Oscar de la Renta

Oscar Velvet for women

citrus powdery · 2017

DewberryBlack CurrantPearPlum BlossomLitchiLotusDaturaOrange BlossomMagnoliaArum LilyJasmineVanillaPatchouliBlack OrchidTonka BeanWhite AmberIris

Notes checked against a published listing.

Reported longevity
Moderate
Reported sillage
Strong
Typical occasion
casual
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

Red currant and sweet orange over mimosa, jasmine and orange blossom, with iris and patchouli underneath. It reads soft and fruity, a floral with a powdery, gently dressed-up finish.

Taste Profile

The Natural archetype

The Natural

The Soft Presence

Warm enough to feel right. Easy enough to forget.

Some choices just work. This one keeps working. The best kind of invisible.

How Oscar Velvet for women smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Oscar Velvet for women is openly sweet, in gourmand territory, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthtemperate0.55

Oscar Velvet for women sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 63rd percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.46

Oscar Velvet for women sits mid-range on projection. That is 39th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.37

Oscar Velvet for women sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.

Texturebalanced0.45

Oscar Velvet for women carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 42nd percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessgourmand0.72

Oscar Velvet for women is openly sweet, in gourmand territory. That is 89th 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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