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Violette Précieuse Caron 1913

Version from 1913

7.7 / 10 43 Ratings

A popular perfume by Caron for women, released in 1913. The scent is floral-powdery. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Floral

Powdery

Green

Spicy

Woody

Perfumer

Ernest Daltroff

Ratings

Scent

7.743 Ratings

Longevity

7.334 Ratings

Sillage

5.831 Ratings

Bottle

7.240 Ratings

Submitted by Murcielago · last update on 06/16/2025.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/19/2014

4Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Scheeheratze
73 Reviews

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Scheeheratze

7

Caron unfortunately doesn't let any violet ribbons flutter through the air

First of all: I love Caron - which is evident in my collection. I love violets and am on the hunt for them. I was very excited - especially since the previous comments had really whetted my appetite for the scent - when I managed to track down the Caron violets as EDP. I could hardly wait to open the bottle, and hissing, the first attempt was disappointing: a very faint breeze that disappeared as quickly as it was sprayed. Yes, even while spraying, my face grew longer and longer, as there was very little. Okay - I have skin that absorbs everything like a sponge, but still: I've never experienced such a thin little water. Furthermore, I have hair and sweaters where scents usually hold quite well. Not so with Violette Précieuse. Nothing lasts at all.
Not even re-spraying after an hour helps; here too: what was gained is lost. I expected more from an EDP from Caron. Now it doesn't surprise me anymore that this scent isn't talked about much: it simply doesn't deliver. I think I will forcibly remove the cap and add a few drops of violet oil; maybe then I'll have what I want. The content corresponds entirely to the bottle: thin and colorless. As compensation, I will immediately dive into "Narcisse Noir," because today I'm in the mood for flowers, for spring, for cheerfulness, for the carefree lightness of being, and for a comforter for the failed violets - Narcisse Noir can do that.

07/02/2012

9Scent

Michelangela
89 Reviews

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Michelangela

Top Review 19

Erneste and Felicie - the creative story of a love

Erneste Daltroff was a man known for his special sense and appreciation for beauty and the extraordinary. When he founded the perfume house Caron in 1904, not only did the era of a great perfume house begin, but also a story of love! Yes, because his love for the talented fashion designer Felicie Wanpouille plays a significant role in the development of Caron perfumes. Felicie was Erneste's precious muse and strongly influenced him with her unique ideas. Together, they created true masterpieces of scent and design. Each individual perfume from Caron is marked by events of this love. Thus, some names of Caron perfumes express a very specific mood of the two, shaped by the spirit of the times of their respective creative periods.
Why am I sharing this?
"Violette Précieuse" is an important part of this story, as this fragrance is a declaration of love!
Ernest Daltroff designed it in 1913 as a homage to his love for Felicie Wanpouille. Fascinated and touched by her unique charm, he created this fragrance based on violets, ...for the violet stands as an imperial flower for secret great love.
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"Violette Précieuse" is a typical violet scent from the old perfumer school. Here, the violet is in the foreground in every respect. All other ingredients are merely there to accompany and support the beauty of this flower in the background, balancing the delicate bloom from the top note to the base note. Now one might think this is yet another monotonous, boring violet scent that, while nice, still smells far too tame and is no longer wearable after the age of 17. But this is far from the truth, because while "Violette Précieuse" may be a soliflore based on violets, it is neither boring nor too tame. The violet starts off a bit musty for a moment, only to then bloom in all its fullness. A brief passage through the moss and before me, in the heart, a whole violet forest blooms on my skin, strong and radiant. Violets, wherever I sniff, violets in their most beautiful bloom! The base lingers with a balsamic-spicy finish for many hours, without losing the lovely charm of the small violet flowers…
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Conclusion:
I am a fan of violets and therefore somewhat biased.
"Violette Précieuse" dances completely out of the line of my beloved Caron fragrances, and thus I do not recognize a typical "Caronade." Nevertheless, it is the most beautiful violet scent I know. With a soliflore of this quality, I personally do not need an experimentally striking or adventurous scent progression, but rather focus on what matters: the beauty of the violet bloom. Simple yet unmistakable!
How did Simmel put it again? “It doesn’t always have to be caviar!”
This homage to love in the olfactorily pure and unadulterated form of the violet bloom is a compliment to my skin.
Thank you, Erneste!
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After the love between Erneste and Felicie unfortunately breaks apart, their shared story continues to live on in their extraordinary fragrances to this day...
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Violette Précieuse was reinterpreted in 2006. I would love to know how the original from 1913 smelled!

10/20/2011

9Scent 10Longevity

Medusa00
846 Reviews

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Medusa00

Top Review 12

No violet blooms in secrecy!

Dear Snoopy, thank you for the sample, and no, the top note is not off; it smells very strongly of iris, and then the violets come immediately. This is probably the most violet-scented perfume I have ever smelled! I am captivated by so much concentrated violet power, and it has been hours. Around 11:00 AM, violets, violets, violets, violets........................................

1:00 PM, violets, violets, violets, violets........ ......................

So you don’t fall asleep while reading, here’s some interesting information about violets:
The flowers of March and Parma violets have been processed into cosmetic products for centuries. The natural violet flower absolute has practically disappeared today and is replaced by synthetic ionone in the cosmetics industry. Violet leaf absolute (from Viola odorata) is still used extensively in perfume production. So-called "natural violet perfume" has also long been derived from the so-called violet root/iris root, which consists of dried rhizomes of various iris species.
As children, we always picked March violets in the woods (they bloom from late March to late April). You hardly see them in native forests anymore, but we still have a few in the garden under the trees, as they love it shady. They come in purple, light blue, and white. I am always amazed at the lovely and enchanting scent that emanates from these tiny flowers.

4:07 PM, writing a comment, and what surrounds me? Guess: violets. The violets have completely overpowered the lily of the valley and jasmine, those little rascals. With a lot of imagination, I see in the base the forester stuffing nutmeg into his sandalwood pipe, so it gets a bit spicy after all, but otherwise, it’s all violets!