LenaRegina

I tend to belong to the faction that likes to overspray times. With light, floral fragrances, that's no problem. The one hour drive to work is enough to make the fragrance cloud disappear adequately and at the latest at work I am olfactory socially compatible.
I could not escape the new trend of clean-woman-softener-better-that-your-skin and so I tested some new releases and some forerunners of the trend. All common here is also the light, unobtrusive character, true Understatementdüfte!
So I suspected also with Valaya. Fortunately, I tested the fragrance on a weekend. 3 sprays loosely fluffy distributed around the neck and the misery began. This pungent fragrance cloud stuck the whole day and another day in addition to me as it can otherwise only coarse oud criminal scents. Worse still, the whole fragrance is a synthetic mixture high 10! From the whole white peaches and what there is still so everything beautiful in the fragrance pyramid read, no trace. The fragrance was exhausting, headache-inducing, just way too much.

So now I had burned my fingers to Valaya. The bottling wandered far away in the corner. I had the nose full. Actually, I wanted to sell the filling, give away, just get rid of. After some time, the oats stung me and I wanted to sniff again. This time it was only a very small spray on the back of the hand. And what can I say? The scent was still very potent, but nowhere near as aggressive as before. The bad stinging was absent - rather, the scent unfolded in the direction of bright, radiant, fresh-clean. Fruity is not the fragrance, nor is it creamy or milky or fluffy. The scent is also not inviting, it keeps the smeller somewhat at a distance. If you get too close with your nose, it becomes pungent. The sillage, however, is bright, clear, radiant. Almost a little cold.

So I tested Valaya further with proper measure to caution and what can I say? Me convinces the fragrance in the meantime. If you break down this clean trend to the essentials, you actually arrive at Valaya. Fragrance components are hardly to smell out for me in the chemical mixture. The fragrance does what it is supposed to do, it leaves the wearer smelling brightly clean and fresh all day long. No more, no less. The scent seems a bit unapproachable, it is not inviting, not soft and not delicate. Perfectly suited if you want to put down a tidy, professional and focused appearance.
Fittingly, the bottle is a dream of milk white glass. Certainly one of the most beautiful bottles of this brand!

Conclusion
Enjoyed with caution a beautiful fragrance. In my opinion, he meets the zeitgeist exactly on the head. However, you have to be able to endure strongly synthetic fragrances if you want to test the fragrance. Valaya certainly does not belong to the fraction of soft-fluffy musky fragrances. Anyone looking for something like that will be disappointed here. The scent is clear, cold, clean. I can only say for my part that you should test the fragrance several times. I am glad that I have not been deterred by the first impression.

PS: I have corrected the rating upwards.

Widian Black Collection ll is a really noble fragrance, without having to show off. Once sprayed on, the fragrance accompanies me for hours. I find it very feminine, creamy to shallow gourmandig. The fragrance notes are very artfully interwoven. Plum, vanilla and rose are the most likely to be sniffed out, but none of these components play first fiddle. Even after hours, the scent remains smooth and soft. Nothing scratches, bites or stings the nose. I am completely thrilled, the fragrance is so beautifully warm and inviting and elegant and just to fall in love!

Cruz del Sur II promised me many things: juicy creamy mangoes, sunny tropical beaches, wanderlust. Exotic fruit experience without pappige drugstore shower gel note. A perfect summer fragrance.

Cruz del Sur II delivers for me: green mango, freshly picked from the tree, along with green leaves and twigs. This side to Cruz del Sur II is exciting and authentic.... If only it weren't for the rest! First and foremost, I find the milk to be really difficult. Positively described, it smells like boiling milk just before it burns. Negatively said it really smells like fresh baby vomit, the previous speakers are right! And then that combined with the green notes, blows me away. To all evils the shower gel vetiver still sparks in between, which makes everything only worse.
At least the typical Xerjoff-DNA pulls itself in the background through the entire fragrance.

H/S Xerjofftypisch like Pattex.

I wanted to so much, but Cruz del Sur II and I, it's not going to happen!

I was able to get hold of a bottling through a sharing and since then I am in love with it! I have rarely gotten such a delicious scent under the nose. It smells like Christmas, like apple pie, like vanilla and after many other great things. Ouverture stands up to the freezing cold with ease, even though I only dosed one spritz carefully. The durability is really awesome, I could still smell Ouverture on me the next day. I can understand that the previous speakers complain about a somewhat strange undertone. The fragrance already has something "creaky". Just this undertone I find but very successful in this fragrance, because if this would be missing, Ouverture would be a true diabetes candidate

First of all, I would like to say that my nose is still very untrained when it comes to distinguishing between individual fragrances. Whether I will ever manage to write such detailed reviews, as some other olfactory gifted here on Parfumo... i dare to doubt it. Gladly, however, I would like to dare once to a comparison of the three Delinas, because I wear all three fragrances very much (Note: The three pink ladies I own as small but fine bottlings, still the lottery win is waiting).

The previous speakers are right that the Delina DNA is clearly audible. However, Delina la Rosee has a very beautiful and very authentic peony with it, which I can perceive throughout the entire fragrance.
My parents have always had many peonies in their little garden and Delina la Rosee leaves me thinking through the peony beds of my childhood. I like this fragrance note very much and therefore I find Delina la Rosee also succeeded. Here, as with the other Delinas, the longevity is really excellent good. I'm already looking forward to spring, when Delina la Rosee will definitely unfold its full potential! The sillage is rather moderate, but that suits the rather light fragrance. What Delina la Rosee lacks, however, is the delinatypical uniqueness.

The original Delina is really special in my opinion due to its sour-fresh start and the tangy scent progression. It deviates from the sweet fruity squeaky fragrance monotony and has an unbeatable sillage and durability.
Delina Exclusif is rightly described as the opulent and nighttime version of Delina. She is definitely a candidate for big appearances and makes in any case for hours tirelessly on itself. Dosed sparingly, I find Delina Exclusif really great on me, my boyfriend on the other hand finds it stuffy, sultry and a turn-off. Maybe it's the vanilla, maybe the oud, maybe the incense?

Despite all the differences, however, you can sniff out the kinship of the original Delina, the Exclusif and la Rosee, which really intrigues me.
I think that the perfumers have done a great job here to bring out so coherent fragrances, which have not lost contact with the original Delina. The only thing that annoys me is the price of Delina la Rosee. Don't get me wrong, all three Delinas are really expensive at around 210-230€. With the original Delina, its uniqueness justifies the price (with the Exclusif version, maybe the oud or its opulence?), but with the light fragrance water la Rosee? I can't shake the feeling that I can find similarly good peony fragrances as substitutes for Delina la Rosee if I ever test my way through a generously assorted perfumery.
I don't know... Maybe the hoped-for lottery win comes soon;)