Perfume Parlour 2023 EDP

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Veloura Essence

Name: Veloura Essence Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

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 sweet-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.

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Cozy
Comforting
Sensual
Grounded
Refined

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Inspired by

Sissa by MIND GAMES

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Sissa the original Veloura Essence inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Sesame42%

Coumarin32%

Ambrette25%

Heartas listed

Milk41%

Tonka Bean36%

Jasmine23%

Baseas listed

Vanilla41%

Musk31%

Labdanum28%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

ScentArt

Notes

Top

Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

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.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

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.