DIOR
CUIR SADDLE
2025
PERFUMER
Francis Kurkdjian
leather
floral notes
amber woods
musk
‘The It bag created by John Galliano at the dawn of the 2000s guided me towards an olfactory creation that challenges conventions. Just as this bag did by appropriating the classic lines of a riding saddle, transforming it into a Dior fashion icon… I therefore wanted to create a leathery fragrance conceived as an optical illusion, one that begins “classically” with a smoky, woody, pyrogenic accord, but ultimately surprises and delights the senses with a completely unexpected lightness… Cuir Saddle offers a unique sensuality… A look that responds to the new Dior codes in a full-grain leather accord that melts into the skin in a sensual embrace… With Cuir Saddle, I wanted to soften the leather, relax it, transform it into a supple and velvety suede. Cuir Saddle thus reinvents the genre by blending traditional leather notes with a floral, musky, and creamy cloud and modern ambery woody notes.” The result is both tenacious and lighter, sensual yet softer.’ – Francis Kurkdjian (via Soon Magazine)
