Blanc Violette

I get a strange, half-sinister-half-whimsical vibe from this. Gentle violets with cool, sparkling iris, delicate powder, and dashes of contrasting cold steel and musk. The opening is cool, crystalline, violets and powder. A dash of bitter citrus gives the opening minutes a fizzy blush. Fairly linear, Blanc Violette grows a little more metallic and wooden as time passes. The playful violet eases onto a bed of icy powder and a wonderful musk, walking the fine line between clean and dirty, adds a brilliant human element in an otherwise quite otherworldly fragrance. Projection is not as soft as I expected. On the lower end of moderate. Longevity is also better than I anticipated. The scent of fae things, tiny flowers and mischief. Enjoy on cold spring mornings with wind-whipped hair and a strong, black, coffee.

This is a deceptively delicate violet with surprising staying power- I've applied less than 1/4 of a ml, and it has stayed with me all day long- My immediate impression was that it is a fragrance that would fit for one's very first or very last fragrance- It would be a perfect first "real perfume" gift for a young girl- but I could just as easily imagine it to be the last scent worn by a Victorian octogenarian- there's something a bit metaphysical about it- Old-fashioned, yet not wispy- it has a hint of the animal about it via prominent musk notes, which keep it from drifting off into floral evanescence- Blanc Violette makes good on the transcendent promise of violet bliss that Apres L'Ondee failed to deliver for me-

I have finally found my personal fragrance and it's this; it's just smelling a seventeenth-century rice powder compact. First I had a small bottle of 14ml and finally I bought the 120ml, however, for some reason, the little one smells more of rice powder and the big one of aniseed, although not as sweet as my other beloved perfume En Blanc by Lolita Lempicka . They should make all the bottles with the same aroma, this is original, it was sealed and with code and everything, so it must be another cause.

THE most beautiful and truest violette-scent - I can almost hear angels singing...Fresh, fluffy and transparant violets.. Rather discret and close to skin. Not sweet or cloying, just amazingly fresh!

Aesthetically related to BVLGARI POUR FEMME, Histoires de Parfums BLANC VIOLETTE ups the violet ante, boasting a triple dose of one of my favorite floral notes. Yes, violets, violets, and more violets are found in the top notes, the heart, and the base notes of this scrumptious composition (according to the house's literature...) This means, of course, that I, a certified violet 'ho', cannot really claim to offer anything even approaching an objective review of this perfume. It's beautiful, it's splendid, and I love it! In a side-by-side comparison with BVLGARI POUR FEMME, I confirmed my initial sense that the compositions are similar. Basically, if you replaced the rose and other non-iris, non-violet notes with violet, then you'd have a gorgeous perfume closely related to BLANC VIOLETTE. The main distinction I see is that rice and musk notes substitute for the benzoin of the Bvlgari, but the overall effect is very similar. Very beautiful, very glamorous, very appealing. The longevity and sillage of this creation are both excellent, and I'd love to have a bottle of this! Postscript: I have zero idea why “professional perfume reviewer,” as TS refers to herself in The Holey[sic] Book (believe it or not, in her review of Ellie parfum) labels this beauty “harsh violet”. Aucune idée. Keine Ahnung. Ninguna idea. Another great example of why to me it's really “The Antiguide”...