April Violets Contemporary Edition

Imagine waking up on a sunny Sunday morning, yawning sleepily, walking into the garden with a cup of tea in hand to view a chorus of Violets, dew still on their faces turned to greet the Sun. I have always loved the Original version but I must admit I do love AV 2015 update. AV 2015 is definitely more modern, lighter and instead of being centre stage it is more a garden bed full of Violets framed by an English garden full of all your favourites. Roses, Sweet Pea, Lily of the valley, Heliotrope... Definitely a more realistic scent made with 95% natural ingredients makes this less cloying and powdery than the original. It does wear closer to the skin and you do have to spritz more often than the original but I don't mind because I just love that opening Verse... "All things Bright and Beautiful" By the way this is lovely layered over the original April Violets if you want to give those shy Violets a push to the front of the stage.

I’m one of the few who actually prefer this new version to the older one. Having owned both, I can say that each version offers a different portrait of violets. The original had a sweetness and a bizarre (unlisted) melon/carpet shampoo funk note that I didn’t personally feel too crazy about, though the overall fragrance wasn’t bad. This new version smells fresher, less sweet and much more powdery in a cosmetic powder kind of way. As someone who loves powdery scents, this is perfect for me, but if you like your violet deeper purple and more syrupy/candied/vibrant, I can see how this would be disappointing. The new One smells like expensive violet talc to me with subtle mixed florals and green notes in the background and I don’t get any fruits or major sweetness. Between the two, I prefer the new. I get good staying power. It provides a very soothing and calming sensation. The ingredients are supposedly more natural too.

@raw umber I Am with you) I definitely prefer this version to the old one and among current series of Yardley that I have tested (literally all of them) April Violets is the only one that deserves kind words. It is fresh and velvety, definitely April-spring-alike purple gentle flowers, full of water from running streams in the forest, smell of ozon and have this cute powder at the end, very young non-sweet type of powder by the way. By the refreshing crispy mood it reminds me of Prada's Infusion d'Iris L'Eau d'Iris, which is also crystal-clean, but very refreshing fragrance. I Am able to smell this fragrance on me for a very long time, so it might be question of personal perception of the notes, as some ppl complain on longevity.

I’m really sorry to anyone who had and loved the original April Violets and is upset with the new version. I’ve never smelled the original, but I get the frustration of losing a beloved fragrance. I would love to get my hands on the original so I can compare the two. I actually love this. It opens green—a GOOD green, like fresh cut flowers, not a bag of grass clippings. It is powdery in the dry down, but is still a really fresh, floral fragrance. While the actual violet flower is not a note in this, it still has the “essence” of violets to my nose. I have the hand cream and powder as well, and layer them after showering for better performance.

I love this. April Violets and Anna Sui are the two fragrances I wear when I want to smell like beautiful baby powder. Whereas Anna gives a more classic warm baby powder vibe with the rose, there's something green in April Violets thay gives it a cooling and oldey-other-worldy twist. Its not the smell of rain drenched violet leaves and earth so much as the memory of the smell, recalled when you open a diary and a forgotten pressed violet - long dried - slips from between scented pages. Theres something so nostalgic and dreamy about this fragrance. Its LOVELY and perfect for bedtimes.