Aoud Violet

Wow! It's an interesting fragrance. You have smelled something similar to this, but at the same time you are fascinated by it. There is nothing odd about it, but it doesn't either trying to impress mass crowd as ysl or armani or other designers trying to do. This fragrances is so fell blended and always involving. Very high end scent with a strong niche profile, maybe because of those floral - green notes. And no, it's not an oud fragrance. However you can tell there is something "oudy" going on here together with those green notes. That makes it more masculine than unisex/feminine. You can use this probably in any season and any time of the day. I choosing to wear this to more upscale occasions on day time. Date and office safe. This floral - green - oudy profile gives me a gentleman/mature wibe. Therefore this is probably for someone in their late 20th and up. If you are used to blue or sweet designer fragrances you might dislike this scent and call it too mature or a bit grandma style. Because of supreme quality this fragrances has very good performance and a good projection. I would say 5-8 hours with good projection and 10-12 hours on skin. Overall a great release from Mancera! It's not a must buy at all if you have 30+ niche fragrances in your collection. Sample if you can before, specially for women. Great start to get in niche parfumes.

I'm a huge Mancera fan and added Aoud Violet to the cart when it was deeply discounted. I wasn't expecting much and could give it to one of my daughters since wasn't really my scent genre but, quite surprisingly, I really like this one. In a nutshell, I get a screaming powdery violet wrapped in a blanket of Mancera Wind Wood with some hints of Kumkat Wood. It's doesn't sounds that great, but Aoud Violet has a really smooth, elegant feel to it...just like perfectly aged bourbon. Moreover, it performs extremely well; lasts 10-12 or more hours on my skin and projects well above average. Although Aoud Violet is listed as being a women's fragrance, I find that it is unisex. However, the problem is that violet-powdery accord may put off a lot of men, and some of the ladies may find that Wind Wood/Kumkat Wood base may be a little too masculine for their tastes. In the end, I really like this fragrance...but it misses the mark and I find that I can only wear it while sitting around the house because I have so many other fragrance options.

Mancera is crushing the fragrance game right now. Here is another fantastic DNA from start to finish! Opening is fresh with bergamot and green notes. I don’t find this as fresh as Wind Wood, but still a nice opening. As it dries down, the violet really comes to the forefront and is the main player for duration. Like Wind Wood, this is violet done extremely well. Ultimately, the base notes add support and depth to the violet, making this a wonderful fragrance for its insanely long duration. Mancera kills the longevity game. Fragrantica definitely has this mislabeled. My sample came in the “men’s sample pack”. If anything, this is unisex...but definitely leans more masculine. I enjoy Wind Wood more, and own that one already. I will have to do a side-by-side and update this review to see if warrants a separate purchase. UPDATE - although both this and Wind Wood can be worn all year, WW is more appropriate for Summer and AV is better for Winter. They are different, yet redundant.

I really don't get the Intense cafe comparison? This was the first Mancera I tried and and it's a new one. I was interested how violets and oud would compliment each other and if indeed it would smell like either. To be honest the violet note is not typical, instead quite strong and unnatural in this setting. The opening is a strong sharp mixture of citruses, oakmoss and musk which settles to a base of oud and violets. This fragrance on me smelled good and I have to say...I really liked it, despite what might be perceived as a negative or at least luke warm review. This is because I don't know what to think about Violet Oud? I've not smelled this combination of notes before and for that I suppose it's unique and certainly not what I expected. The longevity is huge and projects for the first couple of hours very well. I'm not sure I could wear it as I feel I might tire of it easily...not sure? another testing is required I think?

First sniff immediately made me think of the 90's, probably because many people wore scents like Fahrenheit and Platinum Egoiste, and this has somewhat of a similar vibe but with a dominant spicy watery violet accord from opening through mid, which slowly calms down and gets powdery. The base is moss and vetiver heavy with a touch of a Prada l'homme-esque powdery sweetness, leaving you with a clean gentlemanly drydown. This is a year round signature scent with good performance, but you've got to like violet or at least tolerate it for 45 minutes or so. I think it's Mancera's take on a 90's scent, and I really love it. It's beautiful in the air, I caught a few whiffs while wearing it and gave myself a compliment lol. It's underrated for sure. Edit: just tried Wind Wood, pretty much the same scent but this is more powdery when it dries. If you have one you don't need the other (unless you like the DNA and want a backup).

Another one that blowed me away. Instantly reminded me of some designer brands but it did not bore me. But you can smell the quality here and much smooooother. Nothing punching. All notes are rounded. Beautiful one. This is much versatile than cedrat boise. This is somehow sporty. Like chanel would make. I easily get bored with perfumes but this one is like showing what those wanna-be-perfume should be. Smells like a handsome young man but not a douche. He is gentle and contented with what he has. Out of all the 12 mancera samples. This is the only one i'm considering a full bottle because its versatile, high quality and a compliment getter for sure, but not boring. Something like creed or pdm would release. Classic french style of perfumery. Smells like a guerlain or houbigant. Ok hold on. This dries down 90% similar to prada l'homme. I think I loved prada l'homme because of the violets not the iris.

It really is more unisex/masculine in the first hours. However, its longevity is great. I sprayed the back of my hand around noon. I cooked and obviously washed my hands a few times since then. Now it is in its 11th hour and still not close to a skin scent. After about 6 to 7 hours it shifted more toward a unisex/feminine scent, smooth, comforting, even a bit sweet. I do like men's scents but worried about that it might be a bit too much wearing out. I think for women it may be a good idea to let it dry down quite a bit, or maybe layer it with another violet scent.

Before I bought this, I read it described as “masculine, woody floral, clean-out-of-the-shower” and I couldn’t imagine that until I actually smelled it. To me, it opens with a lot of violet, but not like a pot of violets in your nan’s living room - more like a field of fresh violets on a cool, dewey morning. It’s floral, but it’s also earthy and deep, and gives the feeling of a cool, damp morning or (honestly) being super clean, right out of the shower when you start to cool off. I understand this one might not be for everyone, but I absolutely love it!

I received a sample of this with another order, and finally decided to try it. This is very far from the sort of fragrance I normally wear, and I was surprised by how much I like it. The violet is very sharp and green in the opening, not the overly sweet powdery type I avoid. The spices are there but stay in the background and the oud patchouli middle notes are lovely, as is the vetiver/oakmoss base. It stays green all the way through, a very big plus for me. Longevity and sillage are both excellent - one spray on my wrist lasted the entire day.

Great smell, moderate performance. Batch produced in 2022. Contrary to most, I don't get any bergamot, nor do I get any recognizable vetiver. Unless it's like an extremely clean vetiver that is hardly recognizable as such that just smells green. I mainly get violets actually, unlike most, straight from the start, again unlike others who get lots of citrus first. For the rest I get some fresh and slightly soapy green aroma. It's classy and non-offensive, completely unisex. There isn't even a trace of (fake) oud in this. It's just not there.

This is not a womans perfume, its really masculine. I blind bought it because i got a really good deal 40$ for 120ml just testet, so i couldnt say no. But i had low expectations. But its a really good and mass appealing scent. Smells really fresh and masculine . I now have 7 manceras in my collection and this is now top 2. I feel like u can pull this off whenever, winter/summer. Scent : 9/10 beautiful , mass appealing Longevity: 12-14 hours on skin on me Sillage : moderate + / strong Good for blind buying i would say

just got my bottle that i blind bought. on first spray it almost smells like the generic scent of many designer perfumes that i have sniffed. but after a few minutes and it starts to go into the middle phase BOOOM the magic happens, it turns into that nice violet floral, smells very clean and is a young man in his late 20s who is full of confidence. nice aroma, nice projection and sillage, beast longevity even for me who lives in a tropical country. really a great addition to my small collection.

I really like this one. I received an old batch of this perfume (about 5 years since it was made), and right away I smell the vetiver / moss. Shortly after the opening the violet note comes in and mixes into this beautiful forest-like scent full of pine trees. Im not sure if the age of this fragrance makes it smell different from other reviewers here but overall, I’d say this is a good mass appealing fragrance. Good sillage, not like red tobacco. Good longevity around 6-7 hours.

First of all, I love violet but almost never wore it as a fragrance (except from GIT). I love violet candies (South of France) and sniffing this Aoud Violet made me smile right from the begining. It's now been 8h and it is still going strong, yet very polite. I definitely get some GIT resemblances in the opening, but when it settles it goes more to the soapy way, and I like it. I find it very wearable and non-agressive. Overall a very nice discovery, 8,5/10!

A marvelous 'Fresh' semi-sweet blast of Violet, Vetiver, exotic spices, Lime and Mancera's oft polarizing Aoud note is lightly supporting in the background. Very sophisticated yet modern, classy and SUPER smooth as high quality violet tends to be. Superb longevity. The Best Mancera I've tried...and that's saying a lot because I've tried many and own a few. They are a great house. This one is a 10/10 imho. Do yourself a favor and try this.

I like this scent it is a soft, soapy clean, woody, powdery, scent there is citrus. It is a spring summer scent casual or formal maybe you can still use it part of autumn. It’s very different from the other manceras I have and it’s unisex but it leans more masculine in my opinion. There is a note that makes me like it very much, it is not a youthful scent it is a more older adult scent. It was a blind buy and I don’t regret it a bit.

So glad I got this. Smells of a Eastern European forest or any forest for that matter after a good rain. The violet is the main character and it will stay until its no more, which again like most Mancera is awhile.Its a very fresh and clean smell. I wear horror movie shirts, but I will rock this. It is a bit strong at first but it's not intoxicating. I got the screw cap. You can definitely find this at a good price. 9/10

This is fantastic! Manly fresh violet with enough character to make this all occasion appropriate. I can imagine this being a signature scent. Honestly, my man uses Fahrenheit as signature everyday scent and I've been bending backwards to find some replacement, because I hate it. This is exactly what I needed! They're very similar but this one has way more character and I find it incredibly sexy!

Even though it leans masculine this is one of my favorite perfumes to wear, especially on very hot and humid summer days when I just want to spray something that feels like a cold splash. It reminds me of the unisex fragrances of the late 90’s because it’s so versatile and wearable, in my opinion. I normally don’t like vetiver but it really does contribute something special to this perfume.

Gentlemen do not fear the violet! Make no mistake the violet is center stage but it's rounded off rather nicely by its woody elements. More masculine in my opinion but a woman can pull it off. Longevity and performance is definitely there. Not obnoxious but you will project so go easy on the trigger for office use.