L'Air du Temps À Paris chez Antoinette Poisson. Nina Ricci 2022 Eau de Toilette

First things first - how beautiful is this bottle? This romantic interpretation of the already very successful l'Air du Temps bottle perfectly matches my taste. When I saw that the fragrance notes also aligned with my preferences, I was in seventh fragrance heaven and nothing stood in the way of a blind purchase.

After a zesty-bitter start, the scent quickly reveals its honey-sweet orange blossom heart on my skin. The heart and base notes form a beautifully creamy and soft unity, with the orange blossom and honey definitely dominating over the mimosa and tonka bean.

If the scent were a color, it would be a rich, sunlit bright amber. Warm and golden yellow and inviting.

Overall, the scent impression, once it settles, is very sweet and surprisingly dense. However, the perfume never becomes intrusive or annoying. Rather, it envelops you in a fairy-like aura - despite its strong presence.

To describe the scent, one could throw around numerous beautiful adjectives - delightful, lovely, enchanting, captivating...
However, I think an additional woody or subtly smoky accord in the base would have crowned the fragrance. An extra note that would have softened the sweetness a bit and given it a little twist, a bit more profile.
I do like the fragrance as it is - in its honey-sweet loveliness - very much. However, for this almost narcotic sweetness, I personally need to be in the right mood. When I am, the scent caresses me all the more beautifully.

Addendum: Unfortunately, the scent is ultimately too sweet for me and must therefore move on, which is a shame for the pretty bottle.