Vendetta Donna
A 1991 Valentino launch in the grand Italian floral oriental tradition, Vendetta Donna opens with plum and peach alongside bergamot and orange blossom — immediately lush and fruit-forward, with none of the restraint that would define the decade's close.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 19 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Tuberose80
- Jasmine70
- Rose65
- Vanilla60
- Tonka55
By the editors · 2 min readA 1991 Valentino launch in the grand Italian floral oriental tradition, Vendetta Donna opens with plum and peach alongside bergamot and orange blossom — immediately lush and fruit-forward, with none of the restraint that would define the decade's close. The heart is an extravagant white-floral statement: tuberose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, narcissus, heliotrope, honey, and rose layered to the point of saturation.
The base sustains the drama. Tonka, vanilla, sandalwood, benzoin, amber, patchouli, vetiver, cedar, and musk build a warm, resinous drydown that softens without ever relenting. Sillage is generous, longevity substantial. This is a fragrance that announces itself and stays — a dressed evening scent for those who find the maximalist early-90s Italian fashion aesthetic genuinely compelling.
