Nina Ricci, Fille d'Eve, 'Daughter of Eve', 15 ml. or 0.5 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, Lalique, 1952, Paris, France ..

Born in Turin in 1883, Maria Nielli became Nina Ricci upon arrival in Paris when she combined her nickname with her husband’s last name. Her Haute Couture house was founded in 1932, at 20 Rue de Capucines in Paris, complete with the design atelier and salons for fittings. Her technique, cuts, balance and materials conferred striking simplicity on the Nina Ricci woman.

Her son, Robert Ricci, created the Perfume department in 1941. Cœur-Joie appeared in 1946. Its bottle initiated the house’s longstanding collaboration with the crystal maker Lalique, which in 1948 created the celebrated bottle for L’Air du Temps. Crowned with crystal doves, it embodied love and liberty; the fragrance became the iconic perfume of the House.

The House acquired its current address at 39 Avenue Montaigne in 1979. Couture and Perfumes came together under one roof, while the ground floor was dedicated to the brand new Nina Ricci boutique. In 1998, the House became a part of the Barcelona-based, family-owned company PUIG. The longtime distributor of Nina Ricci perfumes in Spain, PUIG wished to perpetuate the house’s heritage.

Launched in 1952, Fille d'Eve is a feminine perfume by Nina Ricci. Fille d’Eve .. Daughter of Eve .. was created by Germain Cellier. The bottle was designed by Marc Lalique. The perfume is classified as a fruity, green floral chypre. Here is what people have written about this extraordinary and enigmatic perfume ..

"This is probably, without a doubt, one of the greatest fragrances ever created. It is such a perfectly balanced scent and has so many facets, well it is almost hard to categorize it. It does fall into a floral chypre family. It has such sweetness, softness and femininity, yet it also is very strong willed and recognizable, with a fabulous tenacity. It has warmth, softness and an exotic quality. It is the result of the masterful blending of ingredients that give it such a fabulous persona."

"As the clean, white flowers fade, the velvety scent takes over and Fille d'Eve becomes a gorgeous skin scent, a smell someone would have to lean in close to get a whiff of. There's something very sexy about the idea that you'd wear a perfume not to mask your own gorgeous smell with aldehydic flowers, but to enhance it. Thanks to Fille d'Eve, I now know that the unusual, dark ingredient that I found so intoxicating in other perfumes is what gives this perfume its captivating fragrance."

"Fille D'Eve is a warm animalic chypre due to the use of "costus" .. derived from the root of a plant. It is a masterpiece of perfumery."

"The way the notes are sheer, intricate, feminine, delicate, pictorial rather than literal, patterns of flowers rather than flowers crushed .. this all recalls fine lace. A peach that smells of a kiss, jasmine that is breath, and the rest is poetry recited softly, dutifully or maybe as a prayer. Rosary beads, circles, string, fingers, thoughts, wants, time, soft clicks, murmur .. breakable but shining beatific. Eve's daughter is making up for her mother's sins with total purity, but she takes her mother's gift of knowledge as a private love though she is quiet and chaste. She does not blush."

Top notes are Bergamot, Lemon, Jasmine, Orange Blossom, and Honeysuckle
Heart notes are Tuberose, Rose, Peach, Plum, Bouvardia, and Pinang
Base notes are Costus, Incense, Balsam, Amber, Oak Moss, Sandalwood, and Leather

Offered here is an increasingly rare and very pristine half ounce Lalique frosted apple bottle with two crystal leaves as the stopper, in its absolutely immaculate pink silk presentation box, as only Nina Ricci can do! I am not exactly sure how one opens these bottles, and I haven't wanted to try. Highly collectible!