Valiant
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Valiant by Boadicea The Victorious opens with ylang-ylang, petitgrain and a trio of citrus: mandarin, orange and grapefruit, bright and a touch green. Orange blossom, orris, cherry blossom, neroli and jasmine build a soft, powdery floral heart rather than a sharp one. The base settles into vanilla, tonka bean, amber and patchouli, warm and woody rather than sweet. Released in 2013, it wears equally well on men and women who like a floral with real structure behind it. Voters reach for it mostly in spring, more by day than evening, and it suits going out. Longevity leans toward long-lasting in the vote, and sillage leans strong too, so it announces itself in a room. A 10ml decant carries you through a season of testing before you choose the bottle.
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The community verdict
Smooth, rich and floral, Valiant blends mandarin orange and orange blossom with a vanilla and amber base. Wearers split between long-lasting and exceptionally long-lasting, while strong projection leads the votes, with moderate next. It suits spring evenings and going out; autumn and daytime work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Cherry Blossom
- Indian Jasmine
- Neroli
- Orange Blossom
- Orris
- Basewhat lingers
- Amber
- Patchouli
- Sandalowood
- Tonka Bean
- Vanilla
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2013
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Boadicea The Victorious Valiant, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Mandarin and orange blossom on a spring evening walk into town.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
Heart15 min – 2 h
- Cherry Blossom
- Indian Jasmine
- Neroli
- Orange Blossom
- Orris
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Amber
- Patchouli
- Sandalowood
- Tonka Bean
- Vanilla
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Strong, 3 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity283 votes
Most voted: 41%Long lasting
36%Eternal
Sillage370 votes
Most voted: 42%Strong
28%Moderate
Season283 votes
Most voted: 50%Spring
25%Autumn
Time of day283 votes
Most voted: 45%Evening
35%Daytime
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Longevity283 votes
- Very weak3%8 votes
- Weak5%14 votes
- Moderate16%44 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)41%115 votes
- Eternal36%102 votes
Sillage370 votes
- Intimate8%30 votes
- Moderate28%103 votes
- Strong (Most voted)42%154 votes
- Enormous22%83 votes
Season283 votes
- Spring (Most voted)50%142 votes
- Summer18%50 votes
- Autumn25%71 votes
- Winter7%20 votes
Time of day283 votes
- Daytime35%99 votes
- Office5%14 votes
- Evening (Most voted)45%128 votes
- Night out15%42 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
Yes
No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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No
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The house
More from Boadicea The Victorious
Boadicea The Victorious is an independent British niche house, launched in 2008 and named after the warrior queen Boadicea. Its perfumes are warm, spiced and resinous: amber, labdanum, patchouli and oud form the core, with saffron, leather and guaiac wood adding weight. Blue Sapphire is the place to start, aromatic herbs over oud. Valiant is brighter, citrus and white flowers on wood, and Bodacious turns sweet with cherry and warm spice. Christian Provenzano is the perfumer credited on the range here. Most of the line is unisex, and a few lean masculine.
Frequently asked questions
What does Boadicea The Victorious Valiant smell like?
Boadicea The Victorious Valiant opens with Grapefruit, Mandarin Orange, Orange and Petitgrain. The heart brings Cherry Blossom, Indian Jasmine, Neroli and Orange Blossom. It dries down to Amber, Patchouli, Sandalowood and Tonka Bean.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Valiant long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (41% of votes), and 77% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (42% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Valiant good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for spring; summer takes only 18% of season votes.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Valiant good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for winter: only 7% of season votes go to winter.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Valiant for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 60% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 40% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Boadicea The Victorious Valiant to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 5% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Boadicea The Victorious Valiant?
Valiant is made by Boadicea The Victorious. It was launched in 2013.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Boadicea The Victorious Valiant?
A 10ml decant of Boadicea The Victorious Valiant holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Boadicea The Victorious perfumes can I try?
Besides Boadicea The Victorious Valiant, 10ML has Blue Sapphire, Bodacious and Tobacco Sapphire from Boadicea The Victorious, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Boadicea The Victorious Valiant decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Boadicea The Victorious Valiant decant is filled by hand from an original Boadicea The Victorious bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.