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.
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 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.
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 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!!🧡
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!
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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 RUclipsr who didn’t have a great experience with the fragrance. ♥️
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 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 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 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,
Sheesh! Things are getting so expensive. My original Born in Roma was $120, and it came with the travel.
Right?!?!?
I recently sampled the intense version fully expecting to hate it but ended up loving it 😍
Are you planning on adding it into your collection? If so, let me know what you think about the performance. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
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!
Thanks for sharing your experience!
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! 💕
Thanks for sharing your experience! 💕
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.
Thanks for sharing!!
I prefer the intense. Great video But I also love jasmine and amber
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 totally agree!
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.
I have tried it twice in the store and it performed very well on me, like 8 hours☺️
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Great review, Jackie! Loved the humor in the opening. Sounds like this one may be a pass, based on recent reviews. I am a fan of the OG also. 👌👌👌
Thank you, Veronica! ❤️ yeah unfortunately this one just isn’t worth the price for me. Oh well…. Plenty more fish in the sea 🌊 😉
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😁😊😉
Thanks! Hope you get to try it soon. ❤️
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!!🧡
Thanks for sharing!!
I never cared for this brand until this new release. I instantly bought it ❤❤❤
I wish they amped up the vanilla instead of the jasmine 😒
Me too!
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!
Lol! 😂 did I curate those samples?? I feel like I did! Haha I adore Flowerbomb Nectar!!
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 just received this travel size. I absolutely hate this scent 😩
Oh no! Sorry it didn’t work for you. I hate when I buy a fragrance and I don’t like it 😞
Thanks for your review Jackie! You were thorough in your wear test and comparison to the original. ~ Jenn
Glad it was helpful!
I sprayed it 3days ago on my jacket and I can still smell it really strong . On skin not so great . It reminds me a lot of alien goddes
I hate white florals but am excited to smell this regardless!
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!
Thanks for sharing! ❤️
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 even bought the 100ml 😢😢
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.
I really wish I loved the Intense because I do want the bottle!
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.
Also, I agree - I wouldn’t call this “Intense”. Maybe it has to sit for a few weeks? Either way, I do love this fragrance.
Thank you! And thanks for sharing your experience! ❤️
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 RUclipsr who didn’t have a great experience with the fragrance. ♥️
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching. ❤️
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.
Libre Intense 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 ❤️
@@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!
Thank you 😊
Do tell us the tea Jackie! And thank you!! 😄😄
The studded bottles are so cute but haven't owned one yet. I just have a travel size of the original Donna
I love the bottles 💕
@@jaxbeautifulyou 😄😄
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!
She wears makeup for her own enjoyment.
@@theprousteffect9717 don’t we all?!
I think layering the two would be a good idea. I’m definitely going to experiment with that.
@@jaxbeautifulyou ooooh! Report back to us! In the meantime, I’ll order a travel so I can play too! 🥰
Do you think people will distinguish the intense compared to the regular one on you? I think no
So many flankers ,we all should stick to a few fragrances because it’s a waste of money tbh
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 don’t think you’re the only one. I know a few people that didn’t like the original. ❤️
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,
This perfume sucks! Cant even smell it when i spray it on! Im returning it.
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