Naomi Goodsir Cuir Velours Eau de Parfum opens with candy, nearly fruity florals, with boozy rum and tendrils of tobacco smoke all unfold over gentle, supple leather-based. On my pores and skin, this specific perfume began to blur collectively inside an hour and solely turned gauzier over time, however it tended to look like a gentle, honeyed floral scent with a touch of leather-based. It was additionally shorter-wearing than is typical for my pores and skin!
Cuir Velours Notes
It’s impressed by the softness of a leather-based glove, and it’s described as a “tobacco environment supported by notes of rum, cistus labdanum, incense, and immortelle.” Retailers listing the notes as: leather-based, tobacco, rum, cistus labdanum, incense, and fleur d’immortelle.
- high notes: fleur d’immortelle
- coronary heart notes: tobacco, rum, incense
- base notes: leather-based, labdanum
What does Cuir Velours Odor Like?
It opened with candy florals that felt nearly fruity initially however developed a booziness because the rum got here by means of with wafts of tobacco smoke that introduced in a delicate grey ashiness, which all served to chop again on among the fruity sweetness. Then gentle, supple leather-based emerged underneath the fruity-floral word, which as plush because it was, appeared to provide the fragrance a slight dry edge (however not dry outright, really).
After 20 minutes, the notes appeared to harmonize with gentle, honeyed florals accented by rum over smoky, clean leather-based. The adjustments have been minimal by means of the subsequent three hours; it remained closer-wearing, gentle and hazy with golden immortelle, gentle leather-based, and lightweight tobacco–every thing was blended collectively, which made particular person aspects tougher to tease out.
On the high of the fifth hour, extra spiced incense got here by means of over the leather-based with much less floral sweetness. The drydown was fairly blurred on me, as a result of it weakening in total power, and appeared like calmly spiced florals.
Longevity
It lasted for 3 hours till it was a skin-scent and about six hours earlier than it was fairly tough to detect on my pores and skin. The sillage and projection have been average for the primary half hour after which dropped considerably nearer from there.
Private Notes
I anticipated the tobacco and leather-based aspects to come back by means of far more than they ended up translating on my pores and skin, and I’d go so far as to say this ended up extra of a honeyed floral perfume on me, which is much less my model, although definitely nice sufficient to put on and would attraction to those that lean into floral fragrances.
These are extra subjective emotions primarily based on what I like (or don’t like) in a fragrance in addition to contemplating the perfume in opposition to different perfumes I personal and love.
Testing Methodology
For testing, I used 1/3 of a 0.7ml pattern vial dabbed to the underside and topside of my wrist space. I used an unscented moisturizer previous to making use of the scent as I discovered scent didn’t maintain nicely right here in any other case.
I bought my pattern in February 2022; fragrances are recognized to be reformulated over their lifetime, so be aware of when a evaluation was made, e.g. a evaluation from 2010 could not replicate what the same-named fragrance smells like in 2022.
Availability
Cuir Velours is obtainable for $187/50ml.
If potential, I extremely advocate making an attempt a perfume earlier than buying a full bottle as a result of perfume can put on in a different way simply due to pores and skin chemistry. Pores and skin chemistry can impact not simply the longevity of a perfume but additionally what notes are distinguished or hidden.
Cuir Velours Samples
We advocate the next retailers for buying decanted samples (sometimes 0.7ml to 2ml in measurement). It is a fuller listing, so particular person availability could rely on stock.
