I never expected to say this, but J’adore Intense is the first J’adore that actually excites me. The original has always felt like a pleasant but forgettable white floral — elegant, inoffensive, and a little anonymous. This new Intense version, created by Francis Kurkdjian and inspired by Dior’s muse Rihanna,…
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There’s a certain kind of Paris moment this perfume belongs to. I picked up the last of the day’s stock at Guerlain’s boutique on Rue Saint-Honoré — supplies are genuinely scarce, and it hasn’t even reached the US yet — then spent the afternoon walking through a Paris in full…