Fragrance note · Synthetics
Velvet
Soft, powdery musk with a smooth, warm, fabric-like feel.
You may know it from the smell of clean velvet upholstery
Where it comes from
Synthetic
A synthetic accord built to suggest the feel of velvet fabric.
Worth knowing
Velvet is a texture effect, not an extract from the fabric.
Accords it shows up in
How many of the fragrances listing Velvet in our catalogue also carry each accord. We counted this ourselves.
Often paired with
The notes that appear next to Velvet most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with Velvet
Fragrances that list it in their notes, most-rated first.
Houses that use it most
Ranked by how many of their well-known fragrances list Velvet.