Fragile Violet

I love love love Violet!! I got it when it first launched with the glass stopper which is oh so perfect for the antiques lover in me, but I do regret it since my cat likes to "play" at my vanity and gives me agita whenever she walks past it, so please for anyone reading just get the spritzing kind! unless you want to use museum wax so you can only stare at it!...that's if you have a cat lol. Now for the review, what can I say... Violet is a whimsical scent, on me it's like a warm/aquatic/honeyed violet, it's like walking into a faerie garden rich with wisteria, violets, lotuses in ponds with lots of berry bushes, and mandarin trees, but there is this natural mystique, something indescribable.. perhaps magical.. it is just a beauty of a scent! When purchased it was a deep gorgeous purple but now it's turned into a dark azure blue.. I didn't like that, but it's to be expected, and the scent is still beautiful. Buterbaugh approaches his scents with this botanical purity that I really admire, I definitely need many more. 💜

Beautiful. Lovely gentle flowers, including violet, and very lovely fruit and tea. I love it. And the colour!!! Wow! Stunningly beautiful purple!!

I was quite surprised that this one ended up being my least favorite of the 5 Buterbaughs I've tried. It is still quite pretty – don’t get me wrong – but on my skin, this one is much less an ode to violet then it is a white tea-citrus fragrance with a very slight hint of violet. It is lovely for what it is, but I wanted MORE violet! It’s a shame, too, because the juice of this one is a dark, velvety purple that is absolutely STUNNING in the bottle. If you are looking for a white-tea and citrus scent that's a bit different from the Bvlgari line, definitely try Fragile.

I was really disappointed in this one. I was hoping for a fragrance with a more pronounced violet note, and it just doesn't deliver. The strong citrus and tea opening reminds me of '90s mass market fragrances. It's pleasant, but not unique. The dry down is a mulberry musk. Only in the middle do I notice the florals, and the violet note is very faint or maybe even only hinted at. It has good staying power on my skin. Maybe I'll appreciate it more come springtime, when the fresh citrus tea notes are more season appropriate.

Fruity sweet violet opening, dry down is a sweet musky violet. There is an overall aquatic vibe to Fragile Violet, maybe the tea note is causing that sensation. Bottle color is gorgeous, but I’m not in love with the scent. I like it which is not enough for me to purchase.