Collection Matières

Velvet Tonka 2021

Velvet Tonka by bdk Parfums
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8.0 / 10 716 Ratings
Velvet Tonka is a popular perfume by bdk Parfums for women and men and was released in 2021. The scent is sweet-gourmand. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet
Gourmand
Creamy
Spicy
Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AlmondAlmond Orange blossomOrange blossom
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Balkans tobacco absoluteBalkans tobacco absolute Rose absoluteRose absolute
Base Notes Base Notes
Tonka bean absoluteTonka bean absolute Bourbon vanilla absoluteBourbon vanilla absolute AmberwoodAmberwood AmyrisAmyris

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.0716 Ratings
Longevity
8.2648 Ratings
Sillage
7.8640 Ratings
Bottle
8.3603 Ratings
Value for money
7.4501 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 19.04.2024.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "Collection Matières" collection.

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19 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Jessica86

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Jessica86
Jessica86
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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Nadiiine
Nadiiine
Top Review 20  
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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Connie
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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PennyPearl
PennyPearl
Very helpful Review 11  
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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Noirwhite

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Noirwhite
Noirwhite
Helpful Review 13  
...like a powdered suede bag..
.....I love this fragrance. A fragrance that has blown me away for a very long time again.
I actually do not like amaretto and marzipan also not particularly, but this is what comes to one at the beginning so. At the beginning it reminds of Amaretini or marzipan. But if you wait for 15 minutes, you get this super classy powdery suede note. And this scent really gets better every 15 minutes. I don't find it feminine. What is feminine or masculine? It always depends on who wears the fragrance and how.

I'm a BDK fan anyway. If you understand the brand, the fragrances are great. Beautiful young, noble fragrances. Velvet Tonka is a super nice autumn-winter fragrance but I can also imagine that he smells very great on a summer evening. I don't smell the rose so much, thank goodness. And even though there's no suede in it, it already smells like powdered suede. Can't describe it any other way,
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NoirrosesNoirroses 9 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 2 months ago
I love this little beauty. Rich, decadent almondy tonka with a hint of tobacco and vanilla.
Gorgeous!
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