Deci Dela

I have recieved today a 15ml pure parfum bottle and can now compare it to my edt version. What can i say: EDT version is very sharp, weak and watery, feels like the original fragrance has been dissolved in water and then poured into bottle. That is how it smells like on my skin. The pure parfum concentration is really strong, it has been all day now and i only sprayed once on my arm but still can feel the smell of this fragrance everywhere around. I like pure parfum much more but it won ́t become my favorite fragrance and i will keep it in memory because of the beautiful bottle and it also reminds me of the most beautiful make-up range ever created by any brand yet (remeber those packagings of Nina Ricci old version of lipstics, mascaras, eyshadows and creams? Like a fairy tale!). Back to fragrance: What i get from pure parfum concentration is fruits and berries but with more powder than in other concentrations. It is not as much sharp as EDT but here is powder dominanting when you smell it from the distance and if you smell it on your skin you get berries and fruits!!!! That is the amazing part of this fragrance that like it ́s name it is 2 sided indeed. It is very unusual chypre with yummy note, but sadly not my type of fragrance. This is the kind of perfume that doesn ́t smell good on me, but i like how it smells on others. A friend of mine whom i gave the bottle is liking this very much actually and on her it smells more richer than me, must be the skin chemistry. I also think that this will suit a girl in her 20 ́s, not sure about more mature women but i know few older women who would kill for this one!! I have heard from my neighbour, who ́s all time favorite it was and she used it a lot and owned in every concentration, that the best version of this fragrance was EDP concentration since it was the most balanced of them all. It might also be a matter of chemistry since on her this one smells much better and more yummy than on me. The staying power of this pure parfum version is simply amazing! It has been day 3 today and i still can smell the notes on my arm (i didn ́t take shower those days). And on the clothes it is even more long-lasting, i could detect it on my blouse for the whole week!!! That ́s the biggest plus to this concentration from me!!!

I am a chypre lover because I like (just for myself) the way certain perfumes evolve, getting serious and demanding. With Deci Dela the story changes: I want to wear this chypre, as it is surprisingly bright and carefree. There is nothing too much in here, and nothing is less by the way, everything flows smoothly to unveil a beautiful summery rose chypre, easy to go but not simple, classily oakmossy with just a pinch of patchouly, but never overbearing. On first spray DD gave me hints of Gucci Rush, that airy feeling of brilliant rose hovering lightly in a fluffy cloud. Later on I don't feel the jasmine and sweet pea, but fruity hints of peach and raspberry, mingling together and adding glow to the protagonist rose. The drydown gets warmer throughout the day and I can feel the cypress and patchouly and something else, maybe some sweet resin. I see DD as a perfume for all ages, used mainly during the day at work, being energetic and classy at the same time. I have read that DD is similar to YSL's Yvresse; I can only agree that the amount of raspberry and peach/apricot renders it somewhat fizzy, but while DD is a bright rosey peach, rejuvenating and with a springlike outset, Yvresse is a more retained and skin type kind of peach, and heavier. I have also noticed that during the entire day DD has a good sillage and lasting power and it does resemble Coco Mademoiselle. I like to wear DD during the day and Ungaro's Diva in the evening, as I like Diva's warmth in the morning, as a basis for a new application of Deci Dela. I love this scent, on the one hand because I simply like it, and on the other hand because it is so just fit for any occasion that it seems so many times to be the right choice.

I just bought a miniature of the eau concentrate and oh my gaaawwd!!! I'm in love!! First hit is sweet pea...but like fresh sweet pea, not cloying 'fake' sweetpea. Light, sweet, fruity, garden-fresh sweet pea, rather than heavy and pungent. A little cyclamen in there as well. There is a very high note of juicy fruit, sharp and sweet, right at the top here, but this doesn't last long on me. Then something creamy, woody and nutty,and a deep rich bitterness. Oakmoss and patchouli at this point. A honeyed scent too...maybe lilac? I think I can smell a hint of violet in here as well. This creaminess develops throughout the fragrance into something sweet and comforting, and sleepy. It wears on into something sensual and rich. It's lovely and I'm in love with it! What I like is that it's a sweet fragrance, but not sweet in the way today's sweet scents are. It's not sweet fruity, and it doesn't smell like Bon bons. Something keeps it grown up and sexy, as well as feminine and pretty. It's not sickly, or a sharp, bitter modern 'sparkling' . It lasts so wear on me too - I have a real issue as fragrances disappear on me so easily, but this lasts for hours! I remember this in the nineties but never owned it - I always hoped to get it as a gift and never did. Now that I have discovered it, I wish I'd bought up the entire uk supply back then! I'd wear it every day. If you could get a scent 'tatooed' on, like a picture, I would get this fragrance as I love itso much. I'm so sad it's discontinued.

First of all I must say how sad I am this beauty is discontinued. This is one of my 'beloved treasures', even more special, because it became so rare. I bought this amazing scent at a discount store at the beginning of my perfume journey, for a very decent price. Have I known what a gem this was, I would have bought ten bottles, not one. I remember when I first sniffed it, I was a bit disappointed. Not because I didn't like it, in fact I loved if, but I didn't feel confident enough to wear it. I thought this is a scent I will appreciate more in a few years. And I was right, many years later I can wear it with pride and confidence. According to the notes, this should be an easy going fruity floral scent. Well, in my humble opinion, nothing is further from the truth. This scent is very elegant and it has a classy vibe, it's like a refined white wine, fresh, sparkling, yet warm and delicious. I'm a huge lover of vintage fashion and whenever I want to dress up and feel elegant, this is one of the scents I reach to in order to match the classy vibe. It fits perfectly with a little black dress, a pearl necklace, vintage clip earrings and a red lipstick kind of look. Whenever I wear it, I feel stylish and sophisticated. Not to mention the bottle is one of the prettiest in my collection. If you are a classic scents lover and you come across this beautiful scent, give it a try, you will not regret it!

I owned this since this came out in 1994. It was my signature scent then, inchanging with CD Dolce Vita. When I moved back to NY from LA, I didn’t own it any longer. Than I became a heavy duty collector, and I always wanted this back because I knew I really liked it. So about 4 years ago I started to carve it again and wanted it back so I purchased this from a grey/discount market site. I put it away back of cool dark cabinet and forgot about it. Recently I am really into a chypre fragrance and out it came!!! 😄. So now my review! It doesn’t last as long as it used to, it got hit with the reformulation stick and now it doesn’t last more than 3 hours (you have to over spray). But I love it, it’s a beauty! the rose is one of my favorites in this, mixing with the fruits and resins WOW This is how fragrances used to be made very usual and perfectly put together. this is a classy mature scent, this was the Delina of it’s time!!! I am going to be wearing this a lot for spring. As I mentioned it has to be over sprayed to last and sillage gets close to skin quickly but can project. I have a lot of older fragrances that I wore in my 20’s and 30’s and I will always keep them in my collection, isn't that what a collector usually does? This can be worn anytime of year, it will work. Wedding fragrance, luncheon, and a daytime party. Highly recommended 10/10. STOP the reformulations 😩

Nina Ricci's DECI DELA: buy it for the bottle; stay for the juice! I LOVE this stuff, and as Fragrantica readers may have noticed, I am not exactly the queen of blandishment... I now own both the pink bottle edt and the orange bottle edt concentree, and am looking for the third, edp, just for the bottle, as I find the edt perfectly adequate longevity-wise. I originally purchased DECI DELA scent unsmelled on the strength alone of the extraordinarily original and delightful (literally full of delights, I now know!) bottle, which I continue to love. I don't wear DECI DELA very often, but the bottles are always there, tempting me in... I understand the negative reviews, however. When I first tried this fragrance, it was so strange that I couldn't really wrap my nose around it. DECI DELA defied all of the categories familiar to me. I was dazed and confused and decided to set it aside for a time. I believe that it was FRACAS that opened me up finally to DECI DELA, and now I love the latter almost as much as the former. So what's it all about, this mysterious elixir? you may be wondering. But the question can't really be answered, because DECI DELA is an intrinsically mercurial scent, which undulates in unpredictable ways according to the weather and the wearer's state--both of body and of mind. It's a well-kept secret and will stay that way!

I bought this unsniffed based on the notes/description: Melon, raspberry and apricot splash with hazelnut, cedar and oak moss to create a perfume that is vibrant, sensual and contagious. The opening packs quite a punch with the lovely sensual fruity notes, with hazelnut lingering in the background. They are not sharp fruit notes or sweet and icky, they are rounded and full. I also recall a young teacher of mine at school who must have worn this, it is a very unique scent. I think it's one of those scents that depending on your chemistry, a different tune will be played out by the notes. Your chemisty might emphasize the nutty, the fruity etc and this will decide how the scent plays out on you and what kind of effect it has - eg sexy, sophisticated etc. PS I don't agree that this could be an 'old lady' scent. I think it's quite vibrant and interesting. Almost any age (except very young) could wear this. UPDATE: 24 hours later this scent is still on me!! Its still a delightful lush velvet apricot with hints of hazelnut. TOP staying power! With oakmoss restrictions around, Im even gladder to have a bottle of this.

03. august 2012 I see a lot of people review this wonderful fragrance differently and i would like you to know that "deci dela" actually smelled quite different in every concentration. And it is not my imagination, but it is officially so. I remember back in the days when it was still sold in shops SA told me also that. And believe me, i have it in EDT and pure perfume and they DO smell different. EDT is more chypre, more watery and less fruity, quite light. While the pure perfume is loaded with berries and powder. It is amazingly fruity but powdery at the same time, but the powder doesn ́t turn me off at all here (please scroll down for my previous review on Deci-Dela). "deci-dela" translates as "here-there" (or something like that) and it is indeed a two sided fragrance, since when you smell it from a closer distance it smells one way and from a distanced distance you smell other notes. I think it would be fair enough for Fragrantica to list this fragrance separatly as EDT and PARFUM. There was also EDP which is EXTREMLY rare nowdays, which was THE best of them all.

Deci Dela is one of my favorites but I wear it only for special occasions. I feel that I have to dress up a bit for this wonderful perfume. It is a bit heavy at first but after a short while on my skin, a wonderful scent develops. It clings on my skin longer than other perfumes tend to - I'm a very pale dark-reddish-blonde and most perfumes leave me before I get used to them. Deci Dela stays on. I have to re-discover it again! Lately, I didn't have enough courage to assert myself with this fragrance that really says: I'm here, look at me. Maybe I feel I'm too old for it by now (mid 40s)? Would a pity to lose this perfume in my life...

What an adorable scent! I bought it unsniffed as soon as I discovered a bottle on the net, it was one of the most pleasant surprises. I feel very fatal and ladylike whenever I'm wearing it, it's very feminine but not provocative (rather romantic and sensitive). Its dry down reminds me of high quality cosmetic products, which is not a bad thing at all. I don't find it sweet as some others say, I was expecting a perfume similar to Hard Candy or Pink Sugar (oh, they are too sweet for me) but it's not at all like them. It's as sweet as a natural strawberry would be. Suitable for all ages, also for teens, IMHO.

All lovely peaches, raspberries, fresh and fruity with soft white florals of freesia and hint of jasmine. Settles into a soft, fruity sweetness mellowed with sandalwood and a hint vanilla. You will smell absolutely delicious and delectable in this fragrance without the cloying sweetness of so many current fragrances. I only wish the longevity and sillage were more powerful. This fragrance brightens your mood and is very uplifting and youthful in its power.

I have the pure perfume version of this scent-on me it smells like potpourri. A little spicy and a lot like the candle/potpourri aisle of a card shop, if that makes any sense. All the scents kind of mix together really nicely, at least initially, and that scent stays floating around me while the base scent transmogrifies on my skin. A lovely scent and one I will likely continue to use if I can find more (currently just have the 1/2 oz. Parfum).

Candy and powdery and YUM! Not that sickening yum kinda like most of perfumes today..on my nose this perfume has the similar powdery notes and quality as Eden does..but totally different..Eden is more greeny, spicy and sharp..Deci Dela is a lovely, sweet and innocence fragrance that can be use from 15-75+ yr young women ;) Love it when I was 14 and still love it till now..tho I was too scared to use it since we don't have it here anymore :(

I understand why it did not have much popularity when it was launched. Too woodsy, too chypre-y for the 90s that were full of watermelons, cucumbers and other fresh things. But - I still love it, love it, love it...Somehow I think of it as of a contemporary version of Mitsouko - a bit more sweet, a bit more girly, but classy and chic nevertheless.I can wear it anytime, anywhere and always feel as it was made for me.

Too bad this is so hard to come by, it holds some lovely memories of childhood for me when I would ask my mum for a perfume based only on the pretty bottles which is how I came to own Deci Dela, I can't have been any older than 10. I could be on my own with this but I recently bought Darling by Kylie Minogue purely because it reminded me of Deci Dela. Might be worth a look.

Fiquei muito triste, quando soube que esse perfume foi descontinuado. É um perfume alegre, quando eu usava todas as pessoas perguntavam qual era o que eu usava, fez muito sucesso, e nenhum perfume da Nina Ricci, se compara à ele, foi o melhor. Era intenso, mas era suave, me dava a alegria de ser delicioso, quando penso nele, lembro daaquele cheirinho de pessego com rosas.

This was the first perfume I bought on my own accord (as opposed to peer pressure). I was 16. Loved it. However I was teased alot for smelling like "an old lady" when I wore it. So I always felt a bit ashamed, stopped wearing it and soon threw the bottle (almost full) in the garbage. Oh how I regret that today! Wish I still had it :)

It's really strange, I seem to love more and more perfumes that I onced 'liked'. It really seems like my nose can handle A LOT MORE than it used to. I really think liking / loving fragrances is related to our paradigm of looking at the world. When your preception of life changes (or broadens), so does your taste in your perfume!!!

I have been looking for it for a loooooooong time I LOVE THIS PERFUME! My mom had it and i also fell in love with it and got both the edt and the edp! They do smell different as someone said in the comments! I'd love to get one again soon =) brings back memories of innocence and carefree days! Absolutely adore it!

As a kid I used to open my mum's drawer of perfumes when she was at work. And I always, ALWAYS ,spritzed only deci dela on my skin. It was so gorgeous and fresh.Peaches and oakmoss.And something "pink"! I still have a bottle and whenever I use it I feel a bright aura around me.So beautiful memories from this one!

Sometimes at the back of your mind you remember a fragrance, after about fifteen years it came to me, I remember selling this fifteen years ago. What a gorgeous sweet powdery gem, if my memory serves that is. Must track one down, for nostalgia sake.

I have a miniature and wow!! The peach and apricot is so strong and opens this fragrance beautifully. Then the flowers bloom 😍 and there is the warmth of the amber- like it a lot,would like a bigger bottle:-)

This is one of my favourite perfumes, although I did not appreciate it when I was in my 20s... and it is the only one that's got patchouli that I can put up with. Shame it was discontinued.

Ninna Ricci discontinued this fragrance, im still have a bottle "the coral one" not the pink one, I really love ❤ this perfume. I wish they started to sell it again.

Have two favourite perfumes,both impossible to buy now,Deci Dela is one,the other is Byzance by Rochas. Can ́t find anything to compare. :(

This perfume represents a happy-go-lucky woman.It's a joyful and unique mixture of fruit and flowers,pitty that's been discontinued.

Deci Dela❤...for me it is "love at the second sight". Maybe you don’t love it right away, but it’s inevitable that you will. :-)

Very-berry, sharp and sweet, joyful and glamorous. Used to wear it going out in winter 1997. One of my all time favorites!

Deci Dela & Gucci Rush do smell very similar! DD is richer and fruitier, while Rush is ten times stronger. I WISH Deci Dela was as strong! This is fantastic, beautiful stuff. Both are great though! The raspberry really comes to the front on my skin, and is a ripe, deep red, and the perfect mix of sweet & tart. The resins, peach, and patchouli surround the raspberry, and then seem to simmer all together in a heavenly compote. The sweet pea is just enough to lighten the load, so to keep men from TOTALLY losing their minds.... Very Sexy. Posh, Curvaceous, Confident, and Womanly. A Truly Fantastic, Lush, Head-Turning smell! This is a favorite. UD 2013: Rec'd another bottle online, and it seems much more peppery than I remember. Oh well. Still a like, but not the scent I remember anymore.

I don't agree that Deci Dela is similar to Gucci Rush. Gucci Rush is way too heavy, peachy, creamy, sweet and cloying in comparison to Deci Dela. Deci Dela ("here and there") is an airy (now I see why the name), soft and distinctively floral edge to it. And in my personal taste, if I had to choose between the two, I would blindly go for it. This is an amazing fragrance for spring time. It makes me feel comfortable and so feminine. It's only bonbon sweet enough, never cheesy, and the creamy feel it gives is just perfect. Beware though, if you overdo, it can be very cloying. Finally, Deci Dela is one of the fragrances which gets me men's compliments. *Migraine safe in small amounts.

On first wearing for me, this comes off as a screechy drugstore floral fraigrance with lots of aldehydes, maybe rose and indistinct florals with maybe some indistinct fruit. It mutates on the skin and goes through various phases but in the end I still am not sure I like it. There are moments that I like it then it changes to a moment I dislike. Will have to try it in another season. It's June now but a bit chilly. My initial impression: screechy indistinct drugstore hairspray floral; boronia, lots of freesia, rose, some osmanthus, a hint of peach and raspberry, sandalwood and vanilla

What a strange little thing this Deci Dela perfume is ... notes unfold quickly, revealing layers of scent. Ar first there seems to be rose, but it turns out to be raspberry. DD is a light scent with little sillage. It sinks into the skin, waiting to be discovered. It should work well on hot days, I think. Not a big fan of Nina Ricci usually, I do rather like this. The bottle is not particularly graceful, with a knobby top resembling a potato. Sadly, the coating on my bottle is flaking off, taking the name with it.

I found Deci Dela by Nina Ricci in a charity shop — in its original box — and couldn’t resist. The very first spray didn’t impress me: it smelled a bit like sour water at first. However, later that day I reached for something on a shelf and was suddenly struck by a very pleasant, gentle wave of sweet pea aroma. I looked around and realized it was coming from my own wrist where I had sprayed the perfume earlier. What a lovely surprise — I couldn’t stop sniffing my wrist. Amazing perfume!

This was my first ever full sized "grown up" perfume when I was a teenager (after first trying it in one of those Christmas sets of mini bottles, that always seemed to include Loulou and Tresor). I loved it so much, and I'm still a fan of a lot of the major notes in other fragrances, especially Sweet Pea and Osmanthus. It was a very interesting fruity floral in the classic mid-90s style.

The adorable bottle opens with that ambrosia fruit salad made with orange jello and canned peaches and marshmallows that your gran always made for parties, then turns into handfuls of powdery Smarties for a few hours. Lasts longer on clothes than skin, a deeper dry down of vanilla sweet resin, infused with peach cordial. Weird and flirty and so fun. I love it.

I just received mine today and I'm already in love with it. It's sweet but not sugary, fruity, powdery, would go with cardigans as well as binikis imo. The oakmoss tone gives it a classy feeling. Simply gorgeous! I can't help smiling when I put my nose to my wrist lol.

A very pretty and particularly feminine scent in a sweet and girlish way. It is sweet but doesn't go too far into the realms of saccharine. Clean and clear edibilty like a tangy jolly rancher or a pear drop.

I don't have much to add to other reviews. Just want to mention that for me it's similar to Miss Dior Cherie by DIOR - so if you are looking for a stronger, more mature version - try it!

This was a lovely, mature , fruity floral ( unlike most of today's sticky sweet juvenile scents) Unusual, soft, feminine. Sad it's gone.

WOW! If you love Gucci Rush, you must try this one. It is almost identical to GR red version.

I'd NO idea this was still on the market! Off to Macy's I go!!

it feels the breeze :) like a wind around the fruit garden.

YOUNG. Less sophisticated version of Creed's Spring Flower. Under 21 LOVED (back then) the opening. But don't over-apply; remember heat magnifies scents. And God knows, we only ever wear this one in the summer, right gals! Peace. ***EDIT*** I actually Wore this the other day and it’s NOT young!!! In fact it smells utterly DIVINE (it’s summer). Takes a ton of confidence to pull off. Extremely effervescent and lively so you better be damn full of life enough or she’ll wear you. My favorite special occasion wear wore with polka dot top in white, coral. black and hot pink, with impeccable hair & make up including creamy shadow, lashes, hot pink blush, classic red nails to meet some friends and then attended a late night event. Beautiful, elegant, vibrant and playful ooh!

I was helping dad sorting out the clutter in our old basement when we found a bottle of this, still inside the original box. I found out that this was gifted to my mom, but she has no interest in perfumes, unfortunately, so I'm keeping it instead, not unfortunately ;) It doesn't seem very sweet when you spray it, but it does become incredibly sweet as it dries down. Smells more woody and resinous in the opening, which scared my sister away. I was a bit scared too, but I insisted and decided to wear it. It projects heavily during the first hour or two, and can be a bit nauseating in the heat. The fruity notes are very synthetic, but warm and round. It is an interesting fragrance, I'll make sure to update this review as I try it again in cooler weather.

I thought I was going to like Deci Dela but this is one of my 80' nightmares that I didnt had found the name. This perfume tormented me for years: its harsh, smells lika a wig with bugspray and there is nothing good going on here, I can smell the raspberry but its a really fake one, oh im sorry, I cant even describe it, when I putted it on my skin I had to rubb it off imediatly :'( I wanted to like it bahhh...

What an odd scent this is. To me it is sour fruit and patchouli, not a good combo in my humble opinion. I have tried it on numerous occasions, but always end up washing it off. I have alwas loved the bottle and really wanted to love the juice....but I guess it just isn't meant to be.

Smells sickly sweet on my skin. Gave me and those around me, a headache everytime I wore it, so gave it away to a friend and surprise... it smells great on her! I guess I'm better off with citrus and cedar notes in the perfumes I wear. This one just wasn't for me.

I was excited to test it, but the cypress note did me in. (It's a chemistry thing.) It dominated the whole composition on my skin and I never had the opportunity to commune with all the other lovely notes that wanted to be heard. :( *sigh*

Really not my cup of tea . I'm not saying it's a bad scent, because it's quality one , with its own personality , it just not fits mine :-)

Yesterday I received a small decant of this from a generous member of this community. I, literally, just spritzed my inner elbow about ten minutes ago with this. I NEVER get on here to write a review so soon after applying a fragrance but I just had to share my little discovery. I apologize if someone else before me already made this connection ( I read most of the reviews first..but not all.) Within the first five minutes Deci Dela smelled very familiar...and not just in the, it's-a-beautiful-chypre sort of way but it smelled very similar to another in my collection...one that get's a lot of attention of both love and hate. Eden by Cacharel. I ran over to Eden to check out the notes to comapare and guess what?? Same perfume nose,Jean Guichard, made both perfumes and both in 1994! They are not identical but definitely feel like relatives. As I type, Deci Dela continues to develop and is heading in a spicier and more powdery direction and away from Eden's sweet alien fruits and greens. There are a couple others in my personal collection that Deci Dela remind me of as well: St Dupont pour Femme, which is "higher pitched" and soapier and also Chypre d'Orient by Molinard. Anyway, I am fairly new to Chypres but I am learning and discovering about their beauty and what sets them apart from other genres of perfume. One of the things that I've discovered about them is that they manage to feel both classic and modern at the same time. It took me years to learn that some of these earthy and soapy notes that I love so much in perfumes,when combined, were called Chypres....a couple years ago, I had to look up the word just to figure out how to pronounce it correctly....lol! As far as the Eden comparison goes, in the time it took to write this review, I still get the familiarity but they have continued to venture further apart. They remind me of Mother and Daughter. One more mature,sophisticated and classic...sexy in an understated way and the other more daring and juvenile and slightly odd....still trying to figure out who they are and having fun doing it! Now I wonder which one Jean Guichard created first.... Afterthought: I just noticed the similarity in bottle types between both Eden and Deci Dela. Obviously different colors but both bubbly and rounded and curvy with cute with gold caps.