Cuir Velours

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All about this fragrance

Vibe check

A quiet conversation after the room has emptied, with a soft leather jacket still resting against your shoulders. Tobacco and resin give Cuir Velours weight, while powdery suede keeps its mood close and unhurried: a substantial presence without a hard edge.

How to wear

Its rich suede, tobacco and resin profile lends itself to cool weather, when the warmth feels enveloping rather than heavy. Start with one or two sprays on skin and let the opening settle before adding more. In warmer conditions or close quarters, keep application light so the softer leather texture remains the focus.

Who it’s for

For those drawn to supple leather rather than sharp, austere hides, and to tobacco and resins softened by powdery warmth. The chocolatey facet of immortelle offers a gently gourmand accent without making sweetness the main subject.

Release year

2012

The nose

Julien Rasquinet is a French perfumer trained by Pierre Bourdon, known for expressive compositions that give woods, resins and leather a strong emotional texture. His work for Naomi Goodsir includes Bois d’Ascèse and Iris Cendré. In Cuir Velours, he explored the contrast between new leather and leather softened by time, translating the designer’s world into supple suede, tobacco and resinous warmth.

Collaborators

Naomi Goodsir shaped the fragrance’s creative direction through her experience working with leather, bringing memories of her atelier and riding saddles to the project and evaluating Rasquinet’s developing compositions. Renaud Coutaudier introduced Rasquinet to the project and collaborated with Goodsir in directing and assessing the work.

Naomi Goodsir’s story

Naomi Goodsir treats perfume as an invisible accessory: an extension of the designer’s tactile, unconventional creative world. Built around distinctive materials rather than gender categories, the fragrances give craftsmanship equal weight to inspiration. Creative direction is led by Goodsir and Renaud Coutaudier, with releases guided by ideas rather than seasonal trends.

Cuir Velours’s concept

Cuir Velours grew from the smell of leather in Goodsir’s atelier and her childhood memories of riding saddles. Rasquinet imagined that material in a comfortable workshop, surrounded by rum, tobacco and well-worn leather furniture. The resulting composition explores leather’s transition from firm newness to supple familiarity, with the intimacy of a glove as a central image.

Extra info

Cuir Velours debuted alongside Bois d’Ascèse as one of the house’s first two fragrances. Its name means “velvet leather,” echoing its suede-like texture. The brand presents its ingredients as a descriptive note list rather than a formal top, heart and base pyramid.