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Tentation de Violettes by ID Parfums

Tentation de Violettes

Florblanca
11/11/2012 - 11:35 AM
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When late autumn becomes spring...

...then perhaps Tentation de Violettes has its scent components in play. This violet temptation deserves closer inspection!

The fragrance comes in a round bottle, identical to the new bottles for Secrets de Volupté and Gandali - only the colors differ slightly. This bottle is nice, but a bit boring - for me, that's a downside.

However, Tentation de Violettes has a content that brings a smile to my lips. The scent instantly brings spring back.

The opening is wonderful. Raspberry leaf in all its naturalness! As a young pioneer, I collected and dried raspberry leaves and then delivered them for further processing. Fresh raspberry leaves smell like the fruits, but without the sweetness of the fruits. A wonderfully fresh, fruity-green natural scent. If there is indeed pink pepper and black currant in here, then at best to support the raspberry aroma. I wish this top note would last longer, it's so beautiful.

The violet in the heart note is very carefully dosed and is clearly overshadowed by the wisteria (Glycine or Wisteria). Nevertheless, the violet note comes through lightly and delicately, but has no chance of developing into a violet monster. This is ensured, alongside the wisteria, by the heliotrope (vanilla flower), which joins in quite early and keeps the fragrance in the lovely softness and floral quality with which it began.

The iris provides the dryness of the base, but is not perceivable as such.

My conclusion: this fragrance is worth testing and wearing. I see it more on young women, but I think that women of older generations could certainly wear it too.

The scent is floral, unobtrusive, zesty but not piercing, rather soft and pleasant. Fainting spells in the surroundings are not to be feared, rather the opposite.
*****
Addendum: as I could see on the Isabel Derroisne website, ID apparently is transitioning all fragrances to this new bottle. Thus, ID fragrances will only be available in uniform bottles in the future - at the expense of individuality.
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8 Comments
BlauemausBlauemaus 11 years ago
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I agree with you, it's a wonderful violet scent.
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ChanelleChanelle 12 years ago
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Unfortunately, I can't give another little trophy since it's already been done. But now that it's mine, I realize how true your words are...
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SensualSensual 12 years ago
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I'll leave a trophy here and let my wishlist grow again - spring is coming soon! ;)
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ChanelleChanelle 12 years ago
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You mentioned that TDV is similar to Mauves Cristallisees; I’d love to check that out... until then, a little toast!
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Medusa00Medusa00 13 years ago
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Throwing in some roses...
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PeanutPeanut 13 years ago
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Sounds like a very pleasant scent. The bottle reminds me of the Pivoine or Paeonia fragrances from L'Occitane.
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SnoopySnoopy 13 years ago
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Hmm, maybe it's more suited to me - being an older vintage does fit... ;)
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ErgoproxyErgoproxy 13 years ago
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So you don't see it on me, am I getting that right? :D
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