BDK Parfums · 2026 · Alexandra Carlin

Velvet Tonka

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Lightly salted roasted pistachio with bitter almond over orange blossom and tonka, drying down to vanilla, tobacco and leather.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Velvet Tonka’s scent picture, a draft: pistachio, fruity notes, orange blossom, tonka (coumarin), vanilla (vanillin), tobacco drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Velvet Tonka, top notes: Pistachio, Fruity notes, Almond

Heartas it settles

Velvet Tonka, heart: Orange blossom, Tonka (coumarin), Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Velvet Tonka, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Tobacco, Saffiano leather, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

14 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 citrus3 herbs & lavender3 florals2 woods3 sweet2 spices

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Vitamin EBenzyl alcoholPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Shaghaf Oud TonkaSwiss Arabian · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tonka, vanilla and almond$44 for 75 ml · about a fifth of Velvet Tonka’s about $314
Fucking FabulousTom Ford · shares tonka, vanilla, amber and leather facets and almond$630 for 100 ml · about twice Velvet Tonka’s about $314
EnceladeMarc-Antoine Barrois · shares tonka, tobacco, amber and leather facets and almondabout $224 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.