“…’Miss Dior’ dates back to 1947, shortly after the ‘Christian Dior’ fashion line debuted its ‘New Look’ collection.
“The fragrance's name was a tribute to the designer's sister, WW II French resistance fighter ‘Catherine Dior’.
“The perfume, a floral chypre with leather and galbanum notes, was created by Paul Vacher and Jean Carles.
“Other notes included mandarin, gardenia and bergamot as top notes, with jasmine, narcissus, neroli and rose in the heart notes…
“…and patchouli, oak and sandalwood as the base notes.
“The original ‘Miss Dior’ glass bottle was etched with a houndstooth print…”
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