I thought this one opened softly, but the amber really amped up as it dried down. I tested in store and a small amount got on my coat. Days later, I put the coat on and wondered what that wonderful smell was. I realized it was the perfume I sampled. Needless to say, I bought a bottle. Enjoyed watching your review!
I picked up the intense version and I love it! I got the 100ml bottle I got it from the company website. It lasted 7-8 hours on my skin and overnight on my clothes. Thank you for informative video! 💕
Hello Jackie, so I am a big fan of the original, it's sweetness, it's woodiness. I bought the Intense version 2 days ago. I do like it alot, it smells good, however, it smells similar to Alien Goddess Intense. When I first spray it on its pretty strong, and I got moderate performance from it. I agree with you, the original is more sweet, more bright, but I do enjoy the Intense. It's nothing ground breaking, but it's pleasant. I will probably layer the original and Intense together.
I love both the original born in Roma & the intense! They both smell very grown & mature. They both have some sweetness with the vanilla but they aren’t sugary sweet. The original has a fresh & clean scent and the intense has a mysterious vibe that’s perfect for fall & winter.
Hi Jackie! You look beautiful without makeup. Great skin! The prices of designer fragrances have become ridiculous. I would rather save it for a good quality niche perfume.
I really wanted to smell this, I went into Ulta and they were out of the tester🙃😐😒😏. So I'll have to wait and try another store. TFS, loving the fresh out of the shower look😁😊😉
I haven't tried this yet but just wanted to comment to tell you about an order I just received from Sephora. So I blind bought a bottle of Flowerbomb Nectar (I know, scary for the price but I absolutely love it!) and one of the free gift offers was a fragrance sampler. And of course that is always the first thing I'll go for. So I'm going through them....Donna Born in Roma, Armani My Way, Killian Angel Share, etc. First thought was "Did Jackie curate this sampler??", lol There's some hella good samples in there!
I went into Ulta today to try them all! I haven't tried any of them before! I fell in LOVE with the Original and the Coral (I got a lot of Orange in that one and Love orange notes)! The Intense smelled HORRIBLE! It smelled Super Masculine and just ick to me!! I'm glad I tried them and purchased both the original and coral. I mixed them together and my Fiancee absolutely LOVED them!!🧡
You look fantastic with or without makeup. Actually, you don’t need it at all. You look lovely! On another topic: I started to notice that prices of designer fragrances are soaring left and right.
No woman needs makeup! We are all naturally beautiful and wonderfully made. ❤️ Makeup is an art for me, and my creative expression. I love to play with my eyeshadow palettes. 💕 I agree 💯 that prices are getting out of control! 😔
@@jaxbeautifulyou so do I, but in my case: I need it. I am a natural blonde. Even my eyelashes are blonde. I look like overcome by consumption if I do not put makeup on.
I thought I was tripping until I saw your review. I’m about to review this perfume, I’ve been wearing it everyday because I wanted to get the actual hours it last on me. Your review gave me the validation I wanted. I can barely smell it after 3/4 hours. I see no intensity at all.
I just got a travel size as well, and my experience is almost exactly the same as yours. I find the original to be much better performing. I was also disappointed in the performance of the intense. I’ll stick to the original. Thanks for the review!
The bottle is stunning. I adore all the bottles in this line. Unfortunately I don’t love any of the fragrances yet and sounds like I wont like this one enough to buy one either.
Thanks for reviewing this for us. I like but don’t own a full bottle of Valentino Donna BIR. I’m also wondering about the intense version as l have seen another RU-vidr who didn’t have a great experience with the fragrance. ♥️
I got my bottle a few days ago, been trying it since and I absolutely love it! The first day I used it, my husband couldn’t smell it on me and I’m a heavy sprayer. Maybe bc I just got it in the mail and the bottle was cold. The next day my husband said I smelled “really good”. I agree with you on the lasting power - even with moisturized skin - I get maybe 4-4 1/2 hours. But keep in mind, I have cold skin and a really cold house so I can’t wait to see how much greater it will be this spring time 😊 Btw, you have great skin and you’re very beautiful.
You should do a video of designer fragrances which have better flankers (or specifically, better intense concentrations) or better originals! I find that the original is almost always better, maybe with the exception of libre.
@@jaxbeautifulyou yes! Maaaybe LNT a la folie, L'interdit Rouge, Girl of Now Shine, MD Absolutely Blooming, Mon Paris Intense are the other exceptions where flanker > OG. I know you like Flowerbomb Nectar but I haven't tried it. But Good Girl, Si, Poison Girl, Donna BIR, LVEB, La Belle, Alien, Black Opium -- in all those cases, prefer the OG.
I tried this one at a Nordstrom and it smelled very non descript. I wouldn’t call it intense either. Passing on it for now. Great and thorough review Jackie!
I must be the only one who couldnt wear the original. maybe black current and I dont get along. at first I thought I like it- so weird how sometimes it changes and then you cant vibe with it.
I went to Nordstrom to smell VDBR Intense and immediately smelled the DNA of the original however first impression was that the jasmine is too rough for me. I have not decided if I will try a travel size. Maybe to deepen the original? As a layer? We’ll see! Thanks for the review! You are absolutely stunning with less/no makeup! Not all of us are as blessed. I hope you will consider giving us more of this “look” more often….so very nice!
I purchased the Valentino Donna Born in Roma Original and I didn't get any compliments from wearing it. If the intense version doesn't give me compliments, that's going back to the Sephora too,