Valentino Donna Noir Absolu for women

Mostly like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge. Underneath that, juicy and ripe, like peach, berry or apple.

It opens on pepper, moves through plum, liquor and rose, and settles on leather and sandalwood.

• pepper: dry and warming, like freshly cracked black pepper
• plum: dark sweet fruit, almost wine-like

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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