I seem to every so often fail miserably with perfume and unfortunately for me this was one of them. I believe this came out in 1995 so is an old perfume as such and when I received it as a gift I was really excited to try it out. It is rather expensive at around £50 a bottle but obviously with anything look around and do your research first. It comes in a gorgeous bright yellow square box that has almost a quilted effect with gold dots. There is a black oval with a gold border where it states that the perfume is indeed "Dolce Vita" by "Christian Dior". The box alone is beautiful, classy and elegant and I just wish that I had kept it to live on my ...  Read the complete review

'Dolce Vita, the fragrance of happiness, recalls the carefree, heart-lifting nostalgia of driving a convertible along the Italian Riviera. A dazzlingly feminine and joyful fruity/floral fragrance with spicy, sensual undertones of cedar, it incarnates the spirit of Dior in all its sumptuousness.' This is a quote from the Dior fragrance website. Sounds poetic but, I would say, a fair description of this lovely fragrance. Christian Dior's, La Dolce Vita means, when translated to English form Italian, 'The Sweet Life.' I would say this is an apt description for this fragrance. Christian Dior, (1905 to 1957) was a very ...  Read the complete review

~~~~Reasons For Purchasing~~~~ This is a great little perfume I have in my collection of many and I remember first getting introduced to this great fragrance, from a free sample I received in a magazine (I think) many years ago. I still have the free sample, miniture bottle, of this wonderful fragrance, although the fragrance inside it is well used up now, but I kept the dainty little bottle and have it in a corner unit on display, because it has a beautiful crystal top on it and it really looks very beautiful indeed. I first purchased a 50ml size of this perfume, online around a year or so ago. It was selling at a very attractive discounted price, and I ...  Read the complete review

I decided that it was time to do some perfume research again, meaning testing and sniffing. The result is that I have to write three more perfume reviews this weekend. I'll start with the one I liked best. I will dwell on my personal impressions somewhat, this scent has occupied my mind for a while now. If you're impatient, please don't read on. A few months ago I thought I should explore Dolce Vita after reading many enthusiastic reviews of it. The Dior website refers to it as a scent of joy.The first time it was only sprayed on a paper strip, and I wasn't that impressed. But I was probably just unable to appreciate it because I also tested another, rather ...  Read the complete review