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Jo Malone London Velvet Rose & Oud Cologne Intense Sample
- Concentration
- Cologne Intense
- Brand
- Jo Malone London
- Full bottle
- 100 ml
- Range
- Niche
Clove, Damask rose and smoky oud
Velvet Rose & Oud is a Cologne Intense from Jo Malone London, a richer line of the house. The brand sets Damask rose inside the smoky depths of oud, sparked with clove, and calls the result magnetic and decadent. The pyramid has just three notes, and the balance between rose and wood is what a 10 ml decant lets you check.
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The composition
How it unfolds in notes
The curve shows the order in which the notes come forward, not their strength.
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Top notes
- Clove
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Heart notes
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Base notes
- Character
- Strong
- Occasion
- Concentration
- Explore by note
In the same spirit
Similar in character
On the skin
How it unfolds
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Clove gets there first
The brand says clove opens the scent with spicy warmth. Before any petals arrive you meet something warm and a little sharp, and that spice makes the rose that follows feel darker from the start. It is a short, warm doorway into the scent.
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Damask rose as the heart
Damask rose is the centre, a revered flower according to the brand, picked and distilled at dawn. In this composition the rose is full and deep, not airy, a flower seen in the shade of the wood rather than in open sun. Nothing here is meant to read as fresh or dewy.
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Oud sets the weight
Oud forms the base, which the brand describes as smoky depths. It wraps the rose in a dark, resinous wood and gives the whole scent its weight. The ending stays warm rather than dry, and the three notes remain easy to follow.
Testing it
How to test it, for whom and why
How to test it
Try it on a cold day or in the evening, since a rich Cologne Intense with an oud base suits dark coats and dinners more than hot afternoons. Put a little on clean skin and wait for the clove to settle before judging rose and oud against each other.
Who it is for
People who like a dark, rich rose rather than a fresh one, and are comfortable with smoky wood. Listed as unisex, it is open to anyone who enjoys rose. Fans of spiced warmth and oud will feel at home. Those who prefer light, clean florals probably will not.
Why try Jo Malone London Velvet Rose & Oud as a sample first
Oud can be gentle or loud depending on the skin, and a rose placed inside it changes character from wearer to wearer. With only clove, Damask rose and oud, every note is easy to hear, which makes a decant of ten millilitres a clear test before buying 100 ml.
At a glance
- Year
- 2012
- For
- Unisex
What you receive
How we fill your sample
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From the original bottle
We start with a full bottle of the perfume. Nothing is diluted, mixed or added.
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Into a glass spray vial
Filled by hand into a clean glass spray vial of 2, 5 or 10 ml and closed straight after filling.
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Labelled by us
Our own label names the brand, the perfume, the concentration and the size.
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Frequently asked
What exactly is in the sample?
A 10 ml decant of Velvet Rose & Oud, filled by FragranceGems from the original bottle into a glass spray vial and labelled by us. It is not a brand sample and Jo Malone London is not involved.
Does the oud overpower the rose?
The brand describes Damask rose wrapped in oud, so the wood is meant to support the flower, not hide it. How balanced that feels is personal, which is what a sample is for.
Is it a rose for women only?
It is listed as unisex. The rose is dark, spiced with clove and set in smoky wood, so it comes across as deep and warm rather than soft and pink.
What is a Cologne Intense?
It is the name of the house's richer line. The word is the brand's own, and this perfume is sold under it, so a small amount from the decant is enough to judge it.
The brand
About Jo Malone London
Jo Malone London writes its perfumes short: every product page gives one top note, one heart note and one base note, and the scents are meant to be combined with each other. The London house sells them as Cologne and as the richer Cologne Intense. Because the idea is to wear two at once, samples make particular sense here: a few 10 ml decants let you test each scent alone and then layered, on your own skin.
- A London house that describes itself as a British lifestyle brand
- Two formats: Cologne and the richer Cologne Intense
- One top, one heart and one base note are named for every scent
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