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04/10/2024
DorothyGrace
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DorothyGrace
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Very interesting note pyramid.
I was looking for a violet scent to replace my old Yardley April Violets which I find not long lasting enough. The new Yardley I have not tried.
My criteria was non-skanky and a fresh out of the bath powdery cleanness. I have found that as I have aged my skin chemistry amps up the skanky notes making them unpleasant to my nose (either that or my sense of smell has changed a bit).
I saw this beautiful bottle and find one can't go far wrong in choosing a perfume by it's packaging (ha ha, only joking, I've had a number of disasters using that methodology).
The overall effect I get from this perfume is of a light sherbety fruity floral, with some soft honey, and musk. On me it has a shampoo like quality about it with barely any powder, and only the merest touch of vanilla after a couple of hours by which time it has thoroughly bedded into the skin.
Only occasionally does it waft something that is recognisably violet, more often I am reminded of a sherbety jasmine, and at the beginning of the wear there is a rather nice green note. Nothing reminded me of rose although I have a rose in the garden that smells of apricot so maybe a fruity rose.
All in all I really like this one. It isn't too linear, has a bright quality about it, stays fresh smelling on my skin, leaves a small trail, doesn't project far, and lasts for hours. My skin next day still had a decent amount of perfume.
I've a feeling that this will really radiate nicely in the summer sun.
2024 04 26 Today I mixed a drop with two 1000 mg capsules of evening primrose oil to use as a body oil, and then a drop on each arm. I am absolutely radiating (my son tells me) parma violet sweets. How nice.
I was looking for a violet scent to replace my old Yardley April Violets which I find not long lasting enough. The new Yardley I have not tried.
My criteria was non-skanky and a fresh out of the bath powdery cleanness. I have found that as I have aged my skin chemistry amps up the skanky notes making them unpleasant to my nose (either that or my sense of smell has changed a bit).
I saw this beautiful bottle and find one can't go far wrong in choosing a perfume by it's packaging (ha ha, only joking, I've had a number of disasters using that methodology).
The overall effect I get from this perfume is of a light sherbety fruity floral, with some soft honey, and musk. On me it has a shampoo like quality about it with barely any powder, and only the merest touch of vanilla after a couple of hours by which time it has thoroughly bedded into the skin.
Only occasionally does it waft something that is recognisably violet, more often I am reminded of a sherbety jasmine, and at the beginning of the wear there is a rather nice green note. Nothing reminded me of rose although I have a rose in the garden that smells of apricot so maybe a fruity rose.
All in all I really like this one. It isn't too linear, has a bright quality about it, stays fresh smelling on my skin, leaves a small trail, doesn't project far, and lasts for hours. My skin next day still had a decent amount of perfume.
I've a feeling that this will really radiate nicely in the summer sun.
2024 04 26 Today I mixed a drop with two 1000 mg capsules of evening primrose oil to use as a body oil, and then a drop on each arm. I am absolutely radiating (my son tells me) parma violet sweets. How nice.
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