Sunday 10 November 2013

Nina Ricci fragrances and limited edition fragrances in general!

I'm a bit obsessed with perfume at the minute. I have my eye on all things Nina Ricci as I am in love with the Ricci Ricci perfume my sister bought me a while ago as a birthday gift.
The bottle is gorgeous. The scent is even nicer with top notes of rhubarb and bergamot; heart notes of moonflower, Indian tuberose and Centifolia rose and base notes of sandalwood and patchouli.
It is sweet and bitter at the same time. It is quite a heavy and mature scent. I would definitely recommend it.



Even though I have had this for a while I have now got it into my head that I need all of the other fragrances in the range. The fragrance was first launched in 2009.
This fragrance, Dancing Ribbons, first launched in 2010, has an equally gorgeous bottle.



I really want this. I was a bit concerned that one of the notes in this is ginger as I find that it can be too harsh for me, but a lot of the reviews I have read say that it doesn't dominate the fragrance and it is not too harsh or overpowering so hopefully I'll love it as much as the gorgeous bottle.
The top notes are listed as ginger, raspberry and rhuburb; the heart notes are tuberose and rose; the base notes are sandalwood and patchouli so it has quite a similar composition to the original, Ricci Ricci.

The 2011 release, which I hope to add to my collection very soon, was this Reflets Mysterieux (which translates to Mysterious Reflections).

Another gorgeous bottle and a similar composition.
Its top notes offer rhubarb accords.The heart notes are Centifolia rose and moonflower and the base closes with a sensual and elegant patchouli trail.

There was another fragrance added to the collection in 2012, Mademoiselle Ricci, which seems to move away from the original composition in favour of something a bit different. This fragrance has top notes of wild rose and pink pepper; heart notes of nerium oleander, rose hip and laurels and base notes of white wood and musk.

2013's summer release was Mademoiselle Ricci L'Eau, which came in a pink frosted bottle.


This offering has notes of rose, peony and lychee.
I have been looking for this fragrance, but cannot find it to buy anywhere on the internet, which seems ridiculous as it was only released this summer.


On the subject of fragrances that are difficult to find, I have been wanting Vera Wang Flower Princess for ages now. I have all of the other Princess fragrances in the range, but Flower Princess was first released back in 2006, the same year as the original Princess was launched and was available as limited edition world-wide, while permanently available to the Asian market.
On Friday I was browsing www.allbeauty.com, formerly known as cheapsmells.com and they are selling the 100ml bottle of Flower Princess for just £34.00.
I was over the moon and my other half kindly offered to purchase it for me there and then so I am very excited about it arriving in the post in the next few days. It'll be great to finally complete the set.



There are a few other fragrances, which I really want, but you can't buy anywhere. There is Cacharel Amor Amor In A Flash, which came out at the beginning of 2013, but by the end it is nowhere to be found.



There is also Marc Jacobs Daisy Silver edition, which was released back in 2009, but is now impossible to buy.


There are loads of DKNY fragrances that I'd love to own too, but they are impossible to find limited editions.


A lot of them are only from last year or the year before and they're no longer available.
It's annoying how limited the limited editions are these days. I hope I manage to find a few of these to add to my collection.

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