Surprise! Rihanna Is the New Face of This Super-Iconic 1999 Dior Fragrance

When we think of Rihanna, we think of her multi-hyphenate status. She’s a singer-songwriter. She’s a businesswoman. (do Fenty Beauty, Fenty Hair, and Savage X Fenty ring a bell?) She’s also a certified pop culture icon. Now, she has another role to add to her résumé. She’s the new face of a super-iconic perfume that first hit the market in 1999—Dior’s J’adore Eau de Parfum.

If you’re like us, you associate J’adore with the perfume’s longtime muse, Charlize Theron, and that’s for good reason. Theron was the face of the fragrance for 20 years. We can see the iconic commercial now. Theron, dripping in a slinky gold gown, saunters toward the camera…