Ricci Ricci Nina Ricci 2009

Now I have a perfume in my hands for the first time that I can't relate to,
but it's also the first one that I didn't buy for myself, but received as a gift...
Well, I do receive perfumes as gifts from time to time, but under specific guidelines or from people who know what I wear...
As I said, the first impression is children's shampoo, one for long-haired girls, fruity, sweet, cheerful, for the Hello Kitty girls.

Maybe the rhubarb is throwing me off, since I don't particularly like fruity scents anyway; it smells unnatural, not as sour as rhubarb usually does.
Datura, rose, tuberose, are for me sensual and erotic, but I can't really recognize that here,
it's playful, frilly, girlish - more of a feel-good scent than a seducer...
Maybe I'm just too old for this?

Only after hours, the sillage is huge, and the longevity is hardly unbeatable, when the playful chaos has calmed down,
and the soft patchouli and gentle sandalwood have taken over,
this scent lingers for hours, caressingly soft, cuddly, and quite
grown-up, and then I have indeed succumbed to its charm
and then it fits me too...