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.

The drawn Nina bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Nina’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, lime, gardenia, toffee 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, Toffee apple, Apple, 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

Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares lemon, lime, cedar (Atlas cedar), apple and 1 more$380 for 100 ml
Donna Born in Roma Yellow DreamValentino · shares lemon, cedar (Atlas cedar), clean linen and peony$180 for 100 ml
Oud & Bergamot Cologne IntenseJo Malone London · shares lemon, cedar (Atlas cedar), praline and cashmere knit$228 for 100 ml

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