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gbhj – :
This is definitely the best violet perfume ever made. It has none of the cloying “little bunch of violets” little old lady perfume qualities you fear you might get. I bought mine around 2000, when it came in the bottle in the purple box with the green leaves at the base. I’m not sure if the new packaging means they’ve changed the formula too, but the one I have didn’t need any changing.
Don’t pay any attention to the notes they say are in this perfume. To my nose anyway, this is all about the woods. When I wear it I think of a deep dark forest of maybe redwood trees, where you can’t see the sky, and suddenly the sun comes shining through on a little patch of violets about 10 feet square. So, a good violet fragrance but lots of woods to keep it from being cloying. Very good to wear in the rain or on a cold day.
Djablo – :
Just received a decant of vintage Violette Precieuse – there is not much similarity with Borsari’s Violetta di Parma. I smell smoke (vetiver?), dry woods, and something almost sweaty in the opening. Yes, there is the violet heart, but Bosari reminds me of a straight violet, the vintage Caron with more wood and dirt but still sweet.
Accolidix – :
This is my new favorite violet! Fresh, a little green, a little sweet- a little sweeter than L’Artisan’s Verte Violette, less musky than Guerlain’s Insolence Glacee- I wish it had a teeny bit more sillage, but all the same, this is one of my new favorites for 2017!
Svetata – :
a sharp, green violet that is not powdery or soapy, lovely but lasts for about 30 minutes before fading
ChoperPoper – :
Violet You’ve Turned Violet!
This smells so amazing!
First of all I love violets and iris flowers but in fragrance form they can get tricky. They can either smell too powdery or a tad melancholy – i.e. L’Heure Bleue – or old fashioned glamour – Oscar de La Renta Esprit D’Oscar.
You never know what you’re gonna get.
Violette Precieuse is a well crafted fragrance of nocturnal purple flowers.
Enchanting and magical.
The floral notes provide it with a lush depth, almost like inhaling flowers in a garden after dark.
The orange blossom greets my nose first, citrusy, and it’s joined by a green floral lily of the valley, and then a stronger and longer lasting violet and iris. Flower power, floral dream, romantic, and elegant. It is like a strong floral cologne from the Edwardian Era. A perfume in the collection of Rose from Titanic.
A raspberry scent, light and yet berry delicious, is also there to keep this thing from turning into a sad perfume. There is also a little nutmeg, nutty, and just a tad spicy, also to keep it from becoming dull.
Vetiver & sandalwood at the dry down has enough woodsy notes and green oiliness to make it into a unisex fragrance. I can’t think of any guy’s colognes this reminds me of perhaps a more violet scented version of VERSACE BLUE JEANS. If you like floral chypres, violet, iris, and vetiver, this scent has it in spades.
Romantic, formal, for wearing to weddings and Church.
Beautiful!!!
jeik97 – :
I had purchased La Violette by Annick Goutal several years ago, and loved the fragrance, but so disappointed that it just disappears after a few minutes, even if you douse yourself with it. I finally own a bottle of Violette Precieuse, and am very pleased with it – exceedingly pleased with it! It smells wonderful, lasts 4 – 6 hours on me, and has moderate sillage. I love it!
marsikfranz – :
I’d wager that the 2006 formulation of Violet Precieuse is quite evocative of the 1913 original. It’s so like (my admittedly modern version of) Guerlain’s 1906 Apres L’Ondee: both violet scents get support from orange blossom, iris, vetiver, jasmine, sandalwood, and vanilla, and they smell like time travel. Apres L’Ondee has an unlisted mint note that gives it a certain fresh character; Violet Precieuse smells less powdery to me than it does dusty. That’s not condemnation: Violet Precieuse is a beautiful antique, and it lives with a foot in 1913. If I were producing a play set in that period, I’d pump it into the theater. As it is, I wear it in private when I want to transport myself . . .
astonsips – :
VP opens with a sharp green opening, and in the heart I get strong white musk. At this point VP reminded me of Grey Flannel. In the dry down, a touch of iris, white musk, vetiver, and sharp green violet leaves.
Overall, I found VP to be pleasant in intensity, but in scent and character almost identical to GF- that is, primarily soap and sharp greens. It’s nice, I don’t dislike it, but I don’t love it either. To my nose, this needs a bit more florals or more of an evolution to really impress.
VP is definitely unisex.
Sergio_Good – :
This is an unusual and beautiful floral. The dominant opening note that first hits my nose is heavy vetiver. Dry and smoky, it is almost offputting when it starts to blend with the sharp green violet leaf notes in the topnotes. Then after about 20 minutes this lovely fragrance really begins to bloom and develop. Enter stage left violet, iris initially in a dry, powdery reserved mode with spicy nutmeg adding interest to the mix.
Finally, enter stage right, the softening elements of the fragrance, slightly sweet muguet du bois, divinely present in the background with a chorus of jasmine and orange flower. Woods and nutmeg join in with the topnotes to create what to my nose is a unique modern violet fragrance with a distinctly retro vibe.
I do not see this as just a floral, but as a vetiver fragrance and even with no patchouli, it has a modern chypre vibe. This fragrance is beautiful and intriguing on a woman and a man could definitely wear it with its strong vetiver and green notes. I am not sure what the original early 20th century version of this perfume smelled like, but the reformulation is divine to my nose. A must try for floral chypre lovers.
arash08 – :
A truly unique fragrance. As much violet leaf as flower in the opening. A fresh, green, dry, masculine violet leaf to open, a little metallic. An intensely green, powdery open, mixing a clean, grassy, green with a deeper, earthier leafy scent. On me this is quite potent. Some of this is the violet, and violet leaf, but some is iris. The violet is not at all sweet, so the sweetness of the iris, like powdered sugar, is quite a treat.
I have delayed reviewing this, as my appreciation has grown over time. This is a surprisingly assertive fragrance on me, not soft at all. Hardly seems a floral, as it seems so fresh and green on open, rooty and earthy on dry down. Only the heart seems sweet and floral, with a bright white jasmine joined by just a touch of LOTV. The sweet orange blossom on opening has remained in the background, until it merges with the heart notes to create a white floral accord.
Remarkable to me is the drydown, combining a spicy, woody, dry nutmeg with a heavy, sweet sandalwood. Together, these create an exotic, balsamic note, resinous and woody. A little sour wood, but with a clean, bracing acidity. And the raspberry? This is an animalic raspberry, redolent of civet. It mixes with the nutmeg to create a glorious spicy note, dark and dirty. How this works with the dry, green, powdery, slightly acidic or acerbic opening, is a mystery. Somehow the florals join to sweeten and soften the green opening, while the woody, earthy, rooty base is sweetened by a spicy earthy nutmeg.
The more I wear this gorgeous fragrance, the more confused, delighted, and engaged I feel. I can’t wait to wear this one again.
Edit: green, but definitely floral. The drydown is sweeter than the opening, a buttery sandalwood flirts with a lingering violet and powdery iris.
serega-shepa – :
Don’t expect too much about this. I think I’m at the point where I’ve tested and retested almost every Caron Fragrance. The current Violette preciouse is far from being the tipical dark and rebel creation by Ernest, it’s obvious that Richard Fraysse put his hands on this scent. So please don’t expect a Violette version of Narcisse Noir.
Anyway Violette Preciousse it’s an interesting fragrance. I am not typically drawn to “green” notes, they tend to be too sharp and dry, so i think this smell like a Herbal-Violet, a bit sweety and melancholy.
I don’t understand why i find similarities between this scent and 1000 by Patou.
piligrimm03 – :
I was expecting much more from this. I am a fan of Caron scents and a fan of violet based perfumes. I love Violetta di Parma and I confess it without fear of being taken for a silly one only because VdP is the scent of little girls (at least it was when I was a little girl).
I thought I could have had much more from Caron, but I see this one fades in no time and nothing remains.
allevs62 – :
Ok, I really gotta stop chasing green violets. Feels like I’m grazing. And there’s this hairspray note in the first 10 minutes. But when all that is gone, it’s a nice grassy purple violet. Really purple! Yum! The raspberry adds to the sweetness and there’s this creamy purple feel in the drydown. I think it’s the smoothest, deepest drydown among all the green violets I’ve tried.
ratata – :
the first one-two minutes are unpleasent with the pepper and celery smell but after that the smell is heavenly.i have smelled looots of violet fumes ,but this is one of a kind.very different from all others.
coldplay – :
I got this perfume by chance from a perfume shop in KSA this August/Y2011. I just wanted to own rare item, till now I am not sure I like it or not.
From the first spray till end I have got dried-violet like potpourri..um…earthy. I niether get ozonic nor watery accord as above mentioned at all. This perfume is the most different among all I have owned. Anyhow I am happy I have something different, it made my (some) day less boring;)
Saha1978 – :
Green violet leaves coupled with petals. I love this frag’. Too bad it’s discontinued. I’m stocking up now. I am looking into alternatives if anyone has any ideas. I hear that La Violette (Annick Goutal) is a nice green violet, and L’Artisan Parfumeur’s violet fragrance looks promising. I’ll report back with results.
omc – :
This is a very easy to wear soft violet. Violette Précieuse is a softer and more airy violet as opposed to the root-like and earthy violet leaf employed in it’s perfume counterparts.