Choco Violette

Mancera Choco Violet opens with a moderate to a strong projection of sweet, gourmand, floral, nutty, and slightly citrusy notes. The opening is exquisite, delicious, and very pleasant. The orange and bergamot are just a soft touch, not prominent; the dark chocolate and vanilla, on the other hand, are intense and delectable; the hazelnut is a tasty sweet nutty note; the violet is a fresh, airy, floral note but not as prominent as the chocolate or hazelnut. The white musk is a projecting accord but without any noticeable participation. The fragrance is relatively linear, except for the orange and bergamot, which come and go for a brief moment during the opening, all other notes continue into the dry-down. The most noticeable change in this fragrance is the loss of potency, the opening is moderate to strong, however, the dry-down is moderate to low. Once Mancera Choco Violet has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate to low projection, very sweet vanilla, chocolate, and hazelnut fragrance with violet and very soft citrus accords. The fragrance feels comforting, creamy, delectable, delicious, exotic, fine, gourmand, inviting, mature, mild, modern, natural, rich, romantic, sweet, syrupy, unisex, warm, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#19J304C). WOW RATING: 6/10. The opening is intense, but the dry-down is rather soft and unimpressive. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. Very sweet, the chocolate and hazelnut notes are prominent. UNIQUENESS: 7/10. Gourmand fragrances are relatively common. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet around the wearer, it projects softly. SILLAGE: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet around the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations will suffice. LONGEVITY: 4/10. About 4 hours, it projects moderately for 2 hours. SEASONS: Winter, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, romantic, dating. VERSATILITY: 5/10. A fragrance ideal for formal or casual wear in cold weather. GENDER: Unisex, the chocolate, vanilla, and hazelnut are neutral accords. The violet in this fragrance is slightly sweet, powdery, and airy and does not lean the fragrance to the feminine side. AGES: 20 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Mancera Choco Violet can be found for about $80, its performance could use some improvement, very low compared to other Mancera fragrances. It is a pleasant, gourmand fragrance, a nice-to-have. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of gourmand fragrances. Dua Fragrances Beauteous Delight is the clone of Feve Deliciouse, very similar but with stronger citrus notes and great longevity; Feve Delicieuse is a fantastic gourmand fragrance featuring cacao, milk, and other notes; Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille is a great boozy, and vanilla fragrance; Kilian Black Phantom EDP features delicious coffee, rum, caramel, and dark chocolate; Kilian Back to Black is a great honeh, tobacco, almond and sweet fragrance; Montale Chocolate Greedy bring cacao, vanilla, and tonka, but lacks performance; Nishane Fan Your Flames features woody, sweet, coconut, and rum notes, and it is very good; Paco Rabanne Black XS By Paco Rabanne is a gourmand fragrance that features praline and it feels chocolaty; Parfums De Marly Oajan EDP is slightly boozy, sweet and spicy; Thierry Mugler - A*Men Angel Men Pure Tonka is another great gourmand fragrance featuring coffee, cacao, and other delectable notes; Tiziana Terenzi Al Contrario is an exquisite malt, woods, cacao, and sugar cane gourmand fragrance; Tom Ford Noir De Noir is more floral and more chocolaty; Tom Ford Noir Extreme EDP is a sweet, dessert-like, floral fragrance but slightly tilted to the feminine side; Mancera Choco Violet is a tasty chocolate, vanilla and hazelnut fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate to low projection, very sweet vanilla, chocolate, and hazelnut fragrance with violet and very soft citrus accords. The fragrance feels comforting, creamy, delectable, delicious, exotic, fine, gourmand, inviting, mature, mild, modern, natural, rich, romantic, sweet, syrupy, unisex, warm, and very pleasant.

Guuuuuurl. That BLAST of chocolate is immediate and ready to get in your face about it! I mean, one spritz and my finger hasn’t even snapped back into the pre-spray position on the nozzle before it’s Willy Wonka time! I read one of the reviews here where the reviewer said they get no chocolate from this fragrance at all. Like, zero. And I’m over here wondering how someone planted a fully heated and ready-to-eat pot of chocolate fondue in my closet without me knowing. I mean... I haven’t worn this fragrance in a while, as I’m in sweltering Los Angeles and it’s early September. It’s been a hot summer and fall temps are a ways off yet. I mention this because, to me, Choco Violette is strictly for fall and winter temps. But I wanted to be reminded of why it’s such a unique, interesting, lovely fragrance so I sprayed a spritz on my forearm as I got ready for bed. Needless to say (again), that initial note is straight up chocolate for me. Not much else is elbowing its way in with that heavy dose of chocolate starting the show. The chocolate starts out on the darker side (love dark chocolate, not so much a milk choc fan), powdery, very strong. Within just a couple minutes, that lovely violet peeks over the chocolate wall, says a somewhat timid hello, but decides to stay. She climbs up and takes a seat on the wall’s ledge, where she’ll stay, slowly gaining the courage to join in the conversation. As the major choco presence slowly recedes a bit, the hazelnut becomes more identifiable. And after a good 20 mins, the vanilla joins the party. I feel like the vanilla knew all along that she was going to have to come in and temper her boisterous chocolate cousin, and she does — with a wink and a smile. She’s a welcome addition to the gathering, and she stays for a good, long while. After about an hour, there’s a harmonious conversation between everyone, in which the vanilla sets the tone, but enough time has gone by that even the shyest party guests have taken a comfortable seat. A touch of orange is now lingering, but just a touch. That warm lilt of musk has also found a cushiony seat at the center of the social gathering. Very long lasting. I smell it on me the next day, for sure. By then, the violet has aged and fading, but still noticeable. This fragrance is so cozy and wintry and gourmande, but it also, inexplicably, manages to give some freshy vibes somewhere in the distance. It must be the violet and orange. I usually gravitate toward more fresh fragrances, but my goodness, I can’t stop sniffing my arm. There’s just something so addicting about it. Big thumbs up.

HAZELNUT & VIOLET, this beauty opens with a fruity hazelnut burst and transitions to hazelnut dark chocolate featuring a delicate violet note in the air. The violet goes on to become quite jammy. The chocolate here is very dark and bittersweet, not what I would call a milk chocolate and with the hazelnut evokes almost a coffee/espresso vibe (not listed). This beauty is fairly linear and a beast mode performer, however you do get some transition to Madagascar vanilla and white musk in the final drydown several hours in which goes on for days. This unique scent is unlike anything I've smelt before, but here are some contrasts. Contrast to To Be Camouflage Pink, Police: This is the closest scent to Choco Violet that I've smelt, but these are still very different, especially in the openings where I smell gardenia in Camouflage Pink. I don't pick up gardenia in Choco Violet Mancera, but just violet and hazelnut on steroids. In the dry down of Camouflage Pink I get hints of violet and hazelnut that remind me of Choco Violet Mancera. Contrast to Angel Muse EDT Mugler: These are different however there are some similarities as both are hazelnut-chocolate scents. Angel Muse EDT has passionfruit instead of violet, and the Angel style patchouli. But both of these were love at first scent for me and different enough to each be FB worthy. Contrast to Rebelle Rihanna: These are very different but have some similarities with both having a heavy dose of chocolate. I don't smell any coconut in Choco Violet unlike Rebelle. Rebelle is softer overall except for the slight bristle of patchouli. I get more of a make-up and cocoa vibe from Rebelle which I don't get in Choco Violet. Overall: A very unique scent with stellar performance. Must love hazelnuts, dark chocolate & jammy violet. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

So first off, you do have to enjoy violets to like this perfume, both their powdery soft side and their slightly sharper, astringent side. On first spray you get a LOT of astringent violet, which quickly calms down and you are left with a powdery, lactonic vanilla and chocolate smell that I find delicious. It's a lot like hot cocoa mix. However, I had to write this review because of a recent experience of mine. I'd been using this as a bedtime scent, because I find it so comforting. I'd spray a half-spray on each wrist before bed. Recently, I chose to take it traveling and because traveling can be stressful, I applied a tiny punch up in the morning, like a few drops on each wrist, to help me relax through the day. My travel got delayed, and I ended up traveling ALL DAY- from 5 AM to landing in Juneau, Alaska finally at 9:30 PM. As we were in line disembarking the plane, climbing out of the plane and going down the stairs to the tarmac, I heard a father and a young, maybe early 5 or 6 year old child talking behind me. The father was trying to get some enthusiasm for Alaska out of the kid, and asked him to breathe in the fresh Alaska air. The child did, and was like "Wow, it smells like s'mores!" and the dad was like "Yeah, wow, isn't it cool that even the air in Alaska smells like s'mores? That's fun, right?" So I'm pretty sure that this was me :D LOL! Choco Violette smells a lot like s'mores- powdery and sweet like marshmallows, chocolately, and there's a little bit of a graham cracker thing going on too! But I had long ago thought the perfume had become a skin scent, and had to put my nose right against my wrist to smell it- so be warned, apparently it continues to project long after at least I can no longer smell it. 15+ hours and getting positive comments from strangers- I'll take it!

O M G. I needed to feel something so I blind bought this bottle off of reviews on Fragrantica and Youtube. I knew I would love it because I love Hazlenut, Violets, Chocolate and Vanilla. Also, I absolutely love and adore Mancera Velvet Vanilla and Montale Vanille Absolu. When trying it today my eyes opened up wide, this is NICHE quality uniqueness and experience. The very first smell has a tiny bit of a green quality with the bergamont and violets but the chocolate quality comes in quick with a vengence. In the very beginning it smells like 60% chocolates +20% Violets +10%Hazlenut + 10% Orange and Bergamont. You can smell these notes but they blend to create something fun, unique and YUMMY. After about 2 minutes on the skin, the hazlenut is very present and when very close to the spot sprayed, the nuttiness is realistic and projecting. The scent smells super strong on the spot sprayed but in the air its much sweeter for some reason, which is unique and fun. At the 2-3 hour mark OMG it changes, and this is when the Montale/Mancera vanilla kicks and makes it smell much more creamier. The dark chocolate facets are now smelling completely like milk chocolate because of the vanilla. At this point its projecting this lovely scent and my skin smellin soooo good. Holy smokes 10/10 scent tbh. Finally!!! I understand the Cocoa Pops + Oreo cream reference. This was SUCH a satisfying blind buy because I have been researching this perfume for such a long time now. I am so happy rn💖💖💖💖