SOTD/Review: Valentino Uomo 2021 · Brotherhood Of Scent

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SOTD/Review: Valentino Uomo 2021

This opens with a bright splash of bergamot and lemon, fresh and sharp - like the sun hitting a cold glass. Very quickly, the heart blossoms into iris and vetiver, lending a powdery elegance and a subtle earthiness that tempers the citrus. In the dry-down, cardamom and black pepper emerge - not overly spicy, but just enough to add warmth and a soft bite. Projection is gentle but confident: noticeable for the first couple of hours before settling into something more intimate. Longevity tends to be moderate - most people get about 4–6 hours wear on skin, with some stretch into 6–8 hours on clothes if you layer or spray generously. Overall, it’s a classy, elegant scent - less bold than Uomo Intense, more wearable day to day, especially when you want something refined without shouting.

Overall rating: 7.9/10. I ain’t usually high on prominent iris scents but this works as does the intense. It’s not the waxy lipstick style iris which is probably why I can tolerate it.

I desperately want to obtain the original Valentino Uomo 2014 with the coffee notes but with it being discontinued it’s so hard to find, even the current 2021 reformulation is available in the old Uomo style bottles that don’t have the spikey neck appearance so I have to ask for batch dates if I see a possible candidate, anything after 2018 batch dates will be the 2021 reformulation, so batch date has to be between 2014-2017. Won’t give up though!

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