Ricci Ricci is a perfume that was created in 2009 and is now among the most celebrated fragrances of the Nina Ricci house. It embodies the image of an urban woman, contemporary, sensual and mysterious.
The world of haute couture and perfumery at Nina Ricci is distinguished by an evident desire for color and cheerfulness, which, particularly before 2009 and after L'Air du Temps, were mostly found in perfumes aimed at young women. With Ricci Ricci, the perfumers composed a more “adult” fragrance while remaining just as joyful, offering olfactory novelties still unprecedented in perfumery.
Ricci Ricci, or the olfactory portrait of a modern and playful woman by Aurélien Guichard and Jacques Huclier
Cœur Joie and then L'Air du Temps, composed in 1948 by Francis Fabron, the two fragrances of the house of Nina Ricci, definitively marked it with the stamp of light, floral lightness, entirely in keeping with the feminine desires of the time. From then on, Nina Ricci would offer magnificent perfumes, both joyful and romantic, delivering flowers and delicate scents to a devoted public. However, over the years, the house addressed an increasingly younger audience and wished to win back women of all ages with Ricci Ricci.
Ricci Ricci was composed by Aurélien Guichard and Jacques Huclier with the aim of allowing every woman to embrace this cheerful and floral composition while remaining gourmand and original. Aurélien Guichard thus combined his innate sense of grasping what women want with Jacques Huclier's seasoned skill in showcasing unprecedented scents. A lengthy undertaking which, according to one of the perfumers, took much longer to find its final form compared to other perfumes.
The development time of a beautiful perfume can range from nine months to sometimes more than two years. That was the case for Ricci Ricci. Jacques Huclier on Ricci Ricci.
In any case, this meticulous development allowed for the creation of a Ricci Ricci that would renew the gourmand genre by giving it a more adult and more sensual dimension, without losing the timeless charm and cheerfulness of Nina Ricci fragrances.
The Four o'clock flower and other magical flowers for a miraculous, floral-gourmand Ricci Ricci…
I am naturally very curious about new scents. Ricci Ricci, for example, was created from the four o'clock flower, a flower with a bewitching scent (it can be smelled in the streets of towns in the South of France, in summer). Jacques Huclier, creator of Ricci Ricci alongside Aurélien Guichard.
Thus, the beautiful, fragrant Ricci Ricci lady is enhanced by a precious heart built around the mysterious flower of fleeting beauty, the four o'clock flower, paired for the occasion with a centifolia rose. The top notes of Ricci Ricci are nonetheless not lacking in originality, offering a sparkling and green accord built around rhubarb and bergamot.
The evident modernity of Ricci Ricci does not, however, make it forget that a perfume must also be as sensual as the woman for whom it is intended. The warmth of patchouli and sandalwood thus adds its very femme fatale sillage to the daring top and heart accords of Ricci Ricci.