Valentino
Valentino
142 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The Golden Kiwi arrives with immediate brightness, its tart-sweet character backed by the warmth of Brazilian Orange, creating a citrus-forward moment that feels almost syrupy against the skin. Within moments, a synthetic shimmer emerges, lending the opening an almost fizzy quality, like biting into candied fruit under bright lights.
The florals emerge gradually, the Rose and Jasminum Auriculatum creating a faintly spiced, slightly green backdrop that prevents the sweetness from becoming cloying. The fruit remains present but softens, becoming more candied, as the musky base begins its ascent and the overall composition settles into something warmer and more rounded.
Ambrette Seed Absolute and White Musk take over completely, creating a soft, skin-like base touched with residual sweetness and a faint fruity ghost. The florals have largely disappeared, leaving only a gentle, slightly soapy warmth that smells more of your own skin than of perfume—intimate rather than projecting.
Donna Born In Roma Coral Fantasy is a fragrance that announces itself with the kind of unabashed fruitiness that refuses apology. The Golden Kiwi and Brazilian Orange opening creates something between a freshly cracked stone fruit and candied citrus peel—there's a tactile quality here, almost grainy, that distinguishes it from more conventional fruity fragrances. What makes this scent genuinely intriguing is how Nadège Le Garlantezec resists the urge to let those fruits simply fade into florality; instead, they maintain a persistent sweetness that feels almost gourmand without quite tipping into dessert territory.
The Rose and Jasminum Auriculatum heart is where the composition reveals its complexity. Rather than allowing these florals to soften the fruit's edges, they integrate with a slightly spiced quality—that particular greenish dryness that Jasminum Auriculatum brings prevents the floral accord from becoming sappy or overdone. The rose sits slightly behind, lending structure without dominance. This is a fragrance for someone unafraid of sweetness but intelligent enough to demand texture alongside it; someone who gravitates toward fruity florals but finds most of them insufferably linear.
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