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Valentino Valentina Pink ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 11 February 2015 13 Comments

Valentino Valentina Pink

Valentino will launch Valentina Pink, a new fragrance for women, in March. Valentina Pink is a flanker to 2011′s Valentina (and see also: Valentina Acqua Floreale, Valentina Assoluto, Valentina Oud Assoluto and Valentina Rosa Assoluto)…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2015, part 2

Posted by Robin on 22 January 2015 5 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from Valentino, Jimmy Choo, Acqua di Parma and Thierry Mugler; and a new Eau de Parfum concentration of Hugo Woman by Hugo Boss.

Valentino Uomo Edition Noire

From Valentino, Valentino Uomo Edition Noire. Same juice, black bottle, 100 ml. Due to launch in March…

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Valentino Valentina Rosa Assoluto ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 9 September 2014 2 Comments

Valentina Rosa Assoluto

Valentino has launched Valentina Rosa Assoluto, a new fragrance for women. Valentina Rosa Assoluto is a flanker to 2012’s Valentina Assoluto, which was a flanker to 2011′s Valentina…

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Valentino Uomo ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 12 March 2014 45 Comments

Valentino Uomo advert

When I tried the new Valentino fragrance, Valentino Uomo,1 in Nordstrom, I thought: “Uh-oh…I can’t smell a thing…asnomic to an ingredient, I guess.” But when I got outside Nordstrom into the fresh air, I could smell Valentino Uomo. Quickly, I realized why I was unable to detect it at the men’s fragrance counter — Valentino Uomo smells like the inside of Nordstrom, with its combined aromas of the makeup/skincare section, new clothes and shoes, a zillion fragrances, and Ebar. What I’m reminded of when wearing Valentino Uomo is not “Italy” but “American Department Store.”

At first application, Valentino Uomo smells like lukewarm milk with a shot or two of citrus juice in it…

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It’s wonderful, part 2

Posted by Robin on 12 March 2014 2 Comments

French actor Louis Garrel in the new ad for Valentino Uomo. Like the ad for Valentino Valentina, it features the song Via Con Me by Paolo Conte.

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