Flora by Gucci Generous Violet

A very synthetic play on purple florals. I should love this and honestly, I hate when people bitch about synthetics, but, here, I get it. I should love this, it has some of my favorite notes with no other filler and my purple florals should be sparkling and coming to life, however, because of the quality of the notes here, it doesn't smell like a pure purple floral. It doesn't really smell like violets and iris, I do get violet leaf and maybe some orris. Mostly I get a musky perfume, like a white musk with synthetic violet, orris, violet leaf and red berries. If you don't like purple florals, I think you could still wear this. These gucci perfumes may smell nice but I don't know WTH I'm smelling in any of them. It's a very non-descript, generic floral. After about 5-10 minutes I also get a soapiness. Clean, fresh, artificial iris and violet.

First off, I don't understand why the violet is generous. That said, I liked this fragrance very much. Initially I get a bit of iris, and within a minute the violet comes through and starts to dominate the fragrance. The powdery aspect gathers steam with time as well, and I suspect that if you don't like powdery fragrances you may recoil in horror. There is nothing "wet" about this violet - it's all powdery and very Victorian to my nose. There is a hint of sweetness. Lasting power is acceptable, and it stays quite close to the skin. In the battle of the violets, I greatly prefer Penhaligon's Violetta and will stick to that for the moment. But who am I kidding! I will probably acquire this violet as well (in a moment of weakness, of course).

pretty like smelling the little pruple flowers a touch of gentle pepper rounded dewey powder this goes a bit creamier but maintains the lovely powdery floral feel, gorgeous sillage i found this a little dry in the warmer weather but its now winter and this is performing great. i see as im typing this that parisienne and guerlain insolence are perhaps similar - i can understand that - guerlain is drier on me absolutely, parisienne... im going on memory only, perhaps a general relative... EDIT this also reminds me of another from this line; tuberose with the blue juice. right now the Violet Flora is a dusky creamy sweet airy dry down. (could this be similar to vera wang princess i ask myself?)

As a violet lover this is an easy grab and go perfume for me. It is not my favourite violet scent by any means, but it is a cute and very wearable little number. I have owned or tried all of the Gucci Flora flankers and this one is my second best. I like Gorgeous Gardenia the most but they are all nice easy florals for every day use. Violet is by far the strongest note, but I do smell both the iris and the suede quite well. I do like the suede, it gives the fragrance a bit of an interesting twist I think. The drydown is a bit more powdery and sweet, but pleasant. I would describe it as a innocent and cute spring scent. Longevity is medium on me at least.

This perfume is true to it's name, it's a whole lot of violets :)! The start is full of strong violets, which can be a bit too much for some. Then it gradually fades into a softer, gentle and lovely violet. There is also a hint of iris, giving its a slightly powdery feel. I find it really comforting, gentle and stunning. I also feel like it's quite dreamy, and love wearing it before I sleep. I absolutely love this perfume. It lasts quite a long time on my skin - around 8 hours, I can often smell the lingering violet when I wake up.