Valentino Donna is a luminous and sensual fragrance that showcases a whole array of noble ingredients. These are blended with subtlety, revealing the natural elegance of the Valentino woman.
The woman envisioned by the house of Valentino, whether in precious gowns or in its fragrances, is always elegant and refined but also charming and highly sensual while remaining natural and very fresh. It was by drawing inspiration from this Valentino woman that the two great perfumers Antoine de Maisondieu and Sonia Constant created Valentino Donna. Just as elegant as the beautiful Valentina but fresher, Valentino Donna radiates a bright light and sensual shadows that only wait to be discovered...
The fragrance as an ode to Italy: Valentino Donna
For the haute couture house of Valentino, the art of perfumery is a relatively recent art. While the very first fragrance, Valentino, was released in 1978, it took until 2005 for the house to offer a second one. However, the triumph of Valentino fragrances would wait until the release, in 2011, of Valentina, a fragrance that resembles in every way the couture and deeply Italian spirit of Valentino.
After offering sublime flankers of Valentina, the house became passionate about a new project on which two of today's greatest perfumers worked: Valentino Donna. Indeed, just as with Valentina, for which Valentino turned to Olivier Cresp and Alberto Morillas, the house sought out the best noses of the moment for Valentino Donna: it turned to Sonia Constant and Antoine de Maisondieu.
The two young prodigies of perfumery are very different: where one constantly seeks to discover new olfactory raw materials, the other draws constant inspiration from the film industry from which he comes. This dual approach to the creation of a fragrance would be one of the key elements behind the success of Valentino Donna. Where Antoine de Maisondieu seeks inspiration in the living embodiment of a scented concept, Sonia Constant instead seeks to become the character of the fragrance she creates. Regardless, their different yet complementary approaches allowed them to create a Valentino Donna in the purest Italian spirit while also carrying a breath of French-style romance...
To dress this woman of complex simplicity, perfumers Sonia Constant and Antoine Maisondieu envisioned a fragrance that is both classic and ever-changing, one that seems to have always existed: a unique, subtle and light scent with a seductive and deeply Italian accord. Puig regarding Valentino Donna by Valentino.
The Valentino Donna fragrance and its light and shadow orchestrated by Sonia Constant and Antoine Maisondieu
In order to highlight the magnificent contrasts of the Valentino woman, as Italian as she is French, the perfumers did not hesitate to use the best of southern and Parisian raw materials in service of their composition for Valentino Donna.
Thus Valentino Donna exalts the freshness of Italian bergamot against the powdery, refined strength of Pallida iris, evoking the beautiful city of Florence, Italy's artistic capital. Rose essence, present at the heart, is instead very symbolic of French refinement. And yet, these beautiful Franco-Italian scents come together in warm, sensual depths of leather, patchouli and vanilla. Whoever the woman is and wherever she comes from, her magnetism remains the same, and Valentino Donna proves it effortlessly!