Vendor: Nina Ricci
L'Air du Temps Couture Edition
powdery fresh florals with a soft woody spice

fresh flowers with sweet mandarins, soft vanilla
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Nina Ricci Premier Jour comes across as fresh flowers with sweet mandarins, soft vanilla. It opens with sweet pea and mandarin orange, moves into gardenia and orchid and settles on musk, sandalwood and woody notes. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, summer and fall and is a daytime scent. It suits casual days and date nights. Released in 2001.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Around $50.
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Nina Ricci is a French heritage designer house whose 34-piece live range at Scendira is emphatically feminine (29 of 34) with a family split of gourmand (16), fresh (11), floral (3) and woody (2). Top accords read floral, sweet, fruity, fresh and citrus. Prices run $29 to $125, averaging about $59. Standout live picks: L'Air du Temps Parfum (soft florals, honeyed spices, mossy sandalwood; $29.39), the 1948 heritage anchor and still a critical reference for post-war French florals, Les Belles de Ricci Liberty Fizz (sparkling mint and citrus, tomato-leaf garden freshness; $89), Les Belles de Ricci (chilled garden herbs with sweet raspberry fig; $31.90), Nina (1987) (fresh green rose powder, musky moss; $56.53), and Nina Precious Gold (warm vanilla custard with almond and citrus zest; $45.49). L'Air du Temps is the collector reference point.
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It smells like fresh flowers with sweet mandarins, soft vanilla. It opens with sweet pea and mandarin orange, moves into gardenia and orchid and settles on musk, sandalwood and woody notes.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days and date nights.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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