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Violette Précieuse 2017 Eau de Parfum

Version from 2017
8.0 / 10 48 Ratings
A popular perfume by Caron for women, released in 2017. The scent is floral-powdery. It was last marketed by Alès Groupe.
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Main accords

Floral
Powdery
Spicy
Green
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
VioletViolet IrisIris
Heart Notes Heart Notes
MuskMusk Lily of the valleyLily of the valley
Base Notes Base Notes
RaspberryRaspberry SandalwoodSandalwood
Ratings
Scent
8.048 Ratings
Longevity
7.041 Ratings
Sillage
6.540 Ratings
Bottle
7.936 Ratings
Value for money
5.911 Ratings
Submitted by multiple users, last update on 05/16/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance was launched in 2017 as part of the "La Collection Privée" series by Caron. On the basis of the information available, it is not possible for us to clearly prove whether it is just a re-release of the fragrance or an actual adjustment of the formula by the house perfumer at the time, William Fraysse.

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What the fragrance is similar to
Violette Précieuse (2017) (Parfum) by Caron
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Violette Précieuse (1913) by Caron
Violette Précieuse (1913)
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Axiomatic

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Axiomatic
Axiomatic
Top Review 33  
Correspondence
My dear Ofelia,

I was filled with great joy to receive the news that your insight and understanding are assured.
Dearest sister, life presents all sorts of twists and bumpy paths on the road to happiness.
But now I can report to you with an open heart that everything has concluded favorably.

My openness is not foreign to you, after all, we have remained inseparable all these years.
Oh, how grateful I am for this fate!

Please practice patience, I will still, as you always strictly demanded, get to the point.
Goodness, how Grandmother would have been appalled by this expression!
Do you remember?
“In this house, other fashions prevail!”

How she always looked primly in the library to ensure everything was in order.
Always right on the minute, she stood upright at the stock ticker with the beautiful glass dome and patiently awaited the time-shifted news flashes from New York.
Business-minded, yes, that she was. And I take after her.
Please forgive me, but your notions regarding finances are still to be criticized.
This is not meant as an accusation, but consider yourself fortunate to have me as your wealth guardian.
After all, Grandmother's intuition allowed us to profitably transfer the Goldmark reserves to safe foreign investments.
I would not want to know if the Rentenmark could have covered your escapades, my dear!

Enough of the quarrels, let us turn to the beautiful.
I have managed to acquire a modern vial of her fragrance.
Exactly this violet scent from Paris!

Absolutely fabulous, just like back then.
Wait, I will apply it just as she did in her morning routine.

Dab!

Quelle bonheur, ma chère soeur!

Do you remember our shopping trips to the Seine?
How she always taught us to sit primly in the foyer of Caron?
And how the saleswomen gifted us those colorful little boxes with mirrors?
How wonderfully fragrant those powders were!

Just like that, I still perceive her perfume.

These violets, as violet as those pastilles from back then.
Can you recall her golden pillbox with the enamel patterns?
If we were very well-behaved, she would carefully open the box and reward us with those enchanting candies.

And her shopping at Caron would have caused a stir chez nous amidst the crisis.
But she never let herself be deterred.
“Live now, pay later.” As I see, it has also become your motto.
Fashions, indeed!
After all, she received the matching powder with the fragrance, something that is almost unthinkable today. The decline of personal care shows its cruel face!

I take a quick sniff of the fragrance, so as not to dampen the mood.

Oh dear, pause a moment!

So delicately powdery, only Caron can master this.
And then those lily of the valley filled with bliss and joy!
A bit treacherous but pure and white.

Elegant is also the wood of the resting base, I suspect it is sandalwood. Just a little, as she always liked it.
“Not too much and not too little.”

What I find extremely charming is this raspberry.
So tender and ripe for picking.
Goodness, you ruined those beautiful handkerchiefs with lace back then, you cheeky thing!
Squashed and squeezed!
How the expensive fabrics shimmered completely unusable in your clumsy hands, stained with red!
Like bloody bandages.
Oh, I am already completely elsewhere.
But it serves as a transition for me.

To the business at hand, my dear!
How did Grandmother used to praise?
“The Lord takes, the Lord gives!”

He took Eugen from me, yet I was still richly blessed.
This year, I look back wistfully at that stock ticker with the glass dome.
Everything was simpler and clearer back then.
But I had to face the new fashions and diligently used the time so as not to look like a schoolgirl peeking out of the oven.
You must know that the generous contributions from my Eugen yield good royalties, that is to say, dividends and profits in abundance.
Indeed, today's networking allows me to maintain a second-by-second overview of fluctuations.

That your well-being is, of course, covered by the Liechtenstein foundation requires your discretion, as you have already loyally proven.
I just wanted to emphasize this.

After the forensic medicine recognized a tragic accident in its final report regarding the passing of my Eugen to my satisfaction, the first contributions should only be delayed by days. You know how slowly the wheels of bureaucracy grind.
Nevertheless, I would like to send you a vial of Caron in advance as a small consolation.
You will be delighted!

Ofelia, I still urge absolute discretion. Otherwise, the beautiful dream of a lavish evening of life could come to a sudden end.

What did she used to say?
“Talking is silver, silence is gold!”

In this spirit, dear sister, I conclude these lines with a violet greeting and wish you the best of health.

Yours, Cäcilie
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Susan

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Susan
Top Review 27  
A Weightless Violet Dream…..
Violette Précieuse is one of the rare fragrances that is of such extraordinary beauty that even the most delicate words cannot do it justice…….

Essentially, one should completely refrain from attempting a description…… leaving the magic of this fragrance untouched…..

Nevertheless, I would like to make a careful - albeit inevitably imperfect - attempt to convey at least a small impression…….

Violette Précieuse is a tender, quiet, and almost poetic scent……. it shimmers alternately and in flowing transitions between pale violet and light green-blue pastel tones…….

The subtly bitter-powdery scent of the violet leaf seamlessly merges with a wonderfully creamy iris and the watery-cool clarity of the lily of the valley……. a distinctly delicate, almost inconspicuous raspberry note adds a subtle sweetness……. while a whisper-thin veil of musk quietly weaves through the entire composition, keeping the fragrance weightless……. the fragile blossoms are gently supported by creamy-soft sandalwood……

Violette Précieuse is not a sweet fragrance….. not a candy scent……. as is often the case with violet/iris fragrances…… here, nothing is oppressive, sticky, or even loud……

Everything remains gentle, reserved, and weightless……. elegant, exquisite, and precious…… as if brushed by the wingbeat of an angel……
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FvSpee

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FvSpee
Top Review 35  
European Melancholy
In 1913, everything was at its best. Europe looked back on a glorious past and a bright future. Culture was in full bloom, technology was developing at a dizzying pace: cars, airships, airplanes, electric trams, radio technology. Any remaining poverty would soon be eradicated by the economic growth that had been unbroken and highly dynamic for decades. Diseases would soon be defeated by advances in medicine and hygiene. For almost a hundred years, there had been no truly great war in Europe. Certainly, there were flickers of unrest here and there, and the general staffs were planning for all eventualities. But surely, no one would allow something as old-fashioned and crazy as a war. After all, we were no longer living in the times of Napoleon! Pulsating trade and a rising industry connected the great metropolises of Europe, luxury trains sped at top speeds between Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg, and those who traveled first class spent their days and nights, no matter which country they were in, in the newest grand hotels with French chefs and unheard-of amenities like electric light and flushing toilets. The whole world was European, and if there were countries outside Europe that might one day compete with Europe in a hundred or two hundred years, perhaps China or Japan, it would only be to the extent that they could appropriate European science, education, and culture.

Sensitive observers could see the cracks, contradictions, tensions, and abysses. The rising tide of nationalism everywhere; ideological racism and anti-Semitism; a nearly universal lack of women's suffrage; a sharper suppression of homosexuality than in the Arab world; workers without rights; unresolved national questions everywhere: not only in the Tsarist Empire and Austria-Hungary, but also in Great Britain, which at that time still included all of Ireland (which was beginning to fight for independence). Then there were the enormous armament efforts with the development of ever deadlier weapons; the atrocities and exploitation in the colonies, poorly concealed behind phrases of a civilizing mission. But there was probably almost no one who was not confident or hopeful that these underlying tensions could be defused in the name of enlightenment, progress, reform, reason, and science.

In 1913, it was not enough to be a pessimist to foresee that this magnificent, vibrant year would be the peak year of the European world, a tipping, final, and turning year. One had to be a true apocalyptic to even sense a hint of the whirlpool of self-destruction, the shrieking delirium into which the continent would sink over the next forty years, how it would not be able to stop unleashing its immeasurably grown energies against itself until it reached deadly exhaustion.

Since I love Europe, I often think about what it might look like today if it had succeeded in setting the course in a different direction in 1913. If European economies had not regained the strength of 1913 until the 1960s - trains in Europe have, by the way, never reached the speeds of 1913 on many routes again. If all those who perished on the battlefields and in the hells of camps, all those who went mad or were mutilated, who had to emigrate, could instead have continued to love, learn, dream, give birth to children, and work in Edinburgh, Metz, Königsberg, Thessaloniki, and Kharkiv until they died satisfied with life.

* * *

Violette Précieuse, the precious violet, was released in 1913 by Caron. I do not know how its original formula was, how the corseted ladies and mustachioed gentlemen felt when this scent wafted into their noses. Caron reissued a fragrance of this name in 2017, of which the Parfumo editorial team could not determine whether it was based on the original scent or merely took its name. What has surprised and saddened me is that this beautiful 2017 fragrance, for which I sincerely thank Sniffsniff for the sample, has already been discontinued. Even after turning the entire internet upside down, I could find no trace of an offer to purchase fresh bottles of it.

Violette Précieuse is a brilliantly bright, yet intensely violet glowing fragrance that, when turned a little, can also shine in a summery, powerful (somewhat unreal) light green. The scent is perfect harmony, a classically weightless balance. Crystal-clear notes of lily of the valley, violet, and raspberry form a perfect triangle, a scent mirror on which no speck of dust can settle. The wood brings no hardness, only firmness and structure. The musk brings no softness, only the necessary fullness. Violette Précieuse is a cool scent, but not a cold one. It is simple, but anything but banal; it is nothing less than soulless, oh no! - but it is so with the utmost precision.

With the year 1913, the fragrance shares that it is archetypally European: the best classical Western fragrance tradition, firmly floral anchored. An Apollonian scent: rational and optimistic. It has something of completion and self-assurance, a long history lies behind it. It wants nothing to do with abysses and nervous exaggerations, with decadence.

In another respect, Violette Précieuse rather points forward to the 1920s, to which the enchantingly beautiful Art Deco of the bottle (perhaps my favorite design era) is related: the pursuit of brightness and clarity, the aversion to flourishes and ornaments. The fragrance is not necessarily bobbed hair, cigarette holder, and men's suit, for it is still too classically and traditionally feminine (although it can work on men). But even less is it a corset. So what is it then? The perfect fragrance for the headband with feathers and for the sexy Charleston dress of 1923. Or perhaps to the elegant nudity of the Little Mermaid, which was unveiled in 1913.

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Written in the Banat, once an aspiring European core landscape until 1913, now a fragmented borderland between three states since 1918.
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Melisse2

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Melisse2
Top Review 29  
I walked in the woods all by myself … In the shade, I saw a little flower standing
I am reminded of the precious violet by the Goethe poem. A violet found in the woods, dug up with all its roots, and replanted in the garden.
In Goethe's time, there were probably more violets in the woods, as that was still allowed.

I have this association partly because Caron’s violet reminds me of a real scented violet in the garden. Years ago, I ordered a selection of three varieties that do not propagate but return every year and bravely hold their own against the competition in the bed.
On the other hand, I perceive “Violette Précieuse” as slightly spicy, which makes me think of the woods. But to avoid any misconceptions: The perfume smells only of violets and not of the woods.

In fact, even without knowledge of the notes, I smell nothing else but violet and musk.
Since there is no pyramid listed on Parfumo yet, here is one from ALzD:

Top note: Violet and Iris
Heart note: Musk and Lily of the Valley
Base note: Sandalwood and Raspberry

With this knowledge, I now tell myself:
Yes, the creaminess surely comes from the iris,
the seriousness, the unsweetened aspect from the lily of the valley.
And I now also perceive the delicate hint of raspberry, which supports the authenticity of the violet scent. There is no sandalwood.

I find this violet soliflore thoroughly successful. Nothing reminds me of violet pastilles. The precious violet is also the complete opposite of the heaviness of Insolence. Instead, Caron’s violet has a lot of elegance and little sweetness. It thus appears fresh and natural.

Among the other fragrances from the Collection Privée that I know, “Violette Précieuse” holds a special position because it actually presents itself rather reservedly. This also suits me very well for a violet.

Nevertheless, the scent lasts more than 6 hours on me and is very noticeable in the first hours. For me, Caron’s precious violet skillfully flutters the blue ribbon of spring.

Many thanks to the donor for the gift of the fragrance sample.

PS: What I would like to know: Did "Violette Précieuse" smell the same as it does today when it was described as Scheeheratze 5 years ago? Or were the Caron fragrances reformulated in 2017 and adjusted to the original scents to embellish the brand for sale?

By the way, my comment refers to the 2017 reissue (Eau de Parfum), which has been separately listed on Parfumo afterwards.
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Old lady fantasies in purple.
Cute violet, powdery innocent, raspberry naive.
Lily of the valley accelerates the succession. *
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Open your dusty bun, Susi
Let violets, iris, and lily of the valley shine
Like a summer rain
Then you'll find your match too
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Violets are always a good choice! Especially when they're presented so elegantly and timelessly as here. Softly powdery, delicately spring-like, on creamy
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Delicate powdery violets accompanied by graceful lily of the valley on fine wood, tinted light green. The powdery note shifts a bit into...
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Spicy forest air surrounded me as I discovered a violet violet next to a raspberry bush, enchanting, powdery, and delicate.
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A violet, in the meadow and elsewhere, bent and unknown to me until now.
I can't get beyond "nice." Another one for Doris Day!
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Pretty, delicate violet musky powder sheen with a hint of iris on dry wood. Elegant and subtle.
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Herb and slightly bitter at first, the violet transforms into a soft, powdery companion, never really becoming sweet.
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Powdery elegance, bittersweet, melancholic, dreamily beautiful. Subtle notes with deep meaning. A perfume in the best sense. Desirable.
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Iris-blue violet, why do you stand there on your wooden pedestal? Demanding admiration!
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