The Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil Family Is Expanding In 2026
More shades, more finishes, and a fragrance trio to match.
The headline news for anyone who treats her or his lip product of choice like a personality trait: the Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil collection from Dior Beauty is expanding to include two new finishes, Sparkly and Glaze, as well as three new complementary perfumes (yep, you read right – scents). Here the maison’s two beauty titans, Creative and Image Director for Dior Makeup Peter Phillips, and Perfume Creation Director Francis Kurkdjian, share more about how they’re turning the makeup-fragrance divide into one single, sugary fantasy.
If you’ve been a beauty girlie, you might know how it was nearly impossible to escape the virality of Dior Beauty’s Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil when it first came out in 2020. Its glassy lustre was an instant portal back to the Y2K gloss craze, but came with a grown up upgrade. Besides offering the “juice bomb” look without the hair-snagging stickiness associated with lip oils, the resulting colour was guaranteed to complement the wearer’s skin tone, thanks to pH adjusting technology, while the addition of cherry oil kept lips feeling and looking quenched.
The Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil family is growing: the original Juicy finish (on left) now has two new sister finishes in the form of Glaze (right) – a super colour-saturated, syrupy glaze – and Sparkly (middle), that will appeal to shimmer-loving girlies. The original Juicy finish also has new shades, such as this 041 Peachy hue, which was meant to recreate the effect of biting into a ripe peach, on a summer day.
It marked a much welcomed vibe shift after years of the “effortless” clean girl aesthetic (that actually entailed a whole lot of work behind-the scenes) pioneered by Glossier in the mid 2010s, and further fuelled by the likes of Hailey Bieber. Now more than five years on, the same nostalgia for Y2K glam – or, simply, a decadent mode of femininity – continues to be at an all-time high. Just cue the makeup transformations of the likes of Zara Larsson and Sabrina Carpenter. The message: “I’m going to indulge in my beauty fantasies – and have lots of unapologetic fun while at it.”
This “more is more” energy can be said to be intrinsic to the Dior Addict line. Launched in the early 2000s – the peak of John Galliano’s provocative, logomania-fueled tenure as creative director at the couture house – it was designed for the girl who wanted to be noticed. Call it the resident wild child of Dior Beauty, if you like, with its lippies known for its high-octane colour and sheen.
This month, enter the 2.0 era of the Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil. Dior Beauty’s Creative and Image Director Peter Philips has introduced two new finishes alongside the original, clear and shiny Juicy texture. The first is Sparkly, which – as its name suggests – leaves a glittery, iridescent effect, while the other is Glaze, which delivers intense colour and luminosity. This expands the collection to a total of 16 different shades.
The three new Dior Addict perfumes designed by Francis Krukdjian to match the lip oil’s effervescence can be described as youthful and delicious with fruity floral notes mingling with a creamy base. Peachy Glow (left) blends jasmine with vanilla whipped cream and peach while Rosy Glow (middle) layers Damascena rose and lychee, and is meant to evoke “biting into a rose-flavored fondant cake topped with a creamy accord of lychee-scented dulce de leche”. The last, Purple Glow (right), is a sophisticated, powdery iris scent with a surprising heart of candied raspberry.
Finish and colour aside, the oils have even greater moisturising power than before: Lips reportedly stay smooth for eight hours, and hydrated for up to 24 hours now. The packaging has likewise gotten a lift with each tube adorned with the emblematic Dior Oblique logo in silver (it previously only had the product name printed on).
Meanwhile, Dior Beauty’s Perfume Creation Director Francis Kurkdjian has formulated three new scents – Rosy Glow, Peachy Glow, and Purple Glow – to complement the lip oils in terms of energy. It’s a smart move if you ask us, uniting two parallel categories to create an all-encompassing sensorial universe. Here, Philips and Kurdjian tell us more about this high-glam, statement-making project.
HOW DID THE IDEA ARISE TO CREATE A NEW DIOR ADDICT COLLECTION CONTAINING COORDINATING PERFUMES AND MAKEUP?
Francis Kurkdjian (FK): “In fact, it all began with you, Peter. The Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil already existed – it has been a key product for several years now. I took inspiration from that realm – that colourful, joyful realm, which I interpreted for the three Dior Addict scents. I needed to create perfumes that would convey luminous sensuality and embody the spirit of today’s young generation, which is quite dynamic.”
Peter Philips (PP): “Yes, it all started with Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil, and the story behind this product is quite unbelievable. Two years before Covid, we had come up with an idea for an oil that would be a treatment, while also delivering colour that would adapt to the lips. We were the f irst to develop this type of lip oil, which shouldn’t be mistaken for a gloss. The product was launched and was well-received, but no more than that. Then during the confinement, Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil went viral on TikTok and sales exploded. It sold out in a few days, and its career as a star was launched.”
FK: “How can you explain the craze for it?”
PP: “Quite simply because it’s a lip care product that isn’t pigmented and could be worn under a mask. It delivered a beneficial, fresh, natural shine. All in all, it was a comfortable, luminous lip treatment. It was exactly what we needed at that point in time.”
Here, our queen Jisoo from Blackpink (best known as the ‘Human Dior’) tries out the three shades and finishes from Dior’s iconic and TikTok-viral lip oil series.
HOW ABOUT YOU FRANCIS – HOW DID YOU CREATE THE THREE NEW DIOR ADDICT FRAGRANCES? ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF DIOR
FK: “Once I knew I was creating for the Dior Addict fragrance realm, I immediately thought of words like ‘pulp’, ‘juicy’ and ‘yummy’ that everyone understands. I designed these three scents for the young generation, responding to its taste for uncomplicated, sexy gourmand facets. But, at the same time, I wanted to steer them towards something noble that characterises classic Dior perfumes and, in particular, the finest flowers of the house such as the Damask rose, jasmine grandiflorum and iris pallida. My idea was to seek out the fruity facet in these flowers to transform them into sweet treats… I did so by highlighting the lychee note in rose, the peach note in jasmine, and raspberry in iris.”
YOU TALKED ABOUT TODAY’S CUSTOMERS’ PREFERENCE FOR GOURMAND FACETS. COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN?
FK: “Gourmands (perfumes that typically smell edible) have existed for a long time now – around thirty years. So it wasn’t about following a short-lived trend, but more about creating a trio of scents that (reflect today’s reality). They prove that gourmand notes can be synonymous with both sensuality and authority, allowing women to dominate their environment through a lens of hyper femininity. Personally, I believe that what we call gourmand scents truly reflect our era and our need for comfort (gourmands tend to evoke childhood treats and a sense of warmth during stressful times). Perfumes hold up a mirror to society and are the olfactory incarnation of what we are.”
PP: “I find that your three olfactory creations for Dior Addict smell delicious, instantly, and are comprehensible, in the sense that their fragrances provide instant, frank and direct pleasure.”
FK: “Yes, these perfumes have colour, shine and a true identity that is instantly seductive. I pursued a certain idea of simplicity in the best possible sense of the word. Young women are like that today: They move fast and are irrepressible. I really love the fact that this generation has moved away from the idea of perfume as something sacred.”
PP: “I followed exactly the same principle of immediate appeal for the Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil. The strength of this product comes down to it being simple, fun and easy to apply, while offering great results. You don’t need a mirror – it gives you effortless colourful plump lips with one stroke. That is why it has such trans-generational appeal – women of all ages, not just the youngest, absolutely love it.”
This article first appeared in Volume 5 of F ZINE.