Valentino · 2022 · Nicolas Beaulieu and Jean-Christophe Hérault

Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Valentino asks $138 for 100 ml
100 ml$138

VersionEau de Toilette

Crunchy red apple with a pinch of cinnamon over warm, herbal sage, drying down to rich tobacco.

Valentino says

You’ll smell Red Apple accord, sage and tobacco accords.

More from Valentino’s description

It also mentions Apple, Cinnamon, Bergamot, Cardamom, Apple, Lavender (lavandin), Clary sage, Geranium, Tobacco, Vetiver and Patchouli.

The house’s page

The drawn Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy’s scent picture, a draft: apple, sage, tobacco, cinnamon, bergamot, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy, top notes: Apple, Bergamot, Cardamom, Lavender, Geranium

Heartas it settles

Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy, heart: Sage, Cinnamon, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy, dry-down: Tobacco, Vetiver, Patchouli, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Valentino names

Red Apple accordSageTobacco accordsCinnamonBergamotCardamomLavender (lavandin)Clary sageGeraniumVetiverPatchouli

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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet3 spices1 green

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

CitronellolGeraniolMethyl anthranilate

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolIsoeugenolCinnamal

Green1

Methyl 2-octynoate
9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateRed 4Yellow 5Violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LaytonParfums de Marly · shares apple, bergamot, cardamom, lavender and 2 more$400 for 125 ml · about twice Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy’s $138
Fougère RoyaleHoubigant · shares cinnamon, bergamot, lavender, clary sage and 2 more$250 for 100 ml · about twice Uomo Born in Roma Coral Fantasy’s $138
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares cinnamon, bergamot, cardamom, geranium (rose geranium) and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.