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Ricci Ricci Nina Ricci 2009

7.1 / 10 110 Ratings

A perfume by Nina Ricci for women, released in 2009. The scent is fruity-floral. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Fruity

Floral

Sweet

Powdery

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Rhubarb

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Rose

Tuberose

Angel's trumpet

Base Notes

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Perfumers

Aurélien Guichard, Jacques Huclier

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Ratings

Scent

7.1110 Ratings

Longevity

7.383 Ratings

Sillage

6.576 Ratings

Bottle

8.198 Ratings

Value for money

8.215 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 09/15/2023.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is Canadian model Jessica Stam.

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/09/2012

5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 5
Scent

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

2

Not nearly as seductive as the advertising campaign

Rhubarb and rose can be beautiful when blended together and fine examples of this can be found in Tocca's Brigitte and Burberry's Brit Red. Unfortunately in Ricci Ricci the sugary and jammy berry-like notes makes this fragrance more of a teen fruity floral rather than an exotically sensual spiced floral.

It's perhaps not as sweet as the previous Nina, with Ricci Ricci being much darker and richer, and minus the apple note. I get an odd berry-flavoured bubblegum scent in the opening which rounds out to jam, then an earthy fruity and patchouli blend.

Apparently this fragrance is sexy, and I guess in some ways you could call it that. I know I won't be wearing this around my man anytime soon, but I'm sure young girls all over the world are loving this stuff right now.

Surprisingly I do not smell the tuberose or the rose note whatsoever, yet I do believe the rose may feature alongside the rhubarb and the jam note creating a tart-like finish in the heart.

The scent is dark, but not nearly as gothic and raunchy as the advertisement seems to suggest. I still think this is an appropriate scent for young girls, although on my 20 year old skin it felt incredibly wrong, with my friend commenting that I smelt like a jam factory.

Such a shame that I couldn't like this fragrance. The lasting power and the cute bottle made it good, but just not good enough.

02/07/2014

7.5
Bottle 5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Karinoula
82 Reviews

Karinoula

Helpful Review 2

Sweet sexy spicy

This is indeed a very sexy perfume, very long lasting with a pretty bottle too. I was very pleased to add this gem to my perfume collection as I prefer oriental, spicy and gothic perfumes. Best for winter but also suitable for a cool summer night while on vacation. Ricci Ricci is just a pleasant surprise, try it!!! p.s. it reminds me a lot of PR xs l'excess edp only less sweet.

03/21/2017

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 5.5
Scent

Bcars10
90 Reviews

Bcars10

1

Great bottle, great scent

This is fantastic! I blind bought Ricci Ricci because the bottle is completely adorable. I also just knew I had to try it, and that I'd probably like it, and I do. It's a keeper!

I will say that I don't really enjoy it until it has been on for about 45 minutes. The top notes are odd to me, meaning that I don't really get the rhubarb. My family used to grow and eat rhubarb, and that isn't what I'm getting here. What I do get that is odd is a "Tootsie Roll" vibe. Luckily, this is not a linear perfume, and soon that Tootsie Roll smell is gone and the tuberose shines through. Still a great balance between sweet and sour. In the end, the patchouli comes plowing to the forefront and kind of takes over. For whatever reason, my chemistry melds really well with patchouli, which surprises me. I cannot stand the smell of straight up patchouli, but within a perfume, it works!

Another thing about this perfume is that--to me--the smell gets stronger over time! At first, it's light and fresh (albeit redolent of Tootsie Rolls) and then it just blooms and explodes all over the place! I can't really rate the sillage; it amps up. Longevity is there 6+ hours, but I wish it were longer because I feel that I need to reapply it halfway through the day.

Overall, well done by Nina Ricci. It's great to see that they have not lost their touch. I can see myself reaching for this over and over again, especially as we are going into spring and summer.

10/11/2022

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 9
Longevity 5
Scent

Kohaku
15 Reviews

Kohaku

2

A Learning Experience

I must first admit that I am still quite new to appreciating fragrances. As I don't personally know many fragrance enthusiasts, I'm learning the most from books, blogs, and various websites. I found Ricci Ricci sharp and medicinal at first, I was quite disappointed. The bottle is so adorable, the color so deep and pretty, I expected to love it at first sniff. I've only recently learned about the amount of time it takes each layer of a fragrance to bloom/develop, and this has helped me to understand this fragrance so that I can truly see if I enjoy it. The first burst has the astringent bergamot, but it seems to be only the pith. Combined with the tart rhubarb it's too spicy for my taste. Here is where I learned I had to have a little patience to realize this evaporates after just a minute or two. After that, a nice rose enters, wrapped around powdery white flowers. If there is tuberose, it doesn't show up as strongly as most tuberose scents do; it's understated. Together they are so pleasant, and feminine. After another 30 minutes or so, the patchouli edges in, and eventually somewhat rudely demands the stage, but the sandalwood refuses to be upstaged. The sandalwood effectively prevents the patchouli from stealing the thunder, and this ultimately dries down to a nice, if a little dry woody scent. It has indeed grown on me enough that I will keep it, especially since learning it has been discontinued.

11/21/2020

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Traubenkern
9 Reviews

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Traubenkern

7

beautiful memories

At that time I bought a small sample in a perfumery (yes, I bought it. That was a sample, which you normally get for free but yes...)
it was winter, we went to the shopping mall, and afterwards we went to party.
It remains forever a beautiful and special fragrance for me. To be honest, I have never smelled a similar perfume Awww, that's one of the few I always want in my collection.

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