When I scan the Internet for Mitzah and Dior, up comes scarves that sell for a two hundred and fifty U.S. dollars. These scarves have names such as Toilie de Jouy Sauvage and La Roue de la Fortune Tarot.
Here is a link to one of them DIOR FASHION - MITZAH FASHION SCARF Here it is mentioned that Christian Dior had a fascination with astrology.
Learning that Mitzah had also come up with the name of his perfume Miss Dior (which was created to honor Dior's sister, and that in keeping with her influence on the designer, a perfume had been invented called Mitza as recently as 2010, I found this exciting review by Chant Wagner:
MIMI FROU FROU COM : CHANT WAGNER's REVIEW OF DIOR's MITZAH PERFUME from 2017
Excerpt of review: Mitzah eau de parfum by Christian Dior was introduced in 2010 as part of the then debuting Collection Courturier Parfumeur (rebnamed La Collection Privee today), as a homage to Christian Dior's muse, Mizza Bricard. She was a former stylist at the British fashion house of Molyneux in the 1930's, a milliner by specialty and an all-around style icon..... Dior stressed that she was one of those rare beings, whose sole purpose in life was the quest of elegance...
Mitzah was reputed for her mysterious exotic aura - which she cultivated - her over-the-top personality and her ability to hold her ground. The latter was precisely the reason why Christian Dior asked her to join his house. He saw her as the healthy and necessary counterweight to what he saw as his overly reasonable Normand temperament. He knew she would not just agree but disagree with him, shout her disapproval at him whenever she saw it fit, thus contributing to an excellent creative dynamic in his workshop. He wrote that he had hired her because she would embody his favorite motto "I maintain."....
(Do read the article. It's fascinating.)
So how was this woman's personality and temperament expressed in a perfume? Chant Wagner must be a nose!
Partial description of the perfume: The composition opens on a richly resinous accord with an original counterpoint of coriander, but also a powdery accord which soon becomes more intense. The fragrance composition seems to eschew the convention of opening on bright, sparkling notes - and to aim directly for a sensation of bade, deep notes.
There is something dark and feral about the scent which may be an allusion to Mme Bricard's predilection for wearing leopard fur and print. The impression is musky, slightly sweet, burnt, a bit caramel-y, a bit dry - and overall, jungley....
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