The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
In 2018, Nina Ricci launched Les Monstres de Nina Ricci, a limited-edition series that reimagined their Nina fragrance bottles as works of art. For Luna, Brazilian designers Ana Strumpf and Guto Requena transformed the iconic shape into a collectible blue apple with drawn pink eyes and a blue pom-pom around the neck. The name itself, Monstres, suggests that beautiful things can have a playful, even mischievous, side. This is exactly what Luna delivers: a fragrance that's sweet, warm, and completely unbothered about being taken seriously.
Christophe Raynaud approached Luna as a gourmand composition with a playful heart, fresh pineapple and lime opening, warm caramel finishing. The structure is deceptively simple: bright, then soft, then sweet. What makes it work is the balance. The citrus doesn't fight the caramel. The florals don't get buried. It's the kind of sweetness that works because it doesn't try to convince you it's sophisticated. It's just... here, and glad of it.
The evolution
The opening hits immediately, pineapple and lime doing that bright, juicy thing tropical notes do best. For about the first hour, it's all citrus energy. Then the heart takes over: freesia and orange blossom softening the edges, introducing something rounder and warmer. The drydown is where Luna becomes itself. Caramel and blond woods arrive together, the caramel holding steady while the woods add just enough warmth to keep it from cloying. By the final hours, it's skin-close and sweet, the kind of finish that makes you lean in. Lasts 6-8 hours on most. Moderate sillage throughout, no dramatic projection, just presence.
Cultural impact
Part of the Les Monstres de Nina Ricci collection, a series of limited editions that treat fragrance bottles as art objects. The 2018 release positioned Luna as a collector's piece as much as a perfume, appealing to those who want something with personality and a conversation-starting bottle.
