Ralli by Nakuna
Bottle Design:
Jaakko Veijola, Anu Igoni, Illustration: Matti Pikkujämsä
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Ralli 2020

5.9 / 10 13 Ratings
A perfume by Nakuna for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is woody-floral. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody
Floral
Oriental
Leathery
Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
RoseRose CedarwoodCedarwood
Heart Notes Heart Notes
OudOud PatchouliPatchouli SandalwoodSandalwood
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber MuskMusk VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
5.913 Ratings
Longevity
7.49 Ratings
Sillage
7.09 Ratings
Bottle
7.115 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20 · last update on 03/03/2025.
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Interesting Facts
The face of the advertising campaign is Finnish model Olivia Aarnio, photographed by Markus Henttonen.

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Jackpot
Contact form Consumer Protection Center
Name: Gertrude Grau
Subject: Fraudulent Lottery
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Consumer Protection, it seems that I have become a victim of fraud. I will now describe my situation and how I got into this mess.
It all began in the stairwell of our apartment building. When I came home from work on Wednesday evening, it smelled different than usual. Somehow...very sweet.
When I suddenly saw this young...man standing in front of my door, I couldn't believe my eyes. Well, he looked...original. A
pale lad, rather short, of indeterminate age, with thin, white-blond hair and rosy cheeks.
In his hand, he held a large bouquet of plastic roses that still emitted a very intense, artificial rose scent. The flowers were decorated with some kind of pink cotton. Cotton candy?
"Tadaaa!" he exclaimed theatrically, putting on an exaggeratedly enthusiastic smile that made his metal braces flash. While I stared at him in disbelief, he shouted, "Here I am!! Your Finn!"
"Uh, there must be some mistake," I chuckled nervously.
"No!" he cried, now indignant. "No mistake! You entered the lottery and Tadaaa! The grand prize is standing in front of you!" Darkly, I remembered. Pedestrian zone two weeks ago. Those nice young people had approached me, and yes, I had written my personal details on a piece of paper with the heading: "Win a Finn!"
Well, I thought the prize might be a vacation in Finland, Finnish ceramics, or maybe the sponsorship of a Finnish whale... But not this???
Skeptically, I assessed my "grand prize" a little closer... "Is that latex?!" I asked somewhat uncertainly, as he was wearing a tight black suit on his lanky body.
"No, that's rubber! Designed and tailored by myself!" He proudly puffed out his narrow chest and took a hearty bite of a red-and-white candy cane, making it crunch. I could smell the rubber suit, which he had already been sweating in, more than I wanted to. Together with the artificial bouquet, it was a bizarre mix.
"I decorated the bouquet with cotton candy. I'm very creative!" he grinned proudly.
and continued to nibble on his candy cane...
Yes, I could smell that too. And unfortunately, I even smelled the metal of his braces...
"I'm Ralli," he explained confidently.
"By the way, I’m into synthetic. Only synthetic. Something like you," he looked at my organic cotton suit in the style of Ursula von der Leyen with disdain, "I would never wear! For me, everything has to be artificial, so you better get used to it!" Did I win a robot?! Anyway, his smell was really bothering me. When I asked if he could be returned, he burst into tears so loudly that I initially steered clear of that possibility.
The rest of the day, Ralli stuck to me, and the name Kralli would have been much more fitting. His unpleasant scent of
"artificial rose with rubber," sugar, synthetic sweat, braces metal, and, for some reason, pineapple, followed me like a fateful thundercloud throughout the day.
Eventually, I managed to get rid of Ralli. I introduced him to a student who lives on the 3rd floor.
A somewhat plump girl with two braids and the only person I know who, besides Ralli, still wears braces at over twenty. She enthusiastically praised his pleasant scent and invited him to her dorm room for the night. He graciously accepted, saying, "I like women who do something for their appearance!" And with a reproachful sidelong glance at me. Then he magically produced a small bottle from somewhere in his rubber catsuit. It was labeled "Ralli."
"This smells wonderfully synthetic like me, so you won't forget me," he said with a playful wink. I was almost a little touched. "You can pay tomorrow too," he added casually.
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Consumer Protection, please help me!
I am so afraid that Ralli will soon be back at my door. What is the legal situation in such cases?! I would be very, very grateful for a prompt consultation appointment!
Hopeful, yours, Gertrude Grau

The brand Nakuna comes from Finland. Ralli is the only fragrance from this brand that I find terrible. Ralli smells like... Ralli.
(see above). The other Nakuna fragrances I have encountered are not bad. However, I wouldn’t buy any.
Overall, I find the scents to be quite synthetic.
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Leimbacher

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Ralli Naklar
Why does it feel like almost every brand (or thinks it needs to) have a rose-oud fragrance? Isn't the hype starting to run dry? Do the wealthy Saudis on vacation really buy up all sorts of these scents? Aren't there more tricks and twists in this area? Why is this inherently beautiful card often played so blandly and uninspired? Do rose-oud perfumes make such a strong impression at first scent and in the top notes that many testers buy them on the spot? Are the ingredients now so cheap that the profit is quite decent and tempting? Or is the creation itself a small challenge, a pleasure for the nose at the wheel? Who knows, who knows.

In any case, "Ralli" fills this broad niche for Nakuna and combines the usual 1-2 punch with soft, creamy patchouli - delicious and beautiful. But it is indeed very, very, very often already smelled and anything but creative or special. What else is there to write about it - everyone can imagine how this dark red Valentine's Day scent smells. It disappoints not at all and is very usable, very high quality, very decent. But still, I soon fall asleep during the test.

Bottle: fleetingly pretty
Sillage: hefty dark
Longevity: 9 hours were even narrowly exceeded

Conclusion: a pleasing, velvety oud-rose combo - no more, but also no less. Suffers from inflation in its direction.
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5 years ago
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Overly sweet rose with an "oud" blend; the sandalwood pushes the scent towards body odors in, for example, hot weather and winter crap.
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Of course, this brand needs its rose-oud-wood scent, but I definitely don’t need this combination anymore.
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5 years ago
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The sugary sweet rose was planted in a rubber pot and drenched with lots of pineapple juice. Let's see how it develops... Ugh!
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Somehow incense-y oud
Metal
Knocks me out
Gone...
The only one from the brand that's not meant for me.
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Rose Oud in Finnish means cool, clear, sterile, metallic. The scent for a dentist visit.
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Nothing new, but a pleasing standard for a rose-oud scent.
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Ethereal rose meets gentle oud and bright, minimal-earthy patch. No big surprise, but also very easy to wear.
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Rose and oud, a bit leathery. This isn't truly new and unique, but why not from this brand?
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