Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet vs. Absolutely Blooming

For this edition of the head to head fragrance match ups, I am going to turn my attention once again to some women’s perfumes. The two entries today are both from Christian Dior’s Miss Dior line of scents: Absolutely Blooming vs. Blooming Bouquet. Which one of these flanker fragrances, smells the best? Has the better performance? Is the better buy?

Tale of the Tape

Blooming Bouquet

Notes include: Calabrian bergamot, peony, Damsacus rose, musk, and more

Click here to try: Christian Dior Miss Blooming Bouquet Eau de Toilette Spray for Women, 1.7 Ounce

Read my review: Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet

Absolutely Blooming

Notes include: rose, peony, musk, pink pepper, black currant, and red berries

Click here to try: Christian Dior Miss Dior Absolutely Blooming Women’s Eau de Parfum Spray, 3.4 Ounce

Read my review: Miss Dior Absolutely Blooming

Opening

Absolutely Blooming starts out with a blend of pomegranate, raspberry, and white musk. It has a juicy delectable sweetness, a cheerful disposition, with a hint of musk. It is pretty powerful from the start.

The peony will be the strongest floral to first emerge from the mix. Then, the rose note will come on stronger, later in the wear.

Meanwhile, Blooming Bouquet, starts with citrus bergamot and a floral accord headed by peony. This Dior is actually quite beautiful and the bergamot is such an interesting note when contrasted with peony and some rose.

The peony is also stronger at first in Blooming. Rose never fully takes over, but it has some balance later.

Which is better? I really do think Blooming is great. However, Absolutely Blooming, is a step ahead with the strong fruity notes that smell fantastic from the start. It’s not way better, but enough to get the nod.

Edge: Absolutely 

Projection

Absolutely Blooming is a strong fragrance, as I wrote above. It starts off with a bang, tones down as it moves along, but is strong throughout the wear. Great sillage.

Blooming Bouquet is a much softer scent. It isn’t weak but is just a soft and airy style. Never has the same power as Absolutely.

Absolutely just radiates off of the skin more, can leave a scent trail, and let’s its presence be known much more than Blooming.

Edge: Absolutely

Longevity

Blooming Bouquet, while a light perfume, does last for a fairly long time. I got 7 hours of wear out of it, on my skin.

While that’s nice, Absolutely Blooming is one that can go for over 10 hours with that strong sillage.

For me during testing, it wasn’t even a close contest between how long each of these lasts on skin.

Edge: Absolutely

Versatility

Both of these scents share a lot of commonalities, in when they are appropriate to wear. They both have a spring/summer vibe. Both are good for work or casual situations. Both are very attractive.

However, Absolutely Blooming is sexier, and has better ability to double as a nightlife fragrance. Blooming Bouquet is very pretty and delicious, but it isn’t really a sexy kind of perfume.

Edge: Absolutely

Overall Scent

Yes, it’s a clean sweep for Absolutely Blooming, but I don’t want people to get the idea that Bouquet is a bad scent. It’s actually very good, just not when compared, to its counterpart.

It is very fresh with that bergamot/floral opening before transitioning with the help of a light musk note.

Then, it becomes more floral, when the bergamot fades. What you’re left with is peony and rose and a lovely fragrance overall. It’s the third best Miss Dior.

Absolutely Blooming is just a great fragrance and my favorite from this line of perfumes. It is simple and similar to Bouquet, with the rose and peony. However, it also has a surprisingly well done black currant, that isn’t too sharp or sour.

Plus, it keeps the fruit juiciness throughout, even when the floral notes grow in strength. It’s just better across the board.

Winner: Absolutely Blooming

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