Valentino Donna

Mostly cool, powdery and slightly rooty, closer to makeup than to a flower. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on bergamot and grapefruit, moves through iris, bulgarian rose and praline, and settles on leather, vanilla and patchouli.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• grapefruit: bitter-fresh citrus, more tart and less sweet than orange

It lasts well and carries into a room.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.