Vendetta Donna is the women’s eau de parfum Valentino launched in 2026, created by Dominique Ropion with Andrew Everett. It bears the name of a 1991 Valentino fragrance while keeping nothing of its formula. Three materials make it up: a Colombian tuberose obtained through the Osmobloom process, a blood orange nectar accord and a New Caledonian sandalwood. The house defines it as a floral gourmand woody scent.
Patric Rhys (September 2026) praises a carnal tuberose, unusually daring for a fashion house; Rachel Lapidos (Bustle) finds a dark woody floral, neither syrupy nor demure.
Olfastory’s review
Patric Rhys, Fragrantica, September 2026
On September 2, 2026, Patric Rhys warns readers not to expect nostalgia: he finds the old bottle far better, but the cherry-red juice catches the eye. On a blotter, he describes a juicy, shimmering blood orange joined by a creamy, waxy, musky tuberose that swells little by little over soft wood.
Worn, the flower takes on its full carnal breadth for him: creamy like Chantilly, thick, musky, with a lipstick-like sweetness. Above all he praises an animalic, narcotic note that big brands rarely dare, “dirty and delicious,” and judges Donna clearly superior to the men’s half of the duo.
Rachel Lapidos, Bustle, September 2026
On September 18, 2026, Rachel Lapidos wrote that she wore it during the press trip the house organized in Los Angeles for the launch. She describes a barely sweet but moody woody floral: the orange accord sparkles, lightly salty, before a creamy, almost narcotic tuberose that melts into smooth sandalwood.
She finds it bold without being syrupy, floral without being pretty in the conventional sense, and compares it to Catwoman. In her view, it is not meant for anyone looking for a discreet scent or a clean smell.