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Nina Ricci L’Air du Printemps ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 27 January 2009 20 Comments

Nina Ricci L'Air du PrintempsNina Ricci will launch L'Air du Printemps, a new limited edition springtime flanker for their iconic L'Air du Temps fragrance, this coming March.

L'Air du Printemps was developed by perfumer Olivier Cresp, and retains the fresh facets of the original while adding a more powdery and sensual aspect with "modern and crystalline notes". The fragrance notes include pear, cédrat, cristalline floral accord, rose, jasmine, frangipani, sandalwood, cedar and skin musk.

Nina Ricci L'Air du Printemps will be available in 100 ml Eau de Toilette. (via vogue.fr, odftp, levif.be)

See also: L'Air du Temps Colombes Couleur / Coloured Doves (2006), L'Eau du Temps (2007).

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: flanker, limited edition, nina ricci, olivier cresp

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  1. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 12:01 pm

    ohh you had me at “powdery” sounds lovely.

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  2. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 12:23 pm

    the bottle looks Escada-ish but still lovely.

    Am looking for a fresh sparkling spring fragrance and am getting no joy. This may be it! Am a sucker for anything with frangipani and/or freesia!

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  3. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 7:29 pm

    It might be — hope I'll get to try it!

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  4. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 7:29 pm

    LOL — I'm looking to never buy anything again, and I'm getting no joy either ;-)

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  5. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 8:55 pm

    The original L'Air du Temps is one of those fragrances…I've never liked it, and yet I keep trying it. I kind of want a bottle because it's cheap and, well, dry, and sometimes I want something “not sweet.” I don't like it, but I want it. Is this nuts?

    At any rate, I'm sure I'll give this a sniff when I run across it.

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  6. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 9:06 pm

    I think you want to want it. I feel that way about many things. I personally want to want a NIna Ricci fragrance, but do not yet want one in particular. Perhaps if the original is dry, I do actually want it, but just don't know it yet.

    Sorry, it's late, after a long day.

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  7. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 9:18 pm

    Well, you know what? You nailed it. Plus, I just looked it up over on Makeupalley, and apparently the LdT testers at drugstores, etc. have sometimes gone off a bit. I know the Ulta where I've tried it sometimes has old testers that have gone “off.” So next time I get a chance I'll try it at a high end dept. store. Maybe a fresh bottle would make the difference.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 11:37 pm

    Damselfly, it's funny…you never hear about anybody chasing down vintage L'Air du Temps, but the old stuff must be so much better than what they're selling now.

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    • oopsfauxpas says:
      9 January 2010 at 3:32 pm

      you can find the “original recipe” w/little problem on EBAY. i am not a seller, i’m a devotee.
      sometimes there’s a glut; sometimes it’s not there. but shop around for it on ebay, and NEVER — i repeat, never, get the spray. there is always some dry remnant in the atomizer, and the result is something like rancid orange juice and something i’d rather not name in print.
      shop for “vintage l’air du temps,” or “vintage perfumes.” it is glorious stuff. the new versions aren’t worth the soap & h2o you’ll go thru to get them off as quickly as possible.

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  9. Anonymous says:
    27 January 2009 at 11:38 pm

    LOL…adding that I must be very tired…now I can't see how that relates to your original comment at all.

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  10. Anonymous says:
    28 January 2009 at 12:45 am

    Well, that's certainly no worse than wanting something you don't actually like! I never liked Wind Song, either, but every time I'm at the grocery store I have to stop myself from buying a bottle. Maybe it's nostalgia I'm after.

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  11. Anonymous says:
    28 January 2009 at 1:01 pm

    A bit of nostalgia can't hurt now & then if it's cheap!

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  12. Anonymous says:
    30 January 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Purty, purty. I never cared for L'Air du temp..too boring? This is another I'm tempted to buy unsniffed. What for god's sake, is a crystalline note? or cedrat? Too much cedar would be the only deal breaker for me.

    -Becca with lust in my heart

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  13. Anonymous says:
    30 January 2009 at 3:33 pm

    And by the way…Doesn't that bottle look like it could go on top of a wedding cake?

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  14. Anonymous says:
    31 January 2009 at 10:32 am

    Cedrat is a kind of citrus. Crystalline presumably is some “special effect”, but can't say exactly what it will mean here.

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  15. Anonymous says:
    31 January 2009 at 10:41 am

    Yes!

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  16. oopsfauxpas says:
    9 January 2010 at 3:36 pm

    the original is usually available on ebay, under health and beauty.
    then type in vintage l’air du temps, or vintage perfumes.
    never ever ever get spray, always get the splash. the atomizer is never clear, and the result is something no human ever wants to smell, much less wear.
    why hasn’t anyone been here in a year? i’m always behind the times.
    get the splash, and get edp rather than edt if you want staying power. if you just want to try it first, edt is usually cheaper.

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    • Robin says:
      9 January 2010 at 4:04 pm

      This was a spring flanker last year, and nobody has commented since it was announced. Thanks for the info about vintage L’Air du Temps though!

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      • oopsfauxpas says:
        9 January 2010 at 5:01 pm

        thanks. what the hades is a flanker? where am i, i never do this kind of thing?
        where do i go to get into a conversation that hasn’t already happened?
        thanks again.

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        • Robin says:
          9 January 2010 at 7:00 pm

          If you want to talk to people, comment on recent articles (click on home at the bottom menu to see today’s posts). You can find a definition of flanker here:

          https://nstperfume.com/perfume-glossary/

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