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Hearthfruit Extrait de Parfum: A Signature Fragrance by Velvet Sylph

Inspired by Creed Aventus

Smells like: ripe pineapple, birch smoke drifting, cold apple skin.


$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.

Designed for Ritual and Precision

Mix any scents.

Estimated delivery Sep 10 – 14 · Free US shipping

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, itโ€™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

Buying Unsniffed

How to choose a scent you can’t smell yet

  1. Read it. The profile below translates every note, and the journey section walks the scent through the day, hour by hour.
  2. Anchor it. If you have ever smelled Creed Aventus on someone, you already know this scentโ€™s silhouette. The Side by Side card further down shows exactly where we depart.
  3. Wear the trial. We donโ€™t sell samples, on purpose. The first bottle is the sample: wear it for sixty days, and if it isnโ€™t yours, send it back, even empty.

The Scent, Hour by Hour

For the one who keeps autumn burning past its season.

Smoky Fruit Warm Twilight

Bergamot, Blackcurrant, Apple, Lemon, Pink Pepper — the opening of Hearthfruit.

First minutes

The Opening

“ripe pineapple”

Bergamot · Blackcurrant · Apple · Lemon · Pink Pepper

Pineapple, Patchouli, Jasmine — the heart of Hearthfruit.

First hours

The Heart

“birch smoke drifting”

Pineapple · Patchouli · Jasmine

Birch Tar, Musk, Oakmoss, Cedarwood, Ambroxan — the dry-down of Hearthfruit.

All evening

The Dry-Down

“cold apple skin”

Birch Tar · Musk · Oakmoss · Cedarwood · Ambroxan

Longevity8-12 hours
Projectionsmoky-sweet, turns heads

The Tale

The smoky-fruit paradox at the centre of every great autumn evening. Bright pineapple, blackcurrant and apple open the bottle; sun-warmed and tropical for the first quiet minute; before the smoke catches them. Birch tar, jasmine and patchouli at the heart pull the fruit down into a dry, almost-charred warmth, the kind that smells like a torch held to a barrel of preserves.

The dry-down is the part you’ll live with longest; oakmoss, ambergris, vanilla and musk turning the whole thing into something warm and complimentable across a room. It is the loudest scent in the lineup and one of the most beloved categories in modern fragrance.

Hearthfruit is built for the evenings that need fire and fruit at the same time.

Date-night dinners, autumn-faire nights around a real bonfire, October weddings, the half-hour before the candles get lit. Wears for hours and leaves a generous trail. Choose it when you want the scent to do some of the talking.

The Ritual

Two sprays, not five, to warm skin.

  • A study of an ear and jaw, with a curl of scent rising: apply behind the ear.Behind the ear
  • A study of a throat and collarbone, with a curl of scent rising: apply at the base of the throat.Base of the throat
  • A study of an upturned open wrist, with a curl of scent rising: apply inside the wrist.Inside the wrist

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

In the Hand

Built to be handled

Hearthfruit extrait de parfum with the cap off, sprayer showing
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

Creed Aventus

Strength

Velvet Sylph: Extrait de parfum

Creed Aventus: Eau de parfum

Alcohol

Velvet Sylph: Organic

Creed Aventus: Standard perfumerโ€™s

Origin

Velvet Sylph: Hand-blended in theย USA

Creed Aventus: Global scale

Ethics

Velvet Sylph: Cruelty-free, always

Creed Aventus: No public certification

Guarantee

Velvet Sylph: 60 days, evenย empty

Creed Aventus: 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 Creed Aventus?

Close enough that people who wear Creed Aventus 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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