Vio-Volta 2017

Vio-Volta by D.S. & Durga
Bottle Design:
Kavi Moltz
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5.6 / 10 22 Ratings
A perfume by D.S. & Durga for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is synthetic-fresh. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Synthetic
Fresh
Green
Fruity
Floral

Fragrance Notes

Amber Xtreme™Amber Xtreme™ VioletViolet FrankincenseFrankincense PatchouliPatchouli

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
5.622 Ratings
Longevity
8.317 Ratings
Sillage
7.117 Ratings
Bottle
7.227 Ratings
Submitted by Michael, last update on 02/22/2024.

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Reviews

1 in-depth fragrance description
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Scent
ScentFan

334 Reviews
ScentFan
ScentFan
Very helpful Review 6  
Frigging Uh-oh
When I first learned about Vio-Volta and read its notes, I thought, "Uh-oh. Amber Xtreme? What is that?" I pictured noxious chemical wolves disguised as natural lambs, assaulting my nasal passages and closing my nose. If this is D.S. & Durga's first full excursion into the aromachemical badlands, I beg them to turn back. Yes, this "fragrance" has a pleasantly bright electric air, like the smell of ozone after lightning strikes, Heedlessly I slathered on the sample that arrived with Radio Bombay, determined to give one of my very favorite perfume houses the benefit of the doubt.

Ohmigod! Why did I do that? As I type, breathing is harder. My nasal passages are tickling. I feel a sneeze coming on and...if I don't wash this off pretty darn quick...a headache.

I HATE Vio-Volta! How have we allowed nature's bounty to be supplanted by these chemicals? Do our noses no longer function, do our lungs no longer want air?

Please D.S. & Durga, whom I adore, whose perfumes are usually celebrations of the natural world, PLEASE save us and yourself. Turn back from the badlands! Paint thinner is not a perfume.

Your admiring customer, owner of your beautiful Boston Ivy, Durga, Foxglove, Radio Bombay, Silent Grove, Sir (which I gave to hubby), El Cosmico (which hubby also bought), and your splendid achievement, White Peacock Lily.

p.s. Two washings and it still lingers. Sneezing has begun. Trying to overwhelm it with an actual perfume Ex Idolo Thirty Three.
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Statements

1 short view on the fragrance
SamskeeSamskee 9 months ago
8
Bottle
7
Sillage
10
Longevity
1
Scent
Incredibly well made, and the worst thing I've ever smelled. A greenhouse filled with noxious fumes
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