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aibek92 – :
I received Volcan d’Amour today. Fellow Fragrantican, Athenian was nice and thoughtful enough to give and ship this vintage beauty to me. Volcan d’Amour is a powerful, classy,and floral masterpiece. Just how I like my fragrances.
hzk246Diobtetty – :
It makes me think of Balenciaga’s “Le Dix”. Nice but loud, very much an 80s kind of a perfume. “Le Dix” in steroids. If you like violets go for it. I was able to get a 1.5 oz bottle on Ebay for $6.00. That was good because I am not crazy about it.
petro1216 – :
What I liked about it was that it had a great scent of violets. Loved that perfume.
Pirlekot – :
Had a bottle when I was in my 20s in the 80s. Found several bottles through Colonial Pharmacy, they lasted me for a good while. Found a couple of bottles on auction (and not as high-priced as I’ve been). Love it, love it, love it.
Deroxczgym – :
Found a sample of it while cleaning house! WHile not identical to Mollie Parnis, what I’m wild about in Mollie shows up here, too, an almost tea-like astringency. Patchouli, perhaps? Poor me, both are rarities.
psvred – :
I wore this as a kid and, in a fit of nostalgia, picked up an old bottle on an an auction site. The violet is perhaps a bit too full-on for me now, so it is an occasional pleasure. I love the richness and the subtle bitter note that are so out of step with current fashion.
Pavel19950325 – :
Not for everyone & not for the faint hearted. But what a beauty! I wore it in the early 80’s & came by a bottle later when another perfume collector sent it to me asking “Is this how it’s supposed to smell or has it gone bad?” Yes, that’s how it is supposed to smell. I have heard some describe it as a basil note that some find hard to take. I think it is in the same general family as Aromatics Elixir or Givenchy III but nicer. I will miss it when my supply is gone. A misunderstood fragrance for the true individual
d.teplov11 – :
This is a fantastic cold evenings fragrance! As you walk people follow…glad I found it!!! Hello 80’s!
kirynn – :
Miss it.
gurgen-sona – :
From weegee’s description, this may have been an old bottle of Volcan d’Amour she had. Though it had a heavier base perhaps – maybe like l’Heure Bleue – it was definitely a violet scent. There was nothing “stinky” or heavy or cloying about it; even in California in the summer. The fact that she describes it as darker than the photo,is telltale. It was not much different than in the pic.
I miss not having it anymore, especially since I am older. Hope springs eternal for another distinctively violet perfume.
Amelia_fromAD – :
Oh, how I loved this old stinker! I bought my 100ml bottle new when it was first released. I remember the juice as being even darker than in the photo and the myrrh and frankincense created a mood that was dark and powerful.
I wore this for evenings at Club West, a long-gone dance club in Santa Fe and when I wore it in summer its power guaranteed me a lot of space on the dance floor as it warmed on my skin and literally drove people away from me!
Very “incensey” and waaaay heavier than anything being marketed today, except for, perhaps, Cinnabar and Youth Dew, which are every bit as powerful. In fact, by the late 80’s I’d grown so tired of it that I used it to spray in my boots and running shoes as a deodorizer.
I wouldn’t break the piggy bank for a bottle on an auction site, but I wouldn’t say no if someone offered me a sample. One whiff would transport me back to my wild life in the 80’s in Santa Fe… and that would make me smile.
Edit: a lovely Fragrantica “fragrance fairy” sent me a small decant and I’ve over the moon! Evaporation has made it even MORE powerful – which I wouldn’t have believed possible. Ahhh… the memories! Thank you, my dear BB.