Original Collection

Rima XI Carner 2012

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7.6 / 10 314 Ratings

A popular perfume by Carner for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is spicy-sweet. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Spicy

Sweet

Gourmand

Woody

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Guatemala cardamom

Madagascan pepper

Nana mint

Saffron

Heart Notes

Indian jasmine sambac

Ceylonese cinnamon

Coriander

Indonesian nutmeg

Base Notes

Australian sandalwood

Siam benzoin Amber

Amber

Bourbon vanilla absolute

Virginia cedar Musk

Musk

Perfumer

Sonia Constant

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Ratings

Scent

7.6314 Ratings

Longevity

6.7228 Ratings

Sillage

6.0239 Ratings

Bottle

7.3207 Ratings

Value for money

6.966 Ratings

Submitted by Avelus, last update on 05/21/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Original Collection" collection.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/17/2014

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Tar
261 Reviews

Tar

1

Inimitable shine

„I am the sign of passion” – as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer wrote. Oh yes!

Incredible, inimitable cocoa-mango ice cream, so delicious, so mind-blowingly original, that I could not stop sniffing my skin! A small lime-like freshness is the fundament that grows this amazing fruit-fragrance.

Head is the same on different people (as far as I experienced), but the development depends on body chemistry. On a certain type of skin it is almost lime peel, sour, that white part of the citrus peels that is the most tartish. This kind of metallic drydown is refined and smoothes the wrinkles on my face – but RIMA XI does not show this calm lake to me. On my skin it is much sweeter. Happiness shines through on all layer of lovely scent, sun, afternoon, gardens, family and smiles. So far SAFANAD took me to this secret garden, RIMA XI is the first one, that can follow SAFANAD on this hidden path.

I am grateful to the creator Sonia Constant for the joy that she gave me through RIMA XI. I say thank you to Oloroso for his generosity that made possible me to test this perfume!

04/23/2025

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Vman17
4 Reviews

Vman17

1

Elegant Holiday Eggnog

To my nose this fragrance smells like the most elegant holiday eggnog you could ever imagine. I know that may not sound delightful to some but hear me out. Remember being a kid around holiday time, the sights, the smells, and the food. Every time I spray this fragrance it reminds me of holiday dinners with various holiday drinks at the table full of cinnamon, brown sugar, and spices. It is cozy, elegant, and it feels warming. I love it!

05/20/2024

7
Pricing 9
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 10
Scent

Tamarak92
32 Reviews

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Tamarak92

Helpful Review 10

If Lotus Biscoff cookie had a baby with chai latte

I recently received the manufacturer's sample of Rima XI as a gift from a perfumer. Until then, I was not familiar with this house or any of its perfumes. After reading through the fragrance composition, I have to admit that the scent didn't make me want to test it too much. I imagined something masculine, spicy and tart. Nevertheless, I gave the fragrance a well-deserved chance and didn't let the fragrance pyramid put me off, sprayed a spritz (with my eyes closed and minimal fear) on my wrist and lo and behold...

...what a dream! Yes, it's a spicy fragrance, but it's combined with such a beautiful softness and creaminess that I've never smelled in a fragrance before. It's not a harsh spiciness, but a very gentle spiciness. My mother is probably the most sensitive soul on the planet when it comes to perfume. I hold my arm out to her and say: "Mom, smell this" and she replies: "Oooooh, that's very pleasant! Somehow different".

The first thing that comes to both of our minds is "speculoos spice mix". But, the creamy and very smooth version. The image of a Lotus Biscoff cookie dipped in warm milk comes to mind. Or if Lotus Biscoff Biscuit had a baby with chai latte. Somehow the scent smells edible, but softly creamy at the same time. Although edible, spicy and gourmand, at no point is it too much, too sweet or even a headache candidate. On the contrary, it is cuddly, warm, spicy, yet gentle and simply a treat.

For me personally, the fragrance progression is relatively linear. Cardamom, pepper, cinnamon, jasmine, nutmeg, vanilla, sandalwood and very subtle saffron are equally perceptible to me. This blend was excellently mixed. The ingredients do not compete with each other at any time, but rather underline and support each other. It is a completely harmonious combination. For the colder days, this great fragrance is definitely at the top of my wish list.

02/12/2024

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 3
Sillage 3
Longevity 9
Scent

FrauMieze
76 Reviews

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FrauMieze

Helpful Review 6

Discreet is the right word for Rima XI

I really like Rima XI. BUT... It's beautiful: airy spice winds, soft and gentle, bringing a touch of winter coziness and calm. It also actually has a hint of caramelized popcorn - for 5 minutes. Then the scent evaporates on my skin. After 30 minutes, I no longer smell any of it. Not just the top note, no, nothing at all. The fragrance is as if blown away.

But in the 30 minutes I can also smell some nutmeg, minimal cinnamon, finely interwoven. Where jasmine and the bombastic base notes are supposed to be is not clear to me. I can smell neither vanilla nor benzoin or even amber. These are all ingredients that are normally very perceptible. The woods also remain hidden from me.

Like all Carner fragrances, simply soft, beautiful and caressing, but unlike "Besos", for example, this one is hardly long-lasting.

Maybe it's my skin, who knows. Nevertheless, what I smell here is simply beautiful.

03/16/2025

9
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Ooonidda
25 Reviews

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Ooonidda

6

My casket with little treasures

Did you also have a casket as a child in which you put all kinds of treasures? No gold doubloons or other material treasures, no clever investments in the future, but small things that meant a lot to you when you were little and captured fleeting moments in small things.

That's how I feel about Rima XI. The base of the fragrance is a small wooden box with pretty carvings, no bigger than the palm of your hand and no deeper than a plastic toy soldier. I got the casket from my parents at a flea market. It was my first time there and all the old things on the tables made me feel like an explorer in an old castle. They must all have been the rarest antiques, I thought to myself. Worn by old baronesses and dukes! And so this little casket was a must, a princess would have kept her precious stones in it! The sandalwood is very moderate and I can clearly smell the cedar. Maybe the casket is made of cedar wood, or maybe it's the pine cone that I found on one of my outdoor adventures and put inside. There is also a delicious spiced vanilla cookie next to the pine cone. I dusted off three of them while baking Christmas cookies at a friend's house, ate the first one straight away and brought the second one to my mom, who had to try it - they're the best cookies in the world! But I'm saving the third one, it's so incredibly tasty, if I eat the last one, it's gone forever and then I'll never find anything as delicious again! So I guard it religiously in my casket.

Next, I have a dried sprig of mint in there, complete with flower. The little purple flowers were so pretty, I wanted to keep them forever, and they smelled so good, like Dad's tea! So I've kept the sprig in a book since the summer and now it's completely flat and dried but still gives off the lovely scent, albeit very, very quietly.
Next to the sprig of mint there are also little white flowers in the casket, they are jasmine blossoms that I got on vacation. At night, the little white flowers smelled so wonderful, the scent was everywhere and as heavy as fog just for the nose! You couldn't smell anything during the day... So these magic flowers have to come along too, because they are magical and only release their scent at witching hour... They don't smell so nice now, but I remember their scent exactly! That somehow resonates here... Besides, it's during the day, so it's logical that they don't smell... They certainly smell at night!

The last thing here is a small, green, great-smelling egg, cardamom or cardamong, I don't know, I've forgotten. Anyway, it rattles when you shake it, and if you rub it with your finger, it smells funny, slightly soapy, but also a bit like the great cookie. Maybe it smells like that because of the cookie or maybe the cookie smells like that because of the green cardamom egg? Anyway... Oh, there's another little red hair, that's saffron, I was told. It really is a treasure, it's the most expensive spice in the world! At least that's what Dad said and because it's THE MOST EXPENSIVE spice in the world, it has to go in the treasure chest. Like this