Velvet Rose Eau De Parfum

Can't believe I found this for a few pounds on ebay. It is true that only 125 bottles of the EdP were made, to celebrate Bronnley's 125th anniversary, and there is a little certificate of authenticity (sealed) inside the rather grand box. It was later reproduced in EdT form in the standard bottle. It's a lovely rose fragrance and well-named "velvet".

Fragrance Review For Velvet Rose Bronnley Top Notes Cassis Spices Middle Notes English Rose Base Notes Vanilla Patchouli Musk This fragrance was discontinued but it was highly enjoyable for vintage rose perfume lovers. This frag came in an old fashioned atomizer bottle with a rose logo. Total boudoir dresser table perfume bottle. As a British perfume from Bronnley, the fragrance is itself quite simple, modest and almost a soliflore. The English red rose was the key player. This smells like beautiful red roses. Everything one loves about roses is here. It was the scent of a lush bouquet of red roses, fragrant, mature, heady, luxurious and womanly. The opening note was cassis which smelled like currant or grape wine, delicious and boozy. Some Oriental style spices briefly appear and the scent of patchouli arrives even before the dry down. This is a gorgeous patchouli and rose pairing. I've experienced many such pairings in fragrances before. I love how the rose and patch go well together. The scent is strong, unisex, mysterious, elegant, nocturnal and formal. It seems to match up with a formal evening gown, either red or black, and it's very romantic. It's a dinner date perfume or a fragrance to wear to the Opera. It may not be from the Golden Age of Perfumery but it is nod to vintage classics like Shalimar, Emeraude, La Rose Jacqueminot. The rose scent is very heavy but it smells like many red roses bunched up together. If you like that smell, this is going to give you a nasal orgasm. The dry down was somewhat musky, but mostly a vanilla cream. It is a rather dark or burnt vanilla cream smell, almost like a dark chocolate. It's a long lasting fragrance and throws out a huge projection. I wore it a few times but it evaporated rather quickly and it was gone before I could truly enjoy it as long as I wanted to. Bronnley is a fragrance line I've enjoyed but have not had time to review some of their perfumes. I love British perfumes. They are not frilly or decorative with extra notes like French perfumes, not as cheap smelling or sweet-gourmand-body mist type of scents like some American perfumes/celebrity perfumes. This was a beautiful rose. If you're interested in this fragrance, you may check out the Bronnley website or search for any available bottles on ebay.

I have this. I'm tempted to say it's a 'soliflore' rose. It's very soft, perhaps it's just exquisitely blended. I don't get any 'spice' at all from this, maybe a very subtle hint of the cassis/patchouli/vanilla. Nice bottle, darkly 'glam'. Although it's nice, it's not really 'me' so I have a gift recipient in mind. :) (Yay! Thanks for adding this Fragrantica!)