Velvet Vendetta – Extrait de Parfum

Sarah Baker – a London perfume house founded by artist Sarah Baker, who, together with Andy Hsu, tells fragrances like little film scenes from a studio in East London.

Velvet Vendetta is a vanilla with no manners and no mercy – the first part of Sarah Baker's Vanilla Trilogy. Forbidden Vanilla rides in hard with a flask of bourbon at her hip, the sweetness laced with gunsmoke and pink pepper sparks. Dried fruits spiced with nutmeg add juiciness, a black olive gives it a salty edge, and finally everything drops into a dusty sunset of tobacco, molasses, resins and black vanilla.

Velvet Vendetta suits autumn and winter, bars and long evenings – and anyone who usually finds vanilla too well-behaved.

What makes Velvet Vendetta special to us is the toughness beneath the velvet: a vanilla that smells of westerns rather than dessert. Together with Va Va Vanilla and Year XOXO, it tells the story of vanilla from the past into the future.

THE SNUD SCENT GUIDE

Everything you want to know about this fragrance.

What does Velvet Vendetta smell like?

Vanilla with bourbon, gunsmoke and pink pepper, dried fruits and black olive, on tobacco, molasses and resins. Sweet, smoky, woody.

How does Velvet Vendetta feel?

Soft as velvet, tough as lead – like a gunslinger in a velvet coat.

When do you wear Velvet Vendetta?

Loveliest in the evening and in the cold season.

What else might I like if I love Velvet Vendetta?

4 Rosso by ROBERTO UGOLINI also pairs a smoke accord and saffron with bourbon vanilla – more floral with rose, but with the same smoky sweetness.

Still not sure? Discover Velvet Vendetta as a sample first – the sample price is credited toward the full-size purchase.