Nanette Lepore Nanette




Nanette by Nanette Lapore smells like exotic confectionary on a bed of ambery incense. Ish. I mean, I don't want to make out like this is By Kilian Rose Oud or anything, but it's unexpectedly sophisticated for a boutique fashion house perfume aimed at vintage-loving young ladies. (And vintage-loving not-so-young ladies: I'm a fan of NL's sweet 40s/60s/mixties style.)

The rose here is not full-on cookie sweet -- it's toughened up with enough cedar and incense to give it a backbone. Nanette is a little dry and peppery, too. IFF's Anne Flipo is the perfumer behind Nanette. On the deeply-respectful golf clap side of Flipo's resume, we see L'Artisan Parfumeur's Fleur d'Orange and Iris Pallida limited editions, along with their ethereally earthy Fleur de Narcisse.

Anne Flipo: ethereally earthy.


In the “pass the cheese” column, there is Paco Rabanne Lady Million, LancĂ´me Tresor Midnight Rose, and Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto. Well, a gal's gotta make a living -- can't begrudge her those big commissions. I was thinking about Nanette when I recently tried fashion house Marni's namesake debut perfume. Marni is another sheer, woody rose, but emphasizes a grapefruit briskness rather than Nanette's sweet amber. Both are modern roses for the modern miss.

A teen and purse-friendly roll-on size is available from FragranceX.com


Nanette is sold at FragranceX.com and Amazon, starting at $8 for .25 oz

11 comments:

  1. I love your lip color. What is that?

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  2. This sounds (smells?) like it's right up my alley!

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  3. I was trying to remember what the guide said about this (I wore my copy out a long time ago and binned it): is this the one that "someone in a jewelled cardigan has been waiting all her life for?" or something like that.

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    1. I believe that in The Guide Tania was referring to Nanette Lepore by Nanette Lepore and not this one which is called Nanette. This one is luscious, rich, ambery and sweet! And a beautiful old fashioned bottle!

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  4. Ha! My copy of the Guide is absolutely filthy and falling apart, too. I love it.

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  5. I had a sample of this once and distinctly remember thinking this is a lot better than I was expecting! Never saw a review of it till yours. I also have a sneaky affection for Judith Leiber, though that may have less objective justification. Not that fragrance appreciation is about objectivity, but still... ;-)

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  6. Oh yes incense...you have me right there. So it's not too sweet and not a giant cake for me to pop out of? (I have popped out of a few in my day.) Well then I am on the peanut butter and jelly train for this one. Thanks Katie for opening my nostrils to Nanette!

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  7. My go-to scents are Coromandel and Portrait of a Lady, but I love this fragrance, though I don't wear it often. More than anything, I give decants of Nanette to friends as a demonstration of a fragrance that is accessibly priced but actually quite nice and not cheap-smelling in the dry-down. I am heartened that someone is aiming a fragrance of this complexity and depth at younger women. And I concur- would be drinkable on the right dude.

    Can't believe I just wrote "dude." Matthew McConaughey, perhaps. :)

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    1. I feel the same way as you, the relief of smelling a teen-aimed fragrance that doesn't stoop to concur.

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  8. Just tried and really liked Nanette. May be my next full size bottle! I wore Byzance a lot -- my husband and kids think it smells like "me". However, I got a little tired of it and started smelling around! Like Nanette for the soft rose and base layers. Sort of a L'Antichambre Poivre Rose and Ambre Narguile mix.

    Talking about your blog to friends over summer vacation and found one friend knew you in high school -- David C. Small world.

    Kris

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