A popular scent that has been the topic of many threads here at Basenotes, Nina Ricci's SIGNORICCI is by far one of the most beautiful citrus scents I've encountered. A staple of mine when first discovered about 10 years ago, a bottle has always managed to be present in my wardrobe, and this summer I once again enjoyed the perfection of this timeless scent.
ImaginationPerfumery.com writes
Launched in 1965 by designer Nina Ricci, this masculine cologne for men has an attitude and personality like no other. The ingredients used to compose this fragrance like Haitian Vetiver and Exotic Woods make it an
extraordinary, charming, captivating scent.
FRAGRANCE NOTES - Mandarin, Petitgrain, Sage, Alpine Lavender, Haitian Vetiver, Exotic Woods, Oak Moss.
Both Osmoz.com and Imagination list a different array of notes for this scent, but here's the lowdown. A citrus opening that doesn't remind me of bathroom cleaner, that gives way to a fresh herbal middle that is slightly green, ending in a light trail of white woods (I *think* birch or cedar and sandalwood) and vetiver that lasts and lasts and lasts.
To me this scent is a breath of quiet sophistication that no other fragrance manages to capture. As easily worn with shorts and sandals as with a business suit, I feel it is also extremely versatile...and considering that it was created 40 years ago, let me add one more adjective - timeless.
The scent has been rebottled, and is available at Imaginationperfumery.com for $42.99 for a 3.4 oz edt spray, and worth every penny.
How does this compare with scents like Creed MI or Annick Goutal's Hadrien?
Signoricci is primarily a citrus scent, but the warmer wood notes and vetiver in the base (and by the way, I'm not a vetiver fan, and here, the note is barely detectable as it merges harmoniously with the other basenotes) provide depth and fullness that other scents don't have. Where Eau d'Hadrien stops at being a lemon scent, and has trouble lasting on my skin, and Creed's citrus scents usually offer a complex millesime base, Signoricci is so much more, offering a more complete composition and a gentle, comforting warmth in the basenotes. Every time I wear it, I feel relaxed and comfortable.
What's the difference between Ricci Club and Signoricci?
Ricci Club was one of the first oceanic scents of the late 80's, and is much more about the fresher notes juxtaposed against a woodsy base. Though similar in composition, and close in the drydown, I find Ricci Club to be sweeter, perhaps due to the addition of grapefruit and marine in the topnotes and cinnamon in the middle. Signoricci is smoother and lighter.
marlen
ImaginationPerfumery.com writes
Launched in 1965 by designer Nina Ricci, this masculine cologne for men has an attitude and personality like no other. The ingredients used to compose this fragrance like Haitian Vetiver and Exotic Woods make it an
extraordinary, charming, captivating scent.
FRAGRANCE NOTES - Mandarin, Petitgrain, Sage, Alpine Lavender, Haitian Vetiver, Exotic Woods, Oak Moss.
Both Osmoz.com and Imagination list a different array of notes for this scent, but here's the lowdown. A citrus opening that doesn't remind me of bathroom cleaner, that gives way to a fresh herbal middle that is slightly green, ending in a light trail of white woods (I *think* birch or cedar and sandalwood) and vetiver that lasts and lasts and lasts.
To me this scent is a breath of quiet sophistication that no other fragrance manages to capture. As easily worn with shorts and sandals as with a business suit, I feel it is also extremely versatile...and considering that it was created 40 years ago, let me add one more adjective - timeless.
The scent has been rebottled, and is available at Imaginationperfumery.com for $42.99 for a 3.4 oz edt spray, and worth every penny.
How does this compare with scents like Creed MI or Annick Goutal's Hadrien?
Signoricci is primarily a citrus scent, but the warmer wood notes and vetiver in the base (and by the way, I'm not a vetiver fan, and here, the note is barely detectable as it merges harmoniously with the other basenotes) provide depth and fullness that other scents don't have. Where Eau d'Hadrien stops at being a lemon scent, and has trouble lasting on my skin, and Creed's citrus scents usually offer a complex millesime base, Signoricci is so much more, offering a more complete composition and a gentle, comforting warmth in the basenotes. Every time I wear it, I feel relaxed and comfortable.
What's the difference between Ricci Club and Signoricci?
Ricci Club was one of the first oceanic scents of the late 80's, and is much more about the fresher notes juxtaposed against a woodsy base. Though similar in composition, and close in the drydown, I find Ricci Club to be sweeter, perhaps due to the addition of grapefruit and marine in the topnotes and cinnamon in the middle. Signoricci is smoother and lighter.
marlen
