Nina
Nina by Nina Ricci is a feminine-leaning eau de toilette from 2006 in the designer price tier. It opens with lime, lemon and apple, moves into peony, praline and vanilla and dries down to white musk, cedarwood and amber. Expect around 6 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Lime Sharper and greener than lemon. Reads a bit tropical, a bit barbershop.
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
- Apple Crunchy and tart or soft and red, depending on the treatment.
Heart
- Peony Pink, watery and slightly peppery. Modern and inoffensive.
- Praline Caramelised nuts. Sweet, toasty and very moreish.
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
Dry-down
- White Musk Clean, soft, laundry-like. The 'smells like nothing but better' note.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
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