Le Dix Balenciaga 1947 Eau de Toilette

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8.0 / 10 156 Ratings

A popular perfume by Balenciaga for women, released in 1947. The scent is floral-chypreartig. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Floral

Chypre

Powdery

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Bergamot

Coriander

Lemon

Peach

Heart Notes

Iris

Lilac

Jasmine

Lily of the valley

Rose

Base Notes

Musk

Amber

Benzoin

Sandalwood

Tonka bean

Vetiver

Perfumer

Francis Fabron

Ratings

Scent

8.0156 Ratings

Longevity

7.7108 Ratings

Sillage

7.1110 Ratings

Bottle

8.3120 Ratings

Value for money

6.710 Ratings

Submitted by DeGe53, last update on 06.05.2024.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/12/2023

8
Pricing 6
Bottle 4
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

MrsGuerlain
304 Reviews

MrsGuerlain

3

A creamy violet

Balenciaga’s first perfume from 1947… and what a first one! This scent is simply so beautiful. It is discreet but to the wearer it is the best companion you can have, especially on a rainy, grey day. If you like violets, that is. Because this scent has a really powerful violet note - all the way. You can also sense a soft, creamy expression underneath - that is when the aldehydes have faded - and this is probably the reason why I find it so great, since I am not always fond of violets as a single note. The drydown has a warm sandalwood note, just lovely and calming.
This is an old scent - not oldfashioned or outdated nor wornout. I find it charming with the right amount of the right notes. It could easily be produced and sold today - I would buy it and wear it. Fortunately, I have a full 50ml bottle on my shelf. Lucky me :)
32/365

01/21/2015

10
Scent

Rickbr
190 Reviews

Rickbr

Helpful Review

Grownup violet classic scent

There is no doubt that you are wearing a classic fragrance from the past upon spraying this revered Balenciaga creation on skin. Le Dix has that type of more complex glamour than the one we witness in the market lately and its olfactive signature, a floral chypre rich in aldehydes, is tipical of its era. Le Dix is apparently knonw for some as the 'Chanel No 5 with violets', which somehow does make sense, but for me it reminds me more in style to a Rochas creation a little bit earlier than it, Audace, because both has an aroma saturade in a violet of an aroma which is green, slightly plastic, sweet and powdery. The similarty with Chanel No 5 might be due the aldehidic intensity wherewith Le Dix opens. The aldehydes here has for me a slightly powdery aroma and they give me a very clean and brighimpression. After them Le Dix is dominated by the sober violet smell, more earthy and green than sweet as was aforementioned. I think it's interesting that in this moment i can already presence a tiny use of civet in this composition, giving it an animalic touch that doesn't make it dirty. Le Dix base is fantastic, switching between moments of a slightly mossy and dry woody aroma and moments where you notice a creaminess with incense nuances typical of a good mysore sandalwood or a good mysore sandalwood accord. Le Dix smells like grownup sophistication from the beginning until the end.

07/13/2014

5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

Coutureguru
223 Reviews

Coutureguru

Very helpful Review 9

New Looks ... new Smells

1947 Paris, in fashion terms, must have been such an interesting place to be! Post WW2, the collection at Dior is heralded as a 'New Look' on the back of a quip by a reporter, while at Balenciaga the first fragrance from this house is released ... the inspiringly beautiful 'Le Dix'. The world of fashion is looking forward, and shedding it's wartime severity.

Does Le Dix smell old fashioned? Why yes ... in the same way that all great things from a time gone by do! Does it smell dated? Well ... not to my nose it doesn't. The difference between a perfume smelling 'dated' and 'old fashioned' ('it's the same thing' some will cry!) resides in its heritage as far as I am concerned. Some fragrances from as recent as the 90's smell 'dated' to me ... whereas Le Dix simply smells vintage, and classic. I'm lucky enough to be reviewing a vintage parfum, gleaned off the net at a very reasonable price.

It is unfathomable that Violet is not listed in any of the note pyramids I have seen, because there it is ... front and centre. I have a spotty track record with violet (a la Stephen Jones Millinery) ... but here in Le Dix it works a magic that is tantamount to ethereal. This fragrance carries a certain melancholy ... suitable to its intention as an 'evening' perfume. One can see it matched with a starkly elegant, architectural gown ... the hallmark of Balenciaga style. It smells like dusk in Autumn, when the last rays of a watery sun still carry enough warmth to slightly emblazon the clear, crisp air it has just vacated.
A floral aldehyde, it is difficult not to draw parallels with other famous fragrances of the same genre - many say that Le Dix is like no.5 with violets, and to a certain extent this is true. Le Dix is, however, in very good company ... Miss Dior is released in the same year, as is Balmain's Vent Vert.
The progression from slightly sharp Bergamot and Lemon in the top, to beautiful florals in the heart and on to a solid woodsy and slightly vanillic base is all crystallised by the aldehydes here ... doing their job of making this fragrance sparkle. I can't help but be reminded of a line from one of my favourite Eartha Kitt songs : " ... I like the old fashioned flowers, Violets are for me ... have them made in diamonds by the man at Tiffany ...".

So there it is ... sparkling violet diamonds ... herein lies the attraction of the beautiful, classic Le Dix by Balenciaga.