Velvet Rose & Oud Cologne Intense

This is a creamy smooth beast - almost gourmand fragrance - that projects consistently from the sample sprayed upon my wrist to my nose even in 3°C weather. The Rose is noticeable more so as an element to keep a clean, velvety aspect to rich and warm cloves, and praline: the Oud here is more for body and smells really quite good underneath. Re: projection - rose sits closer to the skin whilst the gourmand aspect projects further yet remains fresh and smooth. Update: 9 hours later this is still going strong! I still get occasional whiffs of what has become a very gourmand fragrance from my wrist.

Eagerly awaited the arrival of this (rather large) sample of Jo Malone Velvet Rose & Oud. A very very pretty & easy rose & oud wear. I could see this one becoming a real hit with someone just experimenting with oud fragrances. Overall, this is a lovely fragrance but disappointing. Not much to say. Opens with moderate oud & rose notes...some spice (clove). Remains pretty constant through dry down with oud, rose & clove. A bit creamy in the end, which I suppose is the praline. Fell rather "flat" on my skin. Pretty but not great. Not much projection or silage, which I like in a perfume. I do not want to be over-bearing when I wear perfume; however, I want to know I have some fragrance on (especially at these prices, which are moderate actually). Longevity is average to not great but typical based on my experiences with EDP in this price range/category. Wears close to the skin. Definitely great for someone who is a bit shy about wearing perfume, especially an oud. Delicate all the way. After 30 minutes or so, I could barely tell I had applied perfume. A lovely perfume. Just not distinctive enough for my tastes. Do not think I'll be purchasing this one.

One of the best JM cologne intense lines. I bought 50 ml because I cant wear it too often. The first spray is intense, almost like a punch of oud, the Asian oud. The rose appears weak to my nose at the opening but just about enough to give a feminine touch to this perfume. It takes about 20 minutes for this perfume to settle into my skin and develops into softer note of rose, warm spicy and creamy oud. I wish longevity can be better, considering the price. It stays 4 hours on my skin. Strange thing is this perfume stays longer on the back of my collar.

A JM SA told me that the new blue bottles are to commemorate Eid but the juice is the same. This applies to all the 'new' intense versions offering a blue bottle.

how is this new??? Do they mean in a new bottle?