Now, Francis Kurkdjian, the creative director of perfumes at Christian Dior, has created a fragrance version of knocking on wood. The scent, Bois Talisman, pays homage to Dior’s penchant for ...

In the late Seventies, Francis Kurkdjian tells me over coffee at Christian Dior ... and model to Christian himself, who affectionately nicknamed her ‘Lucky’. “In the original fragrance ...

Charting the rise of one of fashion's greatest luminaries, Christian ... perfume, Miss Dior, named in her honour. "Catherine was the woman he loved best in the world, and she was his first model ...