Mona's story
The story
She carried his influence, along with an architect's feel for proportion and balance, into her own house, founded in 2004. Di Orio died in 2011, but her small catalog remains prized for its old-school density and construction.
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Mona
di Orio
Mona di Orio came to perfumery sideways — she was studying architecture when she wrote to Edmond Roudnitska, the creator of Eau Sauvage and Diorissimo, and struck up a friendship and eventual apprenticeship that lasted until his death in 1996.
- Earliest in our catalog
- Carnation, 2004
- In our catalog
- 15 fragrances
The career
Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.2004–2013, in bottles
2004Nuit NoireMona di Orio
2010CuirMona di Orio
2011VanilleMona di Orio
2011Oudh OsmanthusMona di Orio
2011TubereuseMona di Orio
2011VetyverMona di Orio
2012Rose Etoile de HollandeMona di Orio
2013Violette FumeeMona di OrioLaunches per year, 2004–2013Peak: 4 in 2011
20042013
In their own words
How Mona works
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 15 fragrances
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Six to smell first
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Radiant luminosity and ethereal transparency. Kurkdjian's fragrances glow — they possess an inner light that makes them feel both airy and profound. His palette favors ambroxan, saffron, and delicate florals, composed with a musician's instinct for harmony.
234 creations
The architect of Chanel
Jacques Polge
Refined elegance and measured sophistication. Polge's compositions for Chanel embodied the house's aesthetic — never too much, never too little, always precisely right. His fragrances have the quiet authority of impeccable tailoring.
76 creations
The dynasty continues
Olivier Creed
Noble materials and classical structure. Creed fragrances are built around the finest natural ingredients — ambergris, royal water, hand-selected musks — composed in the traditional infusion method that has defined the house for centuries.
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