Calypso Violette

When I first sprayed this, it took a couple minutes for it to wear down and smell just perfect. I told my husband...I know this smell...from when I was like 7 years old...a doll perhaps???? Why would I associate this smell with a DOLL? I was sucked up into a whirlwind of nostalgia. I'm a Google freak, and got online and searched violet scented dolls, and found the exact smell. From the 60's, a violet Liddle Kiddles Kologne doll. I only remembered they were called Lucky Lockets, which may have been more popular than the Kologne version I got. I remember loving the smell of that doll. This has been one of the strongest scent associations I've ever had. I was kinda tickled how my brain worked on it's own! Is this why I love violet now? or did I just plain love violet from the begining of time? hmmm...this was a fun scent trip, and thank goodness for computer search engines! I may have burnt my lil' ol' brain out trying to figure this one on my own! If you like violets even a little bit, you should love this scent. This scent is so perfect, it's purely bottled air surrounding a field of violets...such a dream. I'm saving mine for spring/summer, but any day is the day for this scent.

Violet lovers rejoice: Calypso Christiane Celle VIOLETTE is a gorgeous, natural and utterly appealing, quasi-soliflore violet perfume created specifically for you. There are a lot of violet quasi-solifores around, and nearly every French house has one in its line-up. How to choose between violets and more violets? I'm happy to be able to say that one virtue of this Christian Celle composition is its decent longevity, which I've found to be weak, at best, in most natural violet perfumes. I also like the slightly powdery quality of VIOLETTE. The sweetness smells not so much like honey as the natural sweetness of violet. Fortunately this is a no-sugar-added perfume, so although it is sweet, it is not at all cloying. Highly recommended to all and only violet lovers!

I'm pretty sure there are fields of violets in heaven. I adore violet...and if I didn't, LesleyA could very well have made me long for it more than any other scent with that word perfect review! Those words must have floated down to earth like a snowflake. To say the least, I've already ordered it and won't be able to sleep now thankyouverymuch! I have one pure violet fragrance and I never wear it....because what if we run out of violets!? NOT likely but...that's how I feel, and I savor this little bottle like it's the last one on earth. I've ordered a large bottle of this and believe me, no matter how light this scent is, people WILL be able to smell this on me! I will replace this with a real review when the time comes.

I really REALLY enjoy this. I will update with longevity/projection later, but I wanted to note that it so reminds me of a less than perfect Vivienne Westwood Boudoir.....which is a total LOVE for me. Very close, but Boudoir is a little more complex. Still a great fragrance for a great price! The longevity and projection are pretty much as stated above. Moderate for both. However, with the inexpensive price tag, you can go nuts reapplying!

Simple, pure violets. Like I just knelt down to take a sniff in a meadow on a purple twilit eve. Reminiscent to the violet that is in Iris d Nuit. Delicate, dusted, melancholic, transported to another place and time. Romance in a bottle. Softly spoken... An old fashioned romance...Lovely ethereal twilit perfume This is Debussy's "Moonlight" playing on the wind...