Today’s wear is a nice offering from the house of Valentino. It keeps a similar DNA to Intense and Extradose but adds a solar note giving it more versatile year round wearability. I wouldn’t wear it during a summer day but a summer night would be fine. It’s a blend of vanilla, woods and spices with the one light solar note making it less heavy. Longevity is good and projection is moderate with a decent 12-18 inch scent bubble.

I think I've had this for about a year. It's time to finally check it out! Opening - I'm picking up spices, apparently black pepper, caraway and lavender, or at least that's the company line. The initial blast is sharp and spicy, driven by pepper and the lavender notes, which gives it a clean vibe. The mid is cinnamon. Cinnamon. It's warm and well blended. Nice... The base (my favorite) has tobacco, vanilla and amber. The frag settles into a combination of pipe tobacco, vanilla, and more amber. This is a (not too) sweet, smoky frag that has got some great spices and gives you a nice warm feeling that's perfect for a "chilly" night in the desert. I may end up blending it with something, but it's really quite good!! I wonder if all that time sitting on the shelf has helped it mature. For cooler evenings, this is a nice choice my friends. 8.1 / 10.0