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андрей1986 – :
This is a very soapy gardenia on me. Like if I closed my eyes and smelled this, I would imagine one of those pretty carved decorative soaps made of gardenia essence and maybe a little bit of jasmine, but the fancy expensive kind with real flower extracts made by hand by like French nuns in a mysterious convent on top of a hill in the middle of the woods on a full moon night. The smell is more the moment when you’ve wet the soap and are lathering your hands with it and the intoxicating scent of cleanliness and beauty is just wafting up.
It opens kind of blah, and smells cheap (I think this is the tuberose being hasty and rushing forward to grab all the attention) but if you let it develop for a few minutes, then it really balances itself and shows you its’ beauty. I usually do two sprays and gently press my wrists on my hands but in this case I had to do 4 sprays to really get the full effect.
I tried it in the summer and it felt more like a winter scent, now I’m trying it in October and I’m feeling like maybe it’s more of a spring scent. I don’t know… Normally I can imagine a time and place for a scent immediately, my mind just creates a story but in this case, my mind is just stuck in the bathroom washing my hands. It’s a very lovely smell but I kind of don’t know what to do with it (except to put it on while surfing the internet and writing Fragrantica reviews?) I think this will need a few more re-trys before I can truly figure it out.
DO NOT BLIND BUY – this really shouldn’t be something you’re buying unless you totally fall in love with it or have money to burn. The tuberose can be soapy and cloying for some people so it’s not a safe blind-buy.
killer1000 – :
Reminds me alot of Piguet Fracas, but Velvet Desire is more Creamy and gentle on my skin. Good projection and stays many hours on my skin and with a softer spirit than Fracas. The Tuberose and Gardenia is a great mix and I think this scent works best in cold weather.
кэти91 – :
Very classy & feminine, yet very expensive
matushkin_80 – :
Lovely lovely creamy sweet white floral – one of the best I’ve smelled. There’s nothing complicated or difficult about it. It’s not too sharp, it’s not too sweet, it doesn’t smell like it belongs in 1925…it’s just perfect.
oqp534Bessinepome – :
Floral frech.
Not long lasting.
gibik13 – :
I recieved this one today.
At the first spray,it exudes shining splendours with white flowers.I can feel clearly the momentum about a luxurious lady coming up.Tuberose and gardenia are dominant elements in the openning. As time goes by,I can feel jasmin which is not listed in the notes.Little sweeet,I mean flower sweet(not candy things).I think this “jasmin feeling” is about the other element listed above–frangipani.It’s a tropical flower with sweet、elegant smell blooming in summer.Before fading out,I doudt that I sense vanilla in the base.It lasts 3-4hours on my wrist.
ATTENTION:This is not for girls.
pva.natali – :
This is a lovely floral, even though I think it’s an Eau de Toilette, it is full bodied and long lasting. It’s not headachey or nasty cheap floral, but a lovely classic white.
GrooveMasteR – :
This is basically a tuberose scent, but a nice tuberose. not too heavy, or rich really..Nicely done, pretty. Stylish, refined, and fresh also, I like it, as I like white florals, this is smooth, creamy. Lovely..not sure it is worth so much money really. But mine was a great 45% off, so worth it…
I am a big fan of Dolce Gabbana, they do not disappoint me..
Still you have to like tuberose I think to enjoy that one..
psv_zel – :
Love it so much! I was fortuned to buy this marvellous perfume for just 10 euro from internet for 100ML, my best buy in a very long time. This is a very expensive smelling perfume. It reminds me much of the also beloved Sicily from Dolce & Gabanna. This perfume smell a lot softer and more luxureus than Sicily. It’s warm, deep, sensuel and sexy and a bit mysterious and oriental. I constantly smell my wrist because i want to drown in it LOL. just love, love, love!!! D&B exactly knows how a sexy woman needs to smell.
Xeroxsmizh – :
This is an EDP not EDT
Sobeltybat – :
If you are a fan of Tuberose/Gardenia, then this is your scent. To me it smells just like Estee Lauder’s Tuberose Gardenia. I like this scent on my Mom, but the Tuberose/Gardenia is too strong a floral for me.
slava95 – :
I can just imagine the young rich beautiful ladies of the Titanic era wearing this perfum. It is intoxicating. Close your eyes and take a sniff of it….whew! I can just sense the excitement…they’re all decked out in those long velvet, lace and organza gowns….hair curled up…sexy hat tilted just so with a pearl hat pin to hold it in place….walking into the fancy dining room on the Titanic. The women look with jealousy as she glides across the room…the men try not to look but can’t help themselves….then the intoxicating odor of Velvet Desire hits their nostrils! And all are mesmerized….
Sniff this…get a people mag–sample is in it….
See if you don’t feel the same!
rayder13-nrs – :
I just heard back from Saks and what they are selling is eau de Parfum…$195 for 1.6 oz., while Amazon is selling same thing for $475….What gives? I thought Amazon was supose to be the place to buy things cheap! It is actually another vendor who is selling it thru Amazon…but still….
adams02031 – :
I first smelled this perfume on an add in people mag.
Luv, luv, Luv It! I founf it onlined at Saks Fifth Ave but add doesn’t state whether it is eau de parfum or eau de toilette….Have contacted Saks, but so far after two inquiries no one there can give me an answer. Don’t want to pay $195 for eau de toilette!
Does anyone know answer?