Valentino Eau de Parfum

This is absolutely stunning. This is Silk and Cashmere in one! What is more luxurious then that? It is a beautiful tropical floral, for day or night, casual or dressy. The initial spray is a honeyed lush floral, mimose, magnolia, orangle blossom and violet. It is fresh yet heavy, almost aquatic. It immediatley warms up with heliotrope, orchid and rice flour, smelling amost coconuty, almondy, or cashmere like, all the while the luscious florals remain. It is utterly feminine, oozing sensuality. A casual tropical floral, elegant and cool. It makes me picture a woman in Thailand, dressed in a silky satin tea dress with her long wavy hair, natural makeup, a natural beauty. She walks out of her one story house, wooden, bamboo, tropical flora line the drive way in the front with golden lights lining the house. She gets in her luxury car where her driver escorts her to restaurant in a tropical beach under the stars, behind it are lush trees and waterfalls. Her husband comes to greet her with kisses and gifts for their private anniversary dinner. A cool, casual luxury scent. This can easily be worn in any season, but I would prefer it in the warmer months. Something about this is so darn sexy and womanly and makes me feel very confident. I love it.

FINALLY, a lovely romantic floral that works with my chemistry!! My skin radiates incense, spices, woods and anything earthy, rooty, mossy, mulchy, moist dirt, not really what I'm looking for when I want to smell totally feminine, soft and classy. Florals usually turn sour and "urine-like" on me or if they have any of the "warming" notes it's usually something mulchy/soily or green and of course that's all my skin with let show. I have not found an ultra feminine scent that smells super girly since the 80's (Jessica Mclintock and EL Beautiful) I cannot the discern the notes here but I've had big success with rice notes in other perfumes so maybe that's the "thing" but Oh My . . . this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for! Nothing in it is vanillic, spicy, mulchy or remotely unisex . . . and NO BABY PEE . . . just pure sophisticated lady in a bottle: maxi dress, high heels, awesome handbag, precious metal and gemstone jewelry, perfect hair and makeup . . . For me it is simply floral perfection.

got the mini today and what can i say, it's a really expensive smelling, elegant, classy, very soft fragrance with a very good sillage, a pleasant elegant and comfortable scent. starts with the sweet and slighlty powdery magnolia. i get something juicy and very mouthwatering but after some minutes i can detect a whiff of a quite fresh and bitter/sour sensation, even a little bit harsh and unpleasant to my nose, which has to be the pomelo. it's not disgusting but in some way like the 'eeew' impression when you drink a pomelojuice in the morning. then it turned to all about wonderful creamy flowers. base slightly warm and still creamy. i think the sweetness of the top and the slightly warm creaminess of the bottom are the best of this fragrance. could be easely a signature scent for a elegant lady with chic and expensive clothes. very nice and well done. stunning bottle ! staying power average.

I received this fragrance as a gift when it was launched and at that time, I was staunchly into “unisex” scents so the Valentino sat unused on my perfume tray for a long time. Until one day I decided to wear it because the dress I had on that day was flouncy and feminine, and this scent seemed like a better match than my usual woody, patchouli, amber, incense scents. I misjudged this fragrance entirely. A sample spritz on the wrist was not enough for me to fully engage with the soft, sensual opulence of creamy, non-screechy florals and fruit blossoms that would engulf me with a full intentional wearing. Devastated to learn that it was discontinued.

I love this fragrance! Very subtle and classy. This is one of the few fragrances that my whole family loves on me... It is warm without being heavy. If you love floral scents but do not want an overwhelming fragrance, this is a good one to try. I tend toward summer scents: citrus florals. This is a version which can be carried nicely into Autumn. It is sweet but not gourmand. Try before you buy though, as I could see the pomelo becoming too sour on some people due to body chemistry.