38 community ratings

Valor

Name: Valor
Brand: Riggs

2025MenModern

6.5/ 10

Community score
38 ratings

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Riggs Valor is a sweet, spicy and smoky men's fragrance built around clove, roasted chestnut and vanilla.

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Skunky's take: Opens sweet, so if sugar is not your thing, think twice.

How does it perform?

From 38 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.9 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

7.5 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

7.5 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

7.2 /10

Most people feel it is worth the price.

Blind buy risk

High risk

Love it or hate it: the votes are split in two.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Clove

Roasted chestnut

Pink pepper

Heart notesfirst few hours

Orange blossom Benzoin

Charred wood

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Cashmeran Vanilla Gaiac wood

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Sweet
Synthetic
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Creamy
Resinous

What does Valor smell like?

It opens with clove, roasted chestnut and pink pepper, so spice and a gourmand sweetness come through from the start. In the heart, orange blossom, benzoin and charred wood add a resinous, smoky depth. The base of cashmeran, vanilla and gaiac wood settles into a creamy, woody warmth, with an oriental feel and a distinctly synthetic edge.

Longevity and sillage are both rated good, though the longevity votes are few. It is marketed as a men's fragrance. Its sweet, smoky profile is close to Emir Camp Fire and Maison Margiela By the Fireplace.