{"id":810335,"date":"2026-05-20T17:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/810335\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:38:23","slug":"dior-paradise-launches-at-chateau-de-la-colle-noire-with-star-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/810335\/","title":{"rendered":"Dior Paradise Launches at Ch\u00e2teau de La Colle Noire With Star Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGRASSE, France \u2013<\/strong> The air in the Grasse countryside still carries the scent of Christian Dior<\/a>\u2019s paradise \u2014 forest, roses, jasmine and cooler Provencal air.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the designer\u2019s former home Ch\u00e2teau de La Colle Noire, Christian Dior<\/a> Parfums hosted an intimate dinner on Tuesday to mark the launch of Dior<\/a> Paradise, the latest fragrance in La Collection Priv\u00e9e Dior, created by Francis Kurkdjian.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event took place at Dior\u2019s former residence and personal hideaway, completely restored and now used by the house for select presentations, which also includes extensive gardens.<\/p>\n

\n\tGuests were whisked from Cannes to the estate, and treated to an herb garden tour by Kurkdjian, Champagne on the terrasse before a lavish meal based on re-creations of Mr. Dior\u2019s favorite dishes.<\/p>\n

\n\tKurkdjian, Dior Perfume creation director, said the project developed directly from his familiarity with the estate and its archives.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe agenda for launching perfume nowadays is \u2014 there\u2019s a pace that is very close to fashion,\u201d he said, comparing the schedule of planning of rollouts to the many global fashion weeks. Fragrances are increasingly shaped by recurring themes tied to seasons, destinations, and specific dates or occasions, he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the idea for Dior Paradise came along, instead of looking to sun and sea and beaches, he knew he wanted to base it on Dior\u2019s personal forested retreat.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was a quick win,\u201d he said, noting that he spends significant time in the South of France and within Dior\u2019s heritage spaces throughout the year. \u201cIt\u2019s a place I really love, and it is a place I come once or twice a month.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Francis<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tFrancis Kurkdjian<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Dior<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen you join Dior, you have to know the history almost by heart and better than anyone else, because from the history of the maison, you get codes, from the code you define a frame, from the frame it\u2019s a creative playground,\u201d he said. He noted he spent weeks there when he joined the house four-and-a-half years ago, and that Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson has spent significant time there since he joined the house last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tKurkdjian said his approach was guided by Dior\u2019s history and archives. \u201cWhen you know that you have to create something, your mind starts to process,\u201d he said. For Dior Paradise, he pointed to several recurring elements, such as the estate\u2019s almond trees, which formed his concept.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen guests came inside due to the windy weather, \u201cHouse of Guinness\u201d star Anthony Boyle revealed that he came as a plus-one with Jay Lycurgo. The two were prepping for their premiere the next day, of the film \u201cI See Buildings Fall Like Lightning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jasper<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tJasper Lieu<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Dior<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI had a suit at the bottom of my suitcase,\u201d he joked, so he threw it on and made it in time for the dinner.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was not nervous ahead of his premiere \u2014 or not quite yet at least.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI have a really difficult time thinking about things when they haven\u2019t happened yet. It\u2019s usually when it\u2019s happening it will hit me. So when the titles are rolling, moments before the film is about to start, I\u2019ll get really nervous and realize I should have dealt with my emotions better.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m really bad at object permanence,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m very good at living in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCo-star Lycurgo recalled that his first Dior purchase was when he worked as a shop assistant at Selfridges in London. Then he realized the price was above his budget, but he fell in love with the suit and took it home anyway.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tInside Ch\u00e2teau de La Colle Noire.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Dior<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the dinner, Kurkdjian brought out chef Denis Fetisson and his team for a round of applause for the meal filled with fresh flowers from the garden.<\/p>\n

\n\tKurkdjian said the atmosphere of the house remains significant to the creative process.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs soon as you pass the hall and see the desk, the guest book, the rooms, you feel his spirit,\u201d he said, showing off pages signed by Dior\u2019s personal friends such as Marc Chagall. He also said there is a legend that a ghost haunts the property.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe dinner was attended by Dior ambassadors including Lingling Kwon and Jasper Liu, alongside Alexa Chung, \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d star Charlotte Le Bon, Mamadou Sidib\u00e9, Mina Kavani, Nadine Labaki, Paul Kircher, Susanne Wuest and French singer Vanille.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRASSE, France \u2013 The air in the Grasse countryside still carries the scent of Christian Dior\u2019s paradise \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":810336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,49625,18973,18974,2961,224,5337],"class_list":["post-810335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-christian-dior","tag-dior","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116608126452508206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}