Valentino Donna Born in Roma Eau de Parfum

Rome is not merely a city but an argument — a sustained and monumental argument made in marble, in travertine, in the accumulated beauty of two and a half thousand years of human creative ambition, for the specific and entirely Italian proposition that beauty and authority are not merely compatible but inseparable. The woman born in Rome — or the woman who embodies the spirit of Rome, who carries the city's quality of simultaneously ancient and entirely vital feminine authority — is precisely this: beautiful and powerful, classical and modern, steeped in heritage and entirely confident in the present. Valentino, the house that has dressed some of the most celebrated women in the world and that has, since its founding in 1960, embodied the specific quality of Italian feminine luxury at its most unapologetically magnificent, launched Born in Roma in 2019 as its most direct and most specific tribute to this ideal. Created by Anne Flipo and Antoine Maisondieu — two of the most consistently excellent and most genuinely accomplished perfumers working in contemporary luxury fragrance — the composition brings together a blackcurrant-and-pink-pepper opening of real contemporary energy, a three-jasmine heart of extraordinary compositional originality and genuine immediate beauty, and a Cashmeran-Guiac-Wood-Vanilla-Bourbon base of real lasting distinction. It is a fragrance of genuine Italian feminine authority — simultaneously immediately compelling and enduringly sophisticated, simultaneously bold in its blackcurrant-and-pepper opening and deeply, classically beautiful in its triple-jasmine heart.

The opening of Valentino Donna Born in Roma is a two-note accord of genuine immediate sophistication and genuine immediately compelling feminine energy. Blackcurrant takes the opening's most immediately distinctive role — a slightly smoky, jewel-bright, and specifically dark berry note of considerable character and considerable immediately memorable depth. Blackcurrant carries a quality of simultaneous vivacity and dark sophistication that simpler red berry notes do not achieve — its slightly smoky, slightly tart character adding a dimension of genuine complexity and genuinely compelling depth to the opening that gives Born in Roma a quality of real character and real immediately authoritative feminine presence from the very first spray. In the opening of Born in Roma, the blackcurrant provides the most immediately distinctive and the most specifically memorable quality of the first impression — the note that most powerfully establishes the composition's character of bold, contemporary, and genuinely sophisticated Italian feminine authority. Pink pepper accompanies the blackcurrant with a warm, luminous, and slightly fruity spice note of considerable immediately appealing and immediately distinctive character — a spice of warm, glowing radiance that is simultaneously more refined and more immediately appealing than sharper spice notes, its quality of warm spice luminosity giving the opening a dimension of vibrancy and energy that is simultaneously immediately distinctive and immediately beautiful. Together, blackcurrant and pink pepper create a top note combination of genuine immediate sophistication — an opening that announces the composition's ambitions and the woman who wears it with complete Italian feminine authority.

The heart of Valentino Donna Born in Roma is its most genuinely extraordinary and its most compositionally original phase — the three-jasmine accord of Jasmine Grandiflorum, Jasmine Sambac, and Jasmine Tea that is simultaneously the most immediately beautiful and the most genuinely ambitious floral creative choice in the composition. Three distinct expressions of the same flower, each with its own specific character and its own specific contribution to the overall accord, chosen and balanced with the compositional intelligence of two of the most accomplished perfumers of their generation. Jasmine Grandiflorum — the jasmine of Grasse and Egypt, the most refined and most specifically opulent of the three expressions — provides the heart's most warm, most deeply honeyed, and most richly beautiful white floral quality. In fine feminine fragrance, Jasmine Grandiflorum is the jasmine at its most genuinely luxurious and its most immediately distinguished — a flower note of remarkable quality whose deep, honeyed, and richly complex floralcy gives any composition it inhabits a quality of specifically and genuinely opulent white floral beauty. In the heart of Born in Roma, Grandiflorum provides the most immediately beautiful and the most warmly opulent quality of the three-jasmine accord. Jasmine Sambac — native to South and Southeast Asia and the jasmine of traditional garlands and perfumery across multiple Asian cultures — provides the most intensely floral and most immediately sensual of the three expressions, its slightly more assertive and more deeply indolic character deepening and enriching the Grandiflorum's more refined quality with something warmer, more immediately present, and more directly beautiful in its sensual depth. Jasmine Tea completes the accord with the freshest, most specifically modern, and most immediately clean of the three expressions — a jasmine that bridges the warmer, more opulent character of the Grandiflorum and Sambac with a quality of slightly green, slightly tea-adjacent clean freshness that gives the combined three-jasmine heart its most accessible and most contemporary dimension. Together, all three jasmine expressions create a heart of extraordinary multi-dimensional beauty — warm and fresh simultaneously, opulent and modern simultaneously, immediately lovely and genuinely complex simultaneously.

The base of Valentino Donna Born in Roma is warm, distinctive, and genuinely sophisticated — a three-note foundation of Cashmeran, Guiac Wood, and Vanilla Bourbon Extract that gives the composition its most lasting, its most warmly complex, and its most enduringly beautiful dry-down character. Cashmeran — the IFF synthetic molecule of complex, simultaneously woody, musky, and warmly spicy character, with a quality of gently cashmere-like softness and genuine depth — provides the base's most immediately distinctive and most genuinely sophisticated element. It is among the most celebrated and most consistently appreciated materials in contemporary luxury fragrance, providing a quality of warm, slightly sophisticated complexity that simple musk or amber bases cannot achieve — and its presence in the base of Born in Roma is the most directly responsible factor in the composition's exceptional longevity and its quality of enduring dry-down distinction. Guiac Wood accompanies the Cashmeran with a clean, slightly smoky, and specifically beautiful woody quality — a natural resinous wood of considerable character and considerable immediately distinctive quality that gives the base its most specifically and most genuinely distinguished woody dimension. Vanilla Bourbon Extract completes the base with a warm, slightly rich, and deeply beautiful vanilla sweetness — the specific quality of Bourbon vanilla at its most luxurious, providing the dry-down with the most broadly appealing and the most consistently lovely quality of warm sweetness. Together, Cashmeran, Guiac Wood, and Vanilla Bourbon Extract create a base of extraordinary warmth, genuine distinction, and exceptional lasting quality.

Valentino Donna Born in Roma belongs to the Floral Woody fragrance family — and it represents that family at its most compositionally ambitious, its most genuinely original, and its most deeply and enduringly beautiful. The blackcurrant-and-pink-pepper opening gives it its most immediately compelling and most boldly contemporary feminine first impression; the three-jasmine heart gives it its most genuinely extraordinary and most compositionally remarkable mid-wear character; and the Cashmeran-Guiac-Wood-Vanilla-Bourbon base gives it the warm, sophisticated, and genuinely distinguished dry-down that makes the full wearing experience of Born in Roma as deeply beautiful and as genuinely rewarding across its ten or more hours of wearing as it is compelling in its most vivacious opening moments. It is, in the most direct and most accurate sense, a great Italian feminine fragrance — and it earns that designation with the same conviction that the city that inspired it has earned its designation as the Eternal City.

Fall and winter are Born in Roma's most magnificent seasons — the Cashmeran and Vanilla Bourbon base develop their fullest and most deeply satisfying warmth in cooler temperatures. Spring evenings and sophisticated daytime occasions are equally natural domains. For professional daytime, evening occasions, date nights, and any moment calling for a fragrance of genuine Italian feminine authority and genuine lasting sophistication, Born in Roma wears with the complete conviction and the complete elegance of one of the finest Italian luxury feminine launches of the past decade. Every bottle at GuiltyFragrance.com is 100% authentic, brand-new, and sealed in original Valentino manufacturer packaging — sourced from authorized distributors, never a tester or imitation — and backed by our free US shipping and 30-day return policy.

Fragrance Family

Floral, Woody — Italian Floral Woody

Scent Notes

Why Choose Valentino Donna Born in Roma

• 100% authentic Valentino fragrance — brand-new, factory-sealed in original Born in Roma packaging with the iconic Roman dome-inspired gold cap bottle, sourced from authorized distributors, never a tester or imitation.
• Created by Anne Flipo and Antoine Maisondieu — two of the most consistently celebrated and most genuinely accomplished perfumers working in contemporary luxury fragrance. Anne Flipo also created Paco Rabanne Invictus, Jimmy Choo Man, and YSL Libre. Their collaboration on Born in Roma — the three-jasmine heart in particular — is a direct expression of what two perfumers of this caliber produce when given the creative ambition and the ingredient quality to realize their most original compositional vision.
• Three distinct jasmine expressions in one heart — Jasmine Grandiflorum (the most opulent), Jasmine Sambac (the most sensual), and Jasmine Tea (the freshest and most modern) together create a multi-dimensional jasmine accord of genuine originality and genuine immediately extraordinary beauty. A single jasmine note cannot achieve what all three together create: simultaneous warmth and freshness, opulence and modernity, depth and accessibility.
• Cashmeran in the base — among the most distinguished and most consistently celebrated synthetic fragrance molecules in contemporary luxury perfumery, providing Born in Roma's base with a quality of warm, sophisticated, and genuinely lasting complexity that simple musk or amber cannot approach. The most directly responsible ingredient for the composition's exceptional longevity and its quality of enduring dry-down distinction.
• Guiac Wood alongside Cashmeran — a natural resinous wood of considerable specific character that gives the base its most genuinely distinguished woody dimension. The combination of Cashmeran's warmly musky sophistication and Guiac Wood's clean resinous character creates a base accord that is simultaneously warm and fresh, simultaneously immediately beautiful and genuinely distinctive within the floral woody feminine category.
• Outstanding longevity — most wearers report 8 to 12 hours of noticeable presence on skin, among the finest longevity performances in the accessible luxury feminine category. The Cashmeran-Guiac-Vanilla base is among the most tenacious and most consistently praised dry-down combinations in Valentino's feminine fragrance portfolio.
• Free US shipping and 30-day hassle-free returns on every order at GuiltyFragrance.com.

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