Violet Blossom

A Lebanese Delights Yeah, ZARA Violet Blossom seems inspired by Lebanese delights. Tonight the weather is terrible, and it’s raining outside. It is the first Sunday of autumn, and several months after the purchase, I have thought about wearing it. And it made me feel thrilled inside. I don’t know if it’s because it’s colder, but damn, it makes me feel very comfy and warm. I think the rainy weather brought out the warm notes of this perfume. The composition of the Violet Blossom perfume is floriental gourmand. When I say oriental floral, I refer to the intense scent of candied sugar combined with the smell of coffee coming from a roaster. It is a fragrance with hints of citrus, fruity, and nutty facets that linger in the air without overpowering. It is a gentle, feminine fragrance, which is at once timid and sophisticated but far from retiring and has some beautifully bright notes. It welcomes me with a blast of bitter and nutty accord; I get the milky vibe of the addictive peeled and roasted almonds. Initially, the citrus note of the tangerine prevents this scent from being too heavy, but when it dries, you get this delicious aroma that settles on your skin, and you feel it. There is also a fruity accord, and I would bet the top features a sweet, sparkling, and succulent pear. In the heart, the essence of bitter almonds gets stronger, balanced by a mellow cherry blossom. These notes assembled reveal precious and greedy facets. That delicious aroma encounters a lemony magnolia, and the outcome turns out creamy, smooth, velvety. The cherry blossom note is the main one, but it soon gets replaced by powdery, powdery almonds. The taste of the tonka bean strongly links to its perfume. Indeed, bouquets, I should say since the tonka bean has many at the same time. I notice the aromas of vanilla, cherry, almond, and something spicy, a bit like cinnamon. When served cold, the flavor is like vanilla caramel with dark honey. When hot, it shifts to spiced vanilla. The tonka bean here is the queen of the dry down. The nutty nuance still lingers around and leaves a final bitter trail while a tad of patchouli reinforces the ultimate signature. There is a soft redolence of creamy woods, the same buttery accord characteristic of the cashmeran molecule, which rounds off the scent. This fragrance is highly opulent and highly sensual. I’ve been inside for three hours, and here and there, I take clouds of my perfume. Perhaps, because of the subtlety of its tones, Violet Blossom doesn’t last long. A single application will last about 4 hours at full strength, after which it fades, but traces of the perfume remain for around 8 hours, making it a perfect fragrance for your leisure evening and night. It’s charming, and in this one, Zara’s fleeting longevity comes in handy because it would be choking if this stayed on like regular gourmands. Sillage and projection are good but not too loud or obnoxious. If you’re a fan of sweet-smelling scents that have a natural musky base—then this fragrance is for you. I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do, as it is so beautiful and so lovely! For me, Violet Blossom is a classic fragrance. At first, it smells fruity before the flowery components of the heart notes come into the foreground. To say I love this fragrance is an understatement! The chords are perfect, it’s not overly sweet, and the almond note reminds me of Ameretto. My partner loves this smell on me. I got so many compliments wearing it. This review bases upon a 200ml (6.8 Fl. oz) I have owned since June 2020. -Elysium #candy #bitter #gourmand #floral #fall #night

Addicting masterpiece. This is an expensive-smelling, seductive, designer-quality fragrance. To my nose 'Violet Blossom' is reminiscent of Mugler's 'Alien' and Armani 'Code Cashmere', which I've seen compared to adequately by reviewers across the internet (YouTube, here, etc..). While Dior's 'Hypnotic Poison' and most of its inspired scents are more serious, deep, mature 'Violet Blossom' is more playful (probably due to the cherry blossom & ripe cherries) & closer to the other 2 scents. The opening is a boozy, sweet cherry blossom similar to a blend of ripe cherries & grapes, there is a fruity tartness in the beginning too. Utterly feminine and flirty! The tonka is slightly powdery, nutty and immensely vanillery, just a sublime dry-down as it blends with the cherry blossom & fruits. I don't get much, if any magnolia on my skin. The silage is great: I sprayed all over my clothes, hair and skin...and it spread throughout multiple floors of the entire apartment...all the way outside! Longevity is alright: maximum 6 hours on my skin before dissipating into nothingness. Zara has been impressing me lately thanks to reviews from Fragrantica, I'm sad I didn't try the brand sooner. Verdict: A delicious, well-blended cold-weather perfume. If you love 'Code Cashmere' & 'Alien' definitely try this out!

This is not how I imagine violet accord in perfumery at all (to be fair, I think I have only smelled perfumes containing violet leaf which is more sharp and masculine) but I get it why it was named like that. It's truly a "purple" scent, somewhat syrupy and for me there is also an almondy Hypnotic Poison vibe too. The cherry blossom is also quite nice in this. I think it is an inoffensive scent that is well put together, deep and mystical but it does not complicate things over and I love how artificial is this. I usually look for scents that give me a calm and confident aura, nothing too bold and I like it when only people close to me can sense my perfume on me. Today I woke up with a grumpy mood, sprayed four before leaving for work (2 on my neck, 2 on my wrists) as I usually do with "lighter" perfumes and I was really surprised on how potent is this. Gradually my mood and confidence was getting a boost from this, I am still not sure how and why, and my colleague complimented this after 10 hours I applied it! For the price it is really a bargain, only negative comment I have is that the 2022 version has a transparent boring bottle instead of the black-purple gradient one (for the 30ml version at least)

This is *lovely*, a berry-cherry fruity blast of sweet cheerfulness - and for once! the name of a Zara frag sort of makes sense as this actually *smells* purple! Cherry and grape candy but not overly artificial, very uplifting and likable (wow - if the notes are correct and this is cherry BLOSSOM then even *that* part of the name makes sense! :D ) I've had this on for about 4 hours now and it's not really developed into anything more complex in the drydown but stayed the same sweet purple-candy vanilla yumminess but on the other hand - the upside of that is, that's decent lastability for a Zara cheapie. I recommend: this one really makes does make me smile :) nb, I have no idea if this is a dupe for Good Girl as I have never smelled the CH perfume, but Violet Blossom is definitely *not* like Girl of Now - while they're both gourmands, Girl of Now on me is ambery, nutty and rich, whereas this is not any of those things, just bold, fruity and syrupy sweet. If you like GoN you might like this as a day scent, but it's definitely not a dupe - all it's got in common is that they are both sweet and uplifting gourmands!

I saw Violet Blossom on Zara website and tested 30 ml first. Just bought 200 ml size today because I enjoy this scent. Their fragrances change often and I refuse to lose out again! (Favorite scent Cardamom only bought 1 bottle then couldn’t find it again!) This is a sweet violet scent with hint of powder but not too much. Ideal scent for spring which is why I bought the bigger bottle. This perfume I layer with other scents. It is a skin scent on me with only a scent bubble the first hour. It lasts about 4 hours on my skin. If you like violet perfumes like me then you should like this one. At first spray it is sweet but on my skin the sweetness fades to let violets shine with hint of powder. No plastic doll scent or syrupy scent like other sweet scents that I disliked. This is worth testing or blind buying a 10 ml sample off Zara website.