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Velvet Rope is the second fragrance release from hip Los Angeles boutique Apothia<\/a>. It follows cult favorite IF, which was launched in 2001. Velvet Rope was created by perfumer Rayda Vega<\/a>.<\/p>\n Velvet Rope is a unisex fragrance, and was inspired by…<\/p>\n …A-list places where people are stimulated by watching and being watched…”We came up with a drink–an icy cold martini with a very dry vanilla bean stirred in,” described Robinson. From there they created Velvet Rope. “There are essences of the vermouth and vodka in the fragrance. Then you take a twist of grapefruit for zest. And what else emulates these lounges and clubs is smoking. So we included a raw tobacco note very deep in the fragrance.” (via Global Cosmetic Industry, 10\/1\/2005)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The notes for Velvet Rope are juniper berry, grapefruit zest, green rose, jasmine absolute, cypress leaves, vanilla absolute, white musk and patchouli. It starts out exactly as advertised: a martini with a big twist of grapefruit peel. It is very, very dry and rather high pitched; the pitch lowers as it settles and the grapefruit fades, but it stays dry and cold straight through to the end, with a bit of the gin lingering on. The florals are subtle, and there is something mildly fruity in the early dry down that mingles with the vanilla and a whirl of cigarette smoke.<\/p>\n Velvet Rope is that rare thing: a fragrance that smells just like its advance press says it will, and for that matter, that evokes exactly the atmosphere it claims to \u2014 the VIP lounge of a swanky Los Angeles nightclub. It smells young and hip and energetic, much more so than most fragrances targeted towards the young and hip and energetic. As I am none of those things, it is no surprise that it doesn’t entirely suit me, but it is a fun, nicely composed fragrance and worth trying.<\/p>\n Velvet Rope is available in 50 ml bottles of Eau de Parfum or in body lotion, body wash, and matching candle.\u00a0For\u00a0purchasing information, see the listing for Apothia under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Velvet Rope is the second fragrance release from hip Los Angeles boutique Apothia<\/a>. It follows cult favorite IF, which was launched in 2001. Velvet Rope was created by perfumer Rayda Vega<\/a>.<\/p>\n Velvet Rope is a unisex fragrance, and was inspired by…<\/p>\n …A-list places where people are stimulated by watching and being watched…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,707],"class_list":{"0":"post-5607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-apothia","8":"tag-rayda-vega","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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