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Perfume Parlour 2023 EDP

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Veloura Essence

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Perfume Parlour Veloura Essence is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2023. Veloura Essence opens with Sesame, Ambrette, and Coumarin, settles into a heart of Milk, Jasmine, and Tonka Bean, and dries down to a base of Musk, Vanilla, and Labdanum. Perfume Parlour's Veloura Essence carries a Statement verdict, a gourmand-led wear.

A budget take on Mind Games Sissa. The toasted-sesame-and-coumarin opening melting into warm milk, tonka and vanilla captures the original's cosy fresh-bread gourmand; this dupe loses some of Sissa's extrait richness and the labdanum depth, wearing softer and shorter.
  • Cozy
  • Comforting
  • Sensual
  • Grounded
  • Refined
Veloura Essence Eau de Parfum bottle
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Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

The warm toasted-sesame, milk and vanilla gourmand is cosiest in autumn and winter and feels too rich for hot summer days.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date Casual
Also Works:
Office

A snuggly, edible gourmand made for relaxed casual and cosy daily wear, with enough warmth for an intimate evening or date.

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Veloura Essence reaches for Mind Games Sissa, the cult toasted-sesame gourmand. It opens just like the original wants to - nutty toasted sesame dusted with sweet coumarin and a soft, slightly musky ambrette, the smell of warm bread fresh from the oven. The heart pours in a glass of warm milk alongside creamy tonka bean and a whisper of jasmine sambac, soft and almost praline-like. The drydown is rich Madagascar vanilla wrapped in clean musk with a touch of labdanum for a faintly resinous warmth. Where Sissa is an extrait - dense, long and deeply cosy - this dupe reads thinner and softer, giving up some of the labdanum's ambery depth and the original's tenacity, settling closer to the skin after a few hours. It is still a thoroughly comforting sesame-milk-vanilla gourmand - warm, edible and snuggly - that shines in cold weather, an affordable budget stand-in for the Mind Games.