Valentino Rock 'N Rose Pret A Porter

Mostly the flower itself, ranging from jammy to green depending on the blend. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on cassis, bergamot and green notes, moves through rose, orange blossom and gardenia, and settles on vanilla, heliotrope and orris root.

• cassis: blackcurrant: tart and purple, with a green, faintly sulphurous bite
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

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.