Reviews of Midnight Poison (2007)
by Christian Dior

At first spray, maybe for 3 seconds, it smelled of the original Poison (fruit and spice). But poof! ... that disappears completely. Strangely I detected the heart first, strong notes of rose and patchouli. Not the dry earthy type like in Voleurs de Roses or even SJP' Lovely; but softer certainly because of the amber/vanilla mix. I also smelled right after that some sort of peach or prune wich further rounds the edges of the patchouli. It's only after about 10 minutes that I experienced the sparkling topnotes of bergamot and orange. Of course bergamot is not your typical citrus, bergamot isn't acid or bitter; it's much softer, which I'm sure even makes the composition even rounder. Still for all this round feminity I smell spice and it's not coming from the patchouli, I wonder what it is...?

Though Midnight Poison could be a chypre with its bergamot-rose-patchouli accord, I would say it's rather a fresh floriental. Overall I'm sorry to say that I left with a very synthetic feeling. This is a Dior fragrance with a very commercial appeal. I think that MP's nose Jacques Cavallier was more lucky when working on The original Stella McCartney fragrance (which is also based on rose and amber), YSL Beauté gave him more beautiful material to work with.