Nina

Nina Ricci · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2006

≈ $75 · 80ml · approx. retail

A candy-bright fruity floral built around a glistening red-apple accord wrapped in sugared praline and soft peony. It opens with a zesty lemon-lime sparkle and dries down to a clean, lightly woody musk, reading as youthful, sweet and effortlessly cheerful.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringSummerDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Olivier Cresp

French · 30 in collection

A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.

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Jacques Cavallier

French · 16 in collection

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud is a French master perfumer born into a Grasse perfumery dynasty who, since 2012, has served as the in-house nose for Louis Vuitton. Before that he revolutionized modern perfumery with aquatic and designer landmarks, most famously Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey.

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