Vellum extrait de parfum on a stone ledge with loose manuscript pages and an iris

Vellum extrait de parfum, cap on, surrounded by its notes: tuscan iris, italian orange, leather, rose, sandalwood, ambrette (musk mallow)

Vellum extrait de parfum mid-spray, the black cap resting beside the bottle

Fragrance strength ladder: eau de cologne 2 to 5% perfume oil, about 2 hours; eau de toilette 5 to 15%, 3 to 4 hours; eau de parfum 15 to 20%, 5 to 8 hours, which is most designer bottles; extrait de parfum 20 to 40%, 8 hours and beyond, which is what every Velvet Sylph bottle is. Longevity varies by formula, skin and environment.

Iris Leather

Vellum: Hand-Blended Extrait de Parfum by Velvet Sylph

Inspired by Dior Homme Parfum

Smells like: cool iris powder, a soft leather glove, paper and cedar.

$75

50 mL extrait de parfum.

What is extrait?

Extrait de parfum is the strongest standard concentration. Every bottle in the house is poured at full strength.

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Mix any scents.

60-day money-back guarantee. Wear it, even empty it, and send it back.

Extrait de parfum
Organic ethanol
Clean & vegan
Hand-blended and bottled in the USA

Poured to order.
Free US shipping on every order.

Hand-poured in small batches. When a batch sells through, it’s gone until the next pour.

Organic alcoholgrown without synthetic pesticides

Extrait strengththe grade above eau de parfum

Hand-pouredto order, in small batches

Inspired by greatswe name every muse

Organic food-grade ethanol
60-day money-back
Free US shipping

Buying Unsniffed

How to choose a scent you can’t smell yet

Read it. The profile below translates every note, and the journey section walks the scent through the day, hour by hour.
Anchor it. If you have ever smelled Dior Homme Parfum on someone, you already know this scent’s silhouette. The Side by Side card further down shows exactly where we depart.
Wear the trial. We don’t sell samples, on purpose. The first bottle is the sample: wear it for sixty days, and if it isn’t yours, send it back, even empty.

The Scent, Hour by Hour

For the one at home in the library after hours.

Iris Leather Quiet Twilight

First minutes

The Opening

“cool iris powder”

Tuscan Iris · Italian Orange

First hours

The Heart

“a soft leather glove”

Leather · Rose

All evening

The Dry-Down

“paper and cedar”

Sandalwood · Ambrette (Musk Mallow) · Agarwood (Oud) · Cedar

Longevity8-12 hours

Projectionrefined, close to the skin

The Tale

Iris powder turning slowly into worn suede; dry cedar and a thread of oud drifting from the next room. Quiet, scholarly, almost gender-neutral; the scent of someone who reads. The connoisseur’s bottle in the house.

Wears low to the skin; it is not a projection scent; but it lasts the full day, and the dry-down is its own quiet pleasure. Iris pallida is one of the most expensive ingredients in modern perfumery; this is where it goes.

Vellum is the scent for the people who want to be noticed only by the right people.

Long reading days, museum afternoons, second-date dinners, the hour after the lecture, any time you want to smell like discernment. Best in cool weather; Vellum opens slowly and rewards the wearer who lets it.

The Ritual

Two sprays, not five, to warm skin.

Behind the ear
Base of the throat
Inside the wrist

Never rub: let it dry. Layer on a scarf, not the skin.

In the Hand

Built to be handled

The Cap

Magnetic, self-seating

The cap finds its own way home and seats itself squarely. Uncapping feels deliberate; a small ritual before the first press.

The Press

Easy and fluid

The atomizer moves smoothly under the finger. No stiffness, no stutter; the same weight of press every time.

The Veil

An even spray

One press throws an even veil of scent. Never a jet, never a splash; the fragrance lands the way it was blended to.

The Seal

Crimped, not threaded

The atomizer is crimped to the bottle, so nothing works loose and nothing spills. In the post or in a bag, it travels sealed.

Side by Side

The house

Velvet Sylph

The inspiration

Dior Homme Parfum

Strength

Velvet Sylph: Extrait de parfum

Dior Homme Parfum: Parfum

Alcohol

Velvet Sylph: Organic

Dior Homme Parfum: Standard perfumer’s

Origin

Velvet Sylph: Hand-blended in the USA

Dior Homme Parfum: Global scale

Ethics

Velvet Sylph: Cruelty-free, always

Dior Homme Parfum: No public certification

Guarantee

Velvet Sylph: 60 days, even empty

Dior Homme Parfum: Store policy varies

What we don’t sell: their name, their counter, their bottle.

If the label is the point, buy the original with our blessing. If the fragrance is the point, buy Velvet Sylph.

An independent house, not affiliated with the brands we name.

From the Workbench

I started Velvet Sylph because the fragrances I loved cost more than a week’s groceries, and the ones I could afford smelled like it. So I learned to blend. Everything here is hand-poured by me, blended until it’s right, and priced like I’d want to pay.

Read the whole story.

Asked and Answered

How close is it to Dior Homme Parfum?

Close enough that people who wear Dior Homme Parfum notice, and ask. It is not a molecule-for-molecule copy, and we do not want it to be. We reach for the same feeling with our own materials. The first hour reads closest to the original. The dry-down is where it becomes ours.

Why is it only $75?

Because you are not paying for a designer name, an ad campaign, or a counter in a department store. You are paying for what is in the bottle: extrait-strength perfume, hand-blended in small batches and poured to order. That is the honest math, and $75 covers it done right.

What if I don’t love it?

Then it goes back. You have sixty days, and an empty bottle counts. Fragrance is personal; we don’t want a bottle sitting unloved on your shelf. The full promise is written out just below.

How long does it last?

Every bottle is extrait de parfum, the strongest standard concentration. Most of our scents wear eight to twelve hours. They stay close to the skin the first hour, then open across the day. Each product page lists its own longevity and projection under The Scent Profile.

Will it smell the same on me?

Not exactly, and that is true of every perfume, the original included. Skin warmth and chemistry shift how the opening sits, so it may read closer or brighter on you than on a friend. That is what the sixty days are for: wear it on your own skin, not a paper strip. If it never becomes yours, it goes back.

What size is the bottle?

Every scent comes in one size: a 50 mL Extrait de Parfum, poured at full strength, nothing diluted down to stretch a batch. That is months of daily wear. One size keeps every batch small and every pour fresh.

How is it made?

Clean, vegan and cruelty-free, always. Hand-blended and bottled in the USA, in small batches, with each bottle poured to order. Nothing sits in a warehouse.

What alcohol do you use?

Organic food-grade ethanol, the same grade used in fine spirits, and never denatured. Denatured alcohol carries additives that can read harsh on skin and sharp in the opening notes.

How fast does it ship?

Your bottle is poured to order. You get tracking the moment it leaves the workbench. Free US shipping on every order. The $3.99 package protection is optional. Keep it or remove it in your cart.

Will it spill in a bag or in shipping?

No. The atomizer is crimped to the bottle, not threaded. So nothing works loose on the way. The magnetic cap seats itself and stays put. It travels sealed: in the post, in a coat pocket, in a carry-on.

Wear it for sixty days.

If it isn’t yours, send it back, even the empty bottle. A scent should feel like it was always going to be yours, or not at all.

How returns work

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