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L'Air du Temps Couture Edition(2008)

Nina Ricci · Nina Ricci in-house perfumers · Floral

At a glance

A couture-line edition of Nina Ricci's historic L'Air du Temps, sharing Francis Fabron's original 1948 bergamot-rose-rosewood-peach opening and gardenia-clove-violet-orchid heart with its established iris-musk-cedar-amber base, presented in elevated packaging.

Did you know? This scent's iris note took years to become usable, freshly dug iris rhizomes are nearly odorless until aged. Read the full story →

Brand

Nina Ricci

Perfumer

Nina Ricci in-house perfumers

Launched

2008

Family

Floral

L'Air du Temps Couture Edition is a fragrance from Nina Ricci, released in 2008 and composed by Nina Ricci in-house perfumers. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot, Rose, Rosewood, and Peach, moves into a heart of Gardenia, Clove, Violet, and Orchid, and settles into a base of Iris, Musk, Cedarwood, and Amber.

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