April Violets by Yardley
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Anyway this was a full bottle so I sprayed it, immediately thought "OLD LADY" and put it up for sale on Eb@y. Anyway after a couple days I noticed that several people were vying to buy this and the price was creeping toward $100 when this probably cost closer to $10 when it was actually for sale. Now I know dc'd perfumes can cause somewhat of a frenzy but what surprised me most that this old lady pot pourri scent could cause a final sale price of $130!! I can't even sell dc'd Gucci for that much. So I decided to have one more spray to see if I dismissed it too quickly without giving it a proper chance. Once again all I can say is old lady floral put purri in her nursing home room. And YES i have been to visit my 95 year old aunt in her stinky nursing home room with pot pourri and this perfume takes me right back there, Im not just making it up and being critical. After about 10 minutes it smells soapy, like a sharp clean soap. God is this what violets smell like??. I read that the extract used in this perfume is 100% parma violets so thats probably why it is so valuable as not many violet perfumes today use that extract. But still, I dont think Ive ever had a violet scent before because I would remember smelling something so disagreeable to me. To think that those pretty little violets smell like this! Anyway I do not like this one bit, and will update on drydown if anything changes.
UPDATE: I have now had the opportunity to sample Borsari's infamous Violetta di Parma and I think I can understand why my perfume was so sought after. They both use the same violet extract in them and yes they do smell very very similar. I can tell that VdP has some extra notes in there that give the violets a bit of a sweeter edge, and Ithink it might last a bit longer, but apart from that, they are truly hard to tell apart. I still don't like violet scents much, but if I had to pick one I would choose VdP because of the sweetness, but I know that anyone looking for a TRUE violet (which would be more 'green' than sweet) would probably appreciate April Violets more. I got no vanilla at all.

For me, its very suitable to be in comfort reading a book... or to be in comfort with few friends at the house :)
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