Valentino Donna Rosa Verde

Mostly bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel. Underneath that, the general smell of flowers, without leaning sharp or sweet.

It opens on bergamot, petitgrain paraguay and ginger, moves through rose, magnolia and osmanthus, and settles on mate, ambrette (musk mallow) and akigalawood.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• ginger: sharp and fresh with a peppery bite, closer to the raw root than to gingerbread

It lasts an average amount of time and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

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