Violetta di Parma Borsari for women

Violetta di Parma is a well-known familiar smell here.
I still like it a lot after so many years, but I don't wear it.
It was one of typical grandmother's scent.
The smell is very pleasant and it smells more or less like natural violets. Not completely so, because violets are a very difficult kind of flower to take.
If you smell real violets you will never be satisfied withj a violet perfume!
This one is very pleasant to wear anyway and still after so many years one of the best out there for a reasonable price.
It's not complicated, rather one of the best soliflore (as effect).
I actually dislike so many violet-centered perfumes because IMO they don't catch the real vibe at all!
Most of them smell like violet flavoured sugardrops and candies. Other smells very stiff woody.
Violetta di Parma is exactly what it says to be. Apparently simple, but not meaningless.
Also staying power is very strong but subtle. On my skin it stays for 4 hours with low close to the skin sillage.
This is signature scent for a friend of mine (around 25yo) and she wears it so graciously!
Violet is a very weird flower. Its smell appears and disappears with a pikaboo effect, so be careful! If you don't smell it anymore after a while don't overdo!
Also my friend noticed that this effect happens with Violetta di Parma too. When she goes away from a place, after 1 hour or so people smells her perfume again in the air! This is why violets are often said to be the flower of memory ;-)

PS. There a few eau de cologne made by Borsari (not listed in database, I think they are 4 alltogether.
They are very faint, very light, but beware! They have a good lasting power! I think they are meant to strictly work together with your chemistry.
My friend bought the orange blossom & ginger one, I bought the Rose&Pepper for 9 euro 100ml and I'm happy with it! Not a cheap perfume at all, rather a light aromatic cologne.

I used this years ago. Delicate, feminine, faintly floral but surprisingly sweet. It fades quickly. I remember once wearing it, and the woman next to me kept saying that she smelled "candy" in the air. It does smell like candied violet pastilles, to a degree. A unique, lovely, and historical fragrance: I think this was beloved of Napoleon and Marie Louise...but on this I may be mistaken.

I love this!
I am looking for the HOLLY GRAIL OF VIOLET. Can anyone tell me If this Is a true VIOLET only perfume out there please thanks??? Also would like to find a ROSE only too.

The most beautiful dark violets in a deep green forest. Soft, quiet and comforting. I cannot judge its lasting power; I apply VdP at bedtime and then sleep like a baby.

This is the best and truest violet scent there is. It reminds me of candied violets, or violet gum -- very sweet and innocent. It does not last however, and for this reason it is best (and will last longer) if applied to clothing rather than skin. It is great for layering with other fragrances.

This and John Galliano edp are twins.Both awsome!

I applied this. Waited for around 10 seconds for it to settle down a tiny bit and put my nose upon my wrist. Then it went like this - what? where is it? I applied again. Ok, here it is, something "green and sugary", but can't actually understand what. After 10 painful minutes with me trying to feel this perfume it's gone forever. Oh well. Okay.

I love this scent, its like the violet candys you find in europe. twice now i have gotten this scent from amazon in the large size with the automizer that leaks when ever up side down, and i lost half of this perfume both times I've ordered it from leaking. As i used the last couple drops i found another great deal on amazon for the same bottle and happily purchased this. I love how this layers, it is simple and lovely. From now on i will just get the smaller version, without the leaky pretty pink puff!

Speaking of violets, I picked up an adorable bottle of Borsari VIOLETTA DI PARMA recently, scent unsniffed, on the strength of the descriptive name alone, as I of course adore violets and rarely reject any perfume in which they play a central role.

VIOLETTA DI PARMA pretty much says it all: this is a very light, low-key presentation of violets. E tutto! This fragrance could almost be called "violet water", on analogy to rose water, for it is as simple as a big bowl of violet petals and leaves floating in water. Unfortunately, though claiming to be an edp, this composition is so airy that even after liberally spritzing all over using the über-feminine pink bulb atomizer (which I love!), the scent of violets remains quite faint.

Once the bottle has been drained, I intend to re-fill it with JOLIE MADAME (this must be why most nice bottles do not have screw tops!!!)... Don't get me wrong: I like VIOLETTA DI PARMA a lot. I only wish that it were double this strength!

this is the best blind purchase i ever made. Thanx to frangantica's member reviews. Yes it's true, the violet smells very clean, very delicate, soapy, powdery but not creamy for me. This smell like a new thing you just bought. I think my hubby also like it although he didn't say anything because he likes to kiss me when i wear this one, yes it's sooo soft like a whisper so he has to kiss my skin just to smell it on me :) at least that's the point plus behind the bad sillage, but on me it still stayed on my skin for more than 4 hours. Strange huh?maybe um not sweating a lot after i sprayed this. Some say it smells like Violetta from Penhaligon's, i wonder was it true?but um already quite happy with this, more over with its cute atomizer. Though they launched this perfume in 1970, you won't smell like an old nanny, trust me!
L-O-V-E this.

The smell of violet must be the most wistful, enchanting, bizzare mystery of a smell--more than any other. All at once, it seems carnal but innocent, young but ancient and conjures up a sense of both depth and simplicity, intellectual sophistication and naivite. "Violetta di Parma" is the master of all violet scents, perfectly balanced to feel velvety, slightly sweet, a tad soapy; green, creamy, yet fluid and musky. It opens on a hazy burst of sugared-water violets, with the dry-oil-jamminess of the petals' veins prominent against picked and bruised stems; a fresh bouquet warming in someone's hand. As it develops, "Violetta di Parma" becomes deeper, grayer, fresher, smelling both rainsoaked and dense, like blooms being pounded into soil by a hard rain.

Then it dries into a mineral sweetness that weaves in and out of the senses; elusive, taunting, like the scent of a dream that you can't quite put your finger on, memories of childhood drifting in and out of your head. You startle awake only to feel cool, night air blowing through a window, the moon and crickets your only companions. That time is gone. But what beautiful times they were. A sad and joyful feeling all at once.

You either "get" "Violetta di Parma" or you don't. You're none the lesser for not getting it--just means you'll have to search for your deepest memories somewhere else.

When I was really little my mum used to wear this perfume, and just recently i had a sudden desire to smell it again, so i bought it - violets would probably have to be one of my very favourite scents, it's so fresh, and i know this is a very simple and old fashioned fragrance, but it kind of makes it unique - nobody else i know wears it, its pure and elegant, and it reminds me of being a little kid! I do wish it lasted a little longer, but i seem to be able to get a couple of hours out of it, which is better than a lot of others who have tried it from the sounds of it. I don't think i could ever fall out of love with this one.

I was really looking forward to trying this one just by reviewing the notes. When I tried it as a splash sampler, I could barely smell anything but the softest of violets. It's pretty, but probably too faint for me to justify buying a whole bottle.

Lovely. Fresh, fragrant garden flowers... but so faint that it's gone within half an hour.

Straight up, fresh and strong violets with a touch of vibrant green. Surprising though, after it's first flash of powerful violets, it quickly softens right down with a soft flower mixing, my nose can't pick them, but others have..lilac? Whatever they are, they're gorgeous! But, strangely, and unfortunately it becomes too soft, so soft I can barely smell it on me...and others (my mum and sis) can't seem to either, even though my arm was pressed into their faces! Still, I love it and I wear it with Pandora Products Violetta Body Lotion (which is a kind of candied violet). I feel feminine, but not too flowery feminine(!), when I wear this. And, as an extra bonus, it gets my man going too...ahem!

Bursting with gently sugared violets, a spritz of green, and a dollop of creamy soap, this is a perfect after-bath or before-slumber scent: calming, clean, and wonderful.