Violet Tendencies Smell Bent for women and men

This one has the same kind of leather note as Cumming the Fragrance (I'm guessing that's what it is, though it is accompanied by an almost ammnonia-like element), but without the tobacco and peat notes. Instead it has an interesting vegetal and gunpowder/steel like quality. I think this is the combination of a lot of violet and the spruce, but I don't get the agarwood so that might be part of it too. It comes together fairly quickly and seems linear after that. Other than a slight metallic quality, this is about as rich and natural fragrance as one could hope for in such a simple scent. My preference is for softer and more complex fragrances, but this is certainly very good for what it is, and a good example of contemporary niche done right.

Lately, I have grown unaccustomedly fond of violets as a note, so of course my first Smell Bent interest was in Violet Tendencies, and woo baby!, what a violet!
There is nothing shrinking about this purple leather clad whipmistress, wafting a little oud and a dry bit of cedar behind a HUGE leather and violet cloud.

I am not personally fond of wearing scents that are too dry or somehow "masculine", but this is neither dry nor masculine on me, even though my skin gobbles most sweet notes. It dries down to a smoky violet leather that is honestly very sexy and very feminine, in a naughty kind of way.

I do Wish Violet Tendencies had a longer duration - after 2-3 hours it seems to fade away into one of those "skin scents" that don't rock my particular fragrant boat, since I love big sillage and long lasting perfumes. But it is still very much bigger bottle worthy. An 8/10 for the scent, alas, a 3.5/10 for lasting power

As an aside, there are some definite similarities between Violet Tendencies and my much cherished violetesque/leathery Putain des Palaces by Etat Libre D'Orange. However, Putain des Palaces is a far more ladylike version of this beastly little dominatrix, with a lot more flowers and a lot less leathery raunch.

for me: not wearable on its own. so stark and austere i have to mix it with my sweetest, girliest scents in small quantities to avoid feeling industrial or as if i'm wearing leather chaps. i liked the idea of a non sweet unisex violet, but this isn't just non sweet, it's surly. definitely aptly named.

women beware - this would be perfectly at home on a 250 lb biker named Axel.