Nina L'Elixir

This can feel quite sharp with the lemon notes at the top. It is pretty nice - fruity, sweet, citrusy. It’s not particularly unique or distinctive. Doesn’t last very long on me, maybe 90 mins tops. I have a small travel size - I wouldn’t buy a full bottle.

This is a really lovely sweet fruity scent, smelling of cherries 🍒 in the opening! Must be the combination of red berries and candy apple; quite similar to Rouge crush! And long lasting sweetness all through, suits me! Delectable yummy 😋 A pretty sweet youthful scent; obviously not old ladies!

YUCK, my mother said yuck it is the ugliest of the only 2 she has, the original and one with smarshallow notes that are fancy and girlish, i like both also. It is acid and synthetic said to me, while i find it kind of zezty i trust my mother said that Nina are pleasant and inoffensive, but this one is an Ugly version, sorry

This one is definitely tricky. I like it but don’t love it. It’s sour fruit with a weird undertone but idk why i don’t hate it. I’m slowly getting the berries as it settles. I also get a licorice note??!complex for sure

Nose Note #476 Sweet berry scent, combines nicely with lemon. But I'm not intrigued at all. Average performance. I just can't think of a lot to say about this. Crafted to OK quality. A little like a mass market throw-away. I'll see if my opinion changes when I smell it more on my wife. 6/10, OK

It's such a tricky scent. I bought it second hand last year because I used to love Nina Ricca Nina in early 2000-s and thought I would appreciate a more mature version of it now when I'm over 40. First I was chocked and thought it was dead -- only base notes, some rough and dark scent. But now a couple of months later I've tried it again and I can't get enough of it. It's what people usually call intoxicating. But I'm very surprised by what people write about the strongest notes. I almost don't get any fresh fruitiness or floweriness, what I feel is wood (probably cedar) and sweet(ish) tree resin, maybe some dried apple and dried berries (black currant or smth like that). So, the whole composition is sweet-woody, dry -- and irresistible. Today I tried to add some freshness by layering with a drop of a more fruity one-note-perfume (cherry), but it was a big misstake. Layering is challenging, also Nina l'Elixir seems be perfect as is.

wasn't sure if i wanted to make a review of this as this used to be my mom's signature. i don't have the bottle anymore but i recall this vividly from memory. opening has like a sort fizzy drink lemon opening. when the mid comes its dominated by a very fruit jam red berry along with sugar coated apple. all that while being airy and slightly powdery with strong base structured around amber warmth and cedar. on the skin it always felt a bit too strong but this was really meant to fill the room. genuinely it was so unique and the scent trail was always so playful and elegant at the same time. still to this day i don't find anything comparable. years later i bought a miniature that i then gave to my sister. elegant, musky, candy, fruity, playful te amo mamá por siempre

Smells just like pixie sticks and fun-dip candy with lemon, apple, and red berries being the main favours. Wonderfully light and airy despite the sweetness like a cold refreshing fruity drink. 10/10 P.S. Warm weather brings out the red apple and (lime?) so nicely. Enchanting seamless scent. ❤️

Got this from a friend who stored it well, thanks to her extreme introverted way of living (she's basically a monk) she never wore it so she gave it to me since I notoriously love perfumes. It's not for me... But it's much more interesting than I thought it would be! The first spray is a fresh cherry pie, you bite into it while sipping your sparkling water and suddenly you're fifteen, just put your new red ballet flats on and waiting for your date to pick you up, from the window you can smell the spring flowers blooming.... It's bubbly and positive. I can feel the tiny little pecks on my cheeks and lips. Slowly it grows stranger, more mysterious, there's a lynchian vibe here... It would be the perfume of Alice, if Lynch made an Alice in Wonderland film... Painting your nails you turn on Twin Peaks, which seems aesthetically pleasing, than you find yourself wondering into that valley of dreams, muskiness surround you but that fresh berry pie and jasmine scent is still there, there's something very beautiful about this... And the scent stays for quite some time, it's as long as a lynchian dream in a red room. I gave the bottle to me seventeen year old sister... I think it's very fitting for a teenager.

I miss this! This fragrance was my signature scent when i was 15 :( . It was so good

I found a sample of this perfume at the very bottom of my drawer while sorting. Very pleasant fragrance to wear! Not extraordinary; it has nothing complex and it is very very fruity. Light, airy, the musk for once does not bother me, on the contrary it gives freshness with the lemon to kill the sugar excess of red fruits. The rendering is very homogeneous and the longevity not bad either! The opening displeases me a little but the evolution becomes more and more pleasant. Normally I am not a fan of Nina Ricci perfumes, but this one won me over! 7.5/10

I HATE that it's discontinued. I loved it so much. It smells just like what I would expect looking on ingredient list. It's very sweet but balanced with sourness. It lasted quite long, few sprays in the morning would last all day long.

I won this scent in a giveaway earlier this year and I love it! It starts out smelling like concentrated sour cherry syrup- similar to one you’d use for shaved ice- before becoming a cozy shampoo scent. It’s a great, inoffensive casual scent that lasts at least six hours. I might actually get some later on.

A lovely if uninspired fragrance with the worst longevity on my skin unfortunately. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel and was gone after less than three hours. The bottle looks lovely on my dressing table, but it’s going up for sale.

I have no room for my collection and my bottle fell and broke inside the neck but I can still spray it. This is straight up lemon candy goodness. It's extremely fresh but sweet at the same time. If you like Britney Spears gourmands then this would be the next step up as it smells pretty amazing for that fresh gourmand candy feel. What's really nice about this elixir is as it dries down you get this spicy toffee affect I never noticed until after all these years and turns the fragrance just a smidge dark. I don't know if this has been reformulated because I have an original bottle from years ago. This is a freshie that is fairly affordable and I think most would love. It does smell like a juicy apple underneath the citrus and toffee spice. The Nina Ricci bottles are very pretty to collect too.

I miss my bottle of Elixir. My daughter 'borrowed it' and I never saw it again. Its a wonderful straight up sunshine lemon initially and then settles quickly into a fresh candy red apple. A sweet red toffee apple without being a caramel kind of toffee. Its very refreshing, clean, clear and bright and yummy. Beautiful.

I've worn this for a day so I'll çomment. Beautiful, obvious sweet berries type gourmand that by now you expect to know. It slightly leans toward being a linear scent - tho suddenly, much later, i swear i was smelling fresh vanilla sweet cup cakes, with pale pink butter icing materialise around me. It must be the combination of the musks playing against the other additions. Fun. A little bit sexy and can be refreshingly delicious.

tart red berries with a hint of lemon

Juicy fruity yummy scent. I prefer floral scents over fruity ones but Everytime I wear it I get compliments from men, so yeah I think it smells kinda sexy. I don't use it everyday but nice to have it in my collection for special occasions.

This is a lighter, more powdery version of the original Nina. I assume that my nose must be interpreting the musk note as powdery. It also has a sweeter floral opening. However, this doesn't have nearly the longevity of the original Nina. Nina lasted around 6 hours on my arm; L'Elixir lasted about half that time. Its sillage also faded faster.

It seemed so nice on paper and as I love gourmand scents, I thought I'd like it. But sadly, I don't and it doesn't smell good on me. I guess it's those citrus and licorice (not listed but prominent) notes that bother me the most. I don't think it's awful but I'm not gonna wear it either.

I don't love L'Elixir nearly as much as I do Nina, but I find this a very pleasant and uplifting scent. It opens tart and fresh, full of vigor. The tanginess is slighly sweetened by juicy red berries. It dries down just a little bit musky and just slightly powdery to me. Overall, it is youthful and lively, but not necessarily suitable for younger girls only. (I'm pushing 40, but nothing is going to stop me from wearing this!) It is a good everyday perfume for the hot summers in my country, and wearable even in the office.

I wanted to own and love a Nina Ricci perfume and after seeing the good looking surreal ads of princesses carrying beautiful apple bottles in their hands I decided buying one. The first few spritz smells sour berries which turns into something dense sweet like honey and apple. Its quite intense and when it settles down it smells like some sweet powder. Overall I really couldnot like the perfume even after wanting to like it. It is good for teenage girls who would like to smell sweet and fruity but definitely not a grown up scent. The bottles are the best part though the metallic leaves loose the color. Sillage and stay power is moderate to good.

A softer Ricci ricci. fresher than nina.

I love Nina Ricci fragrances. unfortunately this one has an overpowering flare of liquorice on application. I do like liquorice but I don't want to smell of it!. On me it takes over an hour before that smell goes away and is replaced by a gorgeous warm and sensual slightly musky aroma with elements of powder and Lily. I just don't get any fruitiness at all.

Apple bubblegum with lemony crispness and creamy jasmine. A bit of musk takes it from candyland to perfume world. Such a happy scent. I like this one much better than the original Nina, which I was rather "meh" about - this one turns it up to 11, which is far more becoming. Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Bought this mistakenly (thought I was buying Nina by Nina Ricci). It smells similar to Elizabeth Arden Beauty on my skin (I say this though I haven't had that perfume in YEARS). It smells a bit cheap. Too floral for me.

Someone mentioned fresh and crisp - perfect explanation! Nina L'Elixir just SCREAMS spring and summer to me and with the temps finally warming up I was so happy to get this one out of storage to wear while lounging in the warm winds of my favorite reclining chair in the backyard. Sweet red berries and lemon definitely pop up first with a lovely jasmine musk on drydown. I swear I also detect what smells like a beautiful pink pepper on my skin as well...gives it the slightest peppery kick! 5-6 hours on my skin and longer on my clothes, this one sticks around and gives you bang for your buck. Every girl just should have a bottle of Nina L'Elixir in her springtime wardrobe. Trust me, you'll get compliments. ;)

Love it! L'Elixir is one of my favourites and I'll never get tired of it. Sour dark cherries and red apples, a bit of lemon and jasmin. Sweet, delicious and sexy. Nice sillage and good staying power on my skin. I like wearing it in the autumn, winter and especially in the spring.It reminds me of a bit Ricci Ricci.

Bubblegum, cupcakes and jasmine. I don't detect the sourness that's mentioned, which might be nice in balancing the sweetness. It doesn't smell bad on me though, and once the sweetness wears down, I really like it. My 3rd bottle in the Nina collection. These are quickly becoming my favorites!