Couture Violet

This is substantial meaty violet fragrance. On my skin there is a lot of musk along side the violet which prevents the violet being too shrill. A violet gently sweetened by heliotrope and propped up by the powdery mimosa. Not so sweetened to be like Parma violet sweets. Not surprisingly its a cool musk that lasts through to the end. I dont own the bottle but it looks pretty funky to me. Very Versace. If you have been wary of violet fragrances before then I advice you test this beauty. It will very likely make you reassess your thoughts on this very spring like note. This is perfect for spring wear. Moderate sillage and longevity on me.

The box and the design of the bottle are plain weird - leather and screws? Is this 'couture'? I guess they might say 'vintage luggage' or 'luxury handbag' to someone but not to me. Unwrapping the item, my expectations were brought pretty low but all the same I tried the fragrance and I was pleased. The first spray is cold, wet, and a burst of dewy violets - like washing your face in the fresh-picked flowers. It dried down within seconds to something that smelt like fly-spray. But the oily-vinegary smell wore off in a minute or so and the lasting impression (up to 24-hours) is of a rich, powdery, voluptuous violet with only a hint of the other flowers in the bouquet. There is not much progression - once violet arrives, she is fully there and fades imperceptibly. It's like having an 'audience' with Queen Violet. Versace Violet lingers longer on clothing, is sweeter on cloth than skin, and feels more innocent - nice for spraying on clean sheets for a peaceful night's sleep. The effect on skin is a bit naughtier, not so sweet, rather sexy (violets and human sweat is a rather good cocktail), but burns off sooner. I compared this with Balenciaga Paris and I noticed the strong contrast between the two violets - Paris is harsher, more astringent, seems to have more green in it (??? I am not sure what), is more 'masculine'. Versace is much more intense, fuller, rounder, 'feminine'. Layered together, Versace is so emphatically violet that it somehow robs Paris, takes all the violet scent to itself, and leaves Paris with the less showy left-overs - steals the limelight and leaves Paris in the shade. Not to worry, like a few extrovert/introvert couples I could mention, it might look unfair but somehow it works. Balenciaga provides a glorious setting, and Versace the jewel. Put together, Balenciaga and Versace create a long-lasting, deeply satisfying, complex, uninhibited, celebration of violet. Never dull. This is a 'courtly violet', an 'haute couture' take on a flower. So Versace does seem to have achieved their objective. Violet is placed up among the immortal superlatives alongside truffles and trumpet voluntaries. Violets are so 'girlie' could this ever be unisex? I think a man might be able to wear this. I think it is time for violet to be unisex because violet is (in my mind anyway) associated with lavender and other blue flowers and these are ubiquitous in male fragrances so violet should be reclaimed by the lads. It's a note I like to wear myself and like to smell on others, male or female, even in cheap scents like Lolita Lempicka. Costs between £300 and £400+ for 100ml depending on where you buy it. Too much? Depends - it's a real treat if you love violet as much as me. Might be too full-on and thus less value-for-money for those who are less enthusiastic about this flower. After this, I am curious to try the other two products in this range.

Beautiful violet-powdery scents and easy to like. Nothing unique and last 4-5hours on oily skin and less on dry skin. Smells better on clothes. This perfume was the only thing that me & my Mother in law ever agree with :D

Absolutely not similar to Versace's in the familiar understanding, the scent. Generally the entire line of niche Versace is saturated, the fragrances are revealed slowly and difficult. When I listen to this fragrance it seems to me that the bouquet indicated in the pyramid is written in oil paints on canvas. At the beginning I guesses here the notes of acetone & fresh oil paints. And next the still-life as if comes to life, flowers seem to grow out of the picture & the space around you is filled with the lush aroma of parma violets, fluffy mimosa and powdery heliotrope. Wonderfully. Unreal resistant frag. To me enough by one nano drop of the scent on each wrist for the whole day. Better if you try it before buying.

I have just sampled the new Couture trio. Couture Violet is probably the best of them, with Couture Tuberose being the worst (to my subjective nose). Couture Violet is a nice violet(how surprising) perfume, powder-powder-powder and even more added powderiness of mimosa and heliotrope. No sourness, no overwhelming sweetness, it's well blended and balanced. Does it smell like baby powder? Well, not exactly. It still has some "nice perfume" quality, not just "toiletry smell". However, it is not that "couture" after all. Just a very pleasant, clean, casual scent with no or little development.

Vegetal, green, powdery violets. I love it to death. The violets are prominent but never too sweet as the green balances it out perfectly. I agree that the scent is linear, but since I like the scent so much, being linear is not a problem. Highly recommended for people who like green, powdery violets.

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