Valentino Donna Born in Roma Green Stravaganza

I love it. If you like the smell of sweet or gourmand perfumes but can't wear them because it starts to smell like baby puke and spilled McDonald's hotcake syrup after it sits on your skin for a while, try this one. That being said, if that's the way your natural body scent works, you can get away with wearing this one any season rather than the recommended spring/summer. Very simple and straightforward notes, but the tea and the vanilla stick out the most, the jasmine/white floral is more like the supporting actor. Smells gourmand without being too "foody" and potentially nauseating, the tea and the jasmine keeps it fresh and invigorating. In my opinion, because of its simplicity, it doesn't evoke a specific location/event when I take a whiff, like the way Acqua Di Parma reminds me of a sunny seaside village stroll in Santorini or Sadonaso by Nasomatto takes me back to the time I accidentally walked into the men's restroom after drinking an espresso martini. No... It makes me feel nostalgic for an imaginary place and time that never existed but also exists in the minds of others. It makes me think of Alice... lost amongst the singing flowers of a massive maze like garden... stumbling across a whimsical unexpected bunch of characters having a tea party, serving stacks of cakes and sweets with tea tea and more tea.... lol i dunno i'm just saying random stuff, I just enjoy this perfume, okay? Have fun trying to pry them from my cold dead hands if they ever discontinue it *knock on wood*

This is one of those perfumes that BLOOMS on skin! When I first smelled it, I thought 'oh, nothing special, just another fresh vanilla', couldn't smell the tea.. boy was I wrong, give this one a chance. This perfume is literal FAIRY DUST. Iced jasmine green tea + soft ozonic springtime vanilla, and such a compliment magnet. If you love fairy-like enchanting + whimsical scents, or witchy & aromatic scents but still soft & feminine, try this. There is something so special and unique about this perfume, it has a unique sparkling quality to it, which makes it feel like this light airy pixie dust. The tea really comes out but not in that classic bitter dry way, but in a fresh green & aromatic way, and it has become my most favourite unique fresh-feeling vanillas. It's my most feminine tea scent alongside Indigo by Nest (= amazing layering combo btw). The Born In Roma line has a way of making scents feel like a 'spray-on aura', and you feel lifted, magical and so feminine. This is like a green tea fresher version of the original. They've taken the warmth and turned it into a cooling summery version. One more thing, if you grew up in Asia - I grew up in Singapore, where tea scents are everywhere, every air freshener is tea-scented, this is for you! This reminds me of home whilst feeling like it's still a vanilla scent. I can't believe I nearly wrote it off, because now I feel the need to buy backup bottles!

i actually love this! it’s like a crystallized green tea candy to my nose. i only have a mini splash bottle i received as a gift with the ivory flanker, sadly i can’t excuse a purchase of this at the moment until i finish off some of my current perfumes. soo fresh and perfectly sugared without being cloying. slightly soapy too, but it’s soft enough to keep it fresh without veering into full on hand soap territory. i think this is great for someone who is bored with their current sweet scents and works in a fast paced environment. it is bright and has enough sweetness that doesn’t become too much mixed with the warmth of running around a lot. i want this so bad now, i wish i had been able to try this before i bought the ivory flanker. i totally would’ve preferred this over ivory lol. the notes didn’t draw me in when i had previously looked up this fragrance.. this also smells amazing on my boyfriend.

I found this unremarkable at first sniff but man has it become a real favourite. This is not a complex perfume but I find myself reaching for it day after day as a beautiful "easy wear." It is a pretty tea and jasmine scent - I don't get any serious wafts of vanilla just small hints in the drydown. I would not classify this as a gourmand whatsoever. It is fresh and feminine and intriguing and I find I can't stop sniffing my wrists. I do not get the lime candy vibes some are suggesting and I don't find this to be at all a sweet perfume, though there seems to be a fruit note that isn't listed in the notes. Comparisons to Burberry Goddess are crazy to me, as that is a lavender bomb and there is no lavender or medicinal notes here. Sillage is very good and longevity is decent; I do find I need to re-spritz at midday (fine by me). And that green juice....I mean c'mon. Gorgeous.

So, I’m not quite as eloquently spoken as some of the more experienced collectors but speaking as someone who’s been working at a beauty counter for the past year and a bit now this fragrance truly is a very flexible scent. It’s just warm and vanilla enough that you can wear it in the winter without it seeming out of place and still fresh enough to wear in the summer. It also transitions from a day to night fragrance pretty smoothly as well. The longevity I find is pretty decent by my standard I typically only reapply maybe one spray on the neck after 4-5 hours if I’m feeling fancy. Overall this one has really stood out to me as one of my personal favourites, of the probably near hundreds that I deal with daily. I also keep track of which fragrances customers compliment me on and this is one of the top ones, lol

This is probably my favorite perfume as of late. I can’t stop wearing it! It was a love at first sniff when I tested it at the store, and I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days. To me, the tea, jasmine and vanilla blend together so that none of the three stand out too much from the other in a really beautiful way. This scent is mouthwatering and sparkling, but also soft and sensual. The Vibes: You escaped a stuffy formal mansion party with a cup of tea to the maze garden in the backyard. Theres jasmine growing around the garden and it feels playful and magical - like there could be fairies or bunnies waiting to play throughout the maze. It’s nighttime and the bright vanilla moonlight is reflecting off the small glittering pond. You finally feel like yourself out here.

I'm not a fan of the original Born in Roma or any of its flankers, but this one is a total win for me. I'm a warm gourmand gal, so coming across something that is sweet but fresh is hard for me. This checks off all the boxes. It's sweet, floral, fresh, and just the right amount of green without being grassy, if that makes sense. I will say, though, the lapsang souchoung top note is a lie. I get a green tea note for sure, but lapsang souchoung? That's my favorite tea, but it smells almost like a barbecue. I was expecting this to have that smoky black tea opening, but no. It's not even smoky at all. I think "matcha" as a top note would've been more curate. Or, granny smith apple, even. Still, it's one I've been reaching for again and again!

This heavenly floral candy!!! 🍭 I’m not a gourmand candy scent lover- I love the candy like florals that are sweet and gorgeous! This is IT! And it is singing her praises in this early fall weather! I walk around and get wafts of this and it’s so delightful 💕. It does change with the temps- as all fragrances do and this one is lovely in many different temperatures - it’s 74 degrees right now and it smells the best at this temp in fall- imo. I don’t think early summer late spring 74 would have the same scent this is giving in fall 74 temp. Seriously try it in September around 70 degrees and you’ll smell the magic I’m talking about! This is definitely a top 3 for early fall fragrances. Number 1 right now!

I'm ready for summer, are you? And l can recommand this little beauty with a glass of dry white wine and "10,000 promisess" of Backstreet Boys, max loudness, and replay, hey-hey-hey, it's saturday, and party is on my schedule! Yes, l have a little baby-bottle of this gorgeous green water, 1.FL.OZ. and my skin loves this perfume, sjasmins and sjasmins, and moore sjasmins, perfect blended with this delisjiuss vanilla, and ups, am l all alone by myself?, haven't noticez that, work your body, love is in the air, and this perfume is so euforisk good, and l want a back-up-bottle to overspray myself every saturday! Love and peace to everybody/we need more perfumes Bought 2/24, thx a lot to the privat seller!

This is my favorite flanker of the Donna Born in Roma line, and one of my favorite perfumes in general. The tea note is fresh and bold and mingles so well with the jasmine, while the vanilla adds just a bit of sweetness in the dry down. This is really well balanced, not overpowering, and really great for daily wear. I prefer this for warmer weather during the day, but I could honestly see this as someone's signiture scent wore year round. I really like to wear this at home after a shower, where I really enjoy pairing it with Phlur's Matcha Milk body spray lately. The tea notes go great together and the Matcha Milk gives the perfume just a little more sweetness and creaminess.

I live in Florida and I realized I really needed a perfume more suitable for spring / summer weather . My favorite color is green so the bottle women me over initially , but the scent made me realize that purchasing the 3.4 oz was the best idea . It’s fresh , sexy and has a calming quality about it . My husband came into our bedroom after I sprayed it and said I smelled really good . I have a fair amount of perfumes and he doesn’t always compliment them but did with this one . If you are looking something that projects to everyone around you this might not be the one . But it’s a beautiful scent to have in your collection especially for a warm spring or summer day .

I normally don't go for jasmine fragrances... she's just not my vibe. Needless to say I would have never chose this for myself. I got this as a gift from my husband for our first wedding anniversary. He picked it because he liked it. It's special to me for that reason but additionally because it's sooooo nice. In my opinion it's very well blended and sweet. It has almost a fruity thickness. It comes off pretty sexy to my nose... I really love the tea note. It lightens things up. I was so pleasantly surprised by this one. I feel like it could be worn day or night and all year round (in my climate at least). It's a love for me... Hubby has got good taste.

I ordered this with some hesitation because I don't like "green" notes. This is not green at all! No grassy or leafy notes. It's a sweet, little bit fruity fragrance. I swear there is kiwi or some sort of melon in here? The tea note is not dominant. It's like tea if you added a ton of sugar to it. A hint of sweet spearmint, I think. No smokiness. No woody notes. It's a sweet, fresh, pleasant scent that is perfect for spring. If you like Coral Fantasy, as I do, I think you will also like this. Also, it is not a huge room-filler---it's more subtle. Agewise- I think any age group would enjoy it, all the way down to teenagers. It has a youthful vibe.

Now, I can say that I tried this two times last week in two different days. We already have this at shoppers drug mart (my favourite store by the way) and for me this is vey nice . In the beginning it’s kind of chanel eau fresh eau de parfum , not exactly, but in that direction, then the parfum change in dry down. I personally detect some mint and a lot of green herbs , but elegant smelling herbs and really to me the dry down smells so similar to Herba Fresca Guerlain. It’s more unique compare with what we have on market this days, fresh and uplifting , moderate lasting. I really like it and going to buy a bottle

honestly i get green apple in the opening..... and when it dries down i mainly get this beautiful delicate green tea, with a splash of vanilla and jasmine. it's not synthetic at all, absolutely a photorealistic scent, like u rubbed some green tea spiced with jasmine and vanilla into ur skin. and is a perfect delicate lightweight fragrance for daily use! not too loud, sweet, or overpowering, just a perfect green tea scent. so lovely. i wish it was cheaper or there were better dupes out there *cries* so light, airy, fresh, and clean! obsessed!! i think it's perfect for any season, but best in winter and spring

Ughhhh!!! I have the worst luck at finding scents I'm obsessed with AND that fit my chemistry AND my vibe, BUT also stay and project the way I want them to. This is an excellent example. It's such a simple, feminine scent. Lightly floral, lightly herbal, and lightly sweet. Just a fun and flirtatious spring/summer vibe. It starts as a floral/herbal and settles as floral/sweet vanilla on my skin. More feminine opening, but a clean fem/unisex drydown. My only complaint is the quality for the price. It projects for maybe 45 minutes to an hour, and lasts on my skin/clothes maybe 2 hours max.

Definitely a perfume that reacts differently to your skin chemistry, so I would not recommend a blind buy. That being said, I really love it. It is a bit milder than its other DBiR flankers, and not super boozy like the original, so it's more of a daytime fresh perfume. That being said I don't get smokiness like I would have expected of a Lapsang Souchong note. Lapsang smells like sticking your face in a barbecue grill. If anything they're going hard on the pine note in it, so with the sweetness it's more like a pine needle syrup top note to me.

I love this scent and I have since I first smelled it buuuut it does not stick for any reason or under any circumstances... Either that or my nose goes blind to it far too quickly. But this is love in a bottle to me so if it would just stick to me a little longer so I wouldn’t have to touch it up all the time I would have it as my signature scent. At the very least this one goes in my aroma diffusers because this scent is so clean and so walk in the garden that I do not mind having this be my at home scent. Makes it smell clean and green

On the opening, it comes across slightly intense, almost assertive. As it settles and dries down, it becomes increasingly intriguing the longer it’s worn. There’s a subtle masculine edge balanced by warmth and freshness, with a faint leather nuance and an herbal backdrop that adds depth. It feels mysterious and layered rather than loud — the kind of scent that pulls you in slowly. This isn’t an everyday office fragrance, but it really shines for date nights, evenings out, or relaxed weekends. It’s moody, confident, and definitely a vibe.

Another donna born in roma flanker that managed to steal my heart. This is so pretty & luminous, to my nose its straight forward: Jasmine tea with lemon. Nothing more,nothing less,just pleaseant to the nose, now i did see people saying that this allegedly has/or is supposed to have a incense note? I didnt get any incense or smokiness which is kinda sad coz i think that would have had made this perfume More richer than it is. Will definetly & sadly(for my wallet) get this,i think it will be a good perfume to wear to work.