La Tentation de Nina by Nina Ricci

Roses, raspberries, and sweet almonds. It’s exactly what it’s called, a real temptation. Love it!!!!

The bottle is a velvety fuchsia apple, soft and super feminine, with a golden touch that screams temptation. Its gold details make it irresistible, as if taking us to a sweet world where the inner child mingles with the mature woman, in a macaron and dessert landscape, Versailles style with Marie Antoinette herself. Perfect for dates or special nights, those key moments. And as for the scent… everyone has already said it, but I love it. I use it a lot in autumn and winter when it’s cold.

The Tentation de Nina is a conceptual paradox that breaks the Nina line. It starts with a sober, light bergamot, a simple citrus that introduces the body of the fragrance. The heart is the most striking part: it has nothing to do with the rest of the collection. It’s a sweet, cloying explosion due to the excess of macarons. Although the brand uses lemon and rose to balance the sweetness, here the almonds fail, and the result is cloying. It’s a sharp, vigorous sweet scent, as if the ingredients were mixed up chemically. The base is scarce; only the vanilla stands out, while the sandalwood and musk on my skin just help the sillage and projection a bit, though they remain disappointing. The blend is discordant: it feels like an abuse of macarons with disoriented citrus and almonds that add an edge, pinching the nose. The only thing that works is the rose, which brings freshness and freedom. It’s not serious, mature, or elegant, but it’s simple, carefree, cheerful, and fun. It’s good for cheerful afternoons and inspired by Little Red Riding Hood’s innocence. It would have needed more sillage and longevity to be special, but in the end, it’s just an ‘okay’.

This perfume is a real temptation! From the visual aspect, the bottle is gorgeous, to the scent: sweet, soft, delicate… I loved it!

A very youthful fragrance whose smell reminds me frankly of strawberry gum. It doesn’t seem elegant or present, nor a perfume I’d buy as part of my vanity. I see it more as a nested, sweet, and childish perfume. Appropriate for a very young audience or for those who like to add that sweet touch to their look with their scent.

Colorful beans! Yes, it smells very much like those sweet “beans” (as we call them here in Chile). I really like this perfume; it’s very rich, coquettish, sweet, and fresh at the same time; I can’t resist the raspberry note, which is clearly perceived here, very fresh in combination with lemon and at the same time sweet but not cloying at all. It’s a very youthful perfume (more than I’d like :D), but still, I feel a great temptation to acquire it… maybe in spring.

Very gourmand, nothing like the other Ninas. Smells like French macarons and raspberries, so tasty, but a pity it doesn’t last long on the skin.

WOW! This is pure temptation. It steps out of the ordinary but not too far, landing right in the middle—exquisite, sexy, and addictive. I’d love to wear it on my girlfriend. It turns heads and is great for starting conversations. Gourmand notes are strong; I smell lots of raspberry, lemon, and bergamot that cut through the sweetness. The almond is almost lost among vanilla, sandalwood, and musk, making it sweet without being heavy. It sparks interest. It’s timeless, better for night, and for women 25 and up. It transforms an ordinary woman into a very sexy one. Highly recommended.

The gorgeous bottle attracted me from the very first second, and I absolutely loved the fragrance. The first thing I notice is sweet, multicolored French macarons, followed by raspberry and almond, all bathed in a tart touch of bergamot and lemon… It has nothing to do with the rest of the ‘Nina’ family; in fact, even though the bottle keeps the apple shape, there’s no apple here. It has a powerful opening but softens quickly, and longevity isn’t its strong suit—it leaves much to be desired. It’s not a ‘serious’ or ‘elegant’ perfume; I wouldn’t wear it to dress up or for a special occasion, but it’s sweet, flirtatious, youthful, and very pleasant.

Seeing it in the store, the first thing I loved was the little bottle, which looks like a Christmas ornament and very flirtatious. But the scent wasn’t what I expected: it wasn’t a real edible sweet or dessert, but something fresh and weak. Strong bergamot is noticeable at the start, then it fades leaving a subtle aroma of sweet almonds and macaron jam, but in the dry down, it smells very common. It reminds me of the scent of several people I know, which takes points off because it’s not unique. The sillage is weak; I have to press my wrist to my nose to smell it. I wouldn’t buy it, but if someone gifted it to me, I’d be happy to wear it.