Reviews

Nina

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 29, 2026

Nina: A candy apple just waiting to be bitten into! How do you follow up on the house's bestseller, L'Air du Temps, the Nina Ricci fragrance for sweet, romantic women? The answer is to keep offering them the same dreamlike, romantic universe while modernizing the fragrances

It was in 1932 that Nina Ricci founded her fashion house in the heart of Paris, embodying French elegance around the world ever since. Her secret? Crafting perfectly tailored garments from the finest fabrics, giving rise to collections that were always highly feminine and refined. Then, following that same philosophy, Nina Ricci developed her first perfumes. In 2006, the house gave birth to the Eau de Toilette Nina, an enchanting escape designed for twenty-first-century women. Regarded as an olfactory fairy tale, this perfume has won a great many devotees around the world. Here is our review of it.

What critics say

Nina, a heroine in an enchanted world

If Nina enjoys such success, it is because it is an Eau de Toilette with a universe all its own. Both visually and olfactorily, Nina has the power to reveal the enchantment that lies dormant within every woman. Her beauty is at once innocent, while her smile is beguiling and her gaze fascinating. Nina seems to draw its source from a novel that begins with once upon a time. It tells us a story, real or imagined… No matter! It is ideally designed to invite daydreaming and bring positive energy into everyday life.

The Nina Ricci perfume, a deliciously floral and fruity nectar

On the scent side, Nina plunges us into a genuine wave of gourmand character. It all begins with the bright freshness of Calabrian lemon paired with a sharper lime. These two citrus notes make the senses sparkle and pave the way for a more gourmand note of sweet praline. This is joined by peony and candy apple. Thus, Nina takes us back into our childhood memories and evokes the delightful feeling of wonder at a fairground. Thoroughly romantic, this perfume lights up with white musk. Gradually, cedar comes in to structure the whole, giving this fragrance a more mysterious, enigmatic side. All the facets of femininity are thus enchantingly evoked. Nina is a perfume for a dreamy city woman. Synonymous with beauty and poetry, this elixir plunges us headlong into a dreamlike universe.

Nina and its iconic apple-shaped bottle

That said, it would be incomplete to discuss the Nina perfume without mentioning its apple-shaped bottle. This is inspired by the forbidden fruit and suggests that this perfume is infinitely tempting. Colored a soft pink, the Nina apple is meant to be very feminine. At its top sit a few silver-lacquered leaves, for a more modern, shimmering effect. The result is a visual that condenses temptation and lightness. Do not be fooled by its seemingly gentle appearance: in reality, the Nina apple holds an extraordinarily powerful force, capturing women's hearts since 2006.