Fragrance Couture
Oud Al Badr Velvet Blush Eau De Parfum
EDP · 100 ml
$20
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From our own shelf: sold under its own name by the house that made it.
How it smells
Mapped on twelve accords, from the box.
We haven't put this one on skin yet — no scores, no measured numbers until we do. What the house publishes:
Fragrance Couture Oud Al Badr Velvet Blush Eau de Parfum, 3.4 oz (100 ml). A unisex fragrance in the gourmand amber family. Top notes: Citrus, Raspberry and Wild Strawberry. Heart notes: Peony, Jasmine, Marshmallow and Rose. Base notes: Musk, Vanilla, Oud and Amber.
Decoded from the note list the house publishes.
Top notes
First 15 minutesCitrus
Citrus
Citrus peel — bright and short-lived.
Raspberry
Fruit
Tart red berry — sweet with a violet-like edge.
Wild Strawberry
Fruit
Soft red berry — candied and sweet.
Heart notes
The next few hoursPeony
Floral
Fresh pink flower — watery and lightly rosy.
Jasmine
Floral
White flower — indolic, heady, slightly animalic.
Marshmallow
Aromatic / herbal
Listed by the house on the box.
Rose
Floral
Petal-rich flower — honeyed, green, sometimes jammy.
Base notes
What's left at the endMusk
Musk
Skin-warm base — soft, clean, radiant.
Vanilla
Sweet / gourmand
Cured pod — sweet, creamy, balsamic.
Oud
Wood
Agarwood — dense, animalic, medicinal, barnyard-warm.
Amber
Resin / balsam
Labdanum-and-vanilla accord — warm, sweet, glowing.
Note list as published by the house. Descriptions explain the raw material itself — not how this bottle performed on us.
What our shelf has learned
From 324 bottles and 21 logged wears in our own register.
How these notes have behaved on us across every bottle we've worn — not a measurement of this bottle.
- Vanillaon 114 of our bottles, 8 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Tonka Bean, Bergamot
- Amberon 73 of our bottles, 5 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Bergamot, Sandalwood
- Muskon 93 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Bergamot, Patchouli, Sandalwood
- Jasmineon 89 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Bergamot, Cedar
- Roseon 39 of our bottles, 1 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Saffron, Bergamot
- Peonyon 12 of our bottles, 1 wornoften sits with Bergamot, Cedar, Pear
No measured longevity or projection logged yet.
Counted live from our register and wear logs.
