Valentino - Valentina

Bild: Valentina reklambild från Valentino (c)

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Valentina är skapad för huset Valentino av välkända parfymörerna Alberto Morillas och Oliver Cresp. Den presenteras i en mycket vacker flaska. Själva doften är en typisk ung, modern à la 2011 vit blommig floral över en clean vanilj och träbas med lite skalad ambra.

Valentina inleds med lite dämpat, spritsigt, lätt citrusliknande med inslag av de vita blommorna. De vita blommorna, speciellt apelsinblomman blir sedan tydligare för att sedan mingla ihop och söta till sig med en lätt bärig not. När Valentina nått basen finns där lätt vanilj, ambra och lite trä, en snäll och mjäkig bas, en dussinvara. Valtentina påminner om många dofter i den ordinarie doftbilden lite light Miss Dior Cherie, lite Elie Saab blandad med allmän vanilj doft. I basen finns något som påminner om en skalad och pastellblek version av Diesel Loverdose.

Vad har jag då att säga om Valentina? Tja, smells najs aber überhaupt nicht intressant. Inte för en tant som jag i alla fall, men Valentina är också främst tänkt för en yngre generation damer.

Positivt är att Valentina inte har någon tydlig tvättmedelsnot även om den känns syntetisk och att den trots smultron inte är bärigt sötsliskig som så många dofter riktade till den yngre generationen. Valentina är inte heller, som så många dofter marknadsförda mot den yngre generationen, billigt vulgär och flamsigt fnissig utan den har faktiskt viss klass, är rätt diskret och lite posh.

Valentina is created for the italian fashionhouse Valentino by the famous perfumers Alberto Morillas and Oliver Cresp. It is presented in a beautiful bottle that fits the scent, a typical young, modern à la 2011 stripped down white floral over a clean vanilla and wood base with a little scaled amber.

Valentina begins a little muted, sparkling, slightly citruslike with hints of white flowers. The white flowers, especially orange flower then becomes clearer and then mingle together and sweetens with a light berry note. When Valentina reached the base there is a straight forward vanilla, amber and a hint of wood, a kind and almost meeky base, that could be recognized a variety of contemorary creations. The whole perfume also recalls many scents in the regular scentpicture a bit of a Miss Dior Cherie light, some Elie Saab mixed with a general vanilla scent. The base is somewhat reminiscent of a scaled and pastel pale version of Diesel Loverdose.

What do I have to say about Valentina? Well, smells nice aber nicht überhaupt interesting. Not for an old lady like me anyway, Valentina is primarily intended for a younger generation.

The good news is that Valentina, even if it smells smooth synthetic, has no obvious clean detergentnote. The wild strawberry note is not sharp sugary, as in the case of many fragrances targeted to the younger generation. Valentina is not, as so many fragrances marketed towards the young ones, cheap, vulgar and giggly, it actually has some class, it's quite subtle and a bit posh.

Rating: 3

Notes: Bergamot, truffle, orangeblossom, jasmine, tuberose, strawberry, cedarwood, amber, vanilla

Thanks to Escentual for the sample of Valentina 

Diesel - Loverdose

Picture: Licorice Wheels, Photo: Pikaluk, (cc)

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Loverdose by Diesel made me curious as it is a typical "mainstream" fragrance which is quite well received by Octavian at 1000Fragrances who tend to be at bit fussy when evaluating new fragrancs. As I have a sample of it, provided by Escentual I just had to try. Here are my impressions.

The initial stage of Loverdose is a punch of licorice and jelly candy sweetness, on the verge of way to much. In the next stage the fragrance calms down and the  licorice settles in a jasminenote that is similar to the cold, syntetic jasmine in Thierry Muglers Alien. In Loverdose the Alien jasminnote is considerable dimmed. As Loverdose is dried down to the basenotes, a note that reminds me of tobacco also appears. The tobbaco note reminds med of a sweeter version of the tobacco in Juliette Has a Guns Calamity J.There also a rubbery, at the same time creamy feeling. Loverdose is quite linear and the middle and basenotes are interacting during its development featuring the licorice.

Loverdose reminds me of a lighter, sweeter and definitly younger Lolita Lempicka. Lolita Lempicka is, according to my opinion, a scent with more caracter and comlpexity, a grown-up scent. Old and grumpy, I prefer the Lolita, Loverdose somehow lacks sufficient depth or body compared to Lolita Lempicka and Alien. Loverdose is on the other hand, suitable to teens and young women as the fragrance is ligther and arier than Lolita.

Even if Loverdose all together is quite cosy and comfortable perfect for grey falldays, testing it at first threatend to be a lost day in Perfumeland to me. Maybe the conditions where unfair as I wore and finally understand Mona di Orios amzing Oud the day before. But as Loverdose dried down the sweetness was toned down and the woody notes, the Alien jasmine and the notes resembling tobacco and rubber where more predominent. Dispite the initial horror testing Loverdose I ended up quite content with my testing of Loverdose.

Rating: 3

Notes: Mandarin, anice, jasmine, gardenia, licorice, amber, vanilla, woods