Description
In 2016, Nina Ricci launches a new fragrance that will extend the world of fantasy that was created for Nina in 2006. Luna comes out in September as the enticing, powerful and mysterious counterpart to the modern and romantic princess represented by Nina.
Nina was created by Olivier Cresp as a sparkling and bright floral-fruity composition, while Luna is developed by Christophe Raynaud and Marie Salamagne as bold, intense and mysterious.
Its sweetened woody-floral composition begins with notes of wild berries and sensual orange blossom. The heart combines yummy caramel blended with immortal flower on the carnal background of sandalwood and Madagascar vanilla.
Luna keeps the symbolism and shape of an apple. Colored in blue, decorated with gold leaves and black leather around its neck, it represents the night, the moonlit version of the fairytale fruit. The box is white with an apple motif in blue.Models of the campaign are Frida Gustavsson as Nina and Jac Jagaciak as Luna. The fragrance is available as a 30, 50 and 80 ml Eau de Toilette.
SlaGAD – :
Hello, little Lolita Lempicka smellalike!
And the bottle is also an apple! Cuteness abound.
I don’t think it is a straight dupe, maybe less complex, but it reminds me of the drydown of LL a lot.
Not too sweet for a gourmand, less sweet than Juicy Couture’s ilk. A little sour.
Better.
And the late drydown crosses into Terre de Lumiere territory. Is this scent an amalgamation of things I like?
irisimus – :
When Luna first came out, I absolutely HAD to test it since a) Nina is one of my all-time favourite perfumes and b) I LOVE a good vanilla/gourmand. While I did really love it upon first sniff, I actually opted not to buy it at the time.
Caramel is undoubtedly the strongest note in Luna, with enough vanilla and fruity goodness to go around. But after a little while, I found that the licorice note stood out quite a bit, and that ended up being the reason I didn’t buy this little blue beauty right then and there. I’ve always had a sort of love-hate relationship with licorice, and at the time, I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.
I ended up receiving this as a gift a few months ago though, and I have to say, I’ve been enjoying it SO much! Maybe I’m crazy, but I don’t get such a strong licorice vibe from my bottle. Just sweet, comforting caramel and vanilla.
I wore it to bed the other night, and when my boyfriend snuggled up close, he quietly said “mmm… you smell like fruit punch,” before drifting off to sleep. Now, he’s a guy who typically just says things like “you smell pretty,” so I’m gonna take that as a win.
ALEX1611 – :
This is SUPERGORG…..i really like it so much i can’t stop wearing it.
Bought this for myself last year after i brought the tester strip back. I liked it on first sniff, but i put the deliciously looking bottle back in my collection to mingle with the others and didn’t pay it any attention.
Now the summer’s over i’ve been playing with my autumn/winter scents as i’m a seasonal sprayer and i couldn’t believe how nice this perfume is. I get the sweet caramel notes that whack me in the face and leave me craving more…so i spray it on my wrist so i can smell it whenever i want, as every time i spray my neck i can never smell anything on myself for long enough. (unless someone tells you it’s still there)
Once settled, I’ve been trying to detect the floral notes but they must’ve gone to sleep cos all i get are the sweet vanilla caramelly notes and a slight sense of berryness sits there in the background somewhere.
There is something else i can’t pick up on that mixes in with the sweetness.
I will be using this one a lot more from now on as it’s not TOO strong and just sits nicely on your skin without fading away too soon….
gustawson – :
Luna is a gourmand through and through. The caramel is strong, and for me, the vanilla isn’t very present. Luna retains some of the floral, incense-y notes from Nina. It reminds me of Katy Perry Killer Queen (itself often compared to La Vie Est Belle) mixed with Nina, with caramel in the place of apple. I feel like this fragrance had a lot of potential, given that gorgeous flacon, but instead only put a slight Nina twist on the popular idea of gourmand.
I’m still waiting to try Luna Blossom. I really hope I love it more than this.
P.S. If anyone loves this or wants to try it, I have several (11) 1.5 ml vials that I can swap. PM to make offers.
pilotka7 – :
I’m sure Luna is no great artisanal feat, but it’s a scent I can’t get enough of. It’s sweet and adorable, but I wouldn’t have this as a fragrance to sport so much as just something I would want to keep smelling all day, all the time. Silage is fine, longevity pretty good. I wouldn’t call this a mysterious scent at all, more childlike and cute. Like a fairy.
There’s a brief opening that lasts for mere minutes on me. I’d say it smells like a fresher, berry soft drink/mountain blast version of the heart stage, with a slightly more fougerey tone. It’s sharp enough that when I was trying this on in various stores I’d always worry that it was the wrong fragrance!
The heart is just the aggressive caramel-vanilla accord all the way down. Soft and absolutely delectable, it doesn’t change much on me at all. I’m guessing since it doesn’t smell just like caramel, this accord also has tones of the immortelle and maybe pear.
денис11 – :
Took mother for a gift for the new year. The aroma is delicious, warm, with notes of vanilla. I only use delicate fresh fragrances, but I really liked this one. Aroma is good for winter and late autumn. And yet, breathing in this fragrance is a picture: a cold winter evening, a fireplace, a warm blanket and a glass of hot mulled wine 🙂
rjd696InsuffBooni – :
If you are looking for a mature, sweet, but not “sugar sweet” fragrance, this is the ticket. I also pick up a certain smokiness in Luna, which gives the slightly darker, richer feel to it.
One other note – I believe this is a “better” Viva La Juicy Gold Couture (which I also enjoy).
bolshoyb – :
I blindbought this with a discount and I´m happy I did. To me it´s blueberries mixed with caramel and vanilla at first. Then the musk kicks in making it more interesting and darker. This is the little sister of La Petite Robe Noir Intense, a perfume I have a tester of and I have tried it several times with the result that it is too strong on me and the musk is overpowering which I don´t like at all. Still, the beginning of LPRNI is really nice but the drydown puts me off. Luna´s scent is as beautiful as it´s bottle and the blue suits the berries well and reveals that the evening and colder season is the best for this fragrance. Not for every day wear but for days when you want to smell sweet and a bit sexy. Good longevity on me and moderate sillage which is good because you will want to be near the person wearing this.
Edit: I forgot -it´s a little powdery at just the right amount. (Powder is certainly not my favourite note but it´s bearable in this one.)
IrrackEcorm – :
one of the few sweet fragrances I can enjoy, reminds me of sprinkles. Why I like it is because the sweetness doesn’t sting down your neck, It is polite and charming in its simplicity.
Oh, and the most important it is airy, unlike others sweeties that can suffocate.
scrsnseabrook82 – :
Flowers…caramel…berries mixed in…a little vanilla action thrown in…and…then…ya get a light…sweet licorice “vibe”…(not full on)…and then to my nose…almost an herbal-ish undertone…???…and sweet woodiness…not dry…not spicy…the mid-drydown goes gourmandy for sure on me…the the final drydown is very blissful.A very interesting and misleading composition to the nose. This smells slightly different each time I have worn it…???…Ok…do I like/love it..???…Yeah,I kinda do,due to it’s “put me on,and let me fool with your senses” thing…lol…This one is a guilty pleasure….just for me.
P.S.: The botlle is very nice…and I agree…”blue” was the wrong color choice…lol.
spgraojezem – :
The berries in Luna are not the main accord. They are not interesting as well. But the licorice is more than interesting – sometimes I can detect it in the opening, other time in the base. Hide and seek game :).
The floral notes and the citruses make the caramel very balanced and not tooth-achy. Interesting and as the others already mentioned, multifaceted fragrance.
woland58 – :
I’ve always bypassed Nina Ricci. When I was of an age for girly things I wanted to wear something more mysterious. Now that I’m more mature I feel I may have aged out of the princess and faery demographic. But I was looking for something new with my precious immortelle and thought I’d give this a punt. I’m shocked by how many facets this perfume has. Every time I smell it, something different emerges. On the whole it’s a powdery sort of sweetness, so I can understand the ‘kool aid’ accusation but Luna is more than just a berry blue.
StololakMet – :
The intense caramelly sweetness is there alright – but not, I think, quite to the degree that the notes-voting here would have it – but it’s so well buffered by the other elements in this against becoming cloying. I would not favour this if that were not so, but the upshot with it TMM is that it becomes rather woody. And I think the jasmine has its say also, and it’s a quite-on-the-skanky-side jasmine. Then there’s a pleasant amberiness, although musk but not amber is listed here, enriching the woodiness, to which it seems particularly to connect. And the whole has a satisfying full-bodied-ness to it.
Might possibly promote this to a ‘love’ later!
A bit reminiscent of Mugler’s both Alien and Angel, TMM, but keeping plenty of its own character.
Had this on all day now, and have found it plenty stout. How could I forget the bourbon vanilla note (or Madagascan – same thing, I think). Obviously, that’s s major player in this. Bourbon vanilla, sandalwood, licquorice: it’s probably the accord of these that’s giving rise to the woodiness.
As to the marketing … I ignored this for a long time, it appearing rather ”’tacky’ to me. But I think now that if exactly the same perfume had been in a more austere bottle such as, say, Prada perfumes come in, I would just have instantly clocked it as a perfectly fine fragrance. But I still wish they would ‘lose’ the apple-stalk plunger – it just asks to get broken! It’s a bit baroque, shall we say … and soon it will be baroque!
InCCor – :
This could be the “little sister” of Lancôme:La vie est belle and Candy by Prada. Smells delicious.Sweet,gourmand.If you like sweet fragrances(I personally do) this one probably is for you. On me smells so much like LVB
sidgr – :
Luna was released in 2016, a decade after the release of its other half, Nina. It is part of the collection “Les Belles de Nina” and tells the story of inseparable friends, lived by two real models: Frida Gustavsson and Jac Jagaciak. Inspiration continues to be the universe of the young, with their temptations, laughter and emotions.
The bottle also follows the pattern of Nina’s apples, but has gained a more striking shape, with a leather strap around the neck and golden leaves that bring a much more beautiful and modern internal spray. My only criticism is for the blue color, which does not represent – at all – the color of the fragrance and what it conveys. When it comes to apples as forbidden fruits and bottle design, while Nina resembles the Fuji and Gala types, Luna looks more like the McIntosh and Cortland types. And since I mentioned the color, it would be much more coherent if it was made in shades of yellow and orange, existing in nature and compatible with the aroma.
Luna’s official composition carries notes of orange blossom and wild berries, anticipating an explosion of immortelle and caramel, in the body of the fragrance, on a base with vanilla from Madagascar and sandalwood. The brand defines it as a tempting floral-woody. In my opinion, it is a floral gourmand, which is complex and even innovative.
When touches the skin, Luna shows itself much more nocturnal than Nina. There is a floral freshness, coming from the orange blossom, which comes to mask all the sweetness that is to come. Wild berries do not show any trace of a red fruit accord, in case you are afraid of this type of ingredient. However, as I said, the orange blossom is what you notice, right away, until the moment when the heart of the fragrance begins to beat. Then, all the power of the everlasting flower appears with its intense luscious and floral scent, dipped in a caramel syrup.
There is definitely a mature side at this stage, which makes me understand that the Luna woman may even be Nina’s best friend, but her experience of life is different. And to finish, there is a smell of creamy vanilla, as in baked cookies or baker’s cream, which holds the evolution for hours to the point where the perfume gets lost a little and reminds of several others on the market, with that smell of sweet patchouli / burnt sugar.
While Nina, with her apple caipirinha scent, can be worn even on slightly warmer days, Luna is the ideal type of perfume for colder days. It may seem more of the same, but it just seems. For a product launched in 2016, when everything smelled similar and was made with notes of vanilla and patchouli, this fragrance surprises me with the originality of using a flower that is difficult to work with and has an intoxicating aroma. Even today, in 2018, I notice a more current approach and I am shocked at some criticism I read about it.
I particularly feel a more elaborate creative style – beautiful work by Christophe Raynaud and Marie Salamagne – to the point of saying that if this fragrance were in a bottle of exclusive collections from Guerlain or some niche brands, no one would dare to imagine another apple made by Nina Ricci.
Now, the question that begs to be asked: why blue?
shr839speagoessenda – :
This is more complex than I expected. The immortelle note is strong and interesting. In the same sniff this comes across as both sweet gourmand, berry fragrance and then dried herbs and aquatic. It is not your run of the mill fruity floral. It dried down to smooth, woody and sweet herb cosiness. Try it. Maybe you’ll be surprised by it’s quirky vibe too.
Russdauria – :
Luna smells like blue Kool Aid for faeries, a wonderful thing if you can embrace liquid whimsy. I think the bottle matches the juice–Luna strikes me as a cheery, pretty, sparkly sort of perfume, like midnight in an enchanted forest or A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
I love its berry facet the best; the berry note isn’t flat. It’s light and a little aquatic, but has a deep blue raspberry aroma at its heart. Caramel sweetness veils the fruit in a subtle way, never becoming overbearing. If I had one complaint, it would be that Luna has only slightly more depth than a Victoria’s Secret fruit scent, and poor longevity. It compensates for this in smelling a bit more mature than VS offerings, however.
By the way, does anyone else think the Van Cleef & Arpel’s Feerie and Luna bottles look dangerously similar?
EDIT: I’ve been hesitating wearing this again because the last time I wore it, it made me feel nauseous. Definitely not something to wear in any kind of heat.
BepitoI81 – :
Yummy fragrance. Berries and caramel. Only maybe I’m old for it.
RavenStorm – :
This was a blind buy for me and unfortunately I don’t like it.
I am not good at telling notes apart in a scent but I get quite a strong somwhat alcohol-like oldfashioned vibe from this, like I get from perfumes like Chanel No. 5 and Chanel Allure. I also get it from Miss Dior Cherie, the 2005 version. Could it be the sandalwood? Then I will make sure to avoid it in the future…
cst781Unlogrere – :
The black rubber detail is totally out of place, what is it doing here? If the neck needed to be longer why not just elongate the gold stem? That detail alone would’ve probably resulted in increased sales as this would be more of an aesthetically pleasing ornament. Generic caramel, nothing memorable to me but it’s ok on skin. This one absolutely needs testing on skin more so than anything else I’ve ever tried, on cardboard strips it smells absolutely disgusting for some reason.
sergis27 – :
This is freaking delicious I want to eat my hand!
I love gourmands and luna is definitely a gourmand.so warm and sweet like caramel syrup.yummm.fruits are there but not as dominant as nina apples.also florals stand in shadow.caramel,immortal and licorice are what I get the most
I won’t call it a simple or childish gourmand,l can’t think like that when a fragrance has such a dominant licorice and immortal note,licorice gives it a dark and delicious burnt undertone and immortal gives it a touch of special powdery dryness.so for me luna is a modern gourmand with a little of mysterious dark and naughty charm.yes it’s just a little but it’s still there
As time passes vanilla shows up more and more and it gets softer.I can easily see manifesto gene in it.more like manifesto’s golden flanker but I prefer luna,as it’s younger,less heavy and not that woody
Silllage is good specially at first and longevity passes six hours
Can’t talk about a crazy love but I definitely like it a lot.it’s addictive
lbb415speagoessenda – :
To me this smells like Luna Blossom, just a little dirtier, in a good way. I really love both though I’m not a fan of the original Nina. I love it from start to finish (as with Blossom) but this is better for fall weather with the caramel-dipped pear scent, which to me is fairly subtle, not overpowering, which is great because I don’t care a whole lot for super sweet caramel scents, they often come across as too sickly sweet and often artificial, like you showered with a seasonal caramel handsoap almost. But this, this is beautifully balanced, must be the immortale because it’s a unique scent and I have a ton of fragrances, none with immortale. When it’s first applied I can definitely catch the orange blossom and the berry notes with just a hint of citrus, I wouldn’t have been able to tell it was lime and tangerine specifically but the immortale, caramel and pear come through pretty quickly and add to the beauty of the orange blossom, although the berry fades pretty quickly on me which is disappointing because it’s a beautiful note in the perfume, but still, I absolutely love it, just want to keep spraying it on for those top notes! The dry down is almost soapy, definitely powdery but still beautiful with the vanilla, sandalwood and musk with just a hint of licorice, which makes even the dry down unique among my collection of perfumes as I don’t care much for licorice and have tended to avoid it. In fact, I almost didn’t get this perfume because of it (together with the caramel and the citrus, I wasn’t too sure) but I loved Luna Blossom so much I had to try it and I’m glad I did! I think the other notes turn the licorice into something much more sensual. I’m so so glad I gave this one a shot, it was a gamble blind buy and it is quickly becoming my go-to scent this fall.
avasil – :
Sweet caramel is the most dominant note! There are sensual florals too. The fruity notes add for some light freshness. It’s not too warm or heavy. There’s some lightness like all Nina Ricci apples have. It’s nice!
o24ronecycle – :
Sweet and sticky caramel is the most noticeable note in Luna from the start to the beginning. Licorice is also quite dominant and pushes the caramel in a darker, heavier, slightly burned direction. I can barely detect any of the fruity and floral notes until the licorice calms down after a few hours and gets replaced by some vanilla that finally softens the scent. Sticky and burned sweetness overpowers everything else in the top and heart.
Overall this is an okay simple gourmand to my nose, but it’s not smooth enough and a bit forgetable. Luna doesn’t smell bad if you like those sweet notes, the drydown is pleasant enough, but it doesn’t have the certain something that makes a perfume special to me. Also quite linear.
Peacetatka – :
File under: Surprisingly Pleasant. It’s a gentle, inoffensive, mass-market sweet thing made mostly of caramel and vanilla, but not quite as dull or as cloying as that might sound. I usually loathe sweet generic scents but this was … OK … when sprayed lightly, with juuuuust enough woodiness to keep it from being terminally boring. For anything of this kind to be even wearable for me is quite a coup so anyone who does like forgiving, girly sweet things may even find it exciting. Longevity not great, though – gone in 4h for me. Would never buy an FB of this, but it’s broadly, blandly, all right.
Attractive – :
On me, it is mostly caramel with a country touch (maybe the mix of the berries and the immortelle?). It is well made, it is not sickening, it has appeal. It is not very original, but apart from that, i don’t have anything negative to say about it. sillage is ok, longevity too. It is a quality product.
boris11111 – :
My favourite of all the ninas I’ve tried. There’s an element to it that I’ve always felt was lackinf from the original. Like its filled in a gap. I enjoyed this from beginning to end, which is unusual for me. Each hour was a suprise and I imagine it would layer well. It takes you on a journey through the day but there’s no abrupt changes. To me it’s on the sweet end of the scale, so avoid if that isn’t for you, but it’s not overly sweet and theres plenty of other facets to enjoy
al6-10 – :
I don t think is like manifesto. I could smell it the whole day on my skin. Love it.
as15 – :
opium black and si gave me nausea. i do adore this, subtle. new fave.
Wipasiada – :
The pretty bottle caught my eye instantly and the name Luna conjured up a mysterious ethereal perfume.
How wrong I was. It is yet another over sweet perfume heavy on the vanilla. It smells like dozens of others. A fit in with the current fashion type of perfume but not for anyone wanting to smell unique.
gregtaimus – :
YSL Manifesto in a different bottle.
Not just similar. Exactly the same.
Lelius – :
Love it I got this purley because its naked after my dog and I just love that pear note almost get a cross between pear drop and a stopped dessert pear I don’t get the toffee note but I do get the woods in the day down and I get some incense but not as much as I would like so for that I give it 8.5/10
xx-as – :
I tried this today with fairly low expectations given the reviews and was very pleasantly surprised.
This is the sort of fragrance that I expect from Lolita Lemicka, unusual and whimsical. I fell in love with it straight away. When I first sprayed it I thought it was too light to be worth buying but then I found myself getting lovely little wafts all afternoon, maybe that’s part of the magic. It does look and smell like a magical perfume.
321lol123 – :
With a name as esoteric as Luna, the last thing you expect at first whiff is that fresh, solar scent of citrus fruits. What the hell- zingy, sherbet notes ? How is that even remotely celestial ?
And then it dawns on you. There is a funny little magic to “Luna”. Granted, it is the witchcraft of teenage witches, but it’s not devoid of sassiness. This lovely little potion cleverly takes you on an olfactory journey though the lunar cycle. The top notes are bright like the young, waxing moon- this is Diana, the virgin moon-goddess, as she emerges over the horizon line. The middle notes- gourmand caramel and pear- are softer and more rounded, evocative of the plenitude of the full moon. We are entering the realms of a somehow more nurturing moon goddess, the kind that receives offerings of warm cakes on her altar.
As the fragrance settles, the bottom notes – liquorice, sandalwood, vanilla- descend into more heart-felt sorcery. Here’s your night scent_ heavier and more sensual. Don’t be fooled, that sexy young witch dancing in the dark of the Moon may appear a bit ditzy, but she is still a serious seeker.
The bottle is beautiful. The apple is that of youth and temptation; deep blue for the night sky, round like the full moon. Luna does not have Nina’s effortless, flawless elegance; instead she conjures another kind of young woman-more rebellious, arty, and street wise.
Best worn by : the characters of “The Craft” on a coven meeting night.
Reminiscent of : Angel and weirdly, Flower Bomb. But with a dash of Teen Spirit.
Verdict : Interesting, but could have been more daring; as a result, it is more faddish than epic.
vadynya777 – :
is really fresh i don’t get any caramel juts a sharp citrusy smell , not really my cup of tea is just too bland
gubernator – :
Yesterday I Tried it in a mall and first I didn’t like it.I smell burn caramel and citrus fruits.sweet and boring but after some time it change to something sweet but very interesting. At first I was thinking that it is for child girls.caramel and fruits like Victoria secrets and viva juicys but then I smell woody notes and something powdery,a little bitter but also delicious.this woody,vanilla,caramel,mysterious powder was very interesting and not for kids.this blue apple is very different from red and pink apples. longevity was very good.I wish to get it as valentine gift so I wish that my boyfriend reads this
7/10
موقعی که نیناریچی لونا را برای تست اسپری کردم درلحظه اول زیاد خوشم نیامد.خوشبو بود اما شیرین و تکراری.بوی کارامل سوخته و کمی میوه می داد و حس کردم شبیه به عطرهای ویکتوریاسکرت یا ویواجوسی ها هست.اما خیلی زود تغییرات جالبی کرد و تبدیل شد به عطری همچنان شیرین اما جالب و نه بچگانه.نت های چوبی گرم به عطر اضافه شدند و یک چیز پودری و کمی تلخ ولی خوشمزه.کمی شبیه به پوذر کاکائو یا قهوه تلخ و گیاهی.نمی دانم این مربوط به کدام نت هست اما خیلی جذاب هست.تذکیب وانیل و کارامل و نت های چوبی و نت های پودری مرموز عطری بسیار جالب و مناسب برای بزرگسالان ایجاد کرده که خیلی با سیب های قبلی نیناریچی فزق داره.پخش بو را نمی دونم چون فقط یک بار تست کردم اما ماندگاری خوبی دارد و مناسب پاییز و زمستان هست.امیدوارم این عطر زیبا هدیه ولنتاینم باشه
۷/۱۰
marinacat – :
I purchased some cosmetics and the sales person gave me a variety of samples, including this absolutely delicious perfume. I know when I’ve found a fantastic perfume; I get so wrapped up in the fragrance that it envelops me and the outside world seems to melt away. There are perfumes I have that I really like but only a few transport me away with their fragrance. I was quite surprised that I LOVE this fragrance. Especially since it starts out sweet and I’m not a fan of syrupy sweet (yuck) scents. It seems as though the majority of the newer perfumes are like this. Absolutely no mystery or depth. Just icky, icky sweet. The sweet top notes of this fragrance are tolerable, especially once you get past them, you’re in for a delectable experience. A wonderful perfume that surprisingly has sensual mid and base notes.
It does not smell at all like La Vie Est Belle, which is an absolutely disgusting fragrance, thank goodness! If you don’t like sweet fragrances, you may still want to give this scent a try. Any perfume needs to be applied to the skin (in a small amount) and allowed to develop for at least 30 minutes, to determine if it suits your individual body chemistry. To me, this fragrance is similar to Guerlain’s My Insolence, which is another fragrance I find to be yummy.
andrej-59 – :
I do not think it’s super sweet, no.
In the output a diluted Poison Girl (EDP), and in the evolution a soft caramelo, incarcerated and delicate in the style colonies for babies.
jem26 – :
It smells the same as all the other sweet scents that have been coming out for the past few years.
lanossss – :
@STARISH: I totally agree with you. This fragrance smells like Manifesto; the only difference is that this one is less overwhelming.
марина. – :
At first, I was overwhelmed by the sweet caramel overload of this juice, almost to the point of giving up on it altogether. However, after letting it settle for about an hour, a soft, woody, absolutely velvety scent developed on my skin. And it’s this smooth vanilla and woody mix (ha, ha, that sounds a bit naughty) that convinced me to purchase it.
Is it sweet? Yes. But boring? Not to me.
About its longevity: I can smell it on myself the next day, so I find it long lasting.
I don’t know that this scent will graduate into my permanent rotation but every day I wear it, I find myself waiting for that special hour when it transforms from sweet to seductive. And it always does.
Lypeevalley – :
I bought a sample today out of curiosity. When I tested it on my skin, it smelled very similar to Yves Saint Laurent’s Manifesto; they are from the same olfative family to my nose. Perhaps, the major difference is that Manifesto has a strongest note of vanilla and black currant, but the simialrity between the two fragrances is evident.
I wanted to discover something different to add to my collection, but I already own Manifesto, so I won’t be adding Luna. However, it is a wonderful parfum. If you like sweet fragrances with vanilla and black currant, Luna is for you.
JainoEasene – :
Another perfume I take off from my “WANT” list :/
I really wanted this perfume since the bottle is so pretty and my dog’s name is Luna, but the perfume is soft and similar to other sweet fragrances.
REX_VT – :
Like another reviewer mentioned, this is similar to La Vie est Belle, except brighter and less suffocatingly sweet.
Although this scent does not develop as well on my skin as La Vie est Belle (whose deathly sweetness eventually becomes warm and velvety), I don’t find it absolutely offensive.
That being said, those who don’t like jasmine may easily find that the jasmine becomes overwhelming and clashes in a terrible death with the caramel.
I don’t puke at the smell of this, but it’s definitely not a favourite.
armani75a – :
For perfumes like this there should be a “neither like nor dislike” or Indifferent button.
Not too sweet, not too loud featuring the ever present caramel-candy note, it is rarely pleasant and mostly flat and boring. Maybe I’m anosmic to some of it because to my nose it’s just a generic caramel sweet smell that goes away pretty fast.
I see the reviews are divided in 3 broad categories: awful, boring or lovely. I’m in the “boring” camp.
biglazar – :
I don’t find this fragrance boring. As a sweet gourmand perfume lover, I think this perfume is very nice. I sprayed this on myself today and it kept getting better and better with time. I loved it so much that I bought it. This fragrance actually evolves and takes some time, not within 5 minutes that it goes from top notes to the bottom notes.
I have smelled Viva La Juicy and that stuff is very juvenile, whereas Luna is more grown up and less sweet.
I do love Black Opium, La vie est belle too, which is nothing like Luna!
Beautiful bottle, I am glad I own this now. Really surprised of all the bad reviews.
cava72 – :
I hate to say this…..but I can’t stand this. While out shopping I found this sprayed it on my wrist and sleeve and walked around. I ended up buying a different perfume and they gave me a free sample of this with another Nina Fragrance. When I got home I couldn’t figure out what the nasty smell I kept smelling was….yeah it was this. I had very high expectations for this I don’t think there’s a Nina Fragrance I don’t love….until this. The notes listed and what it actually smells like are nothing alike. Caramel…NOPE….any of the other notes….nope. it reminds me of those over bearing scents from the 80s or 90s that everyone at the time loved and now thinks is disgusting. I’m so disappointed
MaestroNik1966 – :
One word – ethyl malthol. Annoying, faceless, sticky mess.
koeser – :
Tried at perfume shop. Ohh, the packaging may lead you to think it smells berry, maybe fresh, aquatic but it was sooooo sweet I couldn’t detect any other notes than sugar sugar and sugar. Why there are so many houses which makes non-characteristic sugarwater fragrances? They smell cheap, stuffy and bad. It’s just awfull.
Aligator2008 – :
Nina Ricci’s apples are all delicious. I could easily wear any of them.
Luna caught my eyes on a perfume counter, the blue bottle and the golden leaf are so beautiful!
The scent itself is as gorgeous as the bottle. It is different from the other apples, more caramel and berries, perhaps a bit more sophisticated and perfect for the colder season.
This will be added in my holiday gift wish list 🙂
Jordan39 – :
I totally agree with smellofroses, if this is bad, then La Vie Est Belle, Black Opium and Prada Candy are awful!
The juicy berries and the orange blossom in the opening quickly moves on to the caramel of the middle notes, which in turn mixes nicely with the slightly woody vanilla base.
Nina Luna is a soft, kind and uncomplicated fragrance with a demurely sexy edge. La Vie Est Belle, Black Opium and Prada Candy are vamps, Nina Luna is the girl next door. And I like her a lot.
Haevenly_Dragon – :
I don’t understand the Bad reviews.
Luna is really not that Bad at all !!!
It caramel und berrys. A sweet fragrance with a nice sour touch.
If this is bad, then La Vie est belle, Black Opium and prada candy are awful.
kmaikazy – :
I was on a shopping spree and it was presented in a department store on a table with other “Fragrances of autumn 2016”. I wandered around the long table and tested the various perfumes and was excited to get to Luna. When there, I smelled it and I was convinced that they wanted to create something like La vie est belle, which is the No. 1 s