01/12/2024
Landshark321
507 Reviews
Landshark321
1
Great, rich amber - well balanced and nuanced.
First wearing of Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Amber Sun, part of the higher-end Velvet collection, not sold too many places. It’s a robust amber vanilla blend with a very sensible mix of sweet, smoky, balsamic, and even a little bit of animalic vibes. It’s quite deep and rich with a good amount of complexity and nuance, so I do not regard it as a great introductory amber-centric fragrance. I get the sense that great care was taken in its creation so it’s immediately one of my favorites in the genre.
I place it somewhere between the sweeter Tom Ford Amber Absolute, one of my absolute favorites, and Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea, more to the smoky/animalic side and also excellent, albeit not as great as Amber Absolute, at least to me. But the quality is great, right up there with others like MFK Grand Soir and Absolue Pour le Soi, Rania J Ambre Loup, among others.
Again, the line seems difficult to find and the only point of sale I found (for the US) is via the Dolce & Gabbana website at $310 for 100ml, in EDP Concentration, so not terribly high at just over $3 per ml, but a 100ml size only is a rather limiting option.
Overall, I love it and wish it were more accessible but am happy with a decant for now.
8 out of 10
I place it somewhere between the sweeter Tom Ford Amber Absolute, one of my absolute favorites, and Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea, more to the smoky/animalic side and also excellent, albeit not as great as Amber Absolute, at least to me. But the quality is great, right up there with others like MFK Grand Soir and Absolue Pour le Soi, Rania J Ambre Loup, among others.
Again, the line seems difficult to find and the only point of sale I found (for the US) is via the Dolce & Gabbana website at $310 for 100ml, in EDP Concentration, so not terribly high at just over $3 per ml, but a 100ml size only is a rather limiting option.
Overall, I love it and wish it were more accessible but am happy with a decant for now.
8 out of 10