Velvet Flowers Montale

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6.0 / 10 36 Ratings

A perfume by Montale for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is floral-fruity. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Fruity

Sweet

Synthetic

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Comorian ylang-ylang

Fruits

Gurjum balsam

Lebanese jasmine

Peach blossom

Rosa centifolia

Saffron

Ratings

Scent

6.036 Ratings

Longevity

8.028 Ratings

Sillage

7.428 Ratings

Bottle

7.139 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 29.10.2021.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/29/2021

6
Pricing 6
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 2.5
Scent

Scentwitch
292 Reviews

Scentwitch

1

Too much everything

I love the brand Montale. I’ve loved every perfume I’ve bought from them up until now. Velvet Flowers is not one I can honestly say I like whatsoever and I’m sad I blind bought it based on the other scents I’ve loved.

For me it’s way too strong. It’s extremely fruity and nauseating to the point where after a couple hours of nearly vomiting I had to scrub it off. Unfortunately for me, it continues to linger for another few hours.

This is a fruit perfume 100%. Perhaps a touch of jasmine, but not enough to detract from the fruit cocktail. It’s just gross.

It’s definitely feminine, too. Don’t blind buy it. Get a sample first. I’m curious to know other users thoughts on this one.

06/09/2014

5
Sillage 5
Longevity 8
Scent

Jbells
46 Reviews

Jbells

5

Wooden fruit basket adorned with flowers

It took me a couple of tries to love this, and I'm glad I gave it another shot.

The first time I tried velvet flowers, I was rather unimpressed. Perhaps it was the weather that suppressed the notes? Maybe I just wasn't receptive enough? For whatever reason, I brushed it off. Luckily, I was going through my samples box and decided to try this on again.

It opens as a watery fruit basket before it starts to settle a bit and becomes more heavy. It's sweet and very fruity (straight up peaches), almost sharp (perhaps from the tiniest bit of saffron that is detectable), but not intrusive. Right from the start, I also pick up a lot of musk playing around in the background, but it's a light girly musk, not a very mature one, if that makes sense.

A sniff closer to the skin reveals the rosy notes that never really take flight. This is the only part of the entire fragrance that lives up to its name, "Velvet Flowers". It is definitely the smoothest part of the entire fragrance, and is so incredibly feminine and mildly intoxicating - so well rounded and addictive, with beautiful musky wood notes backing it. It's a shame it sits so close to the skin, but I suppose one could see that as an added dimension.

As the fragrance develops, it gains an almost syrupy texture and a bitterness that I find rather confusing. The first thing that comes to mind is jasmine, but I have not known jasmine to be bitter on my skin. It's not unpleasant though; if anything, it simply contributes another facet.

It ends with airy musk and a faint fruity floral sweetness, with a hint of spice and wood. This stage is very much a skin scent on me.

Is this fragrance exquisitely different or unique? Perhaps not, but for the fruity floral enthusiast, this is worth trying.

Projection was noticeable throughout, and total wear on me was about 5.5-6 hours.