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DiorLa Collection Privée Christian Dior
Cuir Saddle
Eau de parfum · Francis Kurkdjian
A supple, luminous leather, lit up by white flowers.
- House
- Dior
- Family
- Leather
- Perfumer
- Francis Kurkdjian
- Year
- Not disclosed
Cuir Saddle is signed by Francis Kurkdjian for Dior's La Collection Privée. It draws on the Saddle bag, which became an emblem of the house in the 2000s, and offers a supple leather that melts into the skin.
Dior lists its notes without sorting them into tiers: a leather accord diluted in cedar notes and salicylate notes, lit up by white flowers and pale woods.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
- Leather80 / 100
- White floral50 / 100
- Woody50 / 100
- Powdery30 / 100
- Musky30 / 100
Seasons
- Spring
- Autumn
Moments
- Day
- Night
Cuir Saddle in detail
Cuir Saddle is signed by Francis Kurkdjian for Dior's La Collection Privée. It draws on the Saddle bag, which renewed leather at Dior in the early 2000s: like that bag carried under the arm, the fragrance is meant as an extension of the body. Dior describes it in leathery and floral notes; Volute files it among leathers.
Dior lists its notes without sorting them into tiers. A leather accord melts into cedar notes, rendered here as cedarwood, and into floral, solar salicylate notes, which give the effect of leather laid directly on the skin. White flowers and pale woods, rendered as woody notes, brighten and lighten it.
Cuir Saddle suits spring and autumn, by day or by night. Far from smoky, animalic leathers, it is a supple, luminous, almost floral leather that stays close to the skin.
Three leathers in our catalogue come close: Godolphin by Parfums de Marly shares leather and woody notes; 1740 Marquis de Sade by Histoires de Parfums brings back leather and cedarwood; Cuir Béluga by Guerlain also offers a pale, supple leather.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.