Valentino Fragrance review

Valentino Born in Roma Homme – A Mineral‑Driven Mediterranean Escape

Name: Valentino Born in Roma Homme – A Mineral‑Driven Mediterranean Escape
Item: Valentino Born in Roma Homme
Author: Vivir

By Vivir · October 26, 2026

Accords

mineral woody ozonic aromatic aquatic salty sweet synthetic fresh spicy fruity

Top

Mineral notesViolet LeafSalt

Heart

SageGinger

Base

Woody NotesVetiver

Longevity

8-9 hours on skin (one review); 6-7 hours (another); average for a summer fragrance

Projection

Sillage

moderate-loud; above average but nothing huge

fresh AND sweet, which I think makes it one of the most mass-appealing fragrances I own
surprisingly good longevity and protection for an EDT, moderate-loud and 8-9 hours on my skin
the easiest to wear and the most versatile, a nice fresh mineral like fragrance
10/10, easily one of the best designer fragrances at what it does
compliment monsters
It smells divine and welcoming, a warm, cosy, and woodsy fragrance.
The Best Daily! ... It’s a fresh fragrance but not like any fresh fragrance. It’s mineralic and has a decent dose of violet.
One of the best in versatile perfumes. Super elegant and fresh, there’s no one who asks and doesn’t like it.
It’s that basic and balanced scent that no one can be bothered by, a low-risk blind buy, super mass-appealing...

VERY weak and something that I don't see any point in buying
smells boring and synthetic
very a generic hyper-masculine fragrance
the metallic note is just straight up offensive and screechy to me
longevity & projection lacks
linear boring 'amberwood' type of fragrance without the powdery iris of the original... An average scent that would sit on mall counters next to better frags.
The Forgettable... it does nothing wrong but it also does nothing realy good... this is just a boring scent for me these days
Feminine and mediocre... Flat, with no development... Very mediocre performance, both in terms of sillage and longevity.
basic as fuck. also very sweet. would say its blind-buy safe because of the fresh dna, but its so boooring. nothing new genuinely.