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New York(1989)

Nicolai Parfumeur Createur · Patricia de Nicolai

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Created by Patricia de Nicolai, New York opens on Amalfi lemon, bergamot, thyme, and artemisia, moves through a heart of lavender, cinnamon, and cloves, and closes on vanilla, incense, civet, and castoreum, offering a dense, animalic oriental among the earliest compositions in her independent house's catalog, launched the same year she founded it.

Did you know? This scent's castoreum note comes from a beaver gland secretion — once also used as a legal vanilla flavoring. Read the full story →
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New York is a fragrance from Nicolai Parfumeur Createur, released in 1989 and composed by Patricia de Nicolai. It opens with Amalfi Lemon, Bergamot, Thyme, and Artemisia, moves into a heart of Lavender, Cinnamon, Cloves, and Chamomile, and settles into a base of Vanilla, Incense, Civet, Styrax, Castoreum, and Musk.

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Top notes
Amalfi LemonBergamotThymeArtemisia
Heart notes
LavenderCinnamonClovesChamomile
Base notes
VanillaIncenseCivetStyraxCastoreumMusk
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● drafted · last checked 2026-07-19