7 Best Smelling Violet Scented Perfumes

There are a lot of floral notes which get plenty of attention in fragrances. The usual suspects, get their just dues, but violet can often be overshadowed. It plays a support role in many perfumes, but it can be challenging to find a good violet scented one. One, with this flower being the star, at its base. In this post, I want to present seven perfumes which utilize violet to the best of its ability.

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Floral Fruity Option

Insolence By Guerlain For Women, Eau De Toilette Spray, 1.6-Ounce Bottle– A sweet blend of juicy berries and floral notes like violet, iris, and orange blossom. Insolence is long lasting and has a pronounced powdery finish, as is to be expected, when violet and iris get together.

Nonetheless, Insolence isn’t a stuffy or overly-heavy fragrance, the raspberry and other berry notes keep things dynamic. Towards the end, there is a light musk, and a great sandalwood note at the base. This is a great floral fruity wear, rather simple, but delightful.

The violet does rest control of the fragrance, from the other flowers, later on. Insolence is a good example of an option for those who want a mixed kind of blend, headed up by violet.

Fresh Cedar and Pure Violet

Bois de Violette by Serge Lutens– A fairly simple and more of a pure violet offering than some of the others on the list. Bois de Violette a sweet and very lightly powdered violet aroma, that is quickly joined by cedar.

That’s pretty much the perfume. The cedar note, actually balances things out, and gives it a dry freshness which I feel boosts the violet’s effect. It all smells very naturalistic and great. This is a must try for those who love our target floral note.

Bold Bouquet and Vanilla

Bond No. 9 Broadway Nite Eau De Parfum Spray 100ml/3.3oz–  This is a very floral scent that starts out with the heliotrope, rose, and violet notes. That trio is joined by an undercurrent of vanilla and musk.

Vanilla, musk, and iris are of course going to create a pretty powdery aroma. That’s on their own, and when you added violet you’re going to get it in spades.

Broadway Night can be a bit of a bold fragrance, and yes, the violet does have a bit of a greenish smell. A different option from the rest, but has its fans. Notes include: Rose, Honeysuckle, Iris, Aldehyde, Green Violet, Cedarwood, Musk, Sweet Amber, Heliotrope, Vanilla Beans. My Full Review

Blended Spiced Violet 

Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet Eau De Parfum Spray for Women, 2.7 Ounce– A floral/exotic fragrance that is highlighted by, as the name suggests, violet. It’s a soft to moderate blend with a unique sweet/spicy profile that lasts for a long time. Ultraviolet really gets to the star of the show, once it has had time to settle in.

The opening can be a bit intense with the spice, as you get a few different peppers and coriander, coming through. Definitely interesting, though not for everyone.

However, it’s not all spice in the beginning, as there is a nice apricot and some vanilla to help calm things. Obviously, the star of the show comes more apparent in the dry down. You get a fresh, fairly sweet, and powdery violet with some dry undertones.

Clean Garden Bouquet

CREED FLEURISSIMO by Creed for WOMEN: EAU DE PARFUM SPRAY 2.5 OZ– Classy and elegant. Fleurissimo is a bouquet of florals with iris, violet, and tuberose. Fleurissimo has a vintage style and a very garden rich profile.

As it dries down, this Creed scent has more warmth and a soapy/powdery clean quality. This is an all day wear, with excellent longevity. A springtime fragrance. An expensive choice, but a good one for fans of violet and tuberose, in particular. Not for those who want a lone violet ingredient. Notes include: Bulgarian rose, violet, tuberose, Florentine iris.

Violet and Iris

Love in Black by Creed– Another great violet based fragrance by Creed, though, this one is definitely distinct from the one above. This one pairs violet and iris together, with a dark berry sweetness, and a dry mix of spices and musk.

Love in Black is naturally quite a powdery scent, as it is dominated by the two floral notes, but it’s got enough black currant sweetness in the opening to give it added depth. Later, it dries down to be more focused on the violet with musky touches and a woody base.

Natural Violet and Rose

La Violette by Annick Goutal– A fresh violet, which utilizes the flower and leaf. The leaf, has that somewhat greenish watery aroma, which some people may not enjoy. However, this is another one with a very naturalistic sort of violet note.

It’s a strictly floral perfume with some added rose, which adds some extra powder, in the latter stages of the wear.

La Violette is not too heavy, has some sweetness, but is mostly just a clean and low key floral fragrance.

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