09/26/2021

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Night Black & Rose Red
Jo Malone's "VelvetRose & Oud" has been part of my collection for some time now.
I bought the first bottle in 2017 from my first "real" salary - and since then the fragrance accompanies me in many beautiful and special moments.
It is not an (all) day fragrance - but something for the evening, the night, a dinner with candles, a classic sneak movie night...
For me, it perfectly embodies what I would call stylish sensuality.
Attractive, but not in a loud screaming "look at me!" way, but quietly - like a long look or a whispered promise.
Maybe it's because you never forget first love - but I have yet to find an oud/rose combination that I find so balanced and intriguing.
And that, although I once had a brief flirtation with a higher-priced and - admittedly - longer-lasting candidate from the house of MFK, which comes up with very similar components.
Possibly it's just the clove missing from "Satin Mood" that keeps drawing me back to my beloved Velvet Rose & Oud. In combination with the just-right amount of oud, the dark-red-fast-black rose and the praline notes, this spice component in VRO ensures that the fragrance doesn't slip into the bulky-opulent (which, in my eyes or nose) never mixes well with sensuality.
Velvet Rose is exactly what the name promises - velvety. And that from the very beginning.
For the first 3 hours, it surrounds me with a gentle yet noticeable sillage, before clinging close to the skin for another 4 hours or so.
The perfect fragrance for an evening with candlelight!
I bought the first bottle in 2017 from my first "real" salary - and since then the fragrance accompanies me in many beautiful and special moments.
It is not an (all) day fragrance - but something for the evening, the night, a dinner with candles, a classic sneak movie night...
For me, it perfectly embodies what I would call stylish sensuality.
Attractive, but not in a loud screaming "look at me!" way, but quietly - like a long look or a whispered promise.
Maybe it's because you never forget first love - but I have yet to find an oud/rose combination that I find so balanced and intriguing.
And that, although I once had a brief flirtation with a higher-priced and - admittedly - longer-lasting candidate from the house of MFK, which comes up with very similar components.
Possibly it's just the clove missing from "Satin Mood" that keeps drawing me back to my beloved Velvet Rose & Oud. In combination with the just-right amount of oud, the dark-red-fast-black rose and the praline notes, this spice component in VRO ensures that the fragrance doesn't slip into the bulky-opulent (which, in my eyes or nose) never mixes well with sensuality.
Velvet Rose is exactly what the name promises - velvety. And that from the very beginning.
For the first 3 hours, it surrounds me with a gentle yet noticeable sillage, before clinging close to the skin for another 4 hours or so.
The perfect fragrance for an evening with candlelight!
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