Violetta di Parma

3 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• Selene

  April 21, 2017

  

  I’m a die-hard violet fan, so much so that I grow them in pots to feel that perfumery note on my skin. I won’t recount the story of Napoleon’s second wife, the monks who extracted them, or Tiemann and Kruger who synthesized them because absolute is so expensive, but I do want you to know their history is rich and worth reading. I own an impeccable 1960s version that smells like an extract, with a handmade box, plus an 1980s lotion. The 60s one smells slightly soapy and powdery, with hints of wax, where the violet dances with lily of the valley and heliotrope; it’s the richest aroma I’ve tried inspired by this flower. I don’t know how the ‘Parma Violet’ hybrid smells, but wild Viola odorata smells strictly sweet and powdery—not dense, but shy and volatile. The 80s version loses the soapy side, with a touch of wax, becoming more powdery with added iris and musky vetiver, though the violet never loses its central axis no matter how hard the other notes try to steal the spotlight. Both are very similar; you only notice the differences if you analyze them closely. I haven’t tried the modern version, but Le Dix by Balenciaga smells very similar. I’ll keep wrapping myself in this scent that captivates me so much.

• Atalcadita

  September 8, 2018

  

  Finally got it after reading thousands of reviews on Fragrantica and arriving here with high expectations. The reality is, it smells like soft violet and nothing more, lacking that powdery touch they promised. It’s a letdown. If you overapply and saturate yourself, it stops smelling floral and turns into something else entirely, not even reminding me of toy rubber, so it certainly doesn’t smell like a little doll.

• Atalcadita

  September 16, 2018

  

  Finally got my hands on it after reading thousands of reviews on Fragrantica and arriving here with plenty of doubts. The reality is, it smells simpler than a pacifier: just a soft violet, no powdery touch at all—a letdown. If you overapply and saturate yourself, it stops smelling like violet and turns into something else entirely, not even reaching that toy rubber note they claimed; if it did smell like a little doll, I’d love it, but that’s not the case here.