Wood Violet Sonoma Scent Studio for women and men

I'm a beginner at describing scents... but... it smells too medicinal to me. I think the cedar part somehow ends up smelling like a super-concentrated beeswax or wildflower honey. I got samples of this one and their Voile de Violet. I LOVE the Voile de Violet. She says that it was meant to evoke a violet perfume she had in her childhood... which I think is "Devon Violets". This Voile de Violet is what I was looking for, Devon Violets only better...
I understand (from some reading, long ago) that the true scent of violets seems to fade quickly because our noses adapt to it and the receptors get "fatigued" quickly by the chemistry, so that a person will have to take a break from smelling it in order to detect it again.

Sonoma Scent Studio WOOD VIOLET is much more about wood than about violet. The burnt cedar note really dominates the composition, overshadowing whatever floral components might be present. The violet, in particular, is virtually drowned out, aside from the violet leaves which are slightly detectable. WOOD VIOLET is a woody oriental but not a particularly subtle one.

I think that this composition might be too loud for most males, and it smells too much like a wood shop for me. There is also a beefy facet to the burnt cedar note in this composition which reminds me of a lumberjack or a cross-country trucker such as I often saw driving down the main drag, Division Street, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where I had the displeasure to live for about a year. Désolée.

I get the picture of Terry(from Candy Candy)lying under a big cedar tree smoking fine tobacco while the wind brings around the beautiful smell of violets.Sadly this picture doesn't last long,after that is very dominant the violet note,but even that is cool!

"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely!"

This is the ditty I found myself singing an hour after applying this. Violet leaf is a dry, slightly pungent note that takes getting used to if you're firmly in the fruity floral fan club (which I'm not).

Here is it paired with various woods and spices, none of which you'll be able to detect. What you will detect is slightly fragrant, woody dry-down. Think a bouquet of florals inside a sauna.

This said, my favorite woody fragrance from this line is Ambre Noir, which has more of a sweet, chypre edge. But i think this one would wear well on people in a high desert climate or desert, it's very well done.

The violet is sweet—yet not too sweet—and the clove, which I often find overwhelming in other scents, is just right here. I love the cedar, especially, and all in all this is one of the prettiest florals I've tried lately.

My love of violets started with Aimez-Moi—which I still love, partly for the anise—but somehow this seems more grown up to me. Its the perfect floral to get me through winter!

I love this perfume. When it starts I smell hazlenut and clove over cedar. Everything is warm and toasty. The heart is a perfect blanced of dry green violet leaf and sweet dark purple violet. At the end of the day a soft musky wood is left.