Vendetta Donna

Vendetta Donna rests on three named materials, and on an extraction process the house highlights as much as the materials themselves.

An Osmobloom tuberose

The tuberose comes from Colombia, from the Finca Mugheeu, where the flowers are picked by hand at dusk. The house presents the Osmobloom extract as a breakthrough: a process free of solvents and heat, developed over two years of trials, in which a hundred grams hold six thousand fresh flowers.

A capture technique called Air-Capture amplifies its luminous and carnal facets. The house calls the flower narcotic, warm, solar and unctuous; it also mentions white flowers around it, without naming any.

A nectar rather than a zest

The second pillar is a blood orange nectar accord inspired by the Tarocco Rosso, an Italian red-fleshed variety. The house credits it with a liqueur-like sweetness; the launch communication adds a lightly salty effect.

Andrew Everett says he immersed the tuberose in it to create an element of surprise, aiming for Italian sensuality rather than the sticky addictiveness of the usual gourmands.

New Caledonian sandalwood

The sandalwood comes from New Caledonia and is harvested by hand, according to the house. It credits the wood with a creamy, milky smoothness meant to anchor the composition in deep sensuality.

Two orders for three materials

From one medium to another, the house does not give its tiers in a consistent order. The Valentino Beauty product page, in France as internationally, places tuberose at the top, the orange accord in the heart and sandalwood at the base: that is the order used for the notes displayed.

The Maison Valentino website and the launch press release swap the first two and open on the orange. The first reviews likewise describe the fruit before the flower. The formula does not change for all that: only the way of telling it differs.

Floral gourmand woody

The house sums up the signature in three words: floral, gourmand, woody. Vendetta Donna is therefore classified as floral, with gourmand and woody as secondary families.