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Parfums de Nicolai Kiss Me Tender ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 26 October 2010 44 Comments

Parfums de Nicolaï has launched Kiss Me Tender, a new floriental fragrance for women:

A scent that takes you from vanilla to aniseed, via almonds and freshly-cut hay: truly an olfactory journey.

Additional notes include orange blossom, jasmine, ylang ylang, heliotrope, clove, woods and musk.

Parfums de Nicolaï Kiss Me Tender is available in 30 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum, and can be found now at Beautyhabit. (via beautyhabit, additional information via osmoz)

Update: see a review of Parfums de Nicolaï Kiss Me Tender.

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  1. gvillecreative says:
    26 October 2010 at 8:09 am

    Super excited! I just ordered this yesterday from BH! I read on one of the other blogs that it’s in a similar group as several of my other favorite PdNs, including Week-end a Deauville and (MDCI’s) Un Coeur en Mai.

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    • Robin says:
      26 October 2010 at 9:21 am

      Hope you’ll love it!

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  2. flittersniffer says:
    26 October 2010 at 8:20 am

    This sounds very pretty – a bit like JM Vanilla & Anise, perhaps? I haven’t yet found a PdN I absolutely love, so am curious to try this one.

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    • Tara says:
      26 October 2010 at 8:26 am

      I did not find it much like JM Vanilla & Anise, which I thought was kind of loud. At least to me, this PdN is much more delicate and subtle.

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      • Robin says:
        26 October 2010 at 9:21 am

        Intrigued. Don’t think i found the JM loud.

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        • Tara says:
          26 October 2010 at 9:43 am

          Well, in JM Vanilla & Anise I thought that the Anise was very overpowering, almost to the point of a scrubber. So while maybe it wasn’t loud per se, for me it was screaming Anise 😉

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          • Robin says:
            26 October 2010 at 9:48 am

            Yeah, other people said that too. I love anise…you’d be hard pressed to make it too strong for me!

          • boojum says:
            26 October 2010 at 12:55 pm

            Too bad you couldn’t give me some of the anise… I got screaming vanilla instead. It was flat-out dull.

  3. Tara says:
    26 October 2010 at 8:24 am

    I was lucky enough to win a sample from Denyse at Grain de Musc. It is really nice!!

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    • Robin says:
      26 October 2010 at 9:22 am

      Thanks!

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  4. Bela says:
    26 October 2010 at 8:26 am

    Vanilla, aniseed, almond and hay… four notes I absolutely hate in perfume. Obviously not for me. LOL!

    The bottle is weird too. 🙁

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    • Karin says:
      26 October 2010 at 8:39 am

      Yeah, PdN packaging is pretty bad – but it’s cheap, which probably keeps the prices down. I’d rather take great juice in a cheap, ugly bottle than some cheap juice in a ridiculously overpriced bottle! Guess I don’t care much for the bottles…

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      • mals86 says:
        26 October 2010 at 9:42 am

        I’m with you on the bottles: Yeah, they’re ugly. No, I don’t care, especially if the prices stay relatively low.

        I will admit to really liking the shape of those little squarish 1oz bottles, though. They feel good in the hand.

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    • Robin says:
      26 October 2010 at 9:22 am

      $ saved!

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    • dee says:
      26 October 2010 at 11:20 am

      That’s funny; when I read the notes I thought, “wow! four notes I love!”
      🙂

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      • Daisy says:
        26 October 2010 at 11:28 am

        yep, 4 notes that sound plenty good to me too! Unfortunately I’ve not had good luck with the PdN line….I really liked Tonka-Vanille for a while but that love affair ended and none of the others have thus far inspired a purchase. I’d like to try this (just for the almond alone!) but I’m not goin to rush out to find a sample. I feel a little “perfume-exhausted” lately in general.

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        • dee says:
          26 October 2010 at 5:45 pm

          I’ve been wanting to sample the line for a while (add it to my list!), but I think this one might actually make it into my shopping cart.

          I sent you some Ambre Noir and Jour Ensoleille today, so hopefully those will help you recover from your perfume-exhaustion!
          🙂

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        • Joe says:
          26 October 2010 at 5:49 pm

          Have you taken your temperature, Daisy! Worried!

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  5. RuthW says:
    26 October 2010 at 9:02 am

    Sounds lovely, but for some reason I misread it as “Kiss Me Deadly” and thought, why are they making a perfume off of a Lita Ford song?
    More caffeine please.

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    • Robin says:
      26 October 2010 at 9:22 am

      Oh, but that would be a great followup!

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    • FragrantWitch says:
      26 October 2010 at 12:49 pm

      LOL, I thought the same! It would be a nice flanker- in my mind it has to have a note of AquaNet or Jhirmack hairspray as a nod to the big-hair 80’s! And, for some reason a bit of Chantilly in the lacey bottle…

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      • RuthW says:
        26 October 2010 at 3:45 pm

        I think it should smell like AquaNet and Marlborough Lights doused with Rum and Coke with a little burning incense wafting around the whole mess . . . basically me at 18.

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      26 October 2010 at 1:00 pm

      Oh, now that I would have bought! LOL! I just thought the name sounded like a Bath and Body Works product. A little bland for PdN. Kiss Me Deadly would have been so much better! 😉

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  6. snootyfox says:
    26 October 2010 at 9:05 am

    I will be trying this one. The bottles doesn’t bother me at all.

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    • Robin says:
      26 October 2010 at 9:22 am

      Ditto.

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      • MelissaJane says:
        26 October 2010 at 10:01 am

        Hi Robin. I love the PdN bottles. They’re almost Minimilist Chic! It’s as if Nicolai is saying: I’m all about The Juice!

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        • Karin says:
          26 October 2010 at 10:04 am

          Yes!!!

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        • gvillecreative says:
          27 October 2010 at 8:42 am

          I really like the 50ml bottles (the curvy ones). Don’t get me wrong: it’s not as pretty as say… the pure parfum OJ bottles (of which I’ve only seen photos online), but it’s better than a ton of the bottles out there, and it’s relatively unique. It doesn’t make me think of any mass market lines. And it’s simple and elegant in my mind, and focuses on the juice.

          I’d way rather have the simple bottles than pay way more for the juice.

          That said, I don’t love the 1 ounce bottles from the photos online. They look too generic to me. Though they might be better in person.

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  7. teri says:
    26 October 2010 at 10:14 am

    Patricia de Nicolai fangirl here. I like so many of her scents that any new one is a no-brainer must-try for me. 🙂

    I’m not crazy about anise in perfumes, but I do love hay and almond notes.

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  8. FOandW_oh_my says:
    26 October 2010 at 11:45 am

    Mmmmm, Vanilla (yum) Aniseed (interesting), Almonds (delicate and curious), Hay (atchoo, YahhCHOOOO! , sniff sniff, oh my!)

    Sample please! Ya neva know, I may survive it!

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    • Tiara says:
      26 October 2010 at 12:32 pm

      Ditto what FOandW_oh_my said! I’m also in the YAY camp for great juice, cheap bottles. All of my bottles are put away so I only see them when I spray anyway.

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      • FOandW_oh_my says:
        26 October 2010 at 1:56 pm

        I do the same with my bottles. That is not to say I don’t appreciate a beautiful bottle, it just isn’t necessary.

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  9. Haunani says:
    26 October 2010 at 12:50 pm

    I will look forward to trying this!

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  10. RusticDove says:
    26 October 2010 at 1:01 pm

    I actually kinda like the bottle!

    I’ve only tried the Le Temps d’une Fete and the Fig Tea from this line. They’re not favorites, but I do like to wear them when in the mood. The Fig Tea especially is a strange little thing. this new one sounds like it could be interesting – worth checking out.

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    • ami says:
      26 October 2010 at 3:26 pm

      hehehe, absolutely same here : DDDDDDD

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  11. maggiecat says:
    26 October 2010 at 1:01 pm

    This sounds absolutely lovely and i can’t wait to try it. I love almond, jasmine, vanilla, musk and hay! One never can tell from lists of notes, but still…my perfume weary nose (I’m with ya on this one Daisy) is all a-flutter.

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  12. miss kitty v. says:
    26 October 2010 at 1:03 pm

    I’m torn on whether this sounds really good, or reeeeeally bad. On the one hand, aniseed, orange blossom, clove and heliotrope: baaaad! On the other hand, hay, jasmine, ylang ylang, woods, and musk? Too bad I can’t split it in half and just take the latter.

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  13. Dolly2 says:
    26 October 2010 at 2:02 pm

    This sounds interesting. The vanilly- almond heliotrope and clove-must check this out.

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  14. aliciaanne says:
    26 October 2010 at 3:34 pm

    I gave this one a sniff a few weeks ago. It’s really nice if you like vanilla/almond/gourmand fragrances that have more oompf to them then a typical gourmand. It’s like a more complex Jordan Almond.

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  15. Dolly2 says:
    26 October 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Thanks for the tip Aliciaanne.

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  16. annemarie says:
    26 October 2010 at 5:30 pm

    Sounds a bit like L’Heure Bleue, just from (some) of the notes?

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  17. Celia says:
    26 October 2010 at 9:56 pm

    I like the bottle. And the juice sounds like it could be a great fall scent. Curious about the hay note- must check it out!

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  18. Taylor says:
    27 October 2010 at 2:48 am

    Aniseed, almonds, clove…sounds like my kind of fragrance! Will have to check it out.

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  19. Lammy says:
    30 October 2010 at 8:35 pm

    Hi, im certainly intrigued by the notes listed here.
    has anyone smelled or sampled this fragrance?
    please do share 🙂

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