UAE price check: Galeries Lafayette Dubai lists Le Dix Parfum, 100 ml, at AED 1,135 when checked on 11 October 2026. That is one current retailer listing, not proof that every scent is stocked by every UAE beauty chain. Balenciaga’s 2025 fragrance relaunch introduced ten perfumes, including a reconstruction of its 1947 Le Dix. This…
UAE price check: Galeries Lafayette Dubai lists Le Dix Parfum, 100 ml, at AED 1,135 when checked on 11 October 2026. That is one current retailer listing, not proof that every scent is stocked by every UAE beauty chain.
Balenciaga’s 2025 fragrance relaunch introduced ten perfumes, including a reconstruction of its 1947 Le Dix. This guide covers those original ten, not every later addition to the house’s fragrance portfolio. For UAE buyers, the useful starting point is the scent family and a specific local offer. Our preference is to try the powdery Le Dix, rose-led 100% and spiced Extra as contrasting starting points, rather than choose only by the bottle or fashion label.
A House Reawakens
In 1947, Cristóbal Balenciaga introduced Le Dix, a violet-toned floral perfume created with master perfumer Francis Fabron. Its name came from the Paris address where Balenciaga built his couture empire. The scent embodied precision, architecture, and femininity — all traits that defined his fashion.
The archive story concerns a search for an original Le Dix bottle, not proof of fifteen years spent developing the present formula. The recovered bottle informed the revived design. Balenciaga’s account describes the modern scent as a reconstruction using iris absolute, isolated iris aldehydes, violet leaf and incense. The connection to the archive is specific; it should not be turned into an unsupported claim that every ingredient is identical to the 1947 perfume.
Kering Beauté and a New Era
The relaunch is led by Kering Beauté, the luxury group’s beauty division formed in 2023 to bring fragrance in-house after Balenciaga’s licence with Coty ended. The move signals Kering’s ambition to consolidate creative control and align scent directly with Balenciaga’s fashion narrative.
The initial 2025 rollout included the Paris fragrance store, selected fashion boutiques and the online shop. For a purchase now, check the current listing and chosen country rather than read an old rollout forecast as confirmation of local stock. The new collection is also distinct from older Balenciaga Paris and Rosabotanica perfumes; a retailer carrying those names does not establish that it carries all ten relaunch fragrances.
The Ten Perfumes
The Balenciaga fragrance collection is built around duality — past and present, light and shadow, restraint and rebellion. Each scent interprets an aspect of the brand’s aesthetic language.
- Le Dix – The rebirth of the 1947 icon. Iris absolute, violet leaf, and incense form a powdery floral with an aldehydic shimmer.
- No Comment – A cypress-toned fougère, crisp and enigmatic, nodding to Cristóbal’s famously private nature.
- Getaria – Salty citrus, pink pepper and seaweed absolute form the brand’s coastal composition.
- Twenty Four Seven – A warm blend of vanilla, amber, and musk, echoing the constant rhythm of modern life.
- To Be Confirmed – A kimono-tulip accord and a steamed Silverneedle tea note, as described by the brand.
- Muscara – Ambrette seed absolute and an iris accord with a lacquer-like character in the maker’s description.
- 100 % – A bold modern rose; used as the scent invitation for Balenciaga’s A/W 2025 show.
- Extra – Pink pepper, black pepper oil and an everlasting-flower accord; a spiced option rather than a vague metallic description.
- Cristóbal – Oud essence with patchouli and oak moss in the brand’s account.
- Incense Perfumum – Incense oils, cedarwood and labdanum give this one its woody-amber direction.
Bottles, Materials & Craft
The common bottle design connects the collection visually, while the individual name identifies the scent. Refill listings appear on the brand’s current pages. Check that the refill matches your exact fragrance and bottle format before ordering; a shared design does not make the liquid interchangeable. The packaging does not establish an environmental certification, and we do not verify a recycled-glass percentage here.
The Architecture of Scent
The architectural comparison is most useful as a way to organise the collection’s contrasts: powdery iris, spiced pepper, marine notes and woody incense. It is an editorial reading of the published descriptions, not our own test of their projection or development on skin. We would sample contrasting directions before judging all ten as a single house style.
Think of “olfactory architecture” as a design metaphor, not a measured scientific property. The compositions and their brand descriptions give you a starting point for sampling, but they do not establish a fixed wear time on your skin. Our advice is to compare two different directions first, let the dry-down settle and choose the one you enjoy beyond its opening.
Price, Formats & Availability
Galeries Lafayette UAE lists Le Dix 100 ml at AED 1,135 when checked on 11 October 2026. The page marks the product non-returnable, so check that condition before opening or ordering. The brand also lists refills and discovery formats, but their sizes, country availability and price should be checked separately. Do not infer a full collection’s UAE stock from one Le Dix listing or treat an old AED 300–700 range as pricing for these parfums.
Le Dix and the Circle of Time
Recreating Le Dix was never about imitation. The perfumers studied the original aldehydic-violet formula but replaced outdated ingredients with modern equivalents, using isolated iris molecules and subtle incense. The result feels ghostly yet familiar — as if history has been polished rather than rewritten.
It’s also symbolic. Le Dix was named after a location that still anchors Balenciaga’s world. Seventy-eight years later, that same address has become both launchpad and memory. Few brands manage such narrative symmetry.
A New Luxury for Balenciaga
What sets the Balenciaga fragrance collection apart is its refusal to chase trend. There’s no celebrity front, no gimmick. Instead, it offers craftsmanship and quiet boldness. In an era obsessed with noise, Balenciaga whispers — and that whisper carries authority.
The relaunch’s design background belongs to the transition from Demna’s era, while Pierpaolo Piccioli became creative director in July 2025. Our reading of the collection is that its strength is the contrast between named scent ideas and a common bottle design. That does not establish identical performance or a single best perfume for every wearer.
Why This Matters
Perfume is once again part of Balenciaga’s language. The brand has fused its heritage with a new kind of experimental minimalism. In reviving its first fragrance, it has also revived a philosophy — that every creative discipline, from tailoring to perfumery, begins with proportion, detail, and conviction.
For Balenciaga, fragrance isn’t a side venture; it’s identity made tangible.
Frequently Asked Questions
It launched on 10 September 2025 at Balenciaga’s fragrance store, 10 Avenue George V, Paris, with a phased global roll-out across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.
There are ten, including a faithful recreation of Le Dix and nine new scents inspired by Balenciaga’s heritage.
The line was created by Balenciaga in partnership with Kering Beauté, Kering’s beauty division established in 2023 to bring fragrance creation in-house.
The Galeries Lafayette UAE Le Dix 100 ml listing shows AED 1,135 when checked on 11 October 2026. Refills and discovery formats are separate products; check the exact listing and country. This guide does not confirm every perfume at every UAE branch.
