Bottega Veneta Eau de Velours from 2017, with a seductive name that evokes caresses with the softest materials, is a lasting, worthwhile specimen in the family of Bottega Veneta fragrances. Maybe even more lasting than the first eponymous release, Bottega Veneta Eau de Parfum!
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For this very plummy flanker fragrance, which was a limited edition to begin with, we have a 
This discontinued gem is shining in a deep purple bottle of sumptuous line that would match a wonderful smoky eye that looks so at ease on an autumnal night out.
Sensuous Noir takes the good parts of Lauder's Sensuous (that idea of woody notes enhancing the natural scent of the skin) and taking it up a notch, adding patchouli with its dark sweetness interlaced like a shadow on said skin. More 
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Read my fragrance review of Christian Dior's Diorella on this link. 
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I cannot shake the impression that the task of scaling down, of attenuating the formula of Vetiver Oriental to the richness and sumptuousness of the material's roots is an algebraic challenge, a piano étude aimed at perfecting a specific agilité that is not in tune with the Lutensian way of usual opulence.
And yet...and yet the result speaks in hushed, nocturnal 
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Chant d’Arômes does not aim to be a link in the Guerlain chain,
but making a fresh, ever young start it takes us into the realm of the
eternally sunny. Although officially classified as a chypre floral by
Guerlain, I find that its chypré qualities do not make it difficult, but
on the contrary it serves as the perfect choice between floral and
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