Nina l'Eau, Nina forever Maria Nielli was born in Turin in 1883. As a child, she was nicknamed Nina. She would marry Luigi Ricci, son of a family of Florentine jewelers, and thus become Nina Ricci.
Nina was born in 2006 from the talents of the master of gourmand fragrances Olivier Cresp. From then on, the fairy-tale fragrance would enjoy incredible success, with Nina selling 1500 bottles a day worldwide. How could one imagine that the magic of Nina would not spread through lovely flankers? This came to pass with Nina l'Elixir, then Nina l'Eau in 2013. Nina l'Eau would be the more feminine, more frosted version, for an even deeper dreamlike world.
A frosted, fragrant whirlwind called Nina l'Eau…
The world of Nina Ricci fragrances has for some years been imbued with a touch of adolescent romanticism as well as a good dose of magic, a magic meant to evoke that delicate age between childhood and womanhood. Nina, composed by Olivier Cresp, was thus entirely created to answer the desires of teenage girls. Gourmand, very gourmand, Nina is also very sensual. A sensuality that would, moreover, be finely explored in Nina l'Elixir a few years later.
As for Nina l'Eau, Olivier Cresp did not set out to particularly highlight the sensuality or gourmand character of the original bottle, these facets having already been explored in previous flankers. Nina l'Eau is much more a fresh, even icy version, as the house puts it, of Nina. Yet despite this intense freshness, Olivier Cresp also created for this Nina l'Eau a more womanly, less childlike world that plays with coolness to become more enveloping, and more floral as well.
The wind of youth, brisk, light and sensual. Nina Ricci for Nina l'Eau.
Nina l'Eau, a fragrance for women
Nina, the original bottle composed by Olivier Cresp in 2006, being especially a fragrance centered on gourmand notes. Indeed, while Nina opened on citrus top notes, we were quickly carried into sweet hearts of apple, raspberry and strawberry notes paired with delicate flowers, before ending our journey in addictive, even slightly nostalgic, pralines and vanillas.
For Nina l'Eau, only the apple was kept, a signature apple of the Nina fragrance range, but the fruity, very sweet gourmand notes were set aside in favor of cherry and blackcurrant notes, deeper red fruits, also aimed at older women.
This maturity of Nina l'Eau is also shaped by the emphasis given to floral and fresh notes. Indeed, the top notes of Nina l'Eau are heavily accentuated by the presence of numerous different citrus notes: bergamot, lemon, orange… A marine note also appears for the first time in a Nina fragrance.
Finally, the gardenia and neroli heart asserts itself especially strongly in this Nina l'Eau, as if to better display the contrast between the icy top notes and the warm light of the exotic flowers. Powerful contrasts that, once again, are aimed at women of assertive femininity, unlike Nina, which is more intended for young girls.
In this new installment, Nina becomes more sensual, mysterious and liberated. Nina Ricci for Nina l'Eau.