Description
Fragonard celebrates 2012 with violet flowers. Just like every year, Fragonard has selected an ingredient it singles out and gives special attention to. In that honor, fragrance called VIOLETTE was created. It incorporates fresh and clear violet accords, with fragrant drops to rejoice us all over again, during the whole year.
This light, feminine and delicate violet bouquet arrives in 50 ml glass flacon and is decorated with illustration with violet flowers. Besides EDT, you can also find soaps made of violets, scented candle and a special package – set in a basket, which contains 8m fragrance, small soaps and a small towel with violet illustrations.
spoosaumn – :
Complete Olfactory pyramid from fragonard’s website:
Top notes orange, blackberry, mandarin
Heart notes violet, rose, jasmine
Base notes raspberry, musk, amber
stastop81 – :
This is my absolute favorite violet fragrance ever. Other violet focused fragrances smell like the violet wilted in the bottle. I was in search of a lively, less powdery violet, and this is it: Gorgeous and perfect. It is subtle and I wish it would last a little longer. I am definitely going to buy a bigger bottle.
asuta – :
I was pretty disappointed by this one (and also feel a bit like I’m going crazy from the other reviews). Definitely not a photorealistic violet perfume on my skin. I can smell a faint whisper of violet around the bottle, but then I spray it on and its VERY green floral with just an echo of berry. No powder…no violets. I think its just trampled by the jasmine (and citrus?). After a few hours it settled into a sweeter, berry/rose scent, which I quite like, but the first notes are too nauseatingly floral to wear this perfume often. Its not bad on a cool spring day, though I like it best when its just on my wrists and my hands stay at my sides. I’ve owned this a few years now and have made peace with it. You know what they say: “forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet which still clings fast to the heel that crushed it.”
beliy121084 – :
Fragonard Violette on my skin, is like the olfactory form of a violet candy. The opening is a zippy blast of sweet red berries and tangy citrus, while the herbal, slightly spicy violet takes its turn to the front about 20 minutes later. But eventually, after about 1 hour, Fragonard Violette settles down into a cheerful, tart sweet, slightly powdery blend of violet, various red berries and musk, and stays so till the end.
The sillage of Fragonard Violette is strong to moderate, and the longevity is around 9 hours.
Being a bubbly violet-berry combination, Fragonard Violette does remind me of Van Cleef & Arpels Féerie and Guerlain Insolence. While Fragonard Violette is eventually much less powdery than Insolence, I do find it very close to Féerie, only a bit less transparent than the later. I’d definitely recommend it as an affordable option to those who are interested in a joyful violet candy fragrance.
n6819a – :
Hmmm. Not sure about this. It smells almost like citronella in the opening. Its very juicy fruit mix, berries and oranges with a musk note, its synthetic like to me, i do not get any violets. Its not a very well blended formula, spiky i would say, sweet berries, a rose & musk note equaling a very generic formula. I was expecting real violets from the house of Fragonard! Whats going on?! Agree its like Van Cleefs Fairy.
kyka13 – :
A very nice, well rounded concoction: a violet scent at the beginning (not a powdery kind), gradually (over about 4 hours on me) giving way to a soft berry aroma. Gives a noticeable sillage for a couple of hours, then stays close to the skin. To me, a beautiful example of real art of parfumérie: a seamless, thoroughly pleasing blend, delightful from beginning to end. A classic from an old romantic novel, totally at home in modern world. Ageless and classy.
Bailey_fromAF – :
I just love this one. Fragonard seems to be all about quality, but Violette (Mimosa and Muguet) are not expensive at all.
It reminds me of Feerie by Van Cleef and Arpels, but Violette is a green violet. It is beautiful, romantic, sweet. A bottle of kindness and poetry.
qogbqjblcps – :
It is a very soft sensual sweet feminine fragrance.
The first time I smelled it was on the stairway after someone who was wearing it had been there. I was enamored by it. I asked the women around who it was and what it was. Then I stepped into the office of the woman that apparently had been wearing it.
I’d never heard of Fragonard and was curious.
To me it is like soft candied violets with a dash of rose.
Very, very feminine.
Luckily the price of it is pretty fabulous.
And a little goes a long way.
A real nice choice to wear When you need something delicate but sexy.
WikiliksLexa – :
loooovely scent! my boyfriend loves it… it’s fresh and sweet, and sexy!
dorall – :
I loved this fragrance from first sniff–love violets!–and truly regretted not buying it while abroad. Happily, you can get it on Fragonard’s site now. It’s a fresh, fruity green violet. On first spray, I get fresh and sweet berries mixed with violets and as it dries down I’m left with a very fresh green violet scent. It’s much greener than I remembered, but I still love it. It’s definitely not powdery like Yardley’s April Violets. Is it my perfect violet? No. But now I’m obsessed with trying all the violet scents I’ve learned about on this site!
hfo936InsuffBooni – :
This edt is a fresh violet..with nuances of green. Definitely berries and a little musk. Stays very close to skin..if you like violets, it is a great clean/fresh scent…but nothing like TF’s Violet Blonde….I have a 50ml bottle up for trade. Can only be purchased in France.