Nio

Xerjoff launched Nio in 2009 in Eau de Parfum concentration. The composition belongs to the house's Shooting Stars collection and takes its name from the sky rather than from a raw material. It comes in a 50 ml bottle.

The Nio meteorite fell in Yoshiki, Japan, at the end of the nineteenth century. Its fragments were collected in a bamboo grove, and it is this celestial body from outer space that gave its name to Xerjoff's fragrance.

Top

Bergamot opens on a sweet, fresh fruit, enhanced by neroli, a tangy flower with bergamot-like accents. Pepper brings a dry, herbaceous spice, cardamom a spicy freshness, nutmeg a woody warmth nuanced with freshness. Rose, warm, takes on tones of honey and wax.

Heart

At the heart tier, jasmine offers a warm, sweet floral quality, shot through with a wild note. This facet, often attributed to the indole present in jasmine absolute, gives the flower an animalic edge that contrasts with its sweetness.

Base

Cedar evokes the wood of a pencil and retains a resinous nuance. Guaiac wood, smoky and balsamic, extends this woody material, while vetiver combines wood, smoke and earth, echoing its roots, whose essential oil keeps an earthy odor.

Family

The woody character rests on the three base materials, cedar, guaiac and vetiver, drawn from wood or roots. The spicy facet comes from pepper, cardamom and nutmeg; the citrus facet from bergamot, a citrus fruit whose zest is pressed, and from neroli, distilled from bitter orange blossoms.

What the label declares

The declared INCI list includes AQUA, the regulatory name for water. In alcoholic fragrances, water serves as a diluent alongside ethanol and odorant materials; its mention provides no information on the notes of the composition or their proportions.