Violette in Love Parfums de Nicolaï for women

My husband, who hasn't personally chosen a fragrance for me since 1997 (Chanel Allure), recently purchased Violette In Love for me, and I'd never smelled it before. I was thrilled the first time I wore it, because I found it so flattering to receive this exquisite scent. While Violette is much more indicative of my husband's fragrance taste than my usual choices, it's touching that he thinks this suits me. Violette is an airy light scent, unmistakably violet, but not powdery or innocent. I agree with the reviewer who mentioned how well this would work on a bride. It has the joyful radiance of a bright bouquet. It doesn't smell like En Passant or others, but it has that magical diaphanous quality usually found in the works of Olivia Giacobetti. Violette is pure prettiness, feminity, and happiness, and it's romantic in an iconic, luxurious way. Unfortunately, its lasting power is remarkably poor.

This is my first green fragrance of any kind. I've tried greens before and they invariably failed on my skin. But this one is truly a beauty that is beholdable by most Violet lovers.

Violette in Love is a violet perfume adorned by a most juicy-sweet raspberry note. I cannot think of anyone who would not like at least a whiff of it from the bottle. The only downside is that, because it is an EDT, it has a lasting power of 2 hours the most. So if you love it on your skin, you'd need to keep re--applying throughout the day and eventually go broke because it is SO expensive. LOL! Then again my skin doesn't emanate perfume - it DRINKS it. So maybe on someone else's skin, it might last twice as much if they are lucky. I just feel lucky to have found this delicate little gem and will keep it in my collection for those special occasions.

Honestly, I didn't think was a particularly "modern" interpretation of violet. First sprayed, it's a blast of pure lemon juice. Then, the sweet, sweet sugared violet develops and the fragrance turns into violet-flavored pez, at least on my skin. You know the smell of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C tablets)? This smells like that, combined with violet candy. Not my thing.

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I circled back to this one when I saw it was released mass market. My previous sample was from a limited edition Paris only release, and I was curious to see if the scent had changed.

I believe it has. My previous review pegged this as a nice 'green take on a purple note'. Now I'm getting something different: a nice pepper take on a purple note.

This opening had me dancing on my tippy toes, literally. I LOVED it. I don't detect straight on violette, but a full bodied grape note. With pepper. Made me add a little cha cha to my dance.

As a diffuse halo this is just awesome. Can't get enough of it, actually.

I have one complaint: I"m not liking it so much when i stick my nose against my shirt. The drydown is a bit 'laundry detergent' on me, and something isn't meshing well. I'll try it again on a different occasion, but the wafting halo is the key to loving this.

Overall, a standing ovation of Rockette kicks!

quite pretty and fresh, not overtly violet...but but but.....the staying power is just not there for me. i got an hour -tops out of this. it is awfully pretty, though.

To me this is a violet in sugar. But sweetness is not sticky and syrupy as has been mentioned - it is rather a sweet crystallised sugar. Slight hint of citrus juice there as well. The whole impression is clean, crisp, but also with certain simplicity and innocence. Very evocative of a bride in a white dress.