Ricci Ricci

In 2009, Nina Ricci announced rhubarb zest, bergamot, four o’clock flower, tuberose, centifolia rose, patchouli and sandalwood. Osmoz places rose, tuberose and a night-blooming flower at the center of the fragrance, and describes it as sparkling, fruity, floral, lush and spicy.

Rhubarb and bergamot at the top

Rhubarb zest and bergamot open the house’s list, and the house describes a fresh fragrance. For Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon, the same team of perfumers lifted this rhubarb with raspberry and ginger, without touching the flowers of the heart.

Four o’clock flower, tuberose and rose in the heart

The four o’clock flower, which only opens once night has fallen, is for the house the central ingredient of the heart; tuberose and centifolia rose surround it. Osmoz sees in these night flowers and in the tuberose the spicy side of Ricci Ricci.

Patchouli and sandalwood in the base

Patchouli and sandalwood close the house’s list and form the base. Osmoz describes a sensual trail dressed with a slightly gourmand touch, which it attributes to ethyl maltol; Puig, for its part, speaks of a very gourmand fragrance.

What stays outside the declared accord

Ethyl maltol, a sweet molecule that Osmoz names for this gourmand touch, stays in the prose, as do raspberry and ginger, specific to Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon and absent from the 2009 announcement.