Perfume Parlour 2025 EDP

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Velvet Vanilla

Name: Velvet Vanilla Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Velvet Vanilla is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2025. Velvet Vanilla opens with Dark Chocolate and Vanilla, settles into a heart of Brown Sugar, Cedar, Sandalwood, and Oud, and dries down to a base of Amber, Tonka Bean, and Benzoin. Perfume Parlour's Velvet Vanilla carries a Statement verdict, a sweet-led wear.

A budget interpretation of Mancera's Xplicit Vanilla. The mouthwatering vanilla-and-dark-chocolate opening over creamy woods is the draw, and this dupe captures that rich gourmand warmth - arguably to its benefit, dialling back the heavy-handed oud that some find cloying in the original.

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Sensual
Cozy
Bold
Comforting
Confident

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Inspired by

Xplicit Vanilla by Mancera

93%

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Scent Profile

Composition

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Topas listed

Vanilla55%

Dark Chocolate45%

Heartas listed

Brown Sugar28%

Sandalwood26%

Oud24%

Cedar22%

Baseas listed

Tonka Bean37%

Amber34%

Benzoin29%

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.

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Notes

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Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Moderate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Fall Winter

The rich vanilla-chocolate-and-amber gourmand character is warm and decadent, made for cold autumn and winter wear.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Date

Also Works:

Casual Formal

Its sweet, sensual depth is built for evenings, dates and dressed-up nights rather than a bright office or sport.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Velvet Vanilla opens on an indulgent duo of Mexican vanilla and bitter dark chocolate, a rich, mouthwatering blast that mirrors the start of Mancera's Xplicit Vanilla. The heart deepens with brown sugar, a thread of Cambodian oud, creamy Australian sandalwood and dry cedar, while the base of tonka, amber and benzoin brings warmth, sweetness and a cosy, lingering allure. The Mancera is a potent extrait famous for 12-hour-plus longevity but also criticised for an overdose of oud that can swallow the gourmand; this dupe keeps the vanilla-chocolate heart front and centre and lets the oud sit back, reading sweeter, smoother and more wearable, with good but shorter staying power. A bold, delicious gourmand for autumn and winter evenings, dates and dressed-up nights.