Nero Velours

Nero Velours from the British house Anfar London, released in 2024 for men and composed by Ahmedullah Anfar, is a musky fragrance with a woody layer and lighter spicy, amber and citrus touches.

Grapefruit opens with a juicy, bitter-sweet sparkle, and ginger adds a warm, zesty spice. The heart is musky and soft: ambrette brings a fine, slightly fruity, skin-like warmth, and musk a clean, velvety smoothness that fits the name. The base combines vetiver and patchouli, dry, earthy and slightly smoky, with ambroxan adding a radiant, mineral glow.

Nero Velours, meaning black velvet, is smooth and polished rather than loud. It suits autumn and spring, day and evening, and works for the office as well as dinners. It should appeal to men who like modern musky woods with a fresh citrus-ginger start, and who prefer a refined, skin-close scent to a heavy one.

Nero Velours — for men fragrance by Anfar London (released 2024). Notes: Ambrette, Ambrette (Musk Mallow), Ambroxan, Ginger, Grapefruit, Musk, Patchouli, Vetiver. — Parfica open fragrance database