Nina Silky Snow

For Nina Eau de Toilette, the house publishes a three-tier pyramid: lemon and lime at the top; gardenia and candy apple at the heart; cedarwood and white musks at the base.

It likens the top citrus notes to a sparkling frosted cocktail. The gardenia, it writes, wraps like a silky ribbon around the indulgence of a crunchy candy apple, while cedar and white musks form a soft base.

To present the collector’s edition, Nina Ricci sums up the fragrance in two notes, candy apple and lemon, which carry Nina’s gourmand, fresh character.

What the label declares

After alcohol, fragrance and water, the ingredient list declares eight components: limonene, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, citral, coumarin, eugenol, benzyl benzoate and benzyl alcohol. These are allergens that European regulations require to be listed above a certain threshold.