Valentino · 2019

Born in Roma Uomo

VersionEau de Toilette

Valentino says

You’ll smell Violet Leaf, sage and vetiver.

More from Valentino’s description

It also mentions violet leaf absolute, aromatic sage, smoked vetiver, mineral salt, spicy ginger and ginger.

The house’s page

The drawn Born in Roma Uomo bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Born in Roma Uomo’s scent picture, a draft: violet, sage, vetiver, sea shell and melon rind, ginger, coumarin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Born in Roma Uomo, top notes: Violet, sage, ginger

Heartthe first hours

Born in Roma Uomo, heart: Sea shell and melon rind

Dry-downhours later

Born in Roma Uomo, dry-down: Vetiver, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins1 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniolMethyl anthranilate

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices1

Isoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Valentino, never on a label

Violet LeafSageVetiverMineral salt, not in Ingredients yetSpicy ginger

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 11 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.