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gyg232speagoessenda – :
Eau de Velours remembers the touch of velvet exactly. Merit of rose, plum and leather. Patchouli and spices are felt and envelop the sense of smell in a noble and sugary chain. However, even here, as in Eau sensuelle, jasmine does not bite us anything. Ooops! Hug broken off!
I like it? Yes
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Lyoha_80 – :
This would smell wonderful as a man’s aftershave. Although it may become a bit more femine on the Drydown, I think I’ll pass it on to my better half
vlad.demid4ik – :
Deep velvety rose, completely devoid of sweetness, with some bite from the very green patchouli. Beautiful, but cold and unapproachable. The antithesis of my personality, but I wouldn’t mind a decant for dates – it’s sexy and in control, but doesn’t need to raise its voice above a whisper.
dfo111Unlogrere – :
A great fruity leathery chypre with plum, saffron, spices and cedarwood. Somehow reminiscent of Feminité du Bois by Lutens, Cuir Améthyste by Armani and the original Bottega Veneta.
Unfortunately on my skin, the 5 first minutes, it smells like Coca Cola or more precisely like Happy Cola candies by Haribo!
Haz – :
I love the notes and the balance of leather plum and rose in this, but the patchouli & spices blend in a way that makes it seem better suited to men. Even after it dried down and softened, it has an edgy bitterness in the background. It’s gorgeous and yummy, but definitely a man’s rose.
911-masters – :
This is nice enough but not quite my thing. It smells really similar to the original BV as well as BV Eau Legere but with a bright, jammy rose in the mix. I think it’s probably redundant to own if you have either of those unless you really love jammy rose notes. I was hoping for more sweetness to set it apart from its siblings a bit more, but ultimately it smells quite dry. It actually reminds me a bit of drinking a dry red wine; I’d rather have white. It’s almost worth buying just for that gorgeous bottle, though!
ZOMBIFOREVER – :
I can only smell rose and leather in this perfume, and probably some spicy notes. But I can’t recognize that it is leather until I saw the ingredients list. It reminds me of a withered smoky rose. It would be a nice fragrance for autumn and winter to create a strong woody rose aroma. It is one of my favourite woody rose scents although there is not woodsy notes listed here but that’s what I smell.
rockland – :
I was surprised to see a tester bottle of BV velours in a local perfume shop and didn’t hesitate to ask SA to spray it on my wrist.I like bottega veneta aot and I like it’s legere flanker even more.this one opened different with just a hint of BV’s earthy,leathery,dry gene and I loved it.I could smell plum which gives it a hint of sultry sweetness(but not as plummy as Rihanna rouge) and rose,pinkpepper and that luxurious leather of BV.I could also smell a hint of something boozy,red one-like.it’s such a seductive,classy and refined scent,I couldn’t stop sniffing my wrist.but after some time it dries down to original bottega veneta,almost identical!
I like original BV as mentioned before but this one is different just in first hour and it’s very expensive.if they had a 30mil bottle I may be tempted to buy it but I can’t afford 100mil and can’t justify owning both(and BV legere and Rihanna rouge)
If I want to choose between original BV and this flanker,I’d go for velours as I find it even more interesting with it’s plum+rose opening but I don’t need both of them right now
Legere is still my favorite flanker with it’s clean musky gardenia.
Мисстика – :
The best parfum from this brand ..
JaxfriefeBiam – :
and just when i thought bottega veneta nailed it again and gave a proper twist to this flanker – but no, this smells exactly the same like the initial bottega veneta, just more duller.
to me, eau de velours is a real mess – it seems like they wanted to make it with more ‘depth’, but it is such a confusing concoction that i cannot distinguish notes well. i guess the idea was to make it more ‘noir’, sultrier, but the outcome is so difficult to detangle and define.
the only major difference is that eau de velours has a stronger sillage and longevity and that the drydown is somehow duller than the initial one.
what a pity, i love bottega veneta, it is one of my top 10 perfumes, and i had such high hopes for this one but unfortunately, it is not worth it if you already have the initial version.
Al1224 – :
This perfume is a surprise to me. It reminds me a lot the vintage “feminite du bois” Shiseido. I really love it. It is different and unique .
inhimegymnbic – :
Another great leather fragrance from this house.
Both the original and this requiring a ‘special’ occasion for usage and of course, worn perfectly with any leather clothing, esp that favourite leather jacket!
Certainly not for every day but it’s nice for those other occasions.
EDIT, this is much more approachable than original Bottega. Easier to wear more often.
Really love this one.
Considering a bottle purchase!
poncikus – :
Opening with bright bergamot and pink peppercorn, this opulent floral-leather-chypre’s spirit lies in its captivating heart of velvety petals of a deep dark Damascene rose and rich plum. The plum has fruited since its blossoming in the original Bottega Veneta EdP, and its restrained sweetness and subtle spiciness add a fine contrast to the intense rose. Eventually an oh so supple leather accord, dry and dusty, weaves itself over and under the fruity rose composition, masterfully abetted by patchouli slowly adding to the volume of the leather accord.
Voluptuous, feminine, enticing. Longevity is very good at 10-12 hours during which sillage is moderate-soft.
6.5/10
16884 – :
So so sad. I’m not made for this. My skin changes Eau velours dramatically to pepper and patchouly on a strong synthetic base which could be or should be the leather note. I wanted to love it so much but it hates me. I was searching for a “rose and leather” scent and now Kelly Caleche is my last hope.
But on the paper strip this was enchanting! And if it works with your skin chemistry (mine is so very dry…) it can work magic, I am sure. Good luck and enjoy.
unf381Negeltzex – :
I always like plums in my perfume, and that note is outspoken present in this one. Very elegant in combination with leather, to my nose soft leather, peau de suède.
On my skin it lasts for hours, and it is certainly not too light.
antiquesarts – :
I was very excited about this perfume, and usually I stick to vintages, but this one intrigued me. I have to say I was disappointed. When I opened the bottle I was expecting warm spicy leather perfect for the cold weather, and instead I smelled a “scented water”. I’m not sure if the the small 7ml bottle I acquired was “tampered” with or not, but I basically needed to use 1/4 of the bottle to even get any scent onto my skin. Would love to hear some feedback on whether or not this scent is just that light.
olmax36 – :
Delicious from first spray with top notes of neroli and bergamot. Leather starts getting noticeable quickly. The vintage feel is already there,evident, but it still smells as a modern composition. It becomes a wrist crack fast, you will want to smell your wrist all the time. Some rubber notes, very well integrated to the whole composition
The patchouli here is a weird one. It doesn’t shine, actually it can’t, because the thick suede note is overlapping it, but when at times the nose just catches it, it’s dry and bitter. The plum just adds a fruity sweetness, ever so slight, I wouldn’t consider the perfume sweet whatsoever.
Class, class, class
Dark Cherry-Red velvety drape dresses.
A man can wear it if he wants to, but in my opinion the plum note makes the perfume lean more on the feminine side.
Very smoothly blended, high quality.
Of course it’s a chypre fruity, but a modern take, no Mitsouko will show up, don’t worry.
Dry and starchy.
A wonderful and daring creation in the sugar perfume era. Well done!!
avtohelp – :
i smell suede, plum, a hint of rose and something green and mildly sour-i’m guessing that’s patchouli but it doesn’t smell of typical patchouli to me. this is bottega veneta with plum and rose, primarily. there is something airy about this, for lack of a better word. this is a nice flanker, but the original is more suited to my skin chemistry.
a-v-n-100 – :
Fancy leather, very sweet but natural plum, patchouli and noticable, soft rose. I love this combination! It’s very feminine and engaging but still modern enough. The bottle represents the juice very well. Very nice!
Andrey231094 – :
Very pleasant, spicy scent with a bit of citrus. Surely good for winter for all oriental scents’ fans.
dart veider – :
My friend let me tried this one today from her sample, and I like it very much now. We tested it at noon today, and at this time 9:30pm in the evening, I can still smell it on my wrist after the shower. This perfume is strong and last very long. Right after the spray, I could smell rose and leather, gentle and sweet. This lasted about an hour, then for the next 6-7 hours, I got mostly patchouli, which gives it a fresh and clean vibe, a little cold feeling, so I think it’s good in the summer. And now, the patchouli is still there, but lighter. I like it, and it’s on my want list until I can afford a full bottle.
* EDIT: Got a full bottle, and I like it a lot.
XHDyuqq – :
Soft spicy dewy berry scent. Perfect for autumn and winter. I love it. Long lasting, but projection is not great on my skin. The scent is addictive, I find it the ultimate aphrodisiac. If I could afford, or should I say when I finally can afford it, this will be my ultimate seductive scent. Not that many people know about this scent which makes it even more special. It smells high end and it is high end. The combination of plum and patchoulie with fresh bergamot and rose on a bed of leather and pepper is just exquisite. It was a love at first sniff. A true beauty. The first split second when you sniff you think it is a fruitchoulie but then that leather and pepper spice just ground it and give it something else. It truly is in a league of it’s own.
Scent- 9/10
Lasting power- 7.5/10
Projection- 6/10
Bottle- 7/10
off-liner09 – :
Bottega Veneta Eau de Velours is a richer, fruitier take on the original Bottega Veneta EDP. This release has coincided with the rise in velvety chypres in the current fragrance market. It reminds me a little of Annick Goutal’s latest perfume, Tenue de Soiree.
It opens as a fruit-chouli on my skin with a touch of dry, dusty leather. Despite being marketed to women, this could be considered unisex. It’s a mysterious, elusive scent for the most part, with very subtle sillage to entice those to come closer.
Supposedly this is a limited edition flanker, so those that are fans already should try and buy some backup bottles as well. I sadly won’t be adding this fragrance to my collection as I prefer the Summer flanker, Bottega Veneta Eau Legere on my skin. For a beautiful interpretation of plum-rich, fruity leather however, you can’t go past Bottega Veneta Eau de Velours. It definitely stands out amongst the generic, bland fruity florals that line the department store shelves.
Just like the original, Bottega Veneta Eau de Velours won’t appeal to everyone as it lacks the sweetness that many are used to smelling in feminine fragrances. I may be in the minority, but I am excited to see chypres making a bit of a comeback this year.
RebelllYell – :
I hoped not to like it to not have to buy a third flanker to a perfume. But alas. I like it even more than the last ones and I’m really greedy with my sample.
Rose, plum, warm leather added. Eating steak with blackberries. Wearing berry-coloured leatherjeans and black cashmere. Hmmm, I want it. Beautifully autumnal.
Tafda – :
I recently managed to sample this perfume, I had been eagerly waiting as the notes sounded very interesting and beautiful. I have to agree with “scentinerror” below however, that this perfume is just so dry and dusty that it’s very hard for me to wear and enjoy. I feel that it smells “cold” on me somehow.
It is elegant and classy, evocative even, but on me it smells more like an uncomfortable dusty vintage velvet sofa rather than the smooth and beautiful velvet dress that I was hoping it would smell like. I always think of velvet as having a silky smoothness to it as you run your hands over it, but this perfume has a rough dryness to it that I really can’t get past. I appreciate the uniqueness and artistry to this perfume though, and I think it might smell good on some other person, it just didn’t work on me, maybe it’s my skin chemistry.
vzik2702 – :
Woody Floral Leather
or,
Vintage Class
EdV falls into a ‘type’ of perfume for me, beyond what it simply smells like. My favorite perfumes are dark, serious, sultry, sexy, vintage, and throw back. I love when perfume makes me feel wise, untouchable, poised, classy,and frankly, a step beyond the world that I live in. So EdV works for me simply because it is the exact kind of perfume that I fall head over heels for…it’s dry, serious, grown up, has notes of florals and woods and is completely unsweetened. This is a perfume that is not of our time…it’s not aiming for the lowest common denominator, it’s not trying to be young or cute or sweet, it’s complex and lovey, and it smells better the longer you have it on. So good on Bottega Veneta for actually putting something like this out in today’s market.
I bought EdV completely unsniffed (which I do all the time) but I also ordered it at full price from Lord&Taylor (which I never do) It’s pricey. But not only is it worth every penny and full bottle worthy, it is backup bottle worthy on my shelf, and if the price comes down a bit later in the year I’ll be sure to buy another. The scent is perfect and the performance is amazing. EdV has mild/moderate silage, depending on how many sprays you apply, every stage of the perfume is gorgeous, and most importantly to many of us perfume fanatics, it lasts on the skin almost all day, 10+ hours.
Okay! So you know how I feel about this perfume. Now for how it smells…
Like I said this is primarily a woody, dry, leather perfume accented with florals and sweetened on top with the signature pink pepper that BV puts in almost all of their perfume. The bergamot is very light and fleeting, and initially the pink pepper IS very sweet, but it quickly calms down. The plum note, the only one I was afraid of, is part of the topnotes on my skin, and it is very dark and lush but not sweet at all, and I feel like it is laced with a lot of smoky vetiver, too. The jasmine is right front and center on the top notes, too, and is a bit sweet and lush, but hides under the plum/vetiver/smoke thing.
And here is the most wonderful thing: This perfume is positively loaded with iris. Dark, powdery, earthy, leathery, smoky Iris. It is stunning and beautiful and combined with the prominent leather note makes up most of the backbone for EdV. Once the topnotes settle down this really turns into a dynamic buttery Leather and earthy Iris perfume.
A few hours later, though, the perfume changes a bit and the rose really starts to come through. I have to learn more about this one because it’s a little elusive…sometimes the rose is bright red, sometimes clouded by the woody notes, sometimes it’s mixed beautifully with the leather, sometimes the rose shares 50/50 time with the patchouli…it’s sometimes heavy and sometimes airy. The rose note becomes very dominant but it has a capricious personality. This is when BdV gets REALLY woody–I mean it’s like a classic rose interwoven in oakmoss, vetiver, and patchouli perfume.
Like most of the BV line, the leather note is present throughout. If you’ve smelled their original perfume you know what what I’m talking about.
Damn though. This is just so perfect. The leather, the woods, the iris/rose notes…and it’s so perfectly dry it just makes me crazy, how perfect this perfume is for me. I’ve been wearing this almost every other day since I’ve gotten it–which is UNHEARD of in my rotation. Anyway I hope this long review was helpful…cheers! And thank you Bottega Veneta!
fass1 – :
I wore this tonight on a first date. 5 minutes after he left me at my front door he texted “sexy perfume.” So, if any ladies wanted to know whether this a good sexy perfume, I got the data straight from the horse’s mouth. I think definitely FB worthy.
Pure elegance in bottle.
kizimaske – :
A very different creature from the original BV and, to my nose, this is not a flanker, despite the similarity of the notes.
I would describe this as dry, dusty, dark. There isn’t a hint of the creaminess of the original, nor of the slight sweetness. The rose is powder dry and is the predominant note from first spray to last lingering whisper. This is a gothic rose, a rose of the night.
Without a doubt this is a classy, well formulated scent. But the dark, stillness of it does not make it an easy wear. It’s just too dry for me – I yearn for a little sweetness to balance this out on my skin.
The name fits – this is indeed velvet: a dark, vintage plum velvet. The packaging is beautiful, the colour perfectly reflects the smell.
Bottega Veneta as a brand exudes restraint and finesse. I am not sure why they use the French word for velvet rather than their own lovely Italian ‘velluto’.
Lowebdesignpo – :
Finally got to try this one today, I was so looking forward to it. The opening of Eau de velours is very different to the original BV. This one the plum is very noticeable and is not sharp or aromatic or green but it is fruity without sugary sweetness. I feel like after half an hour then the resemblance to the original BV finally appears.
So far I don’t feel the need to acquire this one as well. But of course I will retest this a few times to get the full flavour of this fragrance. I must say that the original BV is a solid constant in my wardrobe and I really love it.
Update to come…..