Valentino Donna Rosa Verde Valentino 2018

Green roses don’t actually smell that much. Not because they are only partially green and turn red with age. They also look more like wilted peonies. Their scent is rather spicy. What develops on my skin with Donna Rosa Verde leans towards the English Rose 'Graham Thomas' from my garden. A bit lemony, just a tiny bit of violet. And the mate tea? At least it’s not smoky. And actually, it reminds me more of freshly snipped geranium stems. There’s also a bit of citrus in there. But not typical bergamot. It smells like three-leafed gold pomelo blossoms in Passau in spring. Anyway. Neither the rose nor the tea is smoky and spicy. The bergamot pomelo also keeps a low profile. Just like the ginger. Thank goodness. It’s better suited with e.h. at a well-known TV chef. And the magnolia? It blooms beautifully but briefly.
After all the oud from the past years, I was in the mood for something fresher, lighter. And Valentino has never disappointed me. Not this time either. Although I would prefer if the scent lingered on me a bit longer. Strangely enough, it does on fabric. It’s probably my skin. Well, I’ll just spray it in a narrow stream on a scarf... My sweetie finds it, after initial skepticism, so stimulating that I now have to worry about my little bottle. Good thing you can easily control the amount or its dwindling through the clearly designed flacon...