For 20 years, Dior has continued to uncover the secrets of the Rose de Granville and its potent effect on youthful skin. Heir to a wild rose rooted on the cliffside, obtained by Dior Science after 7 rounds of cross-breeding, this cosmetic rose has been selected from 40,000 roses for its exceptional resilience abilities. Dior Science has concentrated the flower's life force in a signature complex dedicated to skin revitalization and youthfulness: RosapeptideTM.
The Rose de Granville, infused in Dior Prestige skincare reveals an exclusive facet in the Nectars de Rose range—a highly revitalizing collection enriched with the rarest and most precious Rose de Granville extracts. These precious active ingredients, infused respectively in Le Nectar Premier and Le Baume de Minuit, help activate deep, rapid, and intense skin revitalization
In January 2025, the House highlights an unprecedented new facet of the Rose de Granville, containing a concentration of the new substantial extract. This patented extract of the whole flower was obtained via an extraction method inspired by the plant's biological function. It gave rise to the Nectar Intégral. This serum is infused with RosapeptideTMIntégral, composed of every single Rose de Granville extract: aqueous, oily, and substantial It stimulates the connections between the layers of the skin, and promotes intense, deep rejuvenation in the service of visibly lifted skin with heightened contours that glows with youth.
The substantial extract of the Rose de Granville: a fundamental discovery used by Dior research
At the heart of the Rose, the substantial component provides the perfect balance
Dior Science has taken an interest in the theory of the third liquid. Research on the metabolites present in plant cells that form a third type of component, different from water and oils.[1] In fact, plant cells contain numerous elements of intermediate polarity that dissolve neither in the oilyphase nor in the aqueous phase.
This recent discovery has been applied, using biomimetics, to the Rose de Granville to recreate this mysterious key component, characterized by a unique polarity.1 This substantial liquid, without which the Rose could not function, is also essential for storing and transporting the molecules required for optimal development.
The secret of the remarkable resilience of the Rose deGranville lies in this balance of aqueous, oily, and substantial components.
Capturing the elusive via a technical, supra-molecular extraction of Rose de Granville
After years of research on the most advanced extraction methods, Dior Science has selected an innovative technology based on natural-origin solvents. The physiological environment of the flower and its substantial liquid are reproduced to obtain this new extract from the whole Rose de Granville flower. Supramolecular extracts are biomimetic blends of natural compounds such as sugars and other organic compounds. They form liquids with a unique polarity,1 making it possible to extract previously inaccessible substances. The nutritive Rose extract thus contains 5unique molecules, not present in other, previously developed Rose de Granville extracts. It is 6x more concentrated in phyto-nutrients than the previous flower extract.4
An ideal balance similar to the skin
Dior research has highlighted new similarities between its legendary flower and the skin.
Like the Rose de Granville, the skin consists of three groups of essential elements:
- Oily components, essential for protecting and maintaining hydrated skin, form a protective barrier.
- Aqueous components promote hydration by facilitating the transport of water, thanks to the aquaporins.
- Substantial components of the skin matrix, such as hyaluronic acid (glycosaminoglycans), ensure bounce and flexibility.
Like the Rose, the balance between these three components (oily, aqueous, substantial) ensures extraordinarily resilient skin with youth mechanisms that are expressed at an optimal level.
The Dior Science discovery: Youthful skin is altered by an imbalance in the skin ratio
Dior research shows that with age, the balance between skin components deteriorates, and intercellular communication across the layers grows less effective.
Under stress, cells activate a key protein (NRF2) which induces the expression of genes such as inflammation mediators, which protect against harmful molecules. Dior research has shown that with age, NRF2 activation is reduced by 6, compromising this protection. A vicious circle sets in, leading to a gradual deterioration in a large number of skin components.
Dior Science has thus conducted an ex-vivo test on skin biopsies, altering the lipid component, to reproduce a mechanism typical of elderly skin, revealing5:
These results illustrate the fundamental interdependence of the various skin components, highlighting their crucial role in maintaining the integrity, functionality, and overall youthfulness of the skin.
The Dior Prestige answer: RosapeptideTM Intégral for intense efficiency
Dior has successfully infused its original patented RosapeptideTMcomplex that contains a combination of a skin-density-marker-boosting peptide, aqueous extract of Rose de Granville and its restorative sap with the entire iconicRose, i.e. the nutritive extract obtained by supramolecular Rose de Granville extraction, to create RosapeptideTM Intégral.
EachRose de Granville extract was selected for its triple level effectiveness:
- The oily extract from Rose de Granville petals strengthens the skin barrier by boosting lipids (+27% ceramides), helping to improve skin protection against external aggressions.
- The aqueous Rose extract improves water circulation in the epidermis(+249% AQP9)7, thus helping to improve hydration.
-The substantial Rose extract supports the skin by helping promote key skin features such as suppleness and bounce.
Containing 128 Rose de Granville molecules, RosapeptideTM Intégral is thus a more technical and patented complex than previously at Dior Prestige, containing the greatest molecular diversity.
DiorScience has also demonstrated the complementary action of the active ingredients in this star complex, which provides a global response to all the skin's components:
Patent granted FR3117869.
In vitro test on ingredient.
Patent granted for Rose de Granville sap extract: FR3090380.
Patent granted for the restorative effect of Rose de Granville sap extract: FR3111543.
Patent granted for the extraction technique forRose de Granville sap extract: FR2951461 by Biolie.
Patent filed for the anti-aging effect of the molecular fraction of Rose de Granville: FR3130619.
Patent granted for the molecular fraction of Rosede Granville: EP2919757, EP3146961 by Ashland.
Patent filed for the nutritive effect of Rosapeptide on the skin: patent pending FR2313017.
Patent granted for the extraction technique forRose de Granville oily extract: FR2943684 by Oleos.
Patent granted for the combination of Rose deGranville sap extract, molecular fraction and oily extract: FR2407775.
Patent granted for the supramolecular extraction of Rose de Granville: FR3117869.
At Dior Prestige.
In vitro test on ingredients.
More over, RosapeptideTM Intégral provides an additional response: Dior Science has demonstrated that it promotes +20% NRF2 activity (communication molecule),[1]thus stimulating connections between the layers of the skin.
A high-tech formula, with an innovative sensorial feel
Le Nectar Intégral is the first ultra-concentrated serum composed of 96% natural-origin ingredients, inspired by the ideal balance of the Rose de Granville, and infused with the whole flower, for intense skin revitalization.
A high-tech formula, with an innovative sensorial feel
Le Nectar Intégral offers an unprecedented sensory experience14 thanks to an innovative formula that brings together the three extracts of the Rose de Granville (aqueous, oily, substantial) for the first time,14 to offer its remarkable power of resilience to the skin.
Upon contact with the skin, its incredible composition transforms in three stages: it feels fresh and absorbs like an essence; it nourishes like an oil, and lastly, it softens the skin and provides a velvet finish like a serum.
The skin is lastingly replenished and protected from dehydration (+33% ceramids).
Le Nectar Intégral:
intensely and visibly reactivating youthful skin
Thanks to deep, intense, and accelerated revitalization the skin returns to a state of optimal balance:
- Contours are 4 times more redefined:
+19% +83%[3]
From one week To one month
- The skin is 2 times more lifted:
+42%17 +93%18
From one week To one month
- Skin looks 2 times younger:
+54%¹7 +115%¹8
From one week To one month
Le Nectar Intégral can be used alone as a serum when over-stressed skin needs it most (travel, periods of stress and fatigue).
Its innovative texture is also ideal for use prior to the usual serum: Le Nectar Premier.
The highly revitalizing collection by Dior Prestige
Nestled in its stunning lacquered glass bottle, Le Nectar Intégral is the most preciousaddition to the Dior Prestige skincare routine.
It launches the new visual identity of the exclusiveLes Nectars de Rose range. Gilded cases topped by embossed lids engraved with the iconic Compass Rose. Reflections and transparent filigree details make each bottle an exceptional object, and the routine is a collection providing remarkable beauty.
Le Nectar Premier is the first highly and visibly corrective serum for deep wrinkles.[1] The first buds of the Rose deGranville, 2 times richer in regenerating factors, give rise to a revitalizing extract infused into RosapeptideTMPremier, which acts on the appearance of skin deterioration. In one month, the effects of the last 9 years on deep facial wrinkles and of the last 7 years on expression lines23 seem to be erased.
Le Baume de Minuit is the first highly densifying night cream, concentrated in Midnight Rosapeptide™. Infused with the signature night rose molecule(stimulates key density markers 2.5 times, Midnight Rosapeptide boosts 5 of the skin’s clock-synchronizers and helps to visibly increase skin rejuvenation. In one month, the skin looks 6times denser.