Tom Ford · 2014 · Antoine Maisondieu, Shyamala Maisondieu, Calice Becker and Yann Vasnier

Velvet Orchid

VersionEau de Parfum

Sparkling bergamot and mandarin with honey and rum, over orchid, jasmine and rose, drying to suede, sandalwood, vanilla and myrrh.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Velvet Orchid’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, orchid, jasmine, sandalwood, myrrh drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Velvet Orchid, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Magnolia, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Velvet Orchid, heart: Orchid, Jasmine, Rum, Orange blossom, Rose, Heliotrope, Leather, Ylang-ylang

Dry-downwhat stays

Velvet Orchid, dry-down: Sandalwood, Myrrh, Honey, Vanilla (vanillin), Narcissus, Labdanum, Patchouli, Peru balsam, Coumarin (tonka), Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

37 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.

6 citrus5 herbs & lavender12 florals4 woods3 sweet2 amber & resins3 spices1 musks1 powder

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Black OrchidTom Ford · shares bergamot, mandarin, orchid, jasmine and 4 more
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, mandarin, jasmine, sandalwood and 4 more
LibreYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, orchid, jasmine and 3 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.