Fragrance Notes
Velvet Orchid
Tom Ford Velvet Orchid Eau de Parfum is a thick floral with honey and rum running through it. Bergamot and mandarin orange keep a citrus brightness at the edges, black orchid and jasmine fill out the middle with something heavy and nearly waxy, and sandalwood and myrrh close it in a balsamic warmth. It is dense and slightly syrupy, with a boozy edge that keeps it from reading purely floral.
Bergamot, mandarin orange, black orchid, jasmine, honey, rum, sandalwood and myrrh make up the whole of it, and they hold together as one mass rather than arriving in stages. The floral and gourmand accords dominate, with powdery and vanillic facets through the middle and a warm spicy, ambered depth underneath the honey and rum. The sandalwood and myrrh are what anchor the sweetness, giving the orchid and jasmine a resinous floor instead of letting them float.
Antoine Maisondieu, Calice Becker, Shyamala Maisondieu and Yann Vasnier composed it for Tom Ford in 2014. Tom Ford founded his label in April 2005 after leaving Gucci, and the house is headquartered in New York.
It is long lasting with strong projection. Winter and autumn suit it best, though it holds in spring and summer, and it is built for a night out before it is for casual or professional wear. In cold weather the amber and vanilla facets come forward; in heat the honey and rum dominate.
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