April Violets by Yardley
Women 1913
Description
April Violets by Yardley is a floral fragrance for women. Launched in 1913, this composition features violet as the top note; in the heart, it showcases lily of the valley (muguet), pelargonium, and jasmine; and the base notes consist of musk and vanilla.
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Key notes
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Top
violet
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Heart
lily of the valley
- Base musk
Community
317 votes
- Positive 82%
- Negative 15%
- Neutral 2.8%
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In the collection
Leading answer I want it
972 votes
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Leading answer Like it
317 votes
Season
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264 votes
Time of day
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149 votes
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Fragrance profile
About April Violets
April Violets by Yardley is a floral fragrance for women. Launched in 1913, this composition features violet as the top note; in the heart, it showcases lily of the valley (muguet), pelargonium, and jasmine; and the base notes consist of musk and vanilla.
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Longevity
Leading answer Soft
101 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Intimate
125 votes
Character
Leading answer Traditionally feminine
45 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Good value
37 votes
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This scent brings back childhood memories, so I recently bought it again. The bottle and fragrance are different; I think they reformulated it, and it lacks the violet fixation and intensity it had before. Still, it stays in my collection for those lovely memories.
A lady at the supermarket said April Violets smells like overripe banana, a scent that reminds me of my shopping trips with my mom and my curiosity about perfumery when Yardley was made here. That touch of banana, which I’ve always liked, is in some violets; I even noticed it faintly in Fahrenheit. It used to be for cheerful women aged 30 to 45, moms going out to have fun. Unfortunately, the reformulation took away its charm. My rating is for the version from three decades ago: Scent 8.5, Longevity 9, Projection 9, Versatility 8.
If you can find the liquid violet version, buy it now! They’re bringing something good home. I heard real violets with creamy, potent vanilla—relaxing and feminine. The new one… disappoints me so much. I bought the body mist in December thinking it would recover that fragrance, but everything has changed. Where are the deep violets? This smells dry, without vanilla, with lots of musk and muguet. It’s not bad for wearing at home, but I won’t be buying it again. I thought it was because it’s a body mist, but I tried the clear cologne and it smells the same. Goodbye, my April violets, autumn has arrived.
It seems like all the reformulations are for the worse 🙁