Nina Ricci · 2006 · Olivier Cresp and Jacques Cavallier

Nina

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Toilette

Zesty lemon and lime over toffee apple and creamy gardenia, settling onto cedar and white musk.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Nina’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, lime, gardenia, apple, cedar, white musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Nina, top notes: Lemon, Lime

Heartas it settles

Nina, heart: Gardenia, Apple, Crunchy caramel, Peony, Praline, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Nina, dry-down: Cedar, White musk, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet1 spices

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Oud & Bergamot Cologne IntenseJo Malone London · shares lemon, cedar (Atlas cedar), praline and cashmere knit$228 for 100 ml
Bal d'Afrique AbsoluByredo · shares lemon, cedar (Atlas cedar), praline and cashmere knit$400 for 100 ml
Light BlueDolce & Gabbana · shares lemon, apple, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cashmere knit$116 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.