Violet Shot

I've been searching for a more "feminine" floral fragrance to switch out with my usual go-to unisex fragrances. Resins, ouds, woods, spices, etc...I wear some permutation of these notes each & every day. I've always adored violet notes when they are well blended with petals, leaves, stems, woods, vanillas, etc. I recently purchased a few Violet Perfume Samplers, so I can explore new fragrances. I also faithfully follow Sebastian, "The Perfume Guy" on his YouTube Channel. Sebastian raved about Violet Shot by Olfactive, so I had to give it a try. Love, love, love, love, love. Violet Shot is a straight-forward, violet-centric perfume but man-oh-man...it is lovely, evoking and complex minus any pretense. On me, VS opens as straight-away violet leaves 'n fresh, herbaceous green stems but with a bit of juiciness, or jammy-ness (if this makes sense). The opening of VS sends me over the moon. And for me, true love is when I experience a surreal opening perfume note and it remains, or repeats throughout the wear. Do you know that disappointment you experience when the opening of a perfume is lovely but short lived then absent? You will not experience that loss with Violet Shot. As time passes, a lovely, warm, creamy & slightly smoky incense note envelopes the opening notes and seems to pull the violet right into its center. To me, the experience is dreamy. And as a smooth, powdery, earthy labdanum, creamy vanilla and sweet patchouli move in, I realize I am also experiencing something glorious: safraleine. So, safraleine is a relatively new element in the perfume niche market. Apparently its fragrance is one of warmth & spice, leathery tobacco, saffron and something akin to young rose. I am speechless. And this is how Violet Shot remains. Longevity is 6 hours+ and silage is medium. A few years back, I recall ordering a shea butter-based, homemade body butter with violet, violet stems and something woody & resinous as its notes. When the package arrived, I realized the entire body butter product had spilled out into the box because the container had cracked. I never forgot the way that box smelled when I opened it. Violet Shot is reminiscent of the scent in that box, only better. This fragrance is an absolute new love for me. Depending on what develops with my arriving samples, I think Violet Shot and I will be together for quite some time to come.

Violet shot is part of Olfactive studio Sepia series where they have 6 fragrance and they have done very well in getting best perfumers like Bertrand Duchaufour And Dominique Ropion to create this series– Violet shot is created by Mr Ropion who has great pedigree with perfumes like FM POAL and La Nuit l’homme under his belt. As you spray this perfume you smell fresh cut green grass with a citrus under tone and it reminds me of early mornings where we were waiting in cricket ground to play cricket but gardener was first cutting the grass to make the ground perfect and the smell which was in the air is exactly what I smell in the opening – this opening stays for 10 minutes and you smell the entry of the protagonist which is volet leaf – I be honest volet as a note is rarity for me and I have not smelled lot of fragrance which has violet was the main note however I know violet leaf can smell sweet and herbal in fact lot of places you can get violet leaf syrup and that sweetness is easily smelled and you smell bit of herbal ness however sweet violet leaf smell is very much prominent – around 90 minute mark I start smelling patchouli, vanilla and labdanum which bring it into its third and final stage where it’s a very ambery violet sweet base and it’s still very easy on your nose yet so unique in its blend - longevity is decent with around 8 hours and projection is also decent however considering its Extrait formulation I was expecting it to be more however it’s still good . What I appreciated abot this perfume was the uniqueness of its blend – Versatility in terms of weather you can wear though Spring -Summer is best suited and it’s still so easy to wear which is not an easy feet to accomplish with unique fragrance like this – this is the best from sepia series to my nose after iris shot of what I have tested and in top 5 fragrance from Olfactive studio.

I blind bought this bad boy!... (probably a bad idea)... but I don't regret it! This is an under-rated goodie. I was on a search for a violet perfume, and this one checked all the boxes I was sniffing for. The opening is very nice and easy. It's bright, citrus-y, green fresh. About a minute in, the scent is floral, violet-y, reminiscent of a vintage perfume. About 5 minutes in, it's leathery, like a new handbag kind of leather with facets of fresh grass and violet leaf as well. About half an hour in, that vanilla comes through, giving a well rounded creamy base to the leather, fresh grass, violet, and it's lovely. You can really smell all the notes in the dry down. And the sillage! The sillage is lovely on this one. Though it may smell leathery on the skin, I continue to get whiffs of light sweet violet sugar throughout the wear. So good! The lasting water is okay. 5 hrs give or take. It's like 75% similar to Celeste by Giardini Di Toscano (pretty dang similar). The difference in Violet Shot is the leather note. IMO, that leather, safreleine note makes this perfume so unique making it very well rounded and better than Celeste. But both fragrances have that violet, green, sweet profile going on about them. Unisex, but I think leans a bit feminine because of the sweet violet leaf note. It would still smell really good on a man though because of the ozonic and leathery factor. This is quite a unique experience and I'm happy to add to my collection. It can be worn all year round and can definitely be a signature scent. It's dynamic and I can't wait to wear it more as we move into spring. This is an under-rated goodie. 9.5/10

A beautiful, creamy violet scent. The grass and citrus notes are present in the top, but then Violet Shot dries down into one of the best violet perfumes I can ever remember wearing. The vanilla used here is realistic—and not to sweet—peaking out above the meadow as the scent wears. This is a top shelf perfume, my favorite from Olfactive Studio.

My first impression was pale, powdery parma violet with green but creamy woods — something cedary? It turns out the cedar-effect comes from blending violet leaf and vanilla. Violet leaf isn't my favourite note — it can smell oddly plasticky — but Violet Shot uses it to good effect and like its stablemate Iris Shot this perfume has a sleek, contemporary vibe. The vanilla comes through as it dries but never becomes gourmand. The tension between green and vanilla reminds me of Nishane's Ani or Guerlain's Angélique Noire , though only at a superficial level. I should say Violet Shot is very well blended so there's no wobbling about between the two accords that I notice with Ani . I won't lie, the violet makes this a hard one for me to wear but I like its cool sophisticated tone. It slowly becomes nuttier and sweeter as the vanilla and labdanum smooth and soften, while still keeping its edge.