Mémoire d'Homme
Nina Ricci · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2002
≈ $50 · 50ml · approx. retail
Mémoire d'Homme is a 2002 woody chypre for men by Christine Nagel and Rosendo Mateu, opening with licorice and grapefruit over a spicy ginger heart and a resinous amber-myrrh base. It leans into a darker, more resinous register than Nina Ricci's earlier men's fragrances.
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Swiss · 37 in collection
Christine Nagel is a Swiss perfumer who has been the sole in-house perfumer and director of olfactive creation at Hermes since 2016, succeeding Jean-Claude Ellena; before Hermes she trained at Firmenich and created acclaimed work for Narciso Rodriguez, Dior and Jo Malone London.
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