Collection Matières

Velvet Tonka 2021

Velvet Tonka by bdk Parfums
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8.0 / 10 729 Ratings
According to EssenceVitae Research Team A popular perfume by bdk Parfums for women and men, released in 2021. Furthermore The scent is sweet-gourmand. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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8.0729 Ratings
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8.2659 Ratings
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7.8652 Ratings
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8.3615 Ratings
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7.4511 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 13.05.2024.
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The fragrance is part of the "Collection Matières" collection.

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Jessica86

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Jessica86
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Top Review 22  
Flashed
For a long time, this fragrance has flashed me again! Wow! The first few seconds I get marzipan, then creamy melted chocolate. The scent smells incredibly feminine, soft, velvety, warm, soft...I could lie down in it. I don't find it gourmand though. The rose I do not smell explicitly out, the tobacco I can easily perceive after 10min. Everything is beautifully interwoven. For the summer it's more suitable in the evening, but from autumn on I would wear it every day. This could be my new signature. I am in love!
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Nadiiine

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My cuddly scent
With the current grimy fall weather, you're just so convenient - my cozy scent.

God I was excited to test this fragrance, where the notes had appealed to me so. However, since I do not like marzipan at all I was also afraid that these are too present. Initially, you clearly perceive an almond / marzipan note. But if you wait it out, you get the most beautiful powdery suede note ever. (As in my beloved "Cuir Beluga | Guerlain" ) With tonka and vanilla, it becomes such a soul-flatterer - incredibly beautiful.

When I wear it, it wraps around me like a warming cuddle blanket, making me want to hug myself. To snuggle in beautiful & super sensual, warm, creamy, soft....

Meanwhile, he has so conquered my heart that he is number 1 on my wish list, how good that I have soon birthday & can fulfill myself this wish
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Connie

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Sticky almond syrup and marzipan but also scratchy...
I think the scent is not bad, somehow almost delicious but I do not want to smell like that. Does such a statement make any sense at all?

The fragrance starts like a tornado of almond syrup. I smell almond syrup that you can mix into the coffee but so sweet that I almost get nausea from it.... Borderline...I endure the top notes only briefly, after 10 minutes this sticky sugary almond syrup note is just too much.... Reminds me also of soft lukewarm marzipan... Who knows Italica by Xerjoff, knows from what extreme marzipan sweetness I'm talking about. The fragrance goes easily in the same direction, unfortunately..

I'm totally missing something feminine or something that smells like perfume. Unfortunately, I smell neither O-flower or rose. With very very good imagination I smell maybe a velvety very dark rose which is sprinkled with a bunch of sugar that has the size of Mount Everest.... Almond syrup and marzipan runs down from Mount Everest, Pooh, heavy fare for Extreme Gourmand fans..

In the dry down the fragrance gets a very peculiar note that reminds me of plasters. Just like this silver inside of plaster smells. Like aluminum etc.. This note I do not like at all, what causes this note I do not know but my husband also said that the scent smells like plaster.... Sharp and scratchy a strange combination..The scent remains otherwise very linear. Sugary sweet almond syrup with plaster note... Strange...

I find the fragrance despite this extreme sweetness not bad but as a body fragrance I find the simply unsuitable and absolutely not feminine. The fragrance goes comically more in the masculine direction for me.... Sharp and scratchy..Sexy absolutely no.. Feminine absolutely no.. Delicious Yes but in a very strange way..

Now and then, a fragrance can be so dense and so extremely "full" that the almost comes across clumsy. The elegance and the exciting is crushed in sweetness and fullness..Simply over the top. Here less would have been more...
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PennyPearl

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A baby powder dream; dreamy relax in evening dress
"Boah, is the beautiful", was my first impulse thought when spraying on (I think I also said it out loud), which is not so common.
Baby almond powder and a little like Loukhoum Eau Poudrée I smell here ad hoc, only softer.
Sweet powder is now times my Beuteschema, that I find the however sooo beautiful, I would not have expected nevertheless.
Very delicate and somewhat sweet, but not sugary slaying, I feel him also not very marzipanlastig as last tested by me Heliotrope Eau de Toilette , because really fat marzipan I do not like at all!

It is not gourmandy sweet, sweet yes, but the powder combination makes it NOT edible.
The fragrance is quite linear, which does not bother me, because I find already the top note as very nice, in the further course adds only a gentle woodiness, which prevents the drift into too sweet realms.
Einzelne Duftnotehn I smell here hardly out, for me it is a powdery, velvety, sweetish melange.
Going back to the title; Velvet Tonka for me is cozy and elegant at the same time, which is why I think of a carefully made up woman in a satin morning coat, lying on the sofa with a glass of champagne and dozing off to the music of Katie Melua or Michael Buble.
For me, the fragrance is more feminine, me Velvet Tonka would be too soft on a man, but of course that's just my personal assessment.

In any case, Velvet Tonka has positively blown me away as well as "Gris Charnel | bdk Parfums" !

AFTERNOON: After testing it several times, I must say that it seems less durable than when I first got to know it; the sillage is strong, I was directly addressed to it, but I find that it quickly becomes restrained...
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Sniffsniff

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Confessions of a marzipan hater.
Velvet Tonka found its way to me as a generous gift in the form of a barely touched 3-ml Essenza Nobile bottle. A slight hint of skepticism was already spreading here. It didn't seem to have met the taste of its buyer.

I didn't really have the fragrance on my radar - BDK isn't really my brand, apart from Vanille Leather, which doesn't seem to be very popular here. Too bold, sometimes very synthetic, often one-dimensional.

And I generally have certain difficulties with almonds. No, I have to differentiate here. Almonds are great - but marzipan is my kryptonite. I'm a marzipan aversionista. Sugar stickiness. If there were fancy presents from Niederegger at Christmas, I preferred to swap them for homework on the second day of school after the vacations. Stable currency.

In anticipation of a strong, presumably very sweet marzipan scent, I sprayed Velvet Tonka on the back of my hand. Three times fzzzz. And bang. Self-fulfilling prophecy. The marzipan club strikes mercilessly. Latthammer to the middle of my forehead. In a fraction of a second, I find myself in a thick cloud of screaming sweet marzipan. The velvet here seems to be made of bristly synthetic fibers. Velvet is definitely different. Even after the intense alcohol greeting has faded, the scratchiness continues.

It doesn't help, I have to go now. Edeka is calling, the store is closing soon. My car is small, very small. The passenger compartment is a grateful scent carrier. I smell marzipan, marzipan, marzipan. Or maybe it's more like persipan. The cheap substitute. Because my Niederegger products smelled much more pleasant and not so pungently bitter and artificial.

As I stand at the checkout after shopping, I can almost see the cloud of marzipan surrounding me. It is ochre yellow. I feel ashamed and stared at. I sigh unrestrainedly. The man behind me takes a step back. I don't blame him, I wouldn't have done anything differently. I feel disguised. This sweetness, this edible. That's not me.

Later, on the beach, it is more airy, now a subtle orange blossom mixes into the mix. The marzipan gives way to tonka bean, which also has a certain inherent marzipaniness - but no longer with the intensity of the initial almond accord. There is also a hint of vanilla. But it remains sweet. It becomes more gracious, loses a little of its raspy mercilessness. I still don't like it.

I'm glad I only sprayed the fragrance on the back of my hand and not on my neck. I probably would have burst my collar.

I feel the same way about Velvet Tonka as I do about many other BDKs I've tested - too bold, very synthetic, one-dimensional.

But what is an oath to one is a nightingale to another.
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NoirrosesNoirroses 10 months ago
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Delicious almond dessert with a hint of orange.
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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 1 year ago
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Opens as a creamy almond, dries powdery almond & tonka. Moderate sweetness throughout. Leans feminine, spring-fall-winter. Moderate sillage.
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ScentedNekoScentedNeko 2 years ago
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Dreamy, almondy tonka. Very cozy and delicious.
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Ka3nKa3n 3 years ago
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This one was a sour disappointment. Italica with tobacco blossom, longevity is very mediocre. I got 5h and poof. Glad didn't buy it blindly
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1Banane1Banane 3 months ago
I love this little beauty. Rich, decadent almondy tonka with a hint of tobacco and vanilla.
Gorgeous!
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