOVELY scent, blooming jasmine, rose, and a bit of sweetness, maybe pear. The middle stages go through a slightly soapy phase, but that passes and it goes back to more of its opening character after a while. It's a nice, feminine, fragrant cloud of white, sweet, rosy-jasmine goodness. Silage is good, and it lasts for several hours on me. While it does eventually fade from my skin, I can still smell it on my clothing the next day. It does make me sneeze a bit, so I probably wouldn't wear it frequently. Nonetheless, J'adore is definitely a classic, and I can see what all the fuss is about. Wish I'd tried it earlier!

The materials of this Perfume Could be quite vulgar, But DIOR makes a successful outfut. It just as DIOR's demand, Comportable as Wedge, But Sexy as Stiletto.
BUT NOT MY STYLE.

Okay I'll be honest.

I loved this perfume when I was 19. It smelled so graceful and beautiful. But now that I try it out (i'm 23 btw), the magic of that seems to have gone for me. Kinda saddens me. :( It's a pretty smell, but a bit too light for my taste. Idk maybe it was an old tester or something.

If it has better sillage I would've gotten it. Must try another sample..

Not a review but I am a bit confused. I tried a sample at Sephora the other day and loved it. But I also tried it at Macy's and hated it. It was like testing two different perfumes and I double checked that it was J'adore EDP and not a flanker.

Then I see here, that the notes include plum, blackberry and musk which I totally detected (and hated) in the Macy's version.

But on the Dior site, these are the notes listed for J'adore:

Ylang-Ylang
Damask Rose
Samback Jasmine

In the Sephora sample, it's light and flowery and fresh, like a fresh bouquet of flowers. Not boozy like the Macy's sample. I've noticed on several different sites that the notes are different. I guess I have to try before I buy to make sure I get the light and bright version. Was there a reformulation to the original?

I hate it somehow... i can not really understand why people wear this. Soooo boring.

I love this fragrance. I have the EDP, however, and it doesn't last long enough to be worth the price. This is my first Christian Dior, and I am sadly disappointed. It seems to be watered down, unlike Chanel fragrances which have a longer scent life. I would recommend going for any Chanel EDP if you are determined to spend $100 on a perfume.

The peach, the jasmine, everything about this fragrance is perfect together. It is heavenly. I love it so much I bought one of my best friend's a bottle for her birthday. It is now her signature. It's quite funny, she will message me whenever her boyfriend says that she smells amazing... and that happen's quite often. In my opinion, the EDP will always reign supreme over the others. Perfection.

Given to me as a gift.
Classic scent. Using this for special occasions or at night time.
At first try, found this to be too strong, it even gave me a headache.
Even after taking a bath, I could still smell it on my skin. On my second time using it, loved the scent, it has a lasting effect & lovely mature scent. Definitely a keeper.

I've tested this a few times now.
I've really tried to like this fume.
Its just not me. To me its lacking something to make it unique and interesting. I'm pretty sure I don't like the aquatic note in it. For the price I'd want it to have better projection and lasting power.
The first 30 to 60 minutes it is strong and "nice", but then it fades and sits very close to the skin. On me it lasts approximately 3 hours. It is still ever so faintly still detectable, but barely. For such a pricey perfume it has disappointed me greatly.
If you love it great, wear and enjoy.

I really like it, infact this is the only perfume I like from Dior (no, actually I love this one and I like Poison and Hypnotic Poison). I think the other Dior fragrances are too stong for me, Im sorry but thats what I feel.

as Dior have so many versions of this perfume the fragrance i poses is the simple j, adore it makes me feeling cold even in UAE summer there is some thing icy in it . very different and classy

I wasn't sure if I wanted to review this fragrance. Ever. I feel too young, too little to even try to describe this.

It's like a Holy Grail to me, literally.
A masterpiece.

I got to know J'Adore because of my mom. She bought it for herself a few years ago.
The bottle is simply gorgeous and classic. It reminds me of vintage perfume bottles. It looks quite like a piece of art on shelf. I love golden cup and crystal-like ending of it, looking like a jewel in all this gold.
If I could describe myself using a bottle of perfumes to do that, I would definitely pick J'Adore's :)Feminine, elegant and strong at the same time. Timeless.

The scent is bright, quite heavy but in a good way.
I wouldn't wear this in the morning, but it's a perfect pick for evenings and special occasions.
Opens up with burst of citruses, I can definitely detect some bergamote and orange. It gets quite bitter as the time goes. The rose is very nice here, as well as lilly. The drydown is strong.

J'Adore does have a killing lasting power. It's hard to wash it off - not that I ever want to - and hard to forget too. It's a memorable scent, that is recognizable and one of a kind I guess.

It is a little too strong for me to become my everyday scent, I think my nose is oversensitive for some weird reason, and while I love different scents all around me, I like mine to be a little more quiet and closer to my skin.
I'm thinking of trying EDT, but have no idea how it will work for me.

Definitely going to purchase my own bottle of J'Adore EDP though.
Perfect fragrance.

This is an amazing fragrance, a classic must-have!!! It is glamorous, feminine and elegant! It is a great combination of sweet white flowers: Jasmine and tuberose, Floral notes: ylang-ylang and rose, and fruity notes: pear, peach and plum. The perfume is long lasting, enjoyable and addictive; i can't stop smelling my wrist! The flacon is also very beautiful! This fragrance is great!!!

I got a sample of this today. This is a true classic, a good one in his category. I love the pear and jasmine, they're very crispy and fresh! I don't think this is too mature, it can be worn by every age. I got a lot of compliments from men when I wear this, nice to hear! I'm seriously thinking of buying it soon.

J'adore sure is a sweet white floral powerhouse! The sillage and staying power are right up there and a little sure does go a long way! It's a modern and extreme fragrance - very much like Fragonard Belle de Nuit, but deeper and more rounded. I'm not in love with the fragrance, but the bottle is one of the very best - high quality, heavy and stylish.

I don't know, this perfume reminds me of so many other perfumes - Incandessence by Avon (mostly), Paris Hilton by Paris Hilton and one of the Incanto scents by Salvatore Ferragamo (Bliss or Bloom). So that's it. Nothing special for me.

I like perfumes that smell different and this does not have that special "something" I am looking for. But it's nice every-day scent, for sure. Elegant, feminine, gentle and inoffensive ;)

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elegant ,,,classy
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J'adore this perfume! It’s something to love with passion.

It's very special in many ways. It's strong, sexy, elegant... for the woman who wants to get attention, for the woman who knows she is going to be even more beautiful wearing this perfume. It has in its drops such a great history, being so important to the house of Dior, and all of the advertisements J’adore received are so beautiful like the perfume itself... this fragrance discovers us.

It opens with something that reminds me wildflowers. It's because of the magnolia and the bergamot together with the mandarine orange; the mentioned flower obviously gives the perfume a floral scent and the fruits make it a little bit citrus and fresh, so always when I spray it I feel as if I was holding a great bouquet of wildflowers. The other fruit which I smell in the beginning of this perfume is the peach, which is really sweet and gives a sophisticad thing to the fragrance. In the middle of the perfume we have a combination of many flowers, such as rose, tuberose, violet, orchid and jasmine, and a little bit of plum. In this part of the scent it seems to be darker than its inicial part: when I spray it I also have the impressive feeling of smelling a bright scent, like the gold represented in the bottle, and later it gets more "night life", like a woman who dress herself up, gets beautiful and goes out at night. In the end, some cedar, basicly, which takes the perfume to its end in a perfect way from the "night life" floral scent to the woodsy final act of this amazing show. I smell a shy vanilla and a light musk in there as well.

The longevity is perfect, we smell like this bouquet of flowers for many hours after spraying it, we can trust we are smelling great because it’s strong and long lasting. The projection is fantastic too, I smell this perfume in the air all the time when I wear it. Just make sure you wear this by night. There are those who spray J’adore on by day, but I don’t think it’s a good idea, because this perfume is really heavy. Specially if the day is sunny. It might make you feel uncomfortable and damage your skin under the sun.

One of the best and strongest perfumes I have ever found. A classic masterpiece which was brought to life to be out there forever, to be suitable with lots of people, in many ages, with many styles, but specially with the woman who adores to be classy and beautiful.

For those who miss the original j'adore edp, before it was reformulated:
I feel that the j'adore hair mist, still smells the same to me like the edp did before it was reformulated. Don't know if it's just me. But the hair mist defenitly reminds me a whole lot more of the original j'adore then this reformulated edp .. :( So sad! It was one of my favorites... I miss it!

One of my all time favs. Strong, addicting, elegant, sexy, with great lasting power. The bottle is a killer too. It is not called ''J'adore'' by accident.. ;)

had a fight with my mother who is going to wear it...

I really like it. It makes me think of an elegant and sexy woman. But I would have preferred it to last longer.

Tried the sample this morning, and I really like the way J'Adore smells. Very bright fragrance. I must really like the jasmine smells. Not sure if it is appropriate for an everyday use since it maybe a bit strong for sensitive people. I did get a compliment today.

I want to like this perfume I really do. I love Jasmine and fruit in perfume and I love Dior. But J'adore just does not do it for me, I know so many people who love it and I really do not see the attraction.
It smells floral and plain, I love floral but this just does not have the kick I want it to have. It is overbearingly sweet and that also says a lot as I love sweet perfumes also.
Very synthetic and normal smelling, not quite sure why this is such a popular perfume. But each to their own.

I got this perfume for christmas a couple years ago, expecting this to smell georgous as everyone made out to be when it come out, but this started to smell sour on me reminding me of cat pee :/ i ended up chucking this away it just wasnt for me.

This was a surprisingly fresh and cool fragrance considering it isn't aquatic or mint infused. I could have sworn there was mint in it. While fresh and minty it was still Very floral and very fruity but nicely not sweet as the freshness balanced out the sweetness. It seemed green overall. It had a headyness to it; my head felt like a balloon for the first hour. I liked it and the smell it left on my clothes though its not 'my smell'. My cousin said she 'thought she smelled an old lady' while my boyfriend wanted to sneeze a lot as he doesn't respond well to florals.

I got this for Christmas in 2000 and it was overpowering. I kept it for years and sold it. Not a good scent for me.

Unfortunately, I can`t appreciate this perfume. Its too floral for me. I dont feel anything special when I wear it and sometimes it can be very annoying . I only like the bottle...

Wearing my 2nd bottle ,love love and love

I have been given this perfume twice and I am sorry to say I loath it on myself. It is so very strong and actually makes me feel ill. I am sure it would work well on others but on me it is overwhelming. I have given my bottles to appriciative friends who seem to love it.

There's a reason why this perfume is the 2nd most popular fragrance in France of 2012. And has always stayed in the top 5 for many years. Its a beautiful, beautiful smelling perfume!

Reviewers saying this smells cheap, obviously do not know quality fragrance to begin with. As this perfume does not contain cheap ingridents.

J'adore is a very vivid, fresh floral scent. It is very rich scent that lasts very long, and should only be used lightly. I can defiantly understand others opinions about it being almost nauseatingly strong. But to avoid that, I spray a squirt, and rub my wrists together, and I can smell it for a good 5 hours. I get so many compliments while wearing this perfume.

I believe this is defiantly one of those perfumes that you will need to try on, and decide for yourself if it mixes well with your biological scent.

I have never smelt this on anyone and thought it smells bad, but I have smelt it on a few people who have defiantly been able to wear it better than others.

Powdery and synthetic. Instant headache for me.

I was so excited to try this and then quickly let down. It's very plain and generic and everyone seems to own this one.

A classic timeless fragrance that is suitable for all seasons. Great staying power.

I hate this perfume....i can't stand, i tried some day and i just wanted to take this smell off from me....terrible!

From the advert I was expecting a very sexy fragrance but when I smelt this in store I was certainly disappointed to say the least. I found the scent very boring and faint which was not at all what I had previously expected. The advert is full of glamour, sex appeal and beauty it's a shame the actual perfume doesn't live up to this.

The current formula lacks some of the sparkle of the original, but this is still one of my favorites. It's fruity-floral, but not in a childish way like so many new ones are. Lots and lots of jasmine and tuberose.

Love it but must use sparingly. My friend has it and I only use one spritz on my wrist and rubbed it on my other wrist. My coworker could smell it a mile away. Got some compliments on it. Really love it!! I think this is the first and only perfume I've been complimented on. Love love it!!

Although I do enjoy the initial sunny radiance of J'adore, I just can't get over the overly simple and synthetic drydown.

I'm surprised one of the top 5 most popular perfumes in France gets so many poor reviews here. Regardless, I love J'Adore EDP! The best part about it is the opening notes. I don't know why they say it's melon, peach, and pear when it's clearly banana! I love that banana quality! As the perfume wears down, I get more and more of some kind of white flower, which is probably tuberose according to the notes here. It's a pretty strong scent, fresh & fruity, yet it has a richness about it that is elegant. I could easily wear this as an everyday perfume or with a black dress for a special occasion.

The original scent was one of my absolute favorites, it's a shame I didn't know that Dior was planning on reformulating the scent.. I would've bought an extra bottle then.
The reformulation is nice, but a bit too heavy and synthetic to my taste.

i dont understand why everyone raves about this so much. i love fruity florals but this one is so overrated. i dont think it smells sophisticated at all and to me its just another floral perfume, nothing unique. its very florally sickly sweet that makes me nauseous. i would imagine this as a cheap perfume that i can get at the drugstore. definitely not impressed by dior...

I bought this within weeks of it's debut in 1999. I was very young and had money to burn. So this will always remind me of those days. I didn't love it enough, though. In fact I was lucky enough to return it for something else. It's just not special to me, and I know it's popular because of Charlize Theron. It kicked off a mass of fruity florals. I never smell it on someone and think "that's J'adore".

SUCH a beautiful, classy and classic perfume! I feel like a billions bucks when I wear it! This is my mother's favourite perfume, and when I was younger every time I would smell it on someone else I would think of my mom. Now, this is also my favourite perfume. It's classic, but not in a old lady way like Chanel No 5. It's a beautiful work of art, very elegant.

I smell the plum in this fragrance and this does smell nice but there's something about this scent that makes me not want to have it.

This has always been the no.1 sickening frag to me.

My mum bought it from France once it was born. We both loved the bottle and I adored how lovely it smelt on her so I sprayed like 3 times on my dad's cotton handkerchief and put my nose to it for a good sniff...and I was knocked out, literally. I recall it was a sunday and I lay on bed for the whole afternoon, unable to raise my head cuz I felt so nauseous. I detected a pool of magnolia and lily-of-the-valley which hit me like a sharpest power drill through nostril to forehead, with accessaries like jasmine and tuberose never being so thick and sickly sweet.

It smelt really really lovely on my mum though. It turned super feminine, charming and energising. My mum usually wears floral especially white floral and woody scents well and can't stand aldehydes; while on the contrary I've always been a fan of aldehydes and chypre perfumes, if that makes sense to you.

A woman who wear this frag can very easyly clawls me from the nose.In the morning specialy, i feel like iam in a garden with great smelling flowers and fruits.But i understand those who dislike this one.If you dont feel it well on your own skin it dosen't metter if it draws 1 million compliments,and thats applies for all fragrances.

the best fragrance!!

beautiful, elegant, classy and yep sexy! the top notes give it a sparkling opening like champagne and starts to mellow into a floral with that sparkling hint the opening gives you.this is something to wear for a special occasion(like a date, a romantic dinner, wedding? a night at the club) because of how sophisticated and rich it smells, this is one of those "little black dresses" of perfumes! I think Id like to have this when Im in the mood for feeling mature and sexy

Love, love love!!!!! Classic, floral, beautiful, like a bouquet of flowers. Favourite for sure.

The reformulation has a nice clean shampoo smell, really is fruity floral, unlike the vintage 1999, whereby it was more intense, more floral than fruity notes (but not too intense as compared to Estee Lauder Beyond Paradise) No doubt, I like the 1999 version more than the current one. I bet this is going to be reformulated again and again, and there would be more and more version of J'adore and in the end, there would be something like J'adore EDP 'Originale' just like what happened to Miss Dior.

Collectors out there, you better get an additional bottle should you like this perfume. Still, the reformulation is worth buying, the scent is long lasting and silage is really good.

i love it but i will have to wait till i grow older to wear it:( i think this perfume is for mature women. from 25 years old maybe:(

J'Adore is a perfectly nice fruity floral, and I think I'd like it, or at least tolerate it, if it wasn't for the huge pear note. The pear in J'Adore just ends up reminding me of all the other fragrances with pear that I really hate.

Try J'Adore L'Absolu if you want something less sweet and fruity.

I really love this perfume its something elegent, extravgance and ladylike about this fragrance.
It starts out as a warm clean floral. The mandrine it fresh and clean. And the jasmine, rose and orchid gives a nice warmth to it and the plum give that slight freshness to it. J'adore has sunny floral and slight sweetness to it. The dry down is the bit I don't like
It is quite strong though one of my most favourite perfumes.
Unfornately after 6hours of the day it does have a alcholic off flower smell to it on my skin. boh!

Lovely, elegant and timeless. I would love this perfume much more if only my skin absorb it more willingly...

Now, to ME AND MY NOSE this is one of the most nausea inducing perfumes. Sickening plum, peach, my gosh it is a powerful bomb too, monster sillage, awful.

This was my signature scent back in the early 2000s. It was feminine, floral, sexy and sophisticated all at the same time, and it worked beautifully with my body chemistry! I have not owned a bottle in years and recently started to miss it, so about a month ago at the mall I sprayed some on my wrist just for old time's sake. About 30 minutes later I started to get overwhelmed by an intensely heavy, synthetic scent. Instead of feeling confident and sophisticated as I always had I now felt a little self-conscious that I was now possibly offending others. This was NOT my beloved liquid gold! At the time I blamed body chemistry possibly changing over the years, but I just read about the recent reformulations of many popular fragrances and apparently Dior is one of the largest offenders. So please just let me clarify that when I list this as one of my favorites, it is the "vintage" J'Adore and not the current imposter! So now I guess I will have let that memory remain just a memory.

Heavy , dark , sharp , very long lasting! i just can't understand this perfume, can't detect any note, because the scent is diffuclt and messy..

On my skin, a get one smell from the beggining until the end. There are quite a few notes blended but I can't figure out what they are, mostly flowers. I think the rose is the most prominent of all and then the jasmine. The overall impression is nice, not something wow. It's optimistic and elegant but on dry skin it can turn really hursh. My husband liked smelling it from the bottle but at that time I didn't try it on me. Few weeks later I bought it as a blind buy really, because we are newlyweds and I just wanted my casual and my evening parfums to be picked by him. After all, he was not really impressed by it when I put it on, he just said it's nice for some special occasions from time to time. He said that it's more strict and bitter from my casual and beloved Valentina by Valentino. Well, I'm not really disappointed by my purchase but it's not gonna be my signature scent either. On the other hand maybe I should give J'adore a little time to develop and maybe I need a little more time to love it. After all, Not everything is love at first sight. :)


*** Edit: The rose definitely dominates after a while in coller weather!

Definitely hate this one, HATE it. So heavy, cloying, so plum-ish... I wore it once and ever since, whenever I only think about this perfume I get a strong sense of nausea, my god...It is a bomb of overly sweet fruit and then some flowers, gross :-( and most of all it is stroooong

My mother wore this for about a year, so in a way it's very comforting - it's similar to her too; simplistic on first sniff, but unfolding into a gorgeous flowery blanket. My mother made it very elegant and classic, although it smelled a little 'flat' on me.

I ADORE J'ADORE!!!
J'adore is a perfect blend of fruit and flowers. It's like wearing an expensive mixture that sort of creates an imaginary sphere around you.

The amazing blend sits on your skin on your and the pear and mango dissapears into a very 'comfortable' flowery scent.

The best thing about the perfume is it's not extremely original but it's REALLY wearable and pleasant!!

CLASS AND LUXURY IN A BOTTLE

P.S: I bought it to my auntie and she adored J'adore!!!;).

This is one perfume that i never get tired of wearing, may it be night or day, fall or summer, it speaks of elegance left right and renter. It is however too complex for many to like, i spell out a single top note, too much coming together all at once, yet too nice!

dont let the many notes confuse you here, white musk dominates j"adore, this is a simple clean soapy polite and safe scent, not daring but very pretty.

This perfume is decadent without becoming cloying. I love it and cant wait to own it!

This is a strong fragrance, and when i first smelt it i thought it was devine!
However, i think this is suitable for an older and sophisticated woman with class.
This is no pre-teen perfume and you have to wear it with some years under your belt.

Ps. THIS PERFUME ATTRACTS COMPLIMENTS.

I THINK THIS IS THE BEST FRAGRANCE :)

I sampled it twice before cause everybody seemed to love it but it's awful! The scent is just YUCK!! It's way too fruity for me and I just don't like it, maybe it doesn't suit my skin!!

To me it just smelt wrong and like cleaning solution almost.

I have it and I hate it! My boyfriend bought this for me as a present and he really likes it. But I cannot wear it as it makes me sick and gives me headache. My (female^^) Boss is also using this and I hate the days she wears it. Thank god she found a new signature scent (Chanel Coco Noir) I can live with very good...

I find J'Adore Dior obstrusive and biting in my nose. After the drydown it turns to the smell of adhesive. This is one of the very few cases when I dont like a parfume not only on me but I don't like anyone wearing it.

I cannot smell any of the components listed above but only a chemical mixture of adhesive and/or solvents.

It's a mystery to my why this scent is so successful!

I loved the smell of the perfume. I am kinda girl that falls for sweety and floral perfumes. unfortunately, it doesn't last long on me. So I quit..

It was a gift but I could never wear it because it made me a headache, unfortunately. A very intense aroma, floral and suitable for a mature woman.

I ADORE IT!a big love...i cant without my jadore,its a real parfum!elegant and expensive!

At first, I was not impressed with this fragrance. It was pleasant, but seemed a typical floral. A few hours later, I began to notice a sweet fruitiness wafting upward toward my nose, and I no longer regretted my purchase. I am not usually one for floral fragrances; my favorites are bitter and golden greens, but J'adore is very nice indeed, and I will be holding onto it. It is wearable for women of all ages, and makes me feel beautiful.

I agree that this is a classic in a not-grandma way. It's a rich, luxurious and sexy scent with no old lady smell! Very perfumey but without being obnoxious in any way. I like this on pretty much everyone, but it has too many florals for me. Anyway, this is a great, classy scent that I would save for "special" occasions.

A timeless, classic(not grandma-esque) fragrance! I think it's a musthave for a fragrance lover. I don't understand the hate towards J'Adore at all. It's not too strong and it has a unique smell. It's a warming floral scent, fresh, clean, seductive and just right for any occasion + it lasts all day. (a little goes a long way)

This has to be one of my favorite perfumes. Great for teenagers to adults, you should give it a try because you cannot go wrong with this perfume.

This fragrance is exactly what I love - fruity florals. It's so timeless. The first time I smelled this I thought, "this is what a perfume is suppose to smell like". It's just pleasant but sexy.

I'm just gonna copy & paste what I wrote on another forum here cos my feelings are exactly the same as they were then...

Charming, infinitely feminine and very floral and clean smelling. I have such mixed feelings for this perfume as it is the one my best friend wore for years and years and I would buy it for her birthday - she passed away so tragically and suddenly (two years ago tomorrow, 21.08.2010) that (I feel so emotional just writing this much) now that I have her used bottles that she left behind, the ones I gave to her, every time I smell it I am overcome with longing for my friend to still be here.

I will buy a purse sized J'Adore to remind me of her always. It was never the scent for me, I am definitely more of a Hypnotic Poison gal but an occasional dab will help keep my precious Cherylee forever alive to me.

It´s a happy, fresh, stylish, elegant & sensual fragance. Definitly has a sex appeal on its own. I´ve got a lot of compliments from men wearing it. And it´s an antidepressant fragance, keeps you in a good mood, the combination of floral and fruity in this one is perfect. Has a good sillage and longevity. It´s a must have for women above 20 years old.

Graduating from college (late) the year this came out and I thought this was so sensual. The warm, spiciness of it just grabbed me.

I've often sprayed a little on me - from time to time - while out at the store just to relive the please of wearing this scent.

I'm sure I'll go back to it one day or just add it to my very small collection.

I first found out of this perfume in an magazine, it smelled WONDERFUL, so i then bought it for my mom for christmas (of 2011) and she loved it the first couple sprays, but then we shared it and it started to not be as beautiful as it was in the magazine, so we stop using it and a few months later we started to use it once again and fell inlove! I totally think that this is a wonderul perfume for any event, any weather, any time! It is just gorgeous for everyone!

J'adore has been endowed with something like a universal sex appeal. It's not young girl and it's not mature woman. It's something most people would agree on.

And then knowing it was created by the same woman who is the nose behind those fabulous By Killian frags, you know this was a justified hit with the house of Dior.

Like the previous reviewer, I too was unimpressed when I first tried this fragrance, I found it dull, uninspiring and plain. Then I was given a bottle as a gift last winter, and after a couple of wears, it captured my heart. It makes me feel beautiful, feminine and precious. It's an opulent fragrance with sweet and fizzy notes of boozy pears and florals. I could almost feel it sparkling on my skin! The longevity and sillage are both amazing, and it's the kind of scent you can wear in any season. Becareful not to overspray this one, especially in the summer, I made that mistake a few weeks ago, and I ended up smelling like rotten pears, making everyone around me gag! Thank goodness I was at home and not outside! I would say the only negative thing I find about J'adore is that it's waaay too popular! It's the 2nd best selling fragrance in my country (1st is Euphoria).

The first time I tried this perfume, I have to admit I was not impressed. It just didn't feel very unique. But I tried it again a few months later, and me being the inexperienced perfume appreciator that I am, after a few more months of getting to know different fragrances and notes...NOW I understand why this is such a beautiful perfume. It's light, but complex...seems like it would be wearable by almost any woman, any time of the year, for any occasion.

I love this perfume, so sophisticated and elegant and warm, yet not overpowering, but definitely leaves a statement

This is the perfume I wore at my wedding. I have the complete series of it - shower gel, body lotion, hair spray and, of course, the eau de parfum. All products are great. I only wear it at my wedding anniversary. Lasts really long, very romantic, classy, elegant, yet modern, perfume. A sparkly combination of white flowers and fresh summer fruits. J' Adore in an ivory chantilly lace wedding dress. Yes...a day to remember...

I used to love this when I was a smoker. Now that I'm a non-smoker, it's wayyyyyyyyyyy too strong. I still like the scent but I have to be very careful or else it gives me a headache. The bottle I have should last forever since I'll be applying with a q-tip from now on.

@palma.
I also feel the same. I always gave a chance for this fragrance to stay on me even fol half a day but unfortunately i ended up feeling dizzy and migrane and also abt to vommit. Its an elegant scent but there must some notes that are really heavy and make me allergic to. I already gave it to a friend i dont care what she will do with it as long as its no longer with me.

i like the scent, but i don't think i am, going to purchase pretty soon, i would like to try other dior perfume.

I've try it so many times because I want to see why people love this scent but it just not work for me. It gave me a headache everytime I try it. It smell good but something that irritate me and gave me feel so dizzy when I smelled it, EDT version also.

For me this is a perfume to have simply for the artistry of the notes and the spectacular bottle....i have this but barely wear it. I spray it when I want something different. This could be good for a special evening. I don't think anyone complains about this scent and I think this would be a good gift perfume..: the time I fell in love with this though was early in the morning when I was taking my walk in the netroparks around the river and i sprayed this on me before I left. I could smell this all around me and I just felt likecsuch a boltvof confidence and beauty. It smells so floral and pretty..I like jasper and its special its just not something i would wear too often. I never got a compliment on this either.....I think this is one that needs to be eorn sparingly because its not cheap so its really potent stuff. A bottle lasts a long time....even though I don't get compliments on it I feel that lots of people would like thus because it is very non offensive and likeable. It smells expensive and elegant. A lot of people will find this one mature. An amazing amount of mothers were gifted this for mothers day, birthdays, etc...so if you wear this on a date or something the man may recognize this as his mothers perfume. This is not an mature perfume however. I think this one is 25 years plus.

Bought other day. Smells amazaing, sweet and fruity. Goes for long hours.

I remember I liked this perfume, I helped my mother chose it and I used to stole it from her almost every day. Today I tried it again and I find it too strong, like some kind of floor detergent. I don't know if the new version changed it this much, my mother says it smell the same as before. It's supposed to be fruity but I don't get it, on me is just a strong synthetic smell.

its afternote is acceptable to me but it can get quite irritating when you sprayed too much. my boyfriend hates this perfume on me.

For me, this one is all I look for in a fragrance: it's sweet, fine, feminine and sexy. I use to have a bottle of J'adore, and I love to wear it barely, when i need something special: it is!

Very long-lasting smell. Bought it in Sweden in the middle of 2002 at one of the ferries called 'Europe' that cruises between Åbo and Sthlm. This was the only perfume I liked among so many others. When it came to the check-out, the price just blew me away, but... Had to buy it, I mean, point of no return and all... :-)

Anyways, I never regretted it. It's a luxurious smell, feminine, very high quality... I just lost my passion for it somehow. You also must be a very attractive confident lady, just like Teron, to wear it. The commercial is pure joy, she's a goddess. A favourite perfume of my colleague. On her, it smelled cheap and light. Not for everyday use, it's a fact. Maybe because of her abuse of this rich evening scent I started to lose my interest for it. Or maybe she wore counterfeit, how do I know?

Anyways, a good and very rich classic. Very feminine and with numerous notes unveiling through the day. It's a solid one!

Perfect fruity floral everyday fragrance. I was expecting more from Dior, but having said that, it's a pretty safe fragrance as it's liked by almost everyone, and makes a great gift for that special person or relative in your life.
Maybe if the cap was silver and the liquid was pink it would suit the actual fragrance more. The gold makes me expect something much more heavy and complex.

I always wanted to have this since I was a teen as it is such a classic perfume. Now I own it!!! And this is one of the perfumes that I will always buy every time it ran out. The first was given to me by my hubby (then boyfriend).

For me, the bottle looks like woman curve. Totally sexy. And the golden colour gives it the more posh look. What I like the most is the cap, it have J'adore in the crystal ball of the cap. Such an intricate detail for a bottle of perfume. I really appreciate it.

The scents; oh sooo lovely! I feel like this is what the woman should smells like. Really rich flavours, floral, sweet yet fresh and luxurious. And it lasts really long. I still can smell it every time I come home.

Because of its superbly posh, I save this perfume for special occasions or when I wanna feel rich. I love it! It is such a sexy regal elegant perfume. Total love! :)

So in love with this fragance!!...so sad it still reminds me my ex boyfriend...but I ´m just waiting for a new beginning in my life to wear this again...this is a magnifique, elegant, sexy, smart scent!!

Oh man! I bought it like a little while ago(about a month) this and a few others. Smells good .. only that it needs spraying every hour(*snort* an edP)... you know what that means?
Yes! I have been sold the Fake bottle, now I can not sleep at night if I put up somewhere for sale cause that's unfair and illegal. Hence I would like to offer this as a swap. Anything nice would do. :) I only have 2 of these shady bottles both are 100ml(and one full the other more than 95ml). it's alright if you like an ultra EDT lol. So hit me up lovely ladies! :)UK only please.

This is the most expensive perfume i own.. i was in france last year and fell in love with the smell, so i treated myself. if i remember correctly it was round 70 odd euros for a 30ml. then the boyfriend got me a 100ml for my birthday this year.

i usually use it for special occasions, like birthdays and weddings and anniversaries :D.

To me, it opens up with a big peach, right in your face that made me go "wow!" Its a sweet, bright peach and I quite enjoyed that part. I wanted to like this, but after about an hour it was just not working for me. The peach rolled away and in came in something I did not like at all, and I don't even know what it was.

I fell in love with this scent the first time I smelled it inside a magazine. To me, it feels very luxurious, romantic, confident, happy, sensual, and full of optimism and beauty. It's downright gorgeous, very pretty and expensive smelling. But it seems as if people either love it or hate it now. It can have a 'mature' smell but I think its very complex and may not work for everyone. I don't think it fits my style, but I do love this scent. It's one of those perfumes that I pick up and take a deep breath of it and it takes me into a enchanted heaven where everything is radiant and glimmering. It is a unique scent that I don't see how anyone could dislike. I wear it when I want to feel special, glam, and fabulous!

I was kind of disappointed that the ad doesn't reflect what the fragrance is. I love Charlize Theron and I adore the ad with Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe but it doesn't represent the fragrance. I was expecting something unique like the rest of the Dior collection, something that would make me feel that I'm in a red carpet, something glamourous that Charlize would wear. But it didn't make me feel that.
But don't get me wrong! It smells good. It smells really good. It just doesn't fit with the ad and I cannot believe this belongs to Dior. It'd fit better into the Marc Jacobs collection or some celebrity perfume.
But let's talk about the juice inside the bottle, which is pretty good.
It smells clean and floral, perfect for a woman who doesn't want to inspire people with her scent, it's for a woman who just wants to smell good. It's perfect as a gift because everyone likes this fragrance.

On me this scent was too sweet and cloyingly so. I enjoyed the tester card at the counter. This scent just doesn't work for me.

On me this fragrance opens mostly the plum note mixed with the blackberry musk. Not too pleasant and sour enough. And I can't say that this fragrance smells glamorous, because it smells simply enough. Nothing special.

strong long lasting.. very night

I smelled this a couple of weeks ago and was not at all impressed. It smelled kind of pretty and youthful at the beginning, but nothing that caused me to constantly inhale its scent deeply. At first I was alright with it, then after a while I became very sick of the scent and had to smell something else to get the scent out of my nose. It actually reminded me a little of how wet hair might smell after a shower using shampoo. Very bland and boring, like the way it feels to be chewing on gum for an hour; how the flavor is still slightly there, but now you're bored and tired of it.

I adore this smell but it took me some time to love it.
I don't agree that it is a boring scent. Actually, it is one of the most "chameleon" scents I know! First it is very fresh and then floral. In the end I can detect a deep, creamy powdery notes. Very complex perfume to me. What is more, this scent smells on everyone in a different way. REALLY different.
It is very elegant, feminine and romantic. I'm not sure about the sillage though. On my friend and on me, people can not detect alot after couple of hours( 2-3)!But still love it.

I can not say that I love this one. I like it, yes, but there's no adoration.
What I can say, is that it is the very essence of modern perfumery. When I didn't know anything about perfume, this was the scent that came to mind when talking about perfume (of course I didn't know it was J'ADORE).
That shows that this fragrance indeed is an icon. Nearly everyone has it, and there are numerous copies af this made by different brands. It also has inspired many, many perfumers.
So basically, you can smell it everywhere, on everyone. It has become a very common scent. There's nothing special about this perfume anymore.
It's still pleasant, and that makes it a masterpiece, but it just is nothing for me.

Floral? Check it!
Fruity? Check it!
Good silage? Check it!
Good longevity? Check it!
Glamorous? Check it!
Modern? Oh, wait for it... NOT!

Sorry people, but this perfume is just an ordinary fragrance. So common as all others floral fruity perfumes.

I don't know why there's a lot of hype on J'adore. Isn't original or lovable.
It's a Dior, I know, but this fragrance is just another flanker/version of many others perfumes.

I really do not Adore!

Personality: Feminine, Sparkling, Luminous, Charismatic, Sensual.

Age: 25-45

Scent: If gold had a scent this would be it...a very elegant and sublime fruity floral, luminous and soft but with presence. Well-blended, distinct and sparkling, my nose cannot really pick out any note in particular other than pear, jasmine, peach and a hint of tuberose.

When/Where: As an evening scent in any season, or day-time for the office, formal events, parties. Also makes a great scent for romance/dating, wining and dining. A versatile scent.

Sillage/Longevity: Good Sillage, Good Longevity (8 hours).

JUST FOR FUN: This is a scent made for a LEO woman, regal, opulent, and sparkling, just like the face of the fragrance, Charlize Theron (coincidence that she happens to be a Leo?). Another sign this would suit is Libra with their charismatic nature and diplomatic ways.

Dewdrop on beautiful flower.
It is very elegant scent. This one stay in the memory , is full of flowers but does not excite me. Flowers, fruit,citruses and the balmy note. I like it but I prefer a new EDT. :)

i am not impressed, this doesn't smell all that good and its really boring. I almost smells like something I used to have but can't put my finger on it, maybe bob mackie perhaps, CK Contradiction or maybe Body by Victoria's Secret, I don't know or maybe its something else. but whatever it is, its really over priced for this plain ordinary smell.

I think this scent is unusual and glamorous. It doesn't have the uniquenss of mixing odd notes or unusual combinations but it does speak quietly and softly to those looking for something different from a typical fruity floral. I don't find this sweet at all, and I really can't pick out any individual notes listed, but this has a depth that makes it smell refined and classy. To me, it is more of a woody floral than a fruity floral.

This perfum is classic, glamorous and for me perfect scent!!
If you want to get noticed anywhere you go...so this is the perfum for you!!!

i had tried this before but i couldnt remember the aroma, i tried it again couple of days ago and i have to say i dont find it special or anything, it´s very popular and expensive but i think its very soapy and linear, not complex at all.

Well I don't think this perfume really needs another review, buuuuut I will add to the list anyway. I tried J'adore a couple of years ago and didn't like it. Interestingly a couple of days ago I came across a sample in a magazine and decided to check it out again. I ended up dragging my sample out and wore it all day. Maybe it's the spring weather but I certainly enjoy it a great deal more now than with my first run in. It is a floral laced with fruits in a fairly even balance, killer sillage (one small spray is all I need) and 6hr longevity for me.
I now have a bottle coming in the mail, who knew? I guess I just needed time to learn to appreciate J'adore.

This was my very first perfume.I bought it when i was 15 years old.It's a light spring perfume.

It's nice to smell just nice juicy pear in perfume :). Really like the first few minutes but then it turns monstrous white floral on me. Not for me.

Lately I'am becomig a j'adore-dependent:) Going to buy a complete set of JD eau de parfum, body milk and shower gel. A must

J'adore is a sweet floral scent, the kind of perfume that gets you noticed. It has a young scent suitable for women from 16- 24, it makes you think of sunshine. I personally love it since the heat of my country seems to bring out its flavour.

To my nose J'adore is more floral than sweet . Indeed , Jasmine is proeminent , then comes pear . Not at all a special ,original , or an sublime perfume , but it's simplicity makes you feel pretty , elegant and loved .
The bottle is beautiful , elegant like perfume .
Positive vote .

just tried the j'adore edp...it takes a good 5 mins to really know what this smells like on my skin...its pleasing,very feminine..n classy...it reminds me of all those sophisticated posh women in their early 30s with perfect hair,wearing those elegant pearl nacklaces...around their slim tall necks

I was finally able to test sniff this, and it wasn't at all what I was expecting - it smelled too powdery and sort of sharp. Maybe it was just overpowered by the really good perfumes I'd smelled that day, I don't know, but I just didn't care for it at all.

WARNING NEGATIVE REVIEW: take with grain of salt or skip

I find it a very boring floral. I can't even tell you what it's notes are it's just a blend of generic flowers and musk. Nothing stands out. I'm all for clean smelling florals- but this one completely lacks personality.

All this could be a good thing for some though. This certainly would make a nice gift. Nothing offensive, smells pretty, appropriate for all occasions, and who wouldn't love to receive such a beautiful bottle?

While I shall scratch off J'adore EDP from the list for something I would purchase with my own money I'll definitely look into the flankers. Hopefully there's something interesting or even prettier to be found in J'adore's many editions.

EDIT: pretty much all the flankers and other concentrations are beautiful and smoother than the EDP. I found A LOT redeeming in the flankers (EDT, L'or, L'absolu, etc)

*thanks to jillhare for the sample :]

what i love about j'adore is it such a shamelessly floraly floral. I feel like there is a growing dislike of heavy florals lately which makes me sad. after all ins't their something deliciously naughty about smelling like a plants reproductive organs ;)

It definitely has a sophisticated timelessness to it, destined to become a classic (if it hasn't already)

BUT i must admit that i ALMOST love it, not love it. J'adore contains my floral nemesis, tuberose! I so wish i could somehow do perfume surgery and remove the malignant tumor- rose -ha ha get it? (okay kind of lame i know)

p.s. dear tuberose, i friggen hate you

Have to admit that when i first tested it i didn't like it all but i liked edt so i bought edt, but few days ago i ordered a set of jadore thiniking i was buying edt again and when ir came it was an edp and it was good, really good! i suppose the first time i tested it at a good perfume store the tester was bad (its often problem in my country because they keep testers in a front of light, and the light bulbs beams light and warm perfumes). I just love it its classy feminine, gives you self evidence, beautiful fragance. now i'm waiting for my j'adore l'or essence de perfume to arrive, i'm so anxious

loved it at first in high school and bought it for me and my mom and her friend for Christmas. Now 2-3 yrs late i think differently. i think it's really strong and musky deep, its a like a strong, cheap, dark smelling perfume. so sad, i use to luv it and their is 90% of it left. :(

Dior never fails, this is my absolute favorite perfume and got loads of people asking what perfume it is im wearing, first one to notice was a guy. Its a light fragrance, very feminine and stays on for hours.

Sadly I do not find this perfume as intriguing as I thought it was going to be. To me it is a very odd floral bouquet scent dipped in fruit juice and the combo doesn't really work for me. Then it starts smelling like sudsy soap !

I had originally tried this because I'm in love with Michael Kors Gold and the sales associate told me it was similar to Dior J'adore but it's not at all! MK Gold is so much more luscious and filled with beautiful tuberose, its so much more alluring and doesn't have all this odd fruit junk and soap that J'adore has, it's a shame J'adore is the more popular one, oh well.

I bought this by blind buying, I do really like the smell, worthed for the price :D . I got excited to search for another perfume from buyer reviews, that sometimes help me to choose, and say what, I've just bought another 2 designer perfumes, I really looooove perfume :))

It has a nice scent when I tried it on, but there was nothing about this frangrance that stood out to me - it just smells like a generic perfume. I guess it is meant for an everyday frangrance. A lot of women love the scent and think it's so "elegant." Leaves me wondering if Charlize Theron did not promote it, would they feel the same?

My mom owns a gift set with small vials of the EDP and EDT that she almost never uses, so I decided to give the EDP a try.

I almost wrote it off the first time I wore it (to an evening event). Given the marketing, I was expecting more of an evening scent, and this smelled too “safe” for me. Plus, I didn’t apply enough :-)

Days later, I found myself going back to the memory of that scent and wished to experience it again. So I decided to try it as a daytime work scent. It clicked! When I wear this, I feel empowered and harmonious. To be honest, I erred on the other side today and applied too much, giving myself a headache in the hour I drove to work. (I bet it’s the rose.) But I’m surprised to find it doesn’t matter – I still like the scent, even with the headache! Never had that feeling with perfumes before.

Would I use this every day at work? Probably not. On special days (like today – International Women’s Day) or days when I need an extra lift –why not? Hope this is a beginning of a happy relationship with Dior perfumes.

Jeez...It's upsetting - I envy all of you who can pull it off with this one. I so wanted to love it. I really did! But I guess we are just not meant to be. No matter how little I put on, I get a splitting headache. And I never get headaches otherwise... :/ "sigh" What I can't figure out is wich substance is responsible for all the irritation and aggrevation. Hmmm...a little tinny tiny research project on the hotizon...?

So it's up for a swap... Anybody? I have EDP 30ml bottle - used it maybe/at most five times. I'll trade it for any of the juices from my "want" list. PM me.

Mehhhh..."stomps off and slams the door"

I get a luscious sweet/creamy floral with a tinge of orange,light vanilla,heady rose and soft violets and finally a little berry. This feels sexy, ladylike and elegant.

I did love this fragrance when I first got it.But then after only a few usess, I just got so bored with it, and couldn't finish the bottle. It's not that it's a bad scent,but it just lacks the necessary substance that makes you come back for more.

I really love this.. and when I went through a phase of testing out Miss Dior Cherie and Chance... when I would come back to this I realized this was more me.. maybe it is because of memories from the late 90's or whatever I don't know. Unfortunately newer versions are a bit watery.. and the character is not what it was.. lasting power is not great. But if you can reapply it is very lovely. I wish it was amped up a little more or something.

My mom doesn't like perfume very much, but her bottle of J'adore is more than halfway gone.
It's floral, with a perfect touch of pear to make the floral notes not so overwhelming.
Very elegant and sophisticated, but light enough to be worn anywhere.
I have a huge perfume collection, but sometimes I would steal a spritz of J'Adore from my mom :)

J`adore is light and playful enough to be worn in daytime at the same time being sophisticated and elegant for more special occasions, as well as its balance between juicy and more bolder florals make it perfect for any season. Thus it can easily become ones signature or at least go-to scent.
For my nose peach, tuberose and freesia are the best detectable notes, but there is some creaminesses in the perfume which gives an elegance and makes J`adore very feminine scent. Good staying power (all day and on clothes even longer), well balanced and never heady sillage for both top and middle notes.

I suggest everyone at least check it, being so wearable it is also a good investment.

my mom had got J'adore boxset for a new years gift from my aunt. but she is allergy fragrance woman. the last she gave it to me :D

I don't like it much. I smell to ordinary sweet flora perfume that nothing interesting. but in a good way, this is one of flora note that sweet and soft sense.

i've always liked this perfume but have never purchased it. i must have like 20 samples of it because they include it with almost every purchase @ nords' haha. but i started wearing it during the day lately (i loveee armani code, but a little overbearing for the day, esp for class) and i love it. applied 2 spritzes at noon... its 14 hours later and i can still smell it on myself..

definitely considering grabbing myself a bottle now.


if you havent smelled this yet (gasp!) it makes me think of a tan, blond-haired girl walking through a valley filled with jasmine and lilly of the valley/ having brunch at a classy spot in paris, where the streets are all cobble-stoney.

Very sophisticated classic smell, this is one of those perfumes that everyone likes "at least",, you just can't hate it.. its very soft and sexy in a sophisticated way

a very fresh scent glamourous modern but also classic and very feminine elegant and confident

its sunny fruity not tropical fruity but fresh fruity
it reminds me of summer
it dry,s down into a classic floral scent

very nice its smells realy gorgeous

This fragrance posed a bit of a dilemma for me. I tested it several times agonizing over weather or not to buy. I love so much about this fragrance! I love the confident, sophisticated sexiness it conveys. I love the way it smells in general. However, there is one little note it in that smells somewhat sour on my skin. The cedar maybe? Unfortunately for me, despite loving 99% of this fragrance, I couldn't get past the strange sourness. I'm sure I'll try it again at some point!

My mum wears this. Though I like to smell it around her, I can't pull off this scent. It just turns sour on my skin. Guess it's a pity cause I love Jasmine so much! :(

This is a great summery fruity floral. I'm such a sucker for things with a peach note. Unfortunately the drydown just smells like plain shampoo to me.

I guess Dior did that thing they do where they put out a quality fragrance, then once it gets popular, change the formula to be cheap.

Well I will start this off by saying..YES this perfume is a nice one but when I first smelled this on paper years ago in one of my Glamour Mag's,I thought WOW!!! One day I will own you but after years going by and finally owning this one,,,I must say that I think I liked it better in my Glamour Mag than I do in the actual bottle.I dont know If this scent has been reformulated or what but I remember it being more powdery on paper.Regarless though,I like this but I don't totally love it like I thought I did.I love the bottle though,Its very pretty :)
It really smells like a 20 dollar bottle of Roots perfume I owned last year.
This one is pretty pricey and I find that I normally find perfumes that I love are much cheaper but this is very versatile and could be worn all the time which I like:)...I am happy that I finally own this one though but only to say I do heehee :)

If you're looking for something feminine and not over the top, this perfume is for you. I like to wear it on a regular basis since it's not very strong and overbearing :)

First Dior I've tried. Completely faded from me within 5 hours. I thought it smelled fine. Not great, but certainly not cheap. My 11 yr old said YUCK. Hubby and 7 yr old said "fine" too.

So it's a pass for me.

Of course, it is competing with Chanel Coco Mademoiselle on the other arm, which got 4 thumbs up!

One of very few parfumes that I'm on my second bottle now. It is sweet, and so feminine. I LOVE it!

I´m great Dior parfums fan, but I hate this at all, only can to have a great headheache,I´m sorry but not for me.

I owned this some years ago and just wanted to buy again. But what did I saw in the perfume store? The price has gone up with almost 25 % ! When I bought it a few years ago (the eau de parfum) the price was 52 euros for 50 ml. Now the price is 74 euros for the 50 ml. Pff now I will not repurchase. Come on.. that is seriously overpriced...

When I bought it some years ago, they didn't had al the new versions of j'adore. It was just j'adore eau de parfum and nothing more. I guess it became a pretty big hype overtime :(

Oh I love it. This scent will always remind me of my best friend although she hasn't used it in years. I think this perfume is very classy and feminine and I far as I have heard the bottle symbolises the female body with a very long neck.

I had this for a long time and I absolutely loved it, I think i must have gone through at least 3 bottles. It lingered on my skin for ages and made me feel so sophisticated and sexy.

But then one day one of my guy friends smelled me and told me that I smelled really good, and that it reminded him of his mum... So I gave it to my mum.

This is one of the most beautiful fragrances I have ever smelled. It's so elegant and classy.

J’adore Dior is soft sensual elegance. African orchid is a bright beautiful floral and the champaca flowers are a deep scent of magnolia. Damascus plum and mandarin add a perfect sweetness. Light and sultry with a scent that will last the entire day. J’adore is Dior’s golden girl and truly a timeless classic loved by all women.

My Husband bought it as a gift for me yesterday after many years of thinking whether I should buy it or not where everytime i go for something else, but now I finally have it.. It is defeneatly a man's fav .. he simply loves it and I believe every man does..

Instantly seduced by the « florality » of this perfume on the first try, I bought it on a whim (unfortunately). I stopped wearing it once my fiance (far from being impressed) told me it reminds him ..."his grandmother"! After many times wearing it, I understood very well what he meant...

It's a very good quality juice (as all the Dior), but just too equally-floral-fruity symmetric and linear. Nothing special in the composition. I finally got bored and sold it. The frag is monotone, has no character, but the bottle is gorgeous.

Is it the bottle? the great advertising? or the fragrance which makes J'adore a class in it's league?

I'll buy the historical inspiration for the bottle but I thought its very subliminal.

The fragrance, the fragrance...undeniably lush orchids. I believe,these orchids originate from an exotic rendezvous paradise in Indonesia .The abundance of orchids dancing harmoniously with notes of tangy mandarin makes every perfume lover say " It's love at first smell."

Hmm, nevermind the advertising.

While the name J'adore secured the fragrance's demi god status. Personally, I would have called this fragrance-- La Javanaise, to pay homage to its birthplace .Cheers France!

A must for every woman of beauty.

J'adore has a very feminine and sophisticated smell. I know quite many people who wear that (myself included) and it really doesn't seem to change a lot from person to person. It's also very long-lasting and the bottle is surely one of the greatest perfume bottles ever.

So nice and elegant, smells very expensive. I tried it at the mall on my wrist and kept smelling it over and over again... Bought a big bottle and had no regrets. It lingers long on the skin, and on the drydown it becomes even better. It gets lighter but still remains noticeable. It is flowery, bright, a little bit sweet, and so romantic. I think this one would be good for both office wear or a romantic evening. Such a wonderful smell! LOVE IT!!

Unfortunately this fragrance makes me feel sick, it is very overpowering and although I love the smell of it on others it does not suit my body chemistry.

I really wanted to like this, you know how most fragrances change with body PH, this one does not change on me at all, it smells exactly like what it smells on the bottle, and that triggers a headache. Maybe it´s due to the concentration of the parfum, but I´m going to keep it in my collection.

It doesn´t remind me of anything else I own so I Give it that it´s unique and very classy but unfortunately, it´s not for me.

Smells like a bright summer day, a bouquet of flowers and sweet vanilla mixed with fresh linens. Just a spritz lasts for hours even after washing hands several times. Has a warm hypnotizing aroma that lingers after the initial fresh and sweet scent. Husband can't stop sniffing me.

Elegant and sexy.

I love J'adore. Its ultra feminine composition of flowers and fruit is spectacular. Soft white flowers, rose, magnolia with melon and pear. Divine! I think that Charlize Theron suits the fragrance very well, she always seems so natural, effortless and elegant on the red carpet.
*****

ES UNA MARAVILLA DE PERFUME, SE LO REGALE A MI HIJA Y ELLA QUEDO ENCANTADA TAMBIEN, UN OLOR INCEIBLEMENTE DELICIOSO

this is the very first perfume that i ever fell truly in love with : ) heavenly, lovely and dreamy yet sophisticated and royal

It's heavenly!!!! OMG, I love it soooo much! It's very classy, elegant, pretty, words can't describe how good the juice is! The bottle is also great!!

Elegant, sophisticated, sparkling, luxurious, modern, classy, romantic, feminine, ‘grown up’ sexiness fragrance!
J’adore opens with a beautiful combination of fruits and flowers. I find it hard to pick out certain notes in this one as they are all so beautifully blended together. A very elegant fragrance that is very well balanced!
This is a light fragrance that is very long lasting and has just the right amount of sillage without it being overwhelming! Less is more when you use J’adore!
A great fruity floral scent that is suitable for all seasons! Preferably for evenings but can easily be worn for day use. Very pleasant and wearable!
This scent reminds me of a successful woman with elegance, grace and style, draped in expensive gold jewellery.
Comes in an elegant classy bottle too!
Well done Dior!

When I first got a whiff of this sometime back, it was rather repulsive. Now after years, I kinda like it. I think this is one evergreen perfume out there that all women should have at least a bottle of. I can see how this can find itself as a signature scent (not mine but to loads of women) without it being repulsive (unlike Chanel's icky Mademoiselle).

rich, elegant, sophasticated and a great floral from dior, jadore is something all should adore . good longevity and projection is quiet beautiful. all in all a beautiful florale fragrance buy the edp and lor version ,

This was my signature scent for such a long time! It's gorgeous, elegant, sophisticated and yet so extremely sexy and sensual! I want to have to have it again. <3

I bought the original J`adore Eau de Parfume when it was launched in 1999. One day, when I was shopping at a department store, I heard a little boy whispering to his father, "this lady smells good, dad".

The father was embarrassed, but I was happy. This was the first time I was complimented by wearing a nice fragrance.

You know, children don't lie! ;)

A little bit oriental scent. I love it to wear at night.
It makes me feel as a sophisticated and elegant woman.
It is heavy, so we should wear very small doses.

Very nice, sweet, but not too much, floral, "happy" fragrance. Great for a lovely spring day, I like it a lot! :)

A store seller told me it was one of the best fragrances in the world, it smells lovely alright. My husband bought it for me as a gift but it turned out it was a counterfeit, It smelled like the real deal for 5 minutes then It faded away, I went to the store to find out about it, turns out the real deal doesn't last that long on me either...so my hubby didn't loose his money after all!

I'm normally an oriental lover, so when I received a bottle of this from an ex-boyfriend, I expected to not like it. I thought it would be overpowering and way too flowery - acutally I really was expecting a cheap hairspray smell. I tried it out on a tester instead of actually putting it on, and decided right then and there that I hated it. It wasn't until recently that I decided to give it a shot, and boy was I surprised! No, I don't like the initial spray - the top notes are a bit overwhelming to my nose... but the dry down is divine. It's delicate and feminine and floral in just the right way. I'm not sure about longevity - I seem to lose the scent after a few hours, but it could just be me (unfortunate!). It's a pretty, innocent, work-appropriate scent, and I'm so glad I gave it a chance. Maybe the ex didn't have such bad taste after all!

I have bought it 3 times in the past 7 years. This perfume is very elegant. If you are a fan of jasmine, you should buy it. My husband loves it on me.

I know this has a loyal following, but I've never liked it one little bit. Reminds me of breath or farts. The breath of either someone who's been eating a salad with a lot of cucumber in it or the breath of someone who's recently brushed their teeth and it's gone a bit stale since. As for the farts, just a light airy, gassy fart, like a little kid's fart. I dunno, there's something nasty and breathy/gassy about it. No thanks.

I am quite astonished at reading various reviews stating that J'adore is strong, overpowering, intoxicating... it probably depends on people's chemistry.
In France J'adore has been a best-seller for many years, and that's why I'm nearly ashamed of loving it so much. Unfortunately it's one of the few perfumes I can't smell when wearing it (and I wish I did), and which I can wear when I'm pregnant when any other perfume makes me sick. So nothing strong nor intoxicating for me. I wear it on any occasion, at work,in summer, in the evening and I've often been told how good I smell (especailly by men). Strangely, some people know J'adore but don't recognize it on me and are surprised.
I think it's a sexy, feminine perfume, well-balanced, a fruity jasmine/tuberose. I love it, yet I prefer the more flowery, stronger and less fruity J'adore L'Absolu.
My forever favorites.

I opened my bottle bought at the LAX airport Duty Free(last May) today. Have been saving it for a special occasion and it was worth it! I can smell the crisp pear, jasmine and white flowers and then it softens off to a gorgeous golden warmth. Put it on at 8am this morning and I can still smell it at 10.30pm tonight. I would call it more a "warm floral" than a fruity floral. It is just lovely and beats Chanel 5 "hands down" to me. Will definitely be keeping this one in my perfume wardrobe. (I also have the Versace Versace and they are quite similar - Versace is very fresh but J'adore is warmer and more romantic).
Alexandrarae South Australia

Just smells like really expensive soap. Or floral cleaning products. That's it.

smells precious. for a woman that knows what she wants. Good for any season and any time of the day.
I think it has also amber notes

That's quite funny because I usually refrain from using strong smelling perfumes (and god knows expensive brands make them pretty overwhelming). A relative of mine used to wear J'adore, and I thought the scent of it was overly flowery with a heady woodsy note that gave me thundering headaches.
But as I started using a sample of J'adore, a few drops on my skin only release jasmine and magnolia scents. After an hour or so, very sweet notes of vanilla, lily of the valley and faint sandalwood. Then the sandalwood TOTALLY disappears and gives way to rose, pear, peach and lily of the valley (which I think is the most longlasting note).
An elixir of feminity which I think is at it's best when one uses a really small amount of it: too much and it smells like cheap garden flowers and sandalwood (cheap as well).
But the fragance is really popular and got somewhat unoriginal: I only wear it for myself, just to sniff once and then the inside of my wrist and tell myself "This smells really, reaaaally good".
And god knows why, when it's about to disappear and you really have to press your nose against you skin to smell it, it reminds me of Dior Homme when worn by an acquaintance of mine...

I was wearing a sample of this, and my husband commented twice about how much he liked it. So, as a novice, I bought a 1.7 oz bottle.
Big mistake.
Although I like this scent in very, very small doses, I know that if I overdo it just a little, I will wind up gagging on it. I have to use it so sparingly that I got a rollerball atomizer to apply it.
At this rate, this bottle should last me until the end of the Cenozoic Era. They are going to bury me with this bottle. Better yet, bury my husband with it since he's so crazy about it.
Well, this isn't much of a review, except to say that this is a big, flowery, heady perfume that will drive men nuts. Spray it in places on your body where he can smell but your nose can't reach.

Very glamourous & grown-up and lasts forever. Beautifully packaged ( if you care about that) and will be noticed by others. Expensive.

o my how rich and soft in the same time ,how can be one fragrance soooo much elegant and beuthiful????go for it
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In my opinion, this could be worn for day time as easily as night time. Everytime I wear this one - my fav by Dior - I always get compliments from my girlfriends but definitely from the guys side too. It brings out my sexy, crazy, confident side which is also why i love it so much! A definite must have in a collection!

J'adore first smelt on me like a cheap garden of flowers.

I knew I was very wrong when I sensed that.

Yesterday, I gave J'adore another try, and I cant belive how different it was. It was rich, classy, full of melody, and it's like a girl bursting with happiness and dancing with a bouquet of flowers. Really charming, but for the kind woman who gives away all her pennies to children. Not for the woman who always feels posh, high and mighty, and marches away with an air of impatience. Not harsh at all, but sleek, bold, elegant and kind.

The most exquisite femininity by Christian Dior.

LIQUID GOLD. PURE SILK. That is what this smells like! It is the epitomy of glamour, luxury, sophistication, class, opulence. It just smells GORGEOUS, beautiful, feminine, SMOOTH, fresh, clean, wow! There just aren't enough words to describe how great this smells on me! It is a soft, sweet floral smell with just the right hint of fruitiness at the top. It isn't too sweet or sickening though. I can't imagine anyone finding this offensive. This is an expensive perfume and you can really smell why. You can tell it's made with quality ingredients. To me this smells unique though other reviews may disagree. I haven't ever smelled a floral scent as good as this. To me this is suitable for any age. Maybe not for teenagers, but young women starting at 18 and up to much more mature women. That is because it smells young and fresh, but has a sophisticated quality. It's also not too old and stuffy or musty smelling. It's just PERFECT. I also think this is perfect for any occasion, time of day, weather, or season. It's soft, fresh and floral so it's good for summer, yet it has some body and this warm golden quality which makes it suitable for fall and winter in my opinion. On me, the EDP lasts a pretty long time for a floral, and seems to have good silage- others can usually always smell it on me, and I always get lots of compliments! I wear about three (maybe 4) sprays, and it's just right, not overpowering, but it's not like you can't smell it either. To me this is the most perfect floral perfume out there!!! It smells exactly the way the bottle looks- GORGEOUS!

This one MUST have been reformulated since I wore it in the 90`s. Then it was smooth and nice, but now it´s all "mature" and sour flowers. I`ll pass.

This has an elegant, sophisticated and feminine scent. very wearable and not overpowering so it's suitable for daytime as well as wearing it in the evening. I use this year-round in every occasion. It's perfect for me.
The smell stays on almost all day long. Bottle is simple and elegant.
My favourite perfume ever. A bit expensive in my country, but I buy it online so it's more affordable.

J'adore has a wonderful golden fruit smell when you first put it on. It also has a touch of bitterness to it, like when you first bite into the hard rough skin of a pear. It's warm, dry but ever so slightly sticky, somewhat intoxicating and definitely sexy.

But for my taste, it's a little too imposing in it's intoxication, too austere in it's sensuality, like a woman so glamorous as to be unapproachable. It's not very inviting. So I think that for most women, it's a bit pretentious to try and pull this perfume off. I think it probably is perfect for Charlize Theron, but few others.

The choice of the bottle shape and color is perfect: It reminds me of the African women with long neck rings: evoking the golden fruit of Africa, and it's sensual woman.

I remember this when it first launched. This was something all the young girls would wear before the lauch of the celebrity fragrances that smell like food. Its very flowery and last all day. But an older women can wear it also. This reminds me of 9th grade. It was my first real parfum from my mother.
It last all day! I had the gift set, the shower gel is pack with parfum and so is the lotion. I would layer this on and literally when I came home from school, it was there without retouching. Dior makes quality fragrances that last for hours!

Smells great on other people. Alas, on me, it's no better than insect repellent. (A very expensive insect repellent.)

I like this perfume, but I cannot believe all the people who say it's too strong. It may go on that way for some, but no way did this last very long...petered out in an hour. Very nice scent in a gorgeous bottle, but I will save my pennies for something that lasts a little longer.

Before this got reformulated it was a beautiful, chic scent that turned heads and made me feel classy and confident.

The fruity opening was very fresh and clean and had a feeling of richness to it as the vanilla and musky notes emerged in the drydown.

For me this was an evening scent, and my favorite Dior fragrance. It really did feel like wearing the perfume equivalent of beautiful gold jewelry.

However, the smell has definitely changed and it's lost the beauty that once made it so special.

The packaging is at least still beautiful.

Love the design of the bottle. It smells so feminine and special.
It's too bad that i got allergy to this smell.
I got thirsty and headach everytime i use it.
So sad...

It smells so golden and expensive, heavy yet addicting, elegant and feminine. In other words, I LOVE IT! A must try if you are interested in floral, feminine and expensive smelling perfumes

I agree with some of the other reviewers - J'Adore smells like a shampoo. It's a fruity-floral that doesn't necessarily smell cheap, just shampoo-like. Doesn't do anything for me.

personal opinion. I'm not fond of this. This fragrance wasn't too bad. I am just not fond of sweet florals. It didn't give me a headache or irritate me when I smelled it. I put it on my wrists and neck lightly and it lasted all day. It is the second time I have gotten a sample vial and I still don't like it. I also don't think it is anything spectacular.... ok so now for being objective: It is a sweeter floral so probably best for day wear, spring and summer. The fragrance lasts all day even applied lightly so a bottle would last a person a long time.

Its is so nice smelling perfume,i love this one,the best from all J'adores for me.

It`s a light, delicate fragrance. On my skin the top and middle notes with fruit and flowers dominate, and I can`t seem to get the basenotes out. So on my skin this is a light day-time perfume. I have it at home, but I struggle to empty it because I miss vanilla and spicy notes.

It weak knees as K1 wrote, sensual, well done, feminine, smells like love 10/10

i can fall easily on a woman wearing this.

Aphrodisiac!
Weakens men's knees and they just surrender!
Floral, elegant and charming in a luxurious way, and so pity that any company tries to release a copy of this one.
Not so good idea for day life, performs perfectly on night dress. You can guarantee your feminine charisma that gives men an ecstasy and aura!
By the way, although I adore this perfume, its branches are just boring because there's nothing interesting for people who smell, maybe for who wears it only.
I prefer EDP and nothing else.

I finally got my hands on this perfume. Fell in love with it after first sniff.
It is a very fresh, yet mysterious and classy fragrance witch makes me think of this sexy and confident woman.
I really like it and i am dying to find out if my husband likes it as mutch as i do.
I will put it to test tonight :)

I finished 3 bottles of this wonder, now I miss it so much.It's a masterpiece for sure

The opening of J' adore is so chic and classic. It oozes mystery, sexual appeal and confidence. It is slightly strong for me in the beginning which in the past has discouraged me from buying it but now that i can wear it on my skin and experience its development, i can truly appreciate this perfume as it' s cleverly made. The drydown is a heavenly experience: While it slowly changes, more and more femininity is revealed. I think one must be patient at first with J'adore but the suprising perfume will be a such a sensation. It truly rivals the greatest of perfumes!

Great perfume! When you wearing this you feel happy and cheerful, I love people who wear this sweet smell of fruits and flowers!

it lasts long on me and its kinda serious and complex perfume that for some people it might give a bad headache

It doesn't last that long (about 2 hours on my skin). Also , although it's classiffied as a floral-fruitty, Ican only detect the floral notes and some kind of sweetness from the fruits, but no vanilla what so ever.

This one packs a powerhouse punch!
Extremely feminine, extremely sweet, well refined with killer jasmine!
Although I have enjoyed a couple of bottles of this one in the past, I would find it too heavy for myself these days. The sillage is excellent, and lasting power in EDP is great. One of the few fragrances I have owned that snagged many a compliment from mature men.

I must say this perfume is stunning and sexy and to the person that said in there review that j adore is a cheap fragrance then you really are clueless about fragrances j adore is one of the best and most famous and popular fragrances ever released so think twice before you call this cheap and unpleasant fellow fragrantica member

I so wish that I didn't dislike this perfume, but I really don't like it at all (at least on me). On me, it starts off with the smell of 1000 furious, drunken dandelions. After a painfully long time, it settles down into an almost medicinal Dial soap smell.
On me - no fruit, no musk, just a smell I couldn't wash off my skin no matter how hard I tried (well, to be fair, I did NOT try using Dial soap to wash it off) and a mild headache.

I don't know how to tell my fiance to NEVER buy that again because I hate it so. :(

My mom used to use this and it reminds me of her. This scent is very close to my heart as it brings back a lot of memories of my mom.

I love this, for me this is one of the most elegant and feminine perfumes, in spite of its extreme popularity: I had it a while ago and on my skin it is a very pleasant strong floral, warm but not overpowering. It lasts a long time. This one is a must in my collection, c'est le féminin absolu!

Very good sillage and longevity.

This is a nice smelling perfume. But IMO i think this is just too plain. I don't love it. Just smells like a nice smelling shampoo. Nothing special to go gaga for.

I find this a bit generic - nothing at all outstanding about it. Nice enough at first - quite fresh and warm -but when it dries down, there's a lingering note of sweetness that I find a bit annoying. Gave my bottle away very quickly!

Linear, unoriginal, there’s nothing stands out.
Chemical odor by mass marketing strategy is far from artistic creations achieved by some fragrance houses.

Many plastic grey desks in a large office room, there are no partition to maintain personality.

I liked the perfume, but I know better ones from Dior :).

Beautiful! This perfume is sweet, sophisticated and enrapturing. It isn't powdery and I feel sexy and classy when I wear this one. I love the smell of this on my skin. This is quickly becoming a favourite. This blend works and I will have this on my dresser for a long time.

I've longed for this for years...but after I got it for a Christmas well... It is a nice one, and I do like it, but it definitely isn't my favourite. It's a bit too stiff, to formal for me. Maybe I'm still too young for it :D or maybe it's my work. It just doesn't suit my day-to-day lifestyle.

I wore this scent for a year or so in high school, it's young to me...fruity and sweet but I think I bought it more because of the brand, rather than being into the actual scent. It isn't amazing but it's an ok scent.

love the bottle, other than that, there's nothing to love, it's too synthetic, horrible on my skin, it really was disastrous; it's safe to say it doesn't work with my chemistry at all

shampooey scent with an almost metallic scent to it. i think it's the bottle....but the bottle is lovely to collect.

This is gorgeous and elegant. I had this perfume few years ago and Brings back nice memories. I would love to purchase another bottle.

A man once sniffed me as if curious and then grabbed me back in a kind of double take, caught by surprise, MUST smell that again kind of sniff then asked "what are you wearing?!" in an almost acusatory way.
"J'adore" I said, and for once I meant it.

The first time I smelled this perfume was when one of my mother's friends stepped into the car after having applied it not too long before. I immediately thought: "She has good taste." Dior J'Adore has been around for a long time but I only got my first whiff of it last year and only recently decided to make the purchase. As stated before by a lot of people, the drydown is reminiscent of certain shampoos, but to me that is a good thing since I love smelling clean. J'Adore is a beautiful fragrance that smells fresh and feminine. The bottle is beautiful and even though the price tag is quite high for this particular fragrance, in my opinion it is well worth it.

J'adore the perfume this what I feel about this perfume.It's reminded me my honeymoon time I used to wear it with the cream 10 years ago now I REALY MISS IT.

This is one of my fav perfumes! It's slightly fruity but mature scent suitable for all year round. It's sophisticated and doesn't really smell like any other perfume I've tried. The staying power is great and the scent is really strong in the early afternoon. Love this perfume!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought this perfume when I was 15 and absolutely fell in love. This is a scent that I wear all year and I love it a little more every time. I'm not a fan of very florally perfumes, so it's a bit of surprise that this is my #1 perfume. I wear many other perfumes, but this one is always present in my collection.

It's simply amazing...so feminine and sensual. I once sprayed it on my pillow, and we had a party at home that day, I remember all the guys were hugging and sniffing that pillow, almost getting high, lol...to them it was sooooo magical lol....and its such a balanced perfume...love it absolutely !!!

Maybe it did not go well with my chemistry. Cold, annoying, like cheap quality perfume for matured woman. I ended by giving it to my mother. Besides, she did not like it too :):):)

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!!
So sophisticated without being overpowering. It also lasts ages. I applied last night at 6.30 pm and I can still smell it on myself at 11 am! Shower time, then I may reapply as I want more of this deliciousness!

A nice bottle to collect (especially as I have a special edition) but somehow it comes on too strong when I'm wearing it.

Besser als jeder Blumenstrauß.Ein Duft zum verlieben.Für mich ein bsoluter immerwieder nachkaufduft.

I sprayed it on my wrists today in a shop. My first unrefined impressions:
It is a beautiful, iridescent smell. Every time I sniff my wrist I can smell another heavenly note, they all blend very well. But it is so strong!!! I sprayed it three times on me, that was definitely a mistake. I walked down the road and all of a sudden a big cloud of perfume hit me in the face from the front. There was nobody walking in front of me, so I knew it was me.
I want this perfume! But it is a very bold scent, it is very in- your- face, you have to wear it with caution.
I would also say it is a perfume for a woman, not for a teenager.

Is is a beautiful fragrance but I don't know how much to apply because the last time I wore J'adore it gave me a bad headache. It's an incredible and classy perfume!

This is a nice fruity floral with a wonderful drydown that kind of reminded me of Juicy Fruit gum. Not overly sweet-just a nice balance between all notes.

When I first smelled J'Adore, I thought it was so lush, fruity, and sweet. There is no doubt I liked the scent. The orchid and plum really popped. But as it wore down, I felt that I'd smelled it before, and I realized it smells like my Liz Claiborne Bora Bora, which is much cheaper. I also realized it reminded me very much of fabric softener, which smells like Alfred Sung Shi. I can't explain it, but J'Adore smells more complex and of higher quality than the other two perfumes I mentioned. I would rather own this Dior than own Shi or Bora Bora. But since I already own them, I would really have no reason to buy J'Adore.

I like sweet scents, but J'adore is too much for me, sugar overkill describes it perfectly. On the plus side, wearing it can put you off eating desert and in my experience men tend to like it.

i think it smell abit like shampoo
its common scent .. i dun rly love it at the beginning
but after i like it more n more
and also lots of guys love it
they said its fresh n young ..
and the bottle is classic n sexy

As this is my first review I thought it should be about one of my all-time favourite perfumes! This was my first pure floral after breaking away from a string of aquatic 90s fragrances and it remains an absolute classic despite some stiff competition. The scent is as people have described - elegant, classy, warm, clean and uplifting. The notes that really stand out for me are magnolia, orchid, freesia, jasmine and rose (I also smell honeysuckle even though it's not listed). There is a subtle musky base but it's totally balanced with the floral notes which linger lusciously on the skin for hours. It's perfect for lazy summer days or balmy nights out drinking cocktails. I tend to wear this more in the spring/summer but it would also work well as a winter scent on days where you want a bit of a pick-me-up. Pure sunshine in a bottle. :)

EDP, ORIGINAL VERSION.

It's sexy and unctuous in a subtle way, undoubtedly romantic too. It has good longevity in skin and hair, who does not overflow using it or its surroundings.
I consider it located in an optimal midpoint between floral and sweet fragrance: Ladies stylish, modern and ... greedy;

Attention! Test the spray may notice excessive synthetic notes, not to be intimidated by it and do it directly on your skin, because like clockwork, five minutes will be gradually opened the first acidic fruit and floral notes (only experts and enthusiasts recognize it Ylang Ylang I do not: there are still some acidity on the nose that for me is the mandarine, could not tell properly), fifteen minutes after thar consolidates (the musk of the fund begins to be perceived), and the following hours remain and dominate the base notes with the aroma of roses and jasmine.

One advantage is that it is one of the few Dior perfumes that offer body cream (either in a gift box or individually) for those who love to "reinforce" the essence (I think it's best for the EDT, but that is very personal). A disadvantage may be for those who prefer the exclusivity, because of its obvious and overwhelming marketing campaign, which has made the scent very, very popular (keep in mind it is easier to accept, of course, that traditional and vintage perfumes Dior).


PS_For some reason, male gender like it a lot.
Be carefull, man could fall in love... with your perfume!

I've smelt this perfume before and it was wonderfully floral, fresh, femine. It reminded me of an elegant woman walking along a beach on a sunny day in a white, very light fabric dress as the breeze flows her hair back, while holding her sandals in her hands and letting the warm sand tickle her feet. And I've liked that perfume eversince. But my friend has a bottle and I sprayed some on today and it smelled like some of those "sccented" nail polish removers. You know, those nail polish removers that say it is scented on the bottle but it's actually a strong scent of acetone blended with something floral. Well that's what it was like for me today. At first I thought, hey maybe it's because I just spayed it, so I decided to wait for the drydown, but it was not much better.

Is it that dior is not making the j'adore perfumes like they used to because of suchhhhh high demands, or did I get a hold of a fake one?
Has anyone else experienced this?

Yet another generic fruity-floral that at first smells like a functional scent for a cheap shampoo, hair spray, or hair gel, but rapidly gains momentum as it dries down, transforming into a screaming, obese, psychotic, lily-of-the-valley-infected generic floral with a harsh woody base, the evil mother-in-law of all light fruity-florals, the most insipid of which seems positively delicious by comparison.

My experience of J’Adore wasn’t enhanced by the fact that my sample spray vial didn’t spray, but dribbled on my wrist and fingers, probably dispensing much more than was wise. I was literally choking and gagging on the fumes of this hazardous chemical spill, so had to wash it off, but even washing didn’t cut it down to a manageable size. After a second full scrub and masking with rosemary-scented lotion, it seemed like most of it was gone (and what a relief!), but it did make its way back through to some extent so that I could conclude that the drydown is about the same floral scent as the opening, but with more synthetic woody notes.

This is too much of a floral scent for me to stomach, so I’ll take the liberty of renaming it Je Déteste.

This perfume smells very elegant, classy, and sophisticated. I wear this perfume during on special occasion only. Every women should have one i think. Suitable for office wear as well.

My mom use this scent, and I think it´s warm and too sweet, It´s a very elegant perfume but I don´t like it because I like fresh and young scents.

This is an awesome scent. Very elegant, femenine, sophisticated and what is more, extremely memorable. I really don´t think it´s fruity at all, instead I think it has woody notes at the end, that make this perfume to last for ever!
It remains me of a perfect sunny day with the love of my life...in a very romantic ocasion.

nice perfume, sweet and tender like a spring romance and feminine...

Ohhh....this one is just timeless! I can never tire of J'adore. It just has to be there to grace my perfume collection. One whiff of this scent and i am enchanted. It is beauty and magic captured in dazzling molten gold. one whiff and I am lying upon a bed of million freshly cut flowers, shaped like butterflies and painted with myriad colours. Colours never seen before. A lush sensation running deep in my soul. It makes me feel sexy, desired and admired. words can never quite describe how beautiful this scent really is, just a classic and sensational scent, in my opinion.

I love everything about J'adore. I think this is a perfume i can wear for ever. It has a delicate, luxury, gentle scent. Makes me feel light, elegant and irresistable.

A perfect scent. Classic and feminine. Dior at its best. This generation's iconic Chanel No 5.

J`adore is a grace, classic and luxury scent. It's more of a floral scent to my nose rather than floral-fruity. Quite grown-up.

Wearing it I have somewhat a nostalgic feeling. Would be a good choice when attending some formal event, it will definitely win respects.

I smelt this in house of fraser while shopping with Abby xoxo, after the advert we were both curious as to what it smelt like. But it was really not what we expected, very "old lady" perfume expected it to be a bit more glamourous, but instead there is a nast whiff of something that i cant out my finger on, just dont like it. x

i used to love it but now i can't stand it because of the memories...i think that means that is memorable...and that's good...

I simply adore this perfume. It has elegance, style and class. One of my top 3 all time favourite perfumes.

For years this perfume used to be the only one I liked. Then I chanced upon L'Eau D'Issey by Issey Miyake (which I am also in love with!) and the two have been my signature perfumes for the last few years.

I love everything about J'adore. It starts out a bit sharp, zesty and harsh. I love that! The middle notes remind me of golden fluid. And the dry down evokes delicate sensuality.

A perfume created with a lot of taste, that's all I can say. I believe it will continue to be amongst my favourite ones for a long time.

Very nice,very clear sent,very feminine with my favorite Lily of the Vally.

I think JAdore it's a textbook example on how to sell a fragance that would otherwise be boring and irrelevant through an image. Charlize's ad could convince me of trying this scent and become a Parisian bombshell, the flacon makes me stare at it in the middle of a hundred others...
But unfortunately for Dior, I am looking for a really nice fragance, one that would stand out in my real self, not in Charlize. Sorry for the millions spent, as far as to me. But surely they are worth it for Dior.

So famous and sold around, so cloying overripe molded pear for me.
I'm no a fan of fruity fragrances, so this could be a reason for my dislike, yet I like some fruity scents.
On my skin J'adore is all about fruits, fruits, fruits with a hint of shy flowers scared by the fruits. Not fresh beautiful ripe fruits anyway. It's the invasion of the bad pear allied with bad melon.
It's very tenacious and invasive. It lives on clothes for a while. The bottle is beautiful. The concept itself is already outdated.
Wear it if you want to be noticed.

it's a sublime perfume, soft, gorgeous, lasting all day long.

This one is a Dior goldmine. Distinctive, classy and elegant. Feels like winter sun. I think pear gives it a unique opening... I would categorize this scent 25+ well groomed women.
Might have better results with bronze skin.

It's one of the top seller in my country ,but i really don't understand what's the big fuss about this all .
It's nice , but that's it .
I dislike most of Dior scent , and this one is no exception , but for a different reason . Dior usually launches "Big personality scent" , but this one is an easy way out , the one that will please everyone, because it's not risky . It's like any ordinary cologne you would find at the supermaket with a big name on it.
And it's very costy at that , to much for what it is .
This is only my opinion however.

i tested today it is adorable scent , it is fresh, very soft, classy, feminine, subtly sparkling, sexy but withe Romantic style,really it is unique and stylish, i think you will wear this scent when you want to appear attractive with elegant way.

I love love love it ! Its my love affair.
Beautiful fragrance - a masterpiece <3
Its a sexy fragrance - makes me feel like a goddess.

Lasts for 5 hours on me & sillage is ok.

The EDT is boring, the EDP passable but try the 'flower absolue' version of this, it is truly beautiful! Lush, peachy sunlight!! I would definately wear it in that concentration but not in the others.

Very nice and feminine! Starts off fruity and a bit citrusy but as it develops, powdery notes start to come through. The powdery finish is indeed what I love the most about this.
It's not very strong or complicated, but a nice and elegant daytime fragrance for almost anyone!

very nice - sweet and flowery and stays very long.the almost perfect perfume.just one thing, how come sometimes i smell something like nuts in this?

This is fresh, beautiful, classy and surprisingly complex. It may seem linear initially but as the layers unfold you have the impression a lot of work went into constructing this beauty, and I appreciate that. It is a scent that I can imagine nearly any woman liking and it can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. A must have for a well rounded collection.

Help!! Im not sure whether I like this or not - I used to wear it years ago and then moved on to another fragrance. My mum gave me it for Christmas this year and I sprayed it on hoping to relive that familiar, lovely scent - but my gosh it was ok when I first sprayed it but after a while there was something about it that was a bit overpowering. I've been wearing softer scents lately so hopefully it is just a matter of getting used to it again - its probably more of a scent for spring anyhow so I'll maybe try again then.

Ohhh Sherapop! I am soo amazed, how we both seem to detect a REAL turn off note in this perfume. I wish I knew for sure what this note is. To me it is not a really synthetic note that turns me off here, more a note that is so animalic that it reminds me of something that I cannot state here, because it would not be polite. Not very fresh in any case...

Not bad but nothing spectacular. A bit like a nice Shampoo ... Something very light,just like a perfume for people who don't assume being indeed perfumed.
If it were a car, it could easily be a VW or a regular Ford- nothing original ,not a great design,not so many HPs but it takes you from A to B and you feel good. Is this wrong ?! I guess not.Is this Dior? It shouldn't be...

Because I know so many people loving this scent, I thought maybe I could like it too, but this scent is WAY too powerful. 2 sprays of the EDP is probably too much.
I didn't want to spray it on myself because I would be too annoyed with it.

Though, I'm not sure how the EDT would be. I just don't like the actual scent...reminds me of really strong soap.

On the other hand, I LOVE J`adore L`eau Cologne Florale, my favourite version of the lot! It's a nice floral, simple, not too sweet. I love magnolia and this scent's most noticeable note is magnolia!

I've tested this numerous times at the department stores and all I smell on the sample paper strip and on myself are apples, apples apples! That's it. Usually I have a pretty good nose that can pick out notes like nobody's business but this one just smelled like sweet apples to me. I have been going through the reviews, double checked to see that I was on the right perfume review page. I don't get it.

I like the scent, it's nice but nothing I would buy because it seems like I could get a cheap version of this at a drugstore or at B&BW. So strange.

lovely perfume, sophisticated but sexy too, elegant, warm, flowery scent...long lasting on me abt 8hrs...simply love it!

So cliche and unappealing. I can understand all the ''oohhs and ahhhs'' as like with all the fragrances - it will appeal to some while to some - it will smell like a cheap wallpaper glue.
To me, J'adore is a cloying mixture that is neither sexy nor feminine. Smells like hundreds of cheap deodorants I used when I was a little girl.
I am not sure why it is so popular and why I can't see the phenomenon behind thousands of bottles sold; I love classics but to me - J'adore will never be one of them.
I wouldn't give it as a gift to anyone, even to my mother in law.
If you don't feel like flushing the money down the drain, you may wish to pass that one.

I can take it or leave it to be honest with you. Nice smell but it doesn't stand out among the millions of others out there. Only interesting thing is the lovely, classy bottle.

This perfume is just too much for me - too strong, too flowery, it just addles my senses and gives me a headache. I am very wary of hugely floral perfumes, and this is one of them on me. It also, imo, lacks oomph and vavoom...maybe what I mean is depth. It's kind of like floral spray on my skin.

This one is great! It warms me up on a cold day and make me feel so fuzzy inside. It's great for a night out or a classy get-together. Very amber-like.

Oh dear. The combination of violets roses, and lots of fruits, is not a good one for me, I'm afraid. I just had a look at other perfumes with a similar potpourri and it all makes sense.

It is sharp, sharp, sharp on me. And sour-ish. Believe it or not, it hurts the back of my throat.

Sillage? Yup. Longevity? I wouldn't know: I'm about to scrub it off. Sorry.

This is a lovely fragrance and makes me feel feminine. For some reason since the season has been cooler ive craved spring/summer scents more than usual. This is the one that is cheerful, fresh, feminine, and clean. I have many female friends that fall in love once i've shared this. It is a classic to behold that every woman should try. Tommy Girl is similar to this, i like it also. But this one is more sophisticated and has more pizazz

Oh what can I say more about J'adore?!
I really like it, its a smell that is perfect for young adult womens on their middle twenties. In my skin is fresh and clean but has a deep and fascinating personality. Its polished, its golden and well blended. This perfume will be a classic and we will see it on the stores in the next 30 years for sure.
I think its a perfect summer fragrance for someone who wants to smell clean, fresh and fruty/floral but not in a sweet, sickening way because its extremely sophisticated and unique.
The smell on my skin is something like flowers floating on the see, because J'adore has a salty edge that I really like. Its a european beach in a bottle, without all the anoying coconutts and pina colada notes. Love it until the end of time 5*

This is a gorgeous warm and pretty floral.
The fruitiness is minimal to me, just enough to keep it from being boring. If I had to describe this in one word it would be golden. It is classy and sophisticated and really more for twenty-somethings than teens. Not so strong that you can't wear it on a daily basis, but rather too showy for an office.

Hi.

Needless to say:J'Adore by DIOR is a Ambrosial,Eternally Stylish perfume for a Tender Femininity.Most fragrances pale in comparison With this one.Sure to get a Lot of compliments if you wear it. Romantic,Classy,Artistic,Popular, Mysterious,Original,Cheery,Fresh and Feminine.

The composition is built of a perfect harmony.The top notes Encompass a Fruity Melody of Pear,Peach,Bergamot and Melon that is simply Lovely.The Middle notes a bouquet of abstract Flowers with an Indefinable Femininity Due of Charming and Sweet Base notes.

This Scents a Breathtaking Blast of Loveliness that tells of an Exquisite Expression of a Particular Lady.Perfect for SPRING Evenings Even Winter days,when you just need a reminder of a Spring Romance.It Gives you a strange feeling of joy.I would recommend it to a Romantic Lady looking to get an fragrance for Men Attention.

Sillage?Penetrating.

Longevity?It is Truly Weird on my skin.

8/10

beautiful,sexy,glamourous and chic creation but small lasting on me. i like this one that is the original but i also like all the other makeovers for new editions

Maybe it is the sample I obtained but this has no lasting power on me or sillage. When first applied it is a lovely fruity floral but it fades quickly to a faint ghost of its former self.It only lasts 30 minutes on me. I have read of Astor Place being a copy of J'Adore but the Astor Place in my collection is more floral with a mandarin and violet leaf kick, has tremendous sillage and lasts for hours.

Soft and a bit cozy, def for a mature woman i think. Smells good and is not to loud at all. Its a "lagom" perfume as we say in sweden, wich means just enough,cause it is one of those perfumes that you cant tell someone is wearing, and by that i mean that with some perfumes you can really tell that it smells perfume,this one just smells:)

I didn't like it once, but some time ago I sprayed a little bit on my wrist, out of curiosity. And I realized that it is very mature and sophisticated scent. Like many of you said, not for a teenager. I just had to grow up to understand its beauty.

This is a sparkling fruity-floral executed in a grown-up manner. Definitely not for ur 13 y/o niece lol!!! Sexy, bright and lasts forever on ur skin and clothing... Can be a lil cloying/headache-inducing if u use too much, as a lil goes a long way, trust me I have ODed on this and had 2 change b4 going out lol...

Weird. I have left J'adore languishing in a drawer for a few years (part of a coffret) and on retest I realize it's never been unpleasant and in fact is gorgeous. The citrus does not clash with my chemistry and it's not overly fruity only slightly sweet. In fact it is strong and classy. I cannot smell the jasmine and the rose is very subtle- the listed notes are a little surprising!

I have worn J'adore since it came out. But the last 100 ml bottle I got has disappointed me so. I couldn't understand why something that smelt amazing on me suddenly reaked. So I surfed the web and kept an ear out. Then I finally chanced upon a book by a fabulous 'nose', can't mention his name. But he revealed that there were some v impt elements of J'adore which were replaced with some synthentic crap...no surprise about the reek. Where do I go now for the original J'adore, NOT the crap on Dept Store counters.

THis is a REAL parfum! Nothing artifical or man made in it!IT begins like sum others with oranges but,these r big,juicy ripe,fragrant oranges! Fresh as if just picked.Slowly,sweet jasmine and big juicy plums greet u with a headturing bANG!THe unusual dry down of wild blackberries melds into the mix to make a sexy concoxtion of heavenly bliss! I dont think it smells like anything but itself! I agree Dior fumes adapt themselves to each individual with ease.THe longivity on this is great.For some reason,I imagine this is what angels smell like!

To me this smells very similar to Elizabeth Ardens Splendor! They both are (to me) somehow "oldfashioned" florals with some fruits to make it fresh. They even share at least 9 notes! In Splendor the pineapple adds a bit sweetness and sparkling freshness. But Jàdore has better base, a bit warmer.
Don´t really like eather one of them. Not bad but not my cup of tea.

I have a small tester spray of this, bough via eBay. I like this scent a lot... maybe I'm nuts but when I wear this one, I feel bubbly and happy.

Reading so many negative reviews only prodded me to get this sample to find out once and for all if this is any good, and if this is good for me. So happens, it is.

I wore Dior perfumes since I was 17, and never found them "cheap", or boring, or "common". Quite the opposite, actually, and what I found over many years that Dior scents seem to have a mind of their own and just "know" how to meld with the wearer. Granted, some people cannot stand them and that's fine and normal; not every fragrance will suit every wearer. But what I find with Dior (Miss Dior, Dune, Poison, J'adore) is that these fragrances mutate from one person to another, almost becoming a custom-made to each person, and that is wonderful. After all, we want to be unique, not copies of one another (although I would not mind a bit to look like Charlize Theron). So, if the scent wears differently on me than it wears on you, I think that's a good thing.

I'd love to get a bottle of J'adore to add to my small (but trusty) collection.
Had many perfumes, edt's, edc's in my life and gave away most of them... but this one I'll keep.

I agree with some of the last few reviewers, it is a very pretty fruity-floral scent...fresh, classy, feminine, subtly sparkling, slightly soapy...I do like it...men seem to be very drawn to it and it will never fail to get you compliments...it is also easy to wear, very versatile, suitable for all ages, a high quality fragrance with excellent lasting power, beautiful bottle...seemingly the perfect all-rounder...but for the wearer herself (that would be me) it lacks a little something, something that stops it from being a beloved fragrance...personality perhaps? a certain 'oomph' that makes a perfume truly unforgettable? Sorry, I am not in love...maybe it's my nose, but I expected something a little deeper, richer and multidimensional from Dior...there are plenty of very pretty scents like this, that are of equal quality, and less costly, one example is Estee Lauder's Dazzling Gold.

Poor J'Adore just doesn't rock my boat, boil my potatoes or dip my biscuit.

A wholly polished fruit driven floral, it has all the charm of an equally polished mahogany doorknob. Sure it may be pretty. It is definately functional on a day-to-day basis. It may even stand the test of time. But to me, it is ultimately bland and forgettable.

I think perhaps the problem I am having is that this fruity brew is far too cohesive & well blended to have any real personality. While some other perfumes have a slight flaw or imbalance to illustrate the sublime beauty of other notes, J'Adore is just too one-dimensional. You don't have work for it. Of course, if you just want to smell 'nice' then this has obvious appeal.

So to some, J'Adore will be a flawless diamond in a white gold setting; to others like me, it is just a doorknob.

Actually it's a beautiful feminine scent. But I'm sorry J'adore, I really don't adore you, no matter how many times I tried myself to really like it. This perfume just doesn't work for me.

- Too floral and bold
- I expect it to be gentle and sexy, but the scent is too powerful and kinda distracts my nose.
- Please don't spray too much cause the scent lasts long.
- I feel kinda old wearing this perfume, so for you who wants to be a romantic floral woman, this might be good for you, but not the best ones.
- But you can treat this perfume better when you have very special occasion, gala dinner, where you can pair it with beautiful gown.

I love it. It's not as special as the add with Charlise Theron would have you believe, but it's certainly a classic.

I love j adore!feminine,floral with a plummy scent.can smell the tuberose.melon,plum,lili of the valley,rose,black currant.love it!suggest for a verry feminine woman that love perfumes!

For people loving this and feeling Celine Celine might be to strong, try Royal Doulton! A gorgeous sister to J'Adore that is equally soft. Royal Doulton being created 1 year prior to J'Adore!
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There's something about J'adore that is very off-putting to my nose. From the notes listed I expected a highly feminine floral, topped with rich notes of juicy fruits like peach, pear, and various citruses. Yes, all the notes are there, but they come across as flat and terribly boring. Even a little cheap. I think it might be the tuberose that makes me turn my head away, as I don't particularly like it. I expected more from this.

Dior J´adore I don´t adore you. Too sharp flowers!! It is supposed to be a floral-fruity fragrance. Where are the fruits? This is one of the most sickening fragrance I have smelled.
Dior-yes, but they can do better.

Very nice,but i wouldnt buy it. It is a very happy,very sunny scent - and that i like .Its sunny ,not in a fresh truely sunny way ,but in a golden way ,if anyone gets my thoughts there. What i do not like about it is a quite sharp eighties-feeling ,a tone that was very often there in older scents,like elizabeth ardens, or like in sun moon stars. Thats what putting me off a little,and my feelings stays at the like but wont buy stadium .

*LOVE This is like a drug it is so good!
I don't think a perfume can get any better. 5/5 for me :)
I just got this in the post today.
I can't believe I haven't got this sooner. I have a different version of it, but doesn't come close to the eau de parfum.

My recent acquisition, J’adore EDP, is very professionally crafted. Its sillage and longevity are something not to be denied. To me it’s more of a floral, rather than floral-fruity nature – orchid and lily-of-the-valley are most prominent to my nose. Though florals (and especially fruity florals) are not my cup of tea (as my favorite fragrances mostly lie within the oriental woody class), I like having J’adore in my collection – as a memorable classic and an adorable bottle =) I do not think I will reach for it often – too safe for my taste, and too recognizable. Nevertheless, it’s useful to keep it for those occasions when, apart from my adventurous nature, I want to reveal my ladylike self. =)

Enter the legend of J’adore… absolute
femininity according to Dior. The fluid
curves of the emblematic amphora-shaped
bottle give rise to the generosity of a floral
bouquet - a fresh accord of Ylang-Ylang,
vibrant Roses and a caressing Jasmine. The
essence of glamour.

Romantic, sensual, sexy, feminine, intriguing, with a character, actual for all seasons, compatible with all ages...A love it, I have it and when it is over, I'll have the other one! When I can doubt what to wear from fragrances, I put what I J'adore.

The name is interesting. "I Love" (J'aime typically means "I Like"). J'adore is a distinctive floral scent. Fresh, uplifting, it makes me feel like a woman in the best sense of the word, neither old nor unwise. The bottle boasts long flowing lines and curvaceous contours, no other bottle is comparable in shape. I am a Dior fan, and I am not disappointed with J'adore. I prefer perfumes of the house of Dior because I very rarely find the quality lacking, if ever. J'adore is an prime example of Dior’s fine fragrance record because of its lasting power, multi-faceted dry-down and simply the great taste involved in the packaging, bottle design and advertizing campaign. I enjoy J’adore when I’m in a mood for it. It is an intimate scent, soft and luminous. The bottle captures the essence of the perfume it contains. The bottle makes me want to smell it, smelling the nozzle makes me want to wear it, wearing it makes me happy. Try it out, it may be right for you. But just a warning, try it on a place where you can wash it off easily in the event that it does not agree with you, because it will linger for a good long while, a quality that you will definitely appreciate if you adore it. J’adore. Dior.

This is Miss Dior Cherie's mom !

It indeed is very pleasant. Light, flowery with a hint of fruityness. Perfect for daytime, inoffensive and classy. Suits any age and makes everyone happy I guess. I don't think however that it's ordinary. In the crowd of floral-fruityness this one is the best. It's not girly or soapy or too sweet etc, but very well balanced. I tried many floral-fruity scents when I was looking for something for spring, and this one I liked the most. I don't think Dior will ever disappoint me.

edit: almost a year later and I like it more and more. Weird because I tend to like florientals and spicy perfume which J'adore is an opposite. I wear it mostly when I need to be relaxed and calm. I have to say it works.

Amazing,gorgeus, tender, lovely and simply..... adorable.

J'adore is one of the best perfumes i have!! light,soft,glamorous and sweet

so tender and feminine .. i had it 2 times .. i can wear it through cold, hot,day or night!! wearable fragrance with a very classy touch, not sweet in a cheap way ,
its so classy scent with plenty fruity touch , alot of joy fruits then jasmine and floral heart and amazing warm base.

how ever its old fragrance i still fell so modern when i wear it it reflect Dior line clearly .. fresh,and warm same time ,classy feminine and long lasting i like the original J'adore than all J'adore editions !!

This is one of my current signature scents. I've worn it for years, mainly during spring and summer.

To me it is such a beautiful classic floral. It's light and fresh and reminds me of warm golden sunshine in Hawaii. (I actually purchased it just before a trip to Hawaii and wore the heck out of it over there.)

It will always be welcome when spring comes around but I think I am ready for a new summer love...

Edited 6/12/10: I wore J'Adore last evening and I was reminded how much I love it! There's nothing more feminine on a warm summer evening. This is still one of my all-time favorites.

I was pretty dissapointed with the perfume, thinking it would be a clean and fresh scent. My nose just doesnt agree with it. Its something that only last 1-2 hrs on me. The smell gives me headaches.... At first i love it but then after a few weeks i begin to get sick of it. It does work on others though.. just not for me.

Pretty, but nothing special. Would be non-offensive and easy to wear everyday, but I think I would get bored of it. It seems somehow unfinished to me. A good base but missing some note/notes that would add a spark and make it unique

I got it back in 2000 from then my husband to be, I wore it on my wedding day, so my only pleasant association is with that. Soon after then I moved on from J'adore and from that marriage as well ;-))) I was glad I did stop using J'adore because it became so ridiculously popular, I couldn't stand being anywhere near it, especially that some girls in my then office were literally bathing themselves in cheap imitations. The same fate happend to Light Blue- immensely popular and commonly imitated, no thank you.

This perfume is the epitome of sophistication!! not to mention that I love the commercial with Charlize Theron. It reminds me of champagne not only because of the color of the juice but that it is sparkling floral with hints of fruit. And the lasting power is great. I sprayed it nine this morning and still smell it on my wrist and its ten at night. Its a spring fragrance for sure!! It reminds me of the new chloe but a touch sweeter and daisy from marc jacobs but more grown up

I find it very sweet and not at all suitable for the office. It would be nice for an evening out type of perfume.

I have worn this for over a year now, and am wearing it today and realized that I have yet to review it! I think j'adore is fantastic. When I wear it, it gives me a gorgeous floral-soapy vibe. I feel as if I'm in a large tub in a wash room with an open window to a garden full of luxurious flowers... relaxing while the sun shines in on me. Lather bubbles slip down my golden skin and in to the warm bath water. Feminine, beatiful, etheral. I dont smell too many fruits, but then j'adore is very well balanced and blended. I believe that it can be worn as an everyday scent, or to a very special dinner/meeting, etc. The lasting power and silleage are wonderful. This is the first perfume that have worn that I would give a 10/10!

Although I do truly adore the bottle, with its sleek, fondle-worthy shape and pyramidal gold slinky neck topped with a mini crystal ball, Dior J'ADORE eau de parfum is very difficult for me to wear, as it contains the same note found in Estee Lauder BEAUTIFUL and Fragonard BELLE DE NUIT which makes me feel both queasy and anxiety stricken, as though the apocalypse may be imminent.

Using Mill's methods, I have deduced from the listed notes of these three fragrances that the culprit may be synthetic violet. But another possibility is that the synthetic note is unnamed and used as a fixative or solvent in all three. In any case, my 50ml bottle will stay nearly full, as I simply cannot don this juice without undue strife! Honestly, it has the power to ruin my day. Even seeing the ubiquitous Charlize Theron ads makes me feel somewhat uneasy... I look at the ads and see not a siren but the character she played in MONSTER.

I'm sure that for those who can tolerate the vexing mystery note this composition is wearable and perhaps even likeable. Quant à moi: Je n'adore pas du tout J'ADORE. Désolée!

I received this perfume as a gift, and was really in two minds about it. First of all I am not a floral lover, and this is really floral well to me anyway. I wore it on some occasions, but seemed to dissapear very soon on me. I liked it for the fact that it wasn't overpowering, although I like stronger fragrences. I guess i enjoyed it when i had it, but probably wouldn't buy it. The bottle is lovely, and of course have still got it!

the only problem of mine with this unique original perfume is that it heavily possesses too much orchids. thats it ! extremely accentuated orchid-jasmine accord that is abit annoying to me , other than that its a bloody good one . with strong sillage & persistent longevity .
P.S: there is just a hint of fruits mainly pear & melon in the top & evidently blackberry in the base , yet still maximally floral probably only so. impressive.

A lot more flowery then fruity,in fact i dont smell any fruit...i hateee floral scents but this is the only one i can stand & actualy would/will wear!

J'adore is a well crafted fruity floral fragrance. The opening is heady but soon enough the fragrance calms down showing its depht, richness and beautiful composition. I understand why so many people love this fragrance.

I also think that the commercials flirt with liquid gold is suitable. On my skin this fragrance developes an aura of luxury. It somehow oozes money the same way a designers purse or an expensive cashmere sweater would do. J'adore is very inoffensive without being a wallflower. It just smells very nice all the time.

And that creates a second problem. I find J'adore a bit too safe and almost ingratiating. Where is the sand grain that creates the pearl?

Having too many other hot fragrant love affairs I think J'adore would become a bit undistinctive in my fragrance wardrobe, and therefore hardly used.

I agree with reviewers like Minty who said that J'Adore is quite an ordinary perfume. It's pleasant enough in its own way but is very floral and commonplace smelling. I wouldn't describe it as being remotely fruity, just incredibly floral, and I'm surprised to see so many fruit notes listed in it. I bought a gift set of this about 3 years ago and the perfume was only a 30ml size and I've probably used it a handful of times during those 3 years because it just does nothing for me and doesn't make me feel happy when I wear it. I think though that it's an ideal perfume for a mature woman who wants to blend in and not wear anything that stands out in any way, and I can imagine it being worn to weddings, etc, with a nice flowery dress and a hat!

Personally, I prefer perfumes that are more standout and far less floral than J'Adore. I think the bottle is very nice but unfortunately the perfume itself just doesn't cut the mustard for me.

Ireally like this scent.And wonder of wonders,so does my hubby.(He hates everything)I love the shimmer.It makes me feel like the diamond in an expensive pendant.It really is a sweet floral but,sexy.not overpowering.I detect madarine at first and i love that.I always like plum and orchid which it develops in a few minutes.yum.But,the kicker for me is the drydown.A sexy not offensive musk and that hard to come by,blackberry.Just like the real fruit.Sweet,a little bitter,bites back,and seedy to make you remember it.Lasts a long time with just the parfume(no need for layering this one,)and has great silliage.If you r a romantic,give it a try.Everyone will thank you for it even if its not one of your favorites>

don't like it at all, too floral, ordinary. everybody smells jadore for a long time but gladly it is over these days.
Don't know why it is so popular but I have an idea, it is just good for everybody, but not adorable.

This is a fabulous scent with incredible presence and staying power- a mood-elevating confidence booster for those who love florals, as I do!

ABSOLUTELY ADORE this fragrance....
Got it for as my christmas present - because i wanted it and was mindering for it so much...
LOOOOOOVEEE it.

nice and light yet sophisticated, very feminine and inobtrusive, yet sexi....

TOP fragrance on my list always!!

This is just one of the best perfumes of all time. I can't live without one bottle of Jadore, cuz is the essence of true elegance.

Sweet, soft, feminine, sophisticated, and with a long power lasting without being overwhelming. Everybody know this perfume is a new classic.

This is my go to fragrance right now. Its very sparkly to me. It doesnt smell fruity on me. I has a floral smell that is tempered by the musk at its base. The musk in not obvious until I wear this for a while. The staying power is great and thats important to me, also good silliage. I feel womanly and positive when I where it. I think its a sexy yet happy fragrance.

This is one of those headache in a bottle perfumes for me. It has a great sparkling quality to it I like, but it grows and intensifies like a hang over. I smell more melon with greens than I do fruits and florals. Not a problem I love so many other perfumes, just not this one.

J'adore is the mother of all fruity floral fragrances. Although J'adore is being overlooked by newer fruity floral fragrances, I still look to it as the one that gave perfumery a new dimention. Since it came out in '99, it truly did change the world of the perfume industry.

i am a boy and i just adore this smell on a girl. it smells so elegant and it is VERY feminine while not being overpowering.

Amazing smell from dior.

was given this for a birthday and really appreciated it as it seemed rich and elegant but everytime I try to wear it I find it cloying and has somewhat sour notes. Maybe because of the plum.

fell in love with J'adore when I first tried it in 2001, since then had four bottles and with the last one I'm really struggling - it used to smell quite sweet and flowery before and now it seems so fresh and boring,so I use it as my everyday perfume, when I'm doing some boring domestic activities like grossery shopping or taking my kid to the park. Couple of years ago it was my "going-on-a-date" fragrance. I think I've just grown out of it.

Great fragrance!!! but i am not sure that i can describe it...a very original fragrance: flowery, bittery , very modern and feminine...to weare day/ night...very long lasting...i adore J'adore edp...one of my favorites :)

This is an extraordinary and well made perfume, but it doesn't fit with my body chemistry. On my skin it is an overwhelming, pungent scent with an annoying sharp plum note which gives me a headache.

On others maybe it is quite alluring.

The flacon is so beautiful.

I tested it more than once and I thought there must be something about it regarding its popularity and good reviews. but everytime I spray it on my skin it turns into something horrible "thing from the grave"-like.
now I´ve accepted that we are not ment for each other.

this is actually pretty damn lovely!

i'm not big on floral, they get powdery on my skin way too easily. but this is complex, yet not overdone. it lasts forever and the bottle is gorgeous.

it's clean and very classy, modern and feminine. a total package, one could say.

J'adore is an elegant frag deserving of praise because of the smooth classy bottle and the beautiful combination of exotic fruits and warm florals. The plum note is very distinct.I would wear this scent on cold days since the drydown reminds me of summer.
On me, it doesn't last long,have to re spray from time to time.
Lovely.

Usually I don't like Dior perfumes but this one is beautiful. It smells delicious and exotic but not in an overly sweet way. Just perfect. I would definitely buy it.

So much luxury is captured inside golden bottle!

At first overwhelming and almost unbearable, but with time sensual and elegant. I thought it is pure floral because mostly I could smell rose and magnolia with a slight citrus hint. How rich and profound floral scent! It is perfect to match both casual and business occasions, can easily become signature scent. Be careful when applying because J`adore lingers on skin for hours. And for me most important thing, never comes into dull, synthetic stage as some perfumes tend to.

I more prefer EDT over this one cause its easier to wear and lighter. If you haven`t yet, do try J`adore, its a femininity in a bottle.

This perfume is obliged to have in your collection, it has good quality, appearance, feminine and lasting. By the way i bought the J'adore necklace and the bracelet also... The best!!

Very floral, very mild. To me it feels like quiet evening at home or a calm, predictable day at work.

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I got this perfume right when it came out. It has been one of my absolute favorites. I really love the plum. It's fruity for day wear and lasts a while. Also, I think in 1999, this perfume was pretty original but now, not so much.

floral fragrance, strong at first, then tone's down, dior's second best fragrance made after PURE POISON BEING THE 1ST BEST. lovely bottle, appealing to all age groups.

This smells exactly like some dirt-cheap Spanish perfume I smelled while on holiday as a teenager about 20 years ago. So basically I'm not a fan and with the exception of Midnight Poison I don't as a rule like Dior perfumes anyway.

An ultimate floral with a heart of warm plummy conserves - drop-dead beautiful!

Very floral and elegant. Smells fresh and clean.J'Adore blends jasmine, rose, tuberose, and ylang ylang with clean green notes to create a stylish and heady fragrance you'll love to wear.

A luxurious classic pretty scent that says you are a woman and proud. Wear it any season, day or night, jeans, business suit or evening gown. You'll be (and smell) spectacular!

Update: This is perfume perfection! I put it on today and got an instant lift. My mind has changed re fruity florals based on this scent alone. I don't care how "original" it is, all I know is it's in my top 5 favorites now. I just can't beleive the same company who made Poison (blech!) made this wonderful frag.

The perfume is amazing. It's the perfect balance of fruity and floral, and it lasts pretty long. It's not spectacularly original and not especially something one would remember, but it's a good fragrance for a typical spring or summer day. My friends and I wear it in the winter because it provides a good, refreshing feel. =)

Although, don't EVER mix this perfume with Abercrombie's Cologne 8. I made the mistake of doing that once (the shirt still smelled like AF from the store) and oh my God, shirt smelled horrible for like, the whole day.

Finally I got my J'Adore today, and just testing it. I think it's a beautiful clen scent, even if not very original, but comforting, soapy subtle, feminine, fresh and warm at the same time. I wouldn't say it's the scent of Gold, but the scent of a woman who feels good!
The first notes are almost too fruity for me, but at least they are not teeny-like, the floral notes in the middle mixed with the top fruits are really gorgeous! The base gives you a comfortable, clean feeling.
I like it so far!

I've just ordered this perfume and waiting for it arriving. Reading the comments below I'm a bit confused. However, I know a few Diors, and I think the great classics are unique and very personal, but modern Diors usually lack superb originality in my opinion. They are the best quality, always nice, elegant and feminine, and all absolutely safe! I can't pick one piece of today's Dior perfumes being really extravagant or extra original....
But we like Diors for their beautyness, quality and the feeling of luxury they give.
Anyway I'm waiting for my J'Adore which I ordered blind and will update.

I smell a balance between sweet red plum and a large and varied bouquet. This is the type of musk I like, delicate and young. I don't absolutely love it, but I'm ridiculously picky. I adore how it isn't too sharp, and how it seems versatile, and sweet without being like "pink sugar" (I've never smelled that one, but cotton candy as a note sounds awful....)

Light as far as serious scents go, slightly sweet, well-balanced, fresh-and the sweetness really exits. Could suit a sophisticated preteen just as well as a graceful lady of 80.Very well-done, but being quite floral, the scent sharpens a bit after the fruit fades, but it stays on the lighter side. Quite lovely, but I know at least one woman at tango who has made it her signature-alas I can't use it often as a fresh night scent-and I don't like to use it too much as a day scent....

I wore this several years ago when my husband bought it for me...i can't say i ever fell in love with it but i didn't dislike it...it is a very nice fragrance that on me smelled crisp light and bright very floral to me and pretty (almost too pretty)...it is an all around reliable fragrance...no one ever complimented me when i wore it but it was nuetral enough to wear at work or out at night.

i love the bottle and the aroma!!!! is so elegant!!!! i want to buy it!!!! my sister have it ans she grew tired from it and lend it to me

I dries down similar to Fragile EDT on my skin. I find it sour, resinous and sharp, almost metallic when it comes to the base notes. The EDT is more wearable, though.

This is the most adorable perfume bottle shape!And the smell is very classy especially it's not strange when I wearing on my skin.I like the way that flowers meet warming scent.Beautiful bottle + Flowers + Warming = Love it, Like it, Adore it!

I've had this perfume and like it all right. It is romantic and a little playful, long lasting, and you get a lot of compliments when you wear it.
I wouldn't make this my "signature" fragrance however, it has a bit of a sensual touch that is not completely to my taste nor goes well with my personality.

The scent is sofisticated,classy, elegant, young.
On me i can smell the flowers most...
It is light yet it is long lasting.

Magnolia, Peach, Pear, Melon, Bergamot....this is fruity goodness. The fruits of this fragrance dazzle and sparkle. J'adore is so deliciously yummy and invigorating. This was my signature fragrance a few years ago. I wore this stuff out, every drop of it. The bottle is lovely, the fragrance is lovely. There isn't anything about it that isn't lovely. Man, I love this stuff. I think, I'll go buy a new bottle tomorrow.

It's hard not to like this perfume. It's a playful & sweet perfume.
It's the scent of young adult ladies giggling on a sunny afternoon wearing beautiful colorful dresses.

Thanks Exciter76 - it's a fragrance worth shouting about....& I totally agree that it is a mercurial scent. It really is worth a day's wear to get to know its facets on YOUR skin, even if you are put off, at first, by sniffing the saccharine bottle (as I was!). It's now my 'happy' scent for 2009 - keeping me bubbly! :)

Sky76sky, what you wrote was pure poetry .

Syrupy sweet? Sure, and it's unapologetically so. Lasting, you bet. I found this fragrance played off my body chemistry more than most fragrances; the dry down (which lingered the entire day well into the evening) was a delicious blend of lily-of-the-valley, orchid, and vanilla. On one of my co-workers, the scent of peaches and magnolias was strong. On my friend, it was the lingering, smoldering scent of musk that made it her own.

I am simply smitten with this mercurial fragrance.

Looking at the tester bottle I start imagining the luxurious, gilded olfactory world I was about to enter...Charlize Theron, bouffant & ultra-rich wants to wear this rather than clothes, better than gold & jewels - it's going to smell like luxury, sophistication & high class raunch, right? Wrong....

This isn't Ladies Day at Ascot, this is an effervescent, sherbert fizz of cheeky, cheap & cheerful ice-cold bubbly on a hot day with a touch of sun-warmed, hand-squashed ripe fruits! It's heady - it almost gave me a headache just like drinking champers in the sun - but the huge floral lift gives it a far more playful edge.

This is not the sophisticated fragrance I expected...and yet I like it all the more for its mischievous miss-selling ...it flips its summery short skirt at subtle (this baby's got power with plenty of staying). It eats peaches whole & drips the juice on dark & sultry, snobby orientals (this one's naughty & flirty, barefoot-on-the-beach sexy). It's a Lolita of perfumes that sucks sweet lollypops & crushes sweet flowers between its toes.

It is certainly not a fragrance I would normally wear - I prefer less obvious & more complex scents with plenty of grounded base notes to hold them down….J’adore threatens to fly away on sugar-coated wings! However, I surprised myself by actually enjoying this more than I probably should dare to admit. It suited the hot, spring day & lifted my mood - I felt sassy & cheeky, young & frivolous, blonde & bubbly.

I have smelt this scent on many rich & powerful older business women & it has left me wondering whether, by wearing it, they are alluding to their youthful kittenish side - a wink & a nod to the knowing.

Sadly, just like champagne, the fizz gradually faded & left a rather flat, sugary, un-interesting hangover.

Is it gold? Yes, gold shoes & Costa del Sol, or possibly high fashion trash gold leggings on a leggy blonde beaut. Is it rich? Not old-school powder, pearls & posh manners but brash, don't-care-who-knows-it new-money. Do I like it? Yes - against all odds - she's honest, flirty & fun...who doesn't like a good-time gal?

The scent of my junior year of highschool! I wore this scent when I went to Paris and it seemed to work well there. I guess I got a little sick of it after a full year of wear. I always found the pear note very noticeable along with the lily of the valley and rose. Now when I smell this stuff I think of France and being 17. I have noticed that this scent smells very different on everyone. On three different occasions I have smelled something lovely on a friend or acquaintance, without recognizing it at all I would ask what is was and each time it was J'adore. The cool thing is that the women i've smelled it on ranged in age from 14 to 65 and it worked so well for each of them. Try this scent, it might be for you! Maybe not for ever, but for a trip to Paris or your junior year of highschool, or the 65th year of your life, this scent might work.

Christian Dior J'adore was my first perfume and I LOVED it. It was love at first - smell and I can say without hesitation that I adore it

It's quite sweet but quite strong too, in a nice way. Its smell is captivating, sweet but yet fresh, it leaves you in a - I am beautiful - state of mind, sending you in a dreamworld. The bottle is amazing and the color looks really nice.

And the best part is that is lasts all day long.

I must say I was rather surprised by this fragrance. By just looking at the bottle, the advertisements and the overall love that people have for this, I was expecting your typical floral that smells comforting, yet so much like grandma.

I was quite astounded by its fruity notes when I first sprayed J'adore. It wasn't a horrid blast of citrus or overly sweetened fruits, it was more subdued and sophisticated. If I had to pick a fragrance that was similar in composition, elegance and style, I would say Miss Dior Cherie.

The scent itself is indeed very strong, but for me that is a quality that I enjoy in my perfumes. It definitely, in my opinion, has the potential to be a very seductive and sexy fragrance, as I have heard that many men prefer fruity scents on their women.

I believe that this scent would be signature worthy because it is not something that I can imagine someone tiring of quickly. Although best suited to special occasions and night-time outings, I can imagine this being worn as a casual fragrance too. I believe that its versatility relies on how much you apply to your skin. Remember that less is more when you use J'adore.

It does smell sweet and clean all in one. The magnolia really stands out, and I like that about it. I absolutely love it and it makes me feel sophisticated (even if im not :).

this was my first perfume..and still use it occasionally up until now, altho i have many others collections. i'd already stick to this j'adore for more than 7 years~

This used to be my favorite scent when it came out. The fruits, the Lily-of-the-Valley, and the vanilla all dance so well together. This smells like success to me- a polished, lovely woman who is secure in her place in the world. Alas, it has been a victim of its own success to a degree, and many other perfumes made since this came out seem to sing the same tune. It's no longer singular, but it's still lovely.

Very feminine. Its comforting in a strange way. I love it sooo much. And its got this sweet top note that I can't put my finger on, and its perfect. Not too much but just enough to get your attention.