Valentino · 2023 · Amandine Clerc-Marie and Honorine Blanc

Donna Born in Roma Intense

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

A warm, ambery bourbon vanilla lifted by bergamot and blackcurrant, around creamy jasmine, deepened by sweet benzoin resin.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Donna Born in Roma Intense’s scent picture, a draft: vanilla, bergamot, blackcurrant, jasmine, benzoin, coumarin (tonka) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Donna Born in Roma Intense, top notes: Vanilla, Bergamot, Blackcurrant

Heartas it settles

Donna Born in Roma Intense, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Donna Born in Roma Intense, dry-down: Benzoin, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What the label names

16 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins3 spices2 powder

11 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Born in Roma Donna ExtradoseValentino · shares vanilla, bergamot, blackcurrant (cassis) and jasmine$205 for 100 ml · about the same as Donna Born in Roma Intense’s $185
L'Aventure GoldAl Haramain · shares vanilla, bergamot, blackcurrant (cassis) and jasmine$190.48 for 100 ml · about the same as Donna Born in Roma Intense’s $185
Club de Nuit Intense ManArmaf · shares vanilla, bergamot, blackcurrant (cassis) and jasmine$50 for 105 ml · about a quarter of Donna Born in Roma Intense’s $185
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