Kerbside Violet

A Flower Grows in Concrete Kerbside Violet reminds me that beauty doesn't need a pristine garden. Sometimes it blooms between cracked pavement slabs and stubborn weeds. The first time I wore it, I was struck by how vividly it captured that feeling. It opens with a gloriously green burst, as though I've crouched down on a damp spring morning and plucked a violet straight from the earth, roots and all. The opening completely surprised me. It's lush, dewy, and just the tiniest bit feral. I smell green shoots elbowing their way through gravel, moss creeping along forgotten alleyways, and wild violets flourishing where they're least expected. Then, almost imperceptibly, that damp greenness begins to soften into a more classic violet. It's nostalgic without becoming powdery, delicate without ever feeling overly sweet, and it never quite lets go of that beautiful memory of rain-soaked soil. Ylang ylang appears in the official notes, but if it's there, I honestly can't find it. To my nose, it's backstage holding the lights rather than stepping into the spotlight. What I experience instead is a beautiful duet between violet and earth—tenacious, humble, and refreshingly unconcerned with floral vanity. Whenever I wear Kerbside Violet, I feel as though I've stumbled across a hidden pocket of nature in the middle of a concrete city. There's something quietly melancholic about it in the best possible way. It reminds me of that first spring day when you realize winter has finally loosened its grip, and a tiny purple flower has somehow found the strength to bloom beside the curb. Highly recommended for urban romantics and lovers of earthy green flowers.

A sharp green opening, with violet and Iris..? It's not listed but I swear I smell Iris, at least on me, that scent of lipstick and face powder, at some theatre, backstage, after the show...flowers scattered and crushed on the floor, after the encore.. But then it dries and settles into a cool but rich and heady floral, dripping with morning dew on grassy fields. Gentle and innocent, like a sunrise, where all the sins of last night disappear.. When it's safe, spray it on your clothes..that opening of green, violet and Iris stays out there and then the soft and slightly sweet drydown on warm skin, it mingles and is magical. Not your department store perfume...and worth every penny. I think any man can wear this. Nothing overly femme about this scent, even if it's listed as female, to me, it's very unisex.

I've been dying to try this for years because I'm obsessed with violet but it costs £100 for a bottle on the UK website. It's a green, leafy, dewy violet. There is an initial gasoline smell to it which can be off-putting, but that sort of smell doesn't bother me. Feels very edgy and moody, it's the sort of perfume where you sit in on a rainy day and watch a horror movie. ( Take my review with a pinch of salt because I ordered a sample from a website that sells cheap Lush dupes on Etsy. I intend on buying a full bottle to see the difference. ) Update: I found a bottle on eBay at a reasonable price and I took my chance. The gasoline, asphalt smell is stronger. It dries down to a earthy, natural smelling violet. It's not very strong but I do get compliments which is rare.

Kerbside Violet lovers! This perfume is still available in Hong Kong Lush online shop/ app, I believe it is not discounted globally! I just checked, only available in 100ml bottle. I have been sitting on a fence with Kerbside Violet for a very long time, I love the very verdant, deep violet leaf peaking through the thick tart-like industrial-ness of myrrh opening, giving me a image of walking into a forest in dawn when the air is still cool and damp, that what I experience in the first 30 minutes. Since I already own 100 ml bottles of Fantabulosia and Confetti, which also contain violet leaf, it might be redundant to own a 100ml size bottle of Kerbside Violet. However, among these 3, Kerbside Violet is the most enjoyable one.

This is a review of the solid version: There is a lot of violet leaf in Kerbside Violet, so instead of demure and sweet violet flowers, you get fresh, wet, borderline metallic and sharp violets (roots and stems and all) rising from dark earth. The mid and base notes have more violet flower than the top notes, and as a result they are woodier and more powdery, but just as gorgeous. Kerbside Violet is not very complex, but as a fragrance it is pure punk rock: Vigorous, unexpected, and fun; a breath of fresh air in a genre that is starting to suffocate under its own weight. IMO Kerbside Violet is a unisex frag and would work well for most genders. 4/5 stars

Smells like the La Brea Tar Pits, and car exhaust...then it morphs into a beautiful, haunting violet. Kerbside Violet is a polluted version of Meteorites...like Meteorites spilled on steaming asphalt. It's so unusual and unexpected, I can't help but be drawn to it. The perfume spray starts with the bitumen note, full-blown, but it becomes a sweet wood violet (Viola odorata) that is simply haunting in its aromatic accuracy. It's shocking to have a scent start out so deeply disturbing, and then become comforting and achingly pretty. This is a true work-of-art that's hugely underrated. I love it.

Gorilla Kerbside Violet (2014) - woody violets - #simonconstantine combines the wet vegetal, cool, with soft woody nuances of #violetleaf Absolute together with #rosewood Oil - fresh, slightly camphorated, with faint rosy nuances. Making it interesting, he complimented the accord with a tiny amount of Ylang ylang oil and Jasmine absolute making the star - the violets. Reminds me of the sadly discontinued #apreslondee without the anise-like accord. Beautiful and contemplative.

I rediscovered my old solid perfume of this fragrance from maybe 3 or 4 years ago. Unsure how time has effected it being a solid perfume and that it was not exposed to high heat or light, but whatever status it's at I LOVE the smell! It smells the same I remember it smelling. Stunning, velvety violet. Beautiful and easy to layer with. I do hope they still sell this on discount sites, I will be treating this remnant like gold. It layers stunningly with Alien, major love!

*I have 10 ml decants of this for sale on the USA - message me if interested! 😊 Beautiful, realistic, green violet scent. Not at all soapy or powdery like many violet scents. Smells like bending down to pick violets on a wet spring day... The smell of damp green-ness and violets and earth. It does not smell like concrete or any of the strange "urban" notes some reviewers referenced. It smells just like violets in a green garden on a rainy day.

When I was a kid I used to get on my hands and knees and smell the violets in my Nana's garden. I always preferred this to the smell after they were picked, it was never as fresh or as strong. This perfume smells just like that, green, floral, with a hint of clean earth. While it is a subtle smell it is incredibly lasting, just as strong 24 hours later. When I wear this I smell it all day and think of my Nana.

Probably the best Violet Fragrance I’ve ever owned. Not for the faint hearted. It doesn’t smell cute nor sweet. And it’s not meant to get you compliments (even though I almost always do when I wear it) It’s a fragrance that’s meant to give a vibe, a feeling. It’s Strong, herbaceous and almost medicinal. Works great with a lot of my fragrances and Oud Oils. Fall/Winter/Spring evening fragrance 10/10

Nostalgic, wet, photorealistic violets in the grass. Uplifting and perfect for everyday and layering. Simple in a useful way. Lush has an anti-frizz hair mist with the same scent called Sunny Day. Reminds me of those summer days where you can get a quick rain shower with sunlight still peaking through. Need to repurchase.

If only this excellent musk composition had a little better longevity! To me Kerbside Violet is the smell of a Krtek (Little Mole) tale. I can’t but praise it’s naturalness. A perfect, dreamlike fragrance --- with so little longevity and sillage! The base is rosewood which I like a tad more than sandalwood.

I love violet, especially lush violets. This one is greener than tuca tuca more wearable during the day a spring/summer scent with a bit more "green" in it. Lasts a long time and projects well. Some reviewers have said it smells like gasoline but I don't get that all so maybe its a skin chemistry thing.

It's very verdant, yet earthy balanced with the right sweetness coming from the violet, not too cloying. The powder note gives it the femininity. When I smell it I think of one of those grey days with light rain, but not miserable, it's comforting.

Possibly my favourite Lush scent of all times. So juicy, so clean and so dirty at the same time. It's a passionate dance in a bottle. Not a complex scent by any means, and it doesn't need to be. I love myself a little bit more whenever I wear it.

Lush's Kerbside Violet is that totally kissable stranger on the subway platform who eats those weird purple mints from the newspaper kiosk. There's a blast of burning coal and then bruised wildflowers and finally ashy sweetness.

This is so pretty and so natural. It doesn't smell perfumy, not that perfumy is bad, but sometimes I just want to smell good. It's a close to you skin scent that smells scrumptiously devine. Hard to find though.

I have the perfume balm version and love it. Smells like asphalt streets in summer, laced by violets, wet from the rain, hot from the scorching sun. Unique yet wearable.

Bought this one with the green juice. It is the best violet frag so far! It does away from the usual Lush scent and has the strength of a Lush perfume. So addicting!