Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes is launching her new Velvet Tuberose solid perfume just in time for the Holidays. Yes,we know tuberose-themed fragrances abounded this year, but very few have been all-natural. When Mandy does a fragrance you know it is special and that she is not following a trend but following her heart. and nose.

“I had been wanting for a long time to create a solid perfume — that would be worn close to the body — focused on the opulent and extravagant lusciousness of tuberose. This tuberose perfume has a luxuriant and sumptuous texture like velvet. As a perfumer, I wanted to highlight the various aromatic facets of tuberose: creamy, sweet, languid, narcotic, voluptuous, and astonishingly beautiful. Lazing around the tuberose and providing a sheer but rich foundation is the rare mitti attar: a traditional aromatic essence of baked earth distilled into creamy high-quality Indian sandalwood. It is the scent brought on as rain falls on sun-drenched soil and the earth awakens and breathes forth its heady aroma. Sweet and juicy grand fir and pink grapefruit lock together to create sweet forest notes that lift and vivify the narcotic tuberose.”-Mandy Aftel

Selected Notes: Top notes: pink grapefruit, grand fir, transparent florals, Middle notes: tuberose absolute, tuberose wax, heady white flowers, Base notes: creamy sandalwood, damp earth, spun sugar

In a base of organic virgin coconut oil

Those compacts; Mandy finds each one of a kind case from all over the world;many include artisanal elements like colored gold accents, agate, niello or other enameling, detailed engraving, raised embossing, repoussé, or Guilloché. T

Via Mandy Aftel and my own synopsis

Michelyn Camen, Editor-in Chief