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Velixir Hera Sample
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Brand
- Velixir
- Full bottle
- 100 ml
- Range
- Designer
Citrus and lavender, musk, then patchouli
Hera is a unisex Eau de Parfum from Velixir, a FragranceGems house, tagged floral and woody and listed for all four seasons. Citrus fruits and lavender open it, a single musk forms the heart, and patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla make up the base. Six notes in all, arranged as a simple line from fresh to warm, which a decant shows very plainly.
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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
- Citrus Fruits
- Lavender
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Heart notes
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Base notes
- Character
- Moderate
- Concentration
- Explore by note
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On the skin
How it unfolds
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Citrus fruits and lavender
Hera begins with citrus fruits and lavender. FragranceGems calls this a fresh, spicy combination that gives a clear, inviting start. Lavender is the aromatic thread, and with the citrus around it the opening should feel clean and bright rather than herbal and heavy.
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A single musk in the heart
The heart is musk, and nothing else is recorded there. The description speaks of a silky transition close to the skin. That is a quiet, soft middle, a bridge between the fresh top and the warm base, and the part where this perfume is most personal.
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Patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla
The base lists patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla, which the description calls a warm, sweetish trail that lingers. After a clean start and a soft musk, the base is where Hera shows its real direction, and a few wearings will show whether the vanilla leads or the patchouli does.
Testing it
How to test it, for whom and why
How to test it
Wear one spray on bare skin and try it across a changing week, because all four seasons are listed. Notice the citrus and lavender at the start, the soft musk after a while and the base towards evening. Daily, evening and work use are all tagged, so wear it to work once and for an evening once.
Who it is for
It is listed as unisex and moderate, for daily wear, work and evenings in every season. It suits people who like a fresh opening that settles into a soft, warm, sweetish finish without strong flowers or fruit. If you want bold or complex perfumes, Hera is deliberately simple.
Why try Velixir Hera as a sample first
A short, clear pyramid leaves little to hide behind, so what you like about Hera has to come from how those few notes meet your skin. A 10 ml decant lets you wear it across different weeks before you look at the 100 ml bottle FragranceGems also sells.
At a glance
- 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.
A decant is not an official brand sample: no box, no original bottle, and we are not affiliated with the brands.
Samples are filled to order and cannot be returned. Is something wrong or damaged on arrival? Contact us and we solve it. To the contact page
Read how we fill your sampleQuestions
Frequently asked
Is Hera a floral perfume?
The tags list floral and woody, and the recorded notes are citrus fruits, lavender, musk, patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla. We name no flowers beyond what is recorded.
Will it work in winter?
All four seasons are listed. The patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla base may suit cold air, which a decant lets you check on your own days.
Who fills the vial?
Velixir is one of FragranceGems' own houses, so we take it from the original bottle, fill a glass spray vial and add our own label.
The brand
About Velixir
Velixir is a young perfume house from Indonesia, founded in 2025, that says it wants to "redefine accessible luxury in modern perfumery" and bring Indonesian perfumery to a global stage. The perfumes are Eau de Parfum and carry names from mythology: Icarus, Asteria, Aphrodite, Persephone, Poseidon. Because the range is wide and the names say little about the scent, a few samples side by side are the quickest way in.
- Perfume house from Indonesia, founded in 2025
- The Velixir perfumes described in this text are Eau de Parfum
- Names taken from Greek mythology: Icarus, Asteria, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Nyx
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