Valentino · 2020 · Honorine Blanc and Amandine Clerc-Marie

Voce Viva

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Sparkling bergamot and juicy mandarin over orange blossom and gardenia, drying to a cool, mineral moss and vanilla.

Valentino says

You’ll smell Italian Bergamot, Orange Blossom Absolute, Crystal Moss Accord and vanilla.

More from Valentino’s description

It also mentions Bergamot, Mandarin, Orange blossom, Gardenia and Crystal moss.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Voce Viva’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, bitter orange, oakmoss, vanilla, mandarin, gardenia drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Voce Viva, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Voce Viva, heart: Bitter orange, Gardenia

Dry-downwhat stays

Voce Viva, dry-down: Oakmoss, Vanilla, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices

9 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

Mystique BouquetAfnan · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), oakmoss, vanilla and 1 more$50 for 80 ml · about a third of Voce Viva’s $180
Black OrchidTom Ford · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, mandarin and 1 more$240 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), oakmoss, vanilla and 1 more$115 for 75 ml · about the same as Voce Viva’s $180
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.