In the world of luxury beauty, innovation thrives at the intersection of science and skincare. Dior Prestige has unveiled two pioneering creations – the Micro-Sérum de Rose Yeux and the Micro-Fluid Teint de Rose – designed to target the visible effects of ageing with unprecedented precision. At the heart of this innovation is Dior’s deep research into the hallmarks of ageing, particularly chronic inflammation and nutrient deficiency, two mechanisms that compromise skin’s ability to regenerate, leading to sagging, dullness, and signs of fatigue.
Micronutrients such as copper, potassium, zinc, and omegas have been identified as essential for preserving youthful, resilient skin. Copper, for instance, activates the “youth-bonding enzyme” responsible for linking collagen and elastin, while potassium maintains barrier function and radiance. A decline in these elements, especially in the delicate eye contour, explains why this area so quickly reflects tiredness and ageing.
Harnessing the exceptional properties of the Rose de Granville – the first rose created exclusively for skincare – Dior has developed the Nutri-Rosapeptide Complex, a potent blend with twice the copper content of traditional rose extracts. This complex is the foundation of the new Micro-Sérum de Rose Yeux, which smooths expression lines, restores firmness, reduces puffiness, and even strengthens lashes. Its flexible applicator enhances results through targeted massage, while its eco-designed packaging reflects Dior’s vision of sustainability.
The innovation continues with the Micro-Fluid Teint de Rose, a serum-like foundation that combines skincare efficacy with flawless coverage. Enriched with micronutrients and SPF 30, it boosts glow, evens tone, and corrects undertones with a luminous satin finish, thanks to multi-layer mother-of-pearl pigments. Available in seven shades, it represents a new generation of foundations that nourish the skin as much as they perfect its appearance.
These insights, and the passion behind them, emerged in an exclusive conversation with Virginie Couturaud, Scientific Communication Director at Parfums Christian Dior, and Dr. Patricia Ogilvie, dermatologist and member of Dior’s Reverse Ageing Scientific Board. Their perspective sheds light on how science, micronutrition, and the legendary Rose de Granville are redefining the future of prestige skincare and makeup.
Micronutrition is at the core of the latest developments. How is this concept revolutionizing anti-aging skincare?
P: It’s a great question. And we are facing that a lot also in our practise because we do see a lot of food supplements now coming to the market claiming to be beneficial for skin. I think we are somehow overestimating the power of food supplements and underestimating the power of skin nutrition. The problem is that if you take something by supplements, the skin is served last. And I like to explain this to my patients by this example: if you are invited to a party and there is a buffet, but the host has given the invites by time slots and you get the last time slot, everybody has served themselves already at the buffet before you even enter the room. And that’s what happens to skin. So, all the nutrients that you take up, if they are at all provided in a way that they can really be well absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, they run through the circulation and every organ takes out what it needs, and that’s a lot.
For example, copper or zinc are almost impossible to reach through alimentation, whereas people underestimate how you can directly provide the skin with all it takes through skin. So skin is served not well through the body, but it’s very well served through the skin itself.
And then of course it takes a smart formulation to stabilize all the ingredients in a way that they stay stable over time. And they are formulated in the way that they can really pass the skin barrier but then they stay in the skin and that makes it very targeted, very specific, and super-efficient.
V: Yes, I think that this in-and-out approach is very important. Today we know that the skin is the last organ to be served and it’s very important to give to your skin all the essential micronutrients necessary to have a good functioning. And we know that it is not a question of quantity but just to have a good balance, and probably it’s great to address vitamin but also macro elements or phytosterol or lipids, etc. Sometimes it’s very small molecules and sometimes we think that it is not very important, but today, the revolution of food supplements is big in our lives, but what is important to understand is that for skin, it’s the same game – it is important to put on your skin all the elements necessary to have this good functioning. If you boost and if you stimulate your skin to re-synthesise some collagen, for example, without micronutrients, it’s not optimal. It’s like your food and your water, and I think it’s great to combine all these elements. It’s why at Dior we want to continue to address this in this field, and probably in the market there is not a lot of products that address these hallmarks, but it’s a huge territory.
“Today, the revolution of food supplements is big in our lives, but what is important to understand is that for skin, it’s the same game – it is important to put on your skin all the elements necessary to have this good functioning.”
P: What is also underestimated is the importance of a balanced skin diet, as most of the food supplements are not prescriptive but over the counter I do see quite some patients that are overdosing now because they are combining a little bit here and a little bit there and most of them contain, for example, vitamin B complex. So, I have recently picked several patients with skin irritations that have a significant overdose of vitamin B because they are just adding too much of vitamin B complex to their supplements. I think a well-balanced formula to really effectively restore skin’s capacities is a very good way to provide efficiently and precisely, but also to avoid overdosing. Some supplements, like specifically the metals, iron and copper, can be harmful if they are overdosed, as well as potassium. Potassium is super strictly regulated: if you infuse somebody via IV infusion with potassium, you can kill them.
So, it’s less risky, more targeted, more specific, and more balanced to provide micronutrition for skin through skin.
Does that also apply to natural foods or only supplements?
P: It’s the same. It’s hard to overdose through natural foods. You have to eat, for example, lots and lots of peas and beans to have substantial amounts of copper. There are traces of copper inside of those foods, but it’s not enough. So, to overdose through food is not easy. That’s essentially the business model of food supplements: they concentrate elements that are not present in high amounts in a regular, naturally occurring diet.
Patricia, you explained really well why copper is so important, not only for the eye area, but for the whole skin. And Virginie, you mentioned that new eye serum has very great benefits, for example for the nasolabial folds. So, why did you decide to work on an eye formula with this special formula? And now, what makes it so suited especially for the eyes and not for the whole face?
V: First of all, keep in mind that the product is still in its early development stage. It is a micronutrition food supplement specifically designed for the eye area. For this purpose, we created a new copper-based neutralizer peptide. However, thanks to the easy-to-use applicator that also delivers an effective massage, we realized it could be beneficial beyond the eyes—particularly on the nasolabial folds and other areas of the face. While the formula is concentrated for the eyes, where it helps support collagen connections, it can also address fine lines and wrinkles on other parts of the face. The same applies to lashes: strengthening them requires targeted micronutrients, and for the first time, it is possible to apply such a product directly on the upper eyelid and actually see results.
Probably, Patricia, you can explain what you see on your clinic.
P: I see a lot of patients that complain about brittle and broken lashes because they have used these eyelash-growth boosting serums. And they work, as we have all seen, they really work fast and they result in elongation of lashes, but at the cost of the quality of the hair. So, I have a lot of patients that have a very good initial effect, but the longer they use it, the more they complain about breaking lashes. And it’s not easy to recommend something that restores healthy lash quality. So, I was happy to see the results on the testing for a product that this is actually something that I can recommend for people that have suffered from this problem. Like the terminal hair on the scalp, also the lashes are affected by the ageing process. So, a specific target on the eye and around the eye area, including the lashes, is very new, and it’s very on point because it really hits an unmet need in the market.
V: Yes, because at the end, when you heighten your lashes, it is a way to open your eyes. And I think it’s great for all the women.
“A specific target on the eye and around the eye area, including the lashes, is very new, and it’s very on point because it really hits an unmet need in the market.”
The key word is balance. So, a good balance between nutrition, a revolutionary skincare like yours, and micronutrients. But what do you think of IV infusion? Would they help in this organic routine?
P: I’m very conservative in overpromising its effect. Definitely, it bypasses already the first barrier, which is the gastrointestinal system. So, you reach higher levels in the blood circulation if you go into the blood directly. That’s obvious. That brings again the danger of overdosing faster, because you have less first path effect in the stomach and intestine. But if you look at the published evidence for its efficacy, it’s pretty sparse. So, if you really want to see whether these IV drip spa kind of mixes and blends really have a measurable difference in skin, the evidence is thin. And that means if you want to avoid complications, want to be also accessible, because a skincare product can be used by just anybody every day, and to be really efficient and targeted for skin-specific demands, the route through skin is the better option. But you hit, of course, more targets than one if you do an IV, and not only skin. If somebody is suffering from general fatigue, of course, it’s not a bad idea, it’s just not really very evidence-based, it’s very empirical at the moment.
V: It’s the same question that we can ask globally for collagen. For example, I’m sure that all the collagen that we hit don’t go to the skin. And it’s why I think that all the micronutrients that we get from the food don’t really work for the skin. And it is why it’s great to have that from the skincare. Also, we know that the skin is an intelligent organ, and probably it uses only what it is necessary for its functioning. And I’m sure that it is great to include this product in your beauty routine to be sure that, when you have some product to reboost or to relaunch some mechanism, you have all the necessary basic micronutrients.
I think today it’s important to understand that as you have your food supplement for the food, it’s great to have the food supplement for your skin. Demonstrating the efficiency after dermatological procedure. Now we demonstrated the efficiency for the eye control, for the complexion.
Could you maybe explain the benefits of this particular flower, Rose de Granville?
P: Rose de Granville is very resistant to the harsh climatic conditions in Normandy, and because of that, it is a source of vitality and ultra-resilience. We studied this rose very carefully, and we built, we created our rose from this wild rose after seven hybridizations to be sure that we created the most powerful one possible. We chose Rosa de Granville from 40,000 roses to make sure we had the best one to fight disease, to fight all elements, and to have the best vitality and phytochemistry. We studied it a lot, with Professor Garou from the Borg, using all the elements we have today. That’s why we extract different parts of the rose: buds, flowers, wood, and now the hips. From these extracts, we are sure we have 22 micronutrients that are very helpful for the skin. Sometimes people say, “Okay, it’s just a rose.” But the rose, as an image, seems very fragile. People don’t realize that it has all the elements inside to fight against aggression. Normally, roses are more for fragrance – like Rosa Damascena or Rosa Santifolia – but if you go to a garden, you see that most roses have very little fragrance. Rosa de Granville is different: it’s for skin care. To prove its efficiency, we compare it to well-known anti-aging molecules. It’s more powerful than vitamin C on collagen synthesis, more powerful than retinoic acid on collagen synthesis, and more powerful than vitamin E and niacinamide on hydration. And this is based on genomic studies, which help us understand the effect because our extracts are a blend of molecules. The Rosa peptide contains 88 molecules – minerals, vitamins, phytosterols, peptides. Other molecules act on only two or three mechanisms, but this blend works on different levels and different mechanisms. That’s why it’s so powerful. Even from a macronutrient perspective, it’s impressive. Compared to well-known foods, like avocado, we have three times more copper, twice as many omegas, twice as many vitamins, and four times more calcium than almonds. So, it’s more powerful than many trendy foods. Today, we are very proud of Rosa de Granville, and we want to continue exploring this field.
The Rosapeptide is the best technology we have developed at Dior to rejuvenate and repair the skin.
We have a lot of proof at different levels: collagen, elastin, epidermal renewal, and barrier function. It’s a long answer to a very direct question – it’s hard to summarize in five minutes because there are too many elements. For each product, we choose the angle we want to emphasize: micronutrients, structure, or function. But the important idea is that Rosa de Granville blooms twice a year and has all the elements to function optimally. The rose itself is static, but it organizes its molecules efficiently – more molecules are produced when there is aggression, so it’s like a little research lab. I think we underestimate plants. We often think more about animals in human terms, but plants are miracles. They adapt to harsh environments, like Normandy, where it’s not easy for a rose to grow. The plant evolves over time to survive, and that resilience is summarized in the flower today. That’s why these flowers are so interesting – they are strong, resilient, and very well-organized.
What are the specificities of the eye area, and common misconceptions?
P: People often think the eye area is just like facial skin. But it’s different. It’s thinner, weaker, and under constant stress from surrounding muscles. The cheek, which is robust and has lots of subcutaneous tissue, presses against the eye skin when we smile. This passive deformation plus the active pressure from the sphincteric muscles makes the eye skin very stressed. It also has fewer sebaceous glands, so it dries out faster. That’s why signs of fatigue and early aging appear first in this area. It needs special formulations and different doses of ingredients to meet these demands. It’s truly eye skin, not just facial skin.
You mentioned that copper transport in the skin can decrease by up to 90% with age. Does this apply to the new eye serum? And how do you overcome this barrier?
V: There is no age target. Maintaining copper levels daily is important for both young and older people. The peptide blend in Rosa de Granville enhances delivery of micronutrients, including copper, into cells. For the eye contour, this is essential, because elastin and collagen degrade with age. The product increases copper transport and the efficiency of skin locks at the same time.
What role can Dior Prestige products play in women’s overall well-being?
P: Self-care always affects well-being. It can be measured scientifically, with controlled studies. Even the act of caring for oneself, independent of ingredients, has an effect. When a product is loved, people use it more regularly, which increases efficacy. Adding a luxurious ritual enhances this further – studies at Dior show that using the product in its original packaging with a full ritual provides more benefit than using the same product in neutral packaging. This creates a positive feedback loop: you feel good, see results, and your mind responds positively.
There’s also evidence that continuous skin care can support mental capacity. One study in China during and after the pandemic showed that elderly people who applied a simple skin lotion daily had less cognitive decline over two years compared to those who didn’t. This is an “outside-in” effect: caring for skin supports overall health. Rosa de Granville is not just for the skin. It encourages self-confidence, motivates regular self-care, and enhances overall mental well-being.
Photos by Johnny Carrano.
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