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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…

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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.

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