Les Belles de Ricci Liberty Fizz

I've never, ever found a perfume that is as good as Liberty Fizz, but I do believe there are three other scents that are sisters to it! My everyday sister perfume is YSL In Love Again, which has some of the same notes, but with less fizz and more of a sweet desert wine aroma. It is very subtle and wearable as a day to day perfume. also quite pricey sadly, but still genuinely lovely. It feels like me (as Liberty fizz did for the 16 years that I wore it!). My special occasion sister to Liberty Fizz is Hedonist Cassis by Viktoria Minya. I think this is the closet match to Liberty Fizz.... particularly the acidic kick that made it so special (which is missing from YSL), but which has a slightly different feel due to the rose in it. It dries down more floral so isn't identical, but it's very reminiscent. Sadly it is also extremely expensive, so I don't wear it everyday! (Before I forget, Nina ricci Bella doesn’t smell like this. The vanilla in Bella (and let’s face it, every single flipping Nina Ricci Perfume since les belles was discontinued!) completely changes the scent profile and makes it sickly, not fresh and fizzy. You might like Bella but don’t buy it as a dupe for liberty fizz because it is quite quite different in smell and overall vibe) I think Grain de Folie Gres is the last sister - also very similar and has the exciting fizz of Liberty Fizz, but with more floral notes and dries down with a vanilla aroma. I would 100% wear this one if it didn't have vanilla in it! Me and vanilla are not friends, but If you don't mind vanilla this is a great way to get the vibe of Les Belles. I really hope this helps anyone searching desperately for dupes as I have been for YEARS, and I still hope to find something that smells like Liberty fizz without the insane price tag attached to some of it's relatives!

Just need to get this out of my system to other people with a perfume hobby/addiction/fetish ............After many years of been outbid on ebay , or not having the spare £100 wanted by a seller in Dubai who had a stash of 100ml bottles , I finally managed to snare a bottle !! Whoo hoo !! A friend had a half full , bashed up bottle with the sprayer missing , in her drawer for years , it is now mine. I cannot find a compatible sprayer off the top of any of my other fumes , so i shall decant it. The bottle looks terrible , but i dont care . I am so happy to be able to own 50ml of this juice again! It was a gift from my good friend . She also has a box full of vintage Chanel's n Fendis. She was going to BIN the lot as she thought they were all "Old rubbish" - No !! ! So lucky for her that she mentioned it before she did throw any out!! ( the chanels n fendis will be ebayed but she is letting me buy the chanel 19 once we have been advise in the vintage section of this site!) Wearing it now , and its everything i remembered. the one downside , it is not lasting on my skin at all , so i think the juice may have lost some potency from not been stored correctly. I have also realised that Les Belles is quite similar to YSL's In Love Again , which has just been re-released . I would like to buy a bottle of ILA , but they are charging £70. When In Love Again was out the 1st time around , it was no-where near £70 a btl. I would love to know why YSL have doubled the price , but if you are prepared to pay £70 and you miss this wonderful "les belles de ricci" , then the "In Love Again" would make a good substitute. Im just very glad i managed to be able to wear this perfume again , and could share it with those who share the passion of this hobby!

One of my all time top 5 perfumes ...I absoluely LOVE this frag!! Some find it sour/tart , but that's what I like about it . It was slightly sour in a refreshing and enjoyable sense , maybe like a lime and lemon drink , or a Mojito cocktail. I'm gutted its almost impossible to find now , as Ive never been able to find anything that even closely resembles that wonderful , refreshing Mint/Tomato/Cucumber with a fruity base . Liberty Fizz is far superior to the current rash of over sweet , cloying , "smell-alikes" that the market is flooded with. It conjures up images of drinking fruit cocktails in the garden in summer, where all these lovely plants , fruits , veggies and herbs ( Basil!) are growing , the sun is shining and there's a young . optimistic air . For those searching for it - I was outbid at the last min ( damn! ) for a 100ml bottle on eBay last week....100mls too!!...I knew i should of gone higher. I noticed there IS bottles of it for sale on eBay at Buy IT Now prices , coming in from Portugal and Dubai. The only downside is that the sellers must be very aware of its rarity , and a hardcore of fans such as me who are desperate to find it again. There charging £80 for 30ml , which is a LOT of money for 30ml IMO. IM still tempted though. Maybe ill save up and keep checking those car boot stalls , charity shops and online sales in the meantime. LOVE IT < LOVE IT - NINA RICCI PLEASE BRING IT BACK! If anyone has some for swops or sale , PLEASE PM me !! 10/10 for me - SuperOriginal back then ans still nothing like it out there now

@"smile for the camera" review below Please update your review if you get a reply from Nina Ricci!! id be over the moon if they brought this perfume back out. . . Oh i wish they would !! I always get outbidded on the odd rare bottle that come uop on ebay so its obvious that the scent does have a "following" . There are some "buy it now" bottles about , but pricey. I remember when this was only £10 for 30ml in Boots!! Hindsight - I wish id stocked up !! If they dont bring it back it would be a good idea for another house to bring out something similar , i have looked for years and i find NOTHING similar on the marktet with that glorious fresh tomato/basil/mint/fruity combo of notes. Maybe some obscure niche house may make something like this....i dont know , if anyone knows of something similar then please advise us hardcore " Liberty Fizz" fans. Dire straits - im down to 10ml now , which i want to use this summer , but dare not in case I cant replace !! need to have at least a bit in the house to just be able to have a "sniff" now n then .......yers , quite a bad case of addiction with this particular perfume !!

Another unique fragrance that quickly fell in the "Why was this discontinued?" category. I'm not familiar with Nina Ricci fragrances at all, but I bought this one a few years ago (long after it had been discontinued) based on aesthetics (I love the bottle) and the unusual combination of notes. It's a very green fragrance, but not "Green Tea" green. On me, tomato leaf and basil pop up immediately and stay. I can't really detect anything else, nor do I want to, because I bought it exactly for those two notes. The bottle and cap are extremely cute (I have the opaque lime green one) and I honestly think this is a timeless fragrance, because it's so unusual and it can appeal to people at all times. I haven't found any dupes, but to be honest I haven't searched for dupes either, as I still have half a precious bottle left of this. It's the only fragrance from "Les Belles" line that I've tried/have, but I can definitely say it's a stand out on its own. Such a shame it has been discontinued for so long.

For all the lovers of this fume, please see the new nina ricci "bella". Almost identical, i say almost as i cannot be sure without a side by side comparison. Its close enough to my memory , having not smelled LES BELLES for a few year now. Ive always been a HUGE fan of this ,and as soon as i tested Bella, WOW, so happy!! The perfume gods have answered my prayers. I know theres lots of people om here who love this fume as much as i do , so passing om the info om Bella in case you were not aware. I wonder if Nina Ricci people read this website and have taken notice , thus deciding to release the formula under a new name, or its just a damn lucky co-inxidence. I like to think they have listened to us all , as im not aware of them releasing any of their other old formulas under a new name?? Whatever the reason,i am over the moon and hope the other fans on this page will be too. Ps - Bella is in am adorable bottle :) Thank you Nina Ricci!!

Oh, I remember this perfume so very very fondly. I was 18, my Aunty bought it for my Birthday. I wore it to college most days, it would last all day, more so on my clothes rather than my skin. But, as I'd sit in lectures, I could smell that fresh, green & very strong tomato leaf scent, it was warm though. Comforting. I had this in the refillable green & pink "can". I lost the empty years ago. I always remembered it. I asked on a group on Facebook whether someone could remember what perfume was in the packaging & some wonderful person did! Immediately I looked for it but, it's so expensive... However, there was a chance that a similar/dupe oil might be out there, and it was! When it arrived it was exactly as I rembered, it has the same dry down, the same longevity. I have two 10ml perfume oil bottles, and I'm trying to get hold of more, but, like the original, sadly the oil is rare too.

Nothing smells as good as this perfume. I miss it so much, I wore it for 16 years before having to give up on old bottles and move on to an inferior perfume. YSL In Love Again is the only perfume I've found so far that smells even remotely like Liberty Fizz. It has familiar notes, but is definitely lacking the 'Fizz' part! I am desperate for Ninna Ricci to re-release this perfume (even for a special edition so I can buy every bottle made!) but until then I'll continue searching for a scent that matches it :( I just tried Grain de Folie Gres and it is actually quite similar to Liberty fizz in some ways... unlike In love again it has a bit of the acidic qualities, but with the addition of vanilla and more floras changes the over all smell. I can't wear it because I detest vanilla in perfume, but for those who don't mind it, this could be a great alternative to the glorious Les Belles!

I read with interest Autumn777's review below...... Ebay - sour perfume. I know now that it is NOT worth the extortionate prices charged on ebay for this scent , as my 20ml Id hoarded has also turned sour/off now :( I had saved and saved it for a special occasion.....Took it out for a sniff last week and it did not smell right. I wore it anyway and had to shower 10mins later as the whole house smelt of sour green evilness!! So I'd advise not purchasing this folks , it is a 90s perfume and it seems that now in 2015 these old bottles are all turning sour...Shame. God I miss this scent so much. Must be the 100th "review" Ive made on this page ,which is just a comment really , but had to let fans of this scent know to use and enjoy now before it goes sour.

I love, love, love, love this! This is in my all time top ten. The tomato leaves smell of celery, and one would think this wouldn't work in a perfume, but it really does. It gives a sweet sourness to perfection. To the reviewers who think the sour element is 'turning', no it is supposed to be sour! Give it time on the skin to develop. It is sweet, light, delightful, fruity in the most beautiful way. Because of the tomato this is never too sweet. This is the perfume I most want to be brought back. If you are ever confused between the look of this and 'Liberte Acidulee' just remember that this is frosted green glass, and acidulee is clear green glass.

I think this perfume in underrated.this is very lovely that will give the impression of liberty and happiness to the female who's wearing this. before escada make it's famous fruity scents,nina ricci has done this,by making this one and the others in 90s decade. this is very fresh like a glass of cool lemonade in the hot weather.I really enjoy the tomato dominant note in this perfume. it's girlish,energetic and flirty,much better than the too many fruity fragrances which was launched after 2000. unfortunately I've finished my bottle and I haven't found it lately in stores.but,if I do I'll but it again and again.

Still searching for a dupe, but just FYI, I just got Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Pomegranate and I'm not saying it's a dupe at all, but it has a vibe that makes me feel at home the way Liberty Fizz did. It's sweet but has a hint of sharpness and a nice green background, so I find it super comfortable and reminiscent in a way. Just giving a heads up in case any fellow Les Belles de Ricci mourners fancy trying it. Not as complex for sure, not a dupe or even massively similar, but something about it made me want to let others know it might be worth a sniff.... particularly as it's a total bargain!

Just a quick update from my last post (because my search for a dupe never ends!), I bought some Listya Tomata by Brocard - a Russian Perfume house - and I love it! Different florals so different dry down, but the Liberty fizz essentials are there! very noticeable green notes from the tomato, freshness from the mint, tart fruit from the blackcurrant and sweet citrus from the orange! I was so excited when I sprayed it on me, because I've not been able to find an every day perfume with the same grassy / sweet / sharp combo that Les Belles De Ricci had until now!

It's in my top 5 ! I was so mad it's been discontinued , most of my favortie are :-'( From what i remember they used tomato LEAVES for it, not tomatos themselves. Anyway it's very original , vey sparkling , one of a kind, very young .And unlike most "young perfumes" nowadays it's not over sweet . I had 2 (or 3 can't remember) of this one , and one of them was the bigger one ( 100ml) , and whereas this size is too big for me (as i becaome easily bored , even with scents i love) , i enjoyed every squirt of it . It was pure enjoyement .

I got this from my aunt when I was a teenager. I loved it from the very second I got it. I smelled the raspberry, basil, tomatoe leaf, black currant and mint from this. When the bottle was empty, I saved it for many years and remember how I smelled it again and again from that bottle. Once when I moved to a new apartment, I threw the bottle away and now I regret it. I wish I could smell this again. It was so fresh and sweet, but not too sweet. I so wish they would launch this again...

@Joan100 - "If this doesnt get relaunched then maybe some other small but very expensive perfume house will relaunch a fragrance with a similar scent. Sigh!" I wish they would !! I just read that Hermes Jardin sur de nil has tomato leaf in it. Must try that. After all these years I have still not sniffed ANYTHING like this , YSL's In Love Again is similar but not as good. I still have 20ml stashed away for this summer...Been hoarding it for a while , time to use it up before it turns.

I heart tomato! I'm in love with this perfume. It's increasingly difficult to find, and expensive when you do. There is something about the tomato and florals, along with that lovely basil that is just kick ass. It is fresh, invigorating, and a bit complex - nothing tooth-achingly sweet here. It's summertime in a bottle. It's refreshing like a garden of earthly delight. Oh I hope the House of Ricci will bring it back! I wrote and inquired ...

I finally got to do a side by side test with my old bottle of Les Belles Liberty Fizz and Herbae L'Occitane en Provence. They’re really quite similar despite having such different notes! Herbae is a bit sweeter and more syrupy but along with Brocard Tomato and Blackcurrant, Herbae is as close to Les Belles as you can get! Herbae is obviously way more expensive but it is much stronger than the Brocard one and last much longer.

I finally got my hands on a bottle! This scent is very pleasant. It's light and so refreshing, very much different from the perfumes I typically wear. I agree with tommy_girl, fresh like a cool glass of lemonade or like walking through a greenhouse of herbs. Although girly, it does have an edge of maturity to it. Bottles are hard to come by since the perfume is discontinued, but I see this being my main scent for summer.

Cult of the Liberty Fizz crew , listen up! On the home page now Is an article about Naf Nafs new perfume set. Looks very inspired by this 90s Nina set. The green one is called MAGIC FIZZ and even has tomato leaf!! I'm hoping it's going to be a dupe. The other bottles in this new collection are similar to the other 90s Nina's too..... OMG please let MAGIC FIZZ be a dupe please !!!!