From the samples of the entire Valentino for men line that were sent to me, I really liked 3 of them. One of them was the Sweet Roma Intense, a winter fragrance that is fresh with iris, which somewhat resembles Dior Intense but has a sweeter, fruitier, and I would say more modern profile, no wonder it sells like crazy abroad. Personally, it's hard for me to like sweet fragrances, but this one was just right. It has great longevity on me, over 8 hours, and also very strong projection (the strongest of all the Valentinos I tried). If you want something more serious, less sweet and dark, I would recommend Valentino Uomo Intense, not Roma, and for summer, the Green bottle EDT.