Naomi Goodsir
Cuir Velours
Leather Oriental · 2012 · Julien Rasquinet
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Long
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Office/Daily
- Typical season
- Summer
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Modelled profile
Supple suede and blond tobacco sit on a bed of labdanum and myrrh, with rum and immortelle lending a honeyed shadow. The result is a soft, tactile leather that feels worn-in and warm without turning sweet.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
How Cuir Velours smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Cuir Velours feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Cuir Velours reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 79th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours sits mid-range on projection. That is 75th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 92nd percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 94th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 30th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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