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06/17/2021
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With all due love....
Valentino, THE Valentino has been with me for half my life. I used to marvel at the ballgowns he designed, for Academy Awards, Joan Collins and similar, from today's perspective pompous relics from the past, mainly in "Valentino Red". Then I met a woman who worked for Elizabeth Arden in Düsseldorf, at the time the distributor of, among other things, Valentino perfumes, of which there were 2 for ladies at the time. The Valentino in the red box and the aggressive Vendetta in the fan flacon. Both absolutely brilliant, if a little bit Joan Collins. The fresh, more modern Very Valentino in the brutal, angular block bottle (there was even the 400ml block for the handbag) also stood out from the crowd in a new and different way. With the next fragrance "V" I lost the thread a little bit (by the way, to the perfume-upper: you throw two Valentinos into one pot, just like with Valentino-bags there are two different manufacturers! But not too long ago, the brand Valentino suddenly came closer to me again: I was fashionably taken with the Roman Stud collection and my daughter's Viva Voce, (more on VV) elsewhere. But the admiration stops right now and here again. Born in Roma Yellow Dream for girls (but the male counterpart is supposed to be quite good!) is a neon yellow citrus shot in the oven.
Already the first seconds on my skin I would like to miss, because they were quite pungent in the nose and after that it did not get noticeably better. I have already encountered the fragrance very often, even if it is just born under this name. But I know many from recent years that are virtually identical and also identically uninteresting. The sweetness is synthetic-obtrusive and a quite pleasant creaminess is almost completely lost. One is almost glad that it doesn't have as much staying power on the skin as the early Valentinos.
I'm sincerely sorry, Signor Valentino, but I'm too much Joan Collins for that.
Already the first seconds on my skin I would like to miss, because they were quite pungent in the nose and after that it did not get noticeably better. I have already encountered the fragrance very often, even if it is just born under this name. But I know many from recent years that are virtually identical and also identically uninteresting. The sweetness is synthetic-obtrusive and a quite pleasant creaminess is almost completely lost. One is almost glad that it doesn't have as much staying power on the skin as the early Valentinos.
I'm sincerely sorry, Signor Valentino, but I'm too much Joan Collins for that.
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