Very Valentino pour Homme (1999)
by Valentino

A pleasantly sweet tobacco that's very musky. I get all basenotes as the top notes are quite fleeting and it's the basenotes I bought this for. Inoffensive and good for a first date type situation. I feel that this is very sensual as it stays close to skin and is very quiet.

Intriguing concept hides this utterly boring juice which I really do find completely useless.

Very soft and weak fresh balsamic scent with shy tobacco note. Semi-sweet, has a boring and plain simple musky drydown. No lasting power on me and it doesn’t have notable sillage to it either. I can’t quite understand comparisons to a terrific By Man (D&G). They are light-years apart from each other.

I say you can skip this one without care and head straight into a another (and much more compelling) creation of Harry Fremont; Michael Kors for Men.

i have to agree with many of the posters... this is a very neutral, inoffensive scent, but is no way memorable. i wear this to work quite often because of its gentle sweetness and bland character. the sillage is pretty decent, but there is no connection whatsoever between the scent pyramid and what i actually smell on my skin... all in all you won't get any complaints from this fragrance, but don't expect a lot of compliments either

This is a wonderful scent. Well done!
This is one of those that can be worn very easy and smooth.

Sweet baby powder, good sillage though it is very friendly...doesn't shout or scream. It is soft, hardly masculine, more androgenous...I suppose like the man himself :)
I prefer to wear this at night as a "night" scent before bed. It is soft, soothing and comforting, like velvet. Worth a try.

When I first tried this when it came out, I was taken aback from its ferocity--very warm and a thick and sweet fragrance. This wasn't what I was looking for back at that time when I was looking for woodsy and fresh types of scents.

Fast forward several years to receive it as part of a swap on Basenotes and I find that I'm totally ready for this type of scent. Doesn't smell so heady to me now. Coriander seems to be the note that gives the scent dimension and its smooth texture, sometimes I think all to much because I do love how tobacco gives off a sweet and smooth yet smoky and woody smell which you catch hints of now and then, but generally the coriander keeps it seamless.

Sadly the concentration seems to be a factor despite all the heavy and usually tenacious notes incorporated in this one. Basically a two hour scent on me with it barely there anymore after three.