Naomi Goodsir
Cuir Velours
Leather Oriental · 2012 · Julien Rasquinet
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Office/Daily
Seasonality
Summer
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.
See your own Taste Map →How Cuir Velours smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Cuir Velours leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Cuir Velours reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 75th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 75th percentile for projection across 5,322 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 5,322 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Cuir Velours keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 29th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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