That was the first step [because] I wanted to get her impressions. So, I had her smell some of the very basic ingredients and then I just watched ... to try and get a sense of what she instinctively reacted to. She’s a very instinctive woman — very reactive and spontaneous — and, at that time, she showed that she was very sensitive to musky tones.

— Perfumer François Demachy on how actress Jennifer Lawrence influenced the new Dior Joy. Read more at Jennifer Lawrence isn’t just the face of Dior’s new millennials-focused fragrance. She helped inspire it too at the Los Angeles Times.

Since 1999, when the French fashion house released J'adore—the rose and jasmine scent synonymous with a gold gown-clad Charlize Theron—Christian Dior Parfums has kept a low profile. For the brand's first fragrance launch in nearly two decades, perfumer François Demachy has concocted a citrusy bergamot and mandarin orange scent with notes of rose de grasse, sandalwood, and jasmine.

— Read more at Dior Releases Its First Perfume Since 1999 at Paper Mag.

I like that Joy is not too strong; it’s very airy. It’s floral with a hint of sandalwood, and I think it’s modern but classic. It just seems to be kind of open and not over-whelming, which is the number-one thing I don’t like about perfumes.

— Actress Jennifer Lawrence on the new Dior Joy. Read more at Jennifer Lawrence Takes Us Inside Her Beauty Routine at Harper's Bazaar.

In a statement, the house called the new scent by Dior perfumer-creator François Demachy “an unprecedented fragrance and a powerful universe which mark the beginning of a new era for fragrance at the house of Dior.”

There were no further details available about the upcoming perfume. The last time the brand launched a major fragrance pillar was in 1999, with J’Adore.

— From EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lawrence to Front New Dior Perfume at Women's Wear Daily.