And what he found really became the crux of this new scent: a quote from Christian Dior himself about the inspiration for Miss Dior. And this quote became Francis’ starting point for inspiration.

On February 12, 1947, a new couturier named Christian Dior presented his first show to the press. In an elegant salon on the Avenue Montaigne, a model sauntered out wearing a calf-grazing skirt ...

Stanley Marcus gave Christian Dior himself the Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion in 1947 - the year the designer started in business.

Decades have passed since Christian Dior found himself transfixed by Japanese culture, traced back to his memoir where he recounts gazing for hours at “large panels painted in imitation of ...