Valentino · 2021

Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Valentino asks $180 for 100 ml
100 ml$180

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright Calabrian bergamot and Italian lemon over Turkish rose and peony, resting on white musk, vanilla and cedar.

Valentino says

You’ll smell Calabrian bergamot essence, italy's primofiore lemon, Turkish rose essence, peony flowers, white musk, Madagascan vanilla absolute and Virginia cedarwood.

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It also mentions Pure accord.

The house’s page

The drawn Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lemon, rose, peony, white musk, vanilla drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream, top notes: Bergamot, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream, heart: Rose, Peony, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream, dry-down: White musk, Vanilla, Cedar, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Valentino names

Calabrian bergamot essenceItaly's primofiore lemonTurkish rose essencePeony flowersWhite muskMadagascan vanilla absoluteVirginia cedarwood

What the label names

11 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 & lavender5 florals1 sweet2 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

HydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Cinnamyl alcoholMethyl anthranilate

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol (clove)
10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl alcoholA light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateRed 4Yellow 5Ext. violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Dia WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, rose, peony, clean linen and 2 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream’s $180
Miss Dior Blooming BouquetDior · shares bergamot, rose, peony, clean linen and 1 more$155 for 100 ml · about the same as Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream’s $180
DelilahMaison Alhambra · shares bergamot, rose, peony, clean linen and 1 more$26 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Donna Born in Roma Yellow Dream’s $180
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