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Archive Collection

Violet Ida Miller Harris 2019

Ranked 397 in Women's Perfume

8.0 / 10 270 Ratings

A popular perfume by Miller Harris for women, released in 2019. The scent is powdery-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Powdery

Floral

Sweet

Creamy

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Carrot

Italian bergamot

Heart Notes

Orris butter

Heliotrope Violet

Violet

Base Notes

Vanilla

Liquidambar

Perfumer

Mathieu Nardin

Ratings

Scent

8.0270 Ratings

Longevity

7.5219 Ratings

Sillage

7.0215 Ratings

Bottle

7.6197 Ratings

Value for money

7.267 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20 · last update on 12/12/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Archive Collection collection.

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Reviews

15 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/06/2019

10Scent

EauMySoul
25 Reviews

EauMySoul

5

Powdery Iris Bliss

Violet Ida is like a powdery iris lover’s dream! It’s PERFECT!! Soft, powdery, silky, buttery orris, not the formal stoic sort of iris but the friendly kind. This perfume smells like kindness, a beautiful heart, a smile, a friendly hug. It’s the scent of the sweet girl next door or the princess in a storybook. Or even a baby wrapped up in a violet blanket. It smells innocent and pure yet still all grown up. It’s the scent you fall in love with and take home to meet mom.

"Ida represents goodness, tenacity and morality in a world of desperate cruelty”

☝️ It smells like that. It smells sweet, lovely and kind. This is one beautiful iris fragrance and anyone who loves powdery iris will fall head over heels for it. Violet Ida steals your heart.

09/13/2022

Mlleghoul
475 Reviews

Mlleghoul

3

I think there is more to the story...

Violet Ida from Miller Harris makes me think of something I read recently, that struck me, it’s from The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu: “I am going to tell you a story you already know. But listen carefully, because within it is one you have never heard before.” In Violet Ida we have encountered these elements before: the cool chalky vanilla violet of vintage talcum powder, the smooth floral waxiness, sometimes rosy, sometimes lily, that you associate with the decadent nostalgia of certain decade’s old lipsticks. But then it takes turn-- there is carrot seed’s woody-earthy melancholy, the bitter tears from an ancient elemental who has been weeping for a thousand years, and finally twists intriguingly, but dead ends with the barest balsamic sliver of mirrored amber, a resinous veil that’s somehow reflective, too. It broods on all of those other notes and casts them back at the wearer, never allowing further glimpses into what one imagines to be its sweeter, warmer heart. The path just…stops there. I’m thinking maybe it was deceptive to open with that quote; I’m quite certain that there has just got to be more to this story, and maybe I just haven’t unlocked the last leg of the journey yet.

Updated on 09/13/2022

11/09/2024

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Orbatid
6 Reviews

Orbatid

1

Smelling the color purple

I was indifferent to it at first, but Violet Ida grew on me so much that I now have not just one bottle, but also a backup, as it's sadly discontinued. It's a lipsticky, carrotty iris with a slight waxy fattiness to it, as well as a powderiness that doesn't overpower. This is also one of those instances where the color of the bottle perfectly matches the smell, in my mind; when I first spray it, there's a lovely moment of synesthesia where it feels like I'm smelling the color itself. As it dries down, the vanilla in the base comes out. Deeply soothing; I always have this in rotation for a bedtime fragrance.

03/06/2024

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Astralmonad
62 Reviews

Astralmonad

1

My new daily signature scent?

I heard this was discontinued but it's selling on the Miller Harris website still in the UK. Purchased a full bottle (discount through Ebay) because I needed a more feminine alternative to Iris Malikhan by Maison Crivelli which is a male-leaning unisex buttery orris. The orris here is rich and smooth, and slightly salty, with a backdrop of vanilla and amber. This one has a moderate sillage and is office-safe.

I admit I had given up on Miller Harris as a brand because I had about 5 of their summer perfumes that all had angelica or tomato leaf in them and got sick of the DNA. This one is surprisingly different and worth getting a backup bottle in case it truly is discontinued in future.

02/12/2026

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Concrete
2 Reviews

Concrete

In love with Ida

I feel like I should read the book that the character this perfume is names after is from. I probably won’t. But I love the fragrance to an obsessive level. I torture my friends by making them smell it at various times of the day to get how it develops. They don’t seem to mind. Some of them are bewildered by my love of the carrot note. I am fascinated by how something can create an image of a theatre legend doing her makeup and her tending to her carrots in her vegetable patch on her days off. It makes me happy

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Statements

86 short views on the fragrance

Astralmonad

1 year ago

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

2

Buttery silky orris against a backdrop of amber and vanilla. Feminine version of Iris Malikhan.

MJB1969

4 months ago

1

Waxy, orris and not sure this one is for me unfortunately.

Notsosweet

10 months ago

10Scent

1

Powderiest old make up bag scent I've ever encountered and I'm all for it. Buttery silky soft iris yumminess.

Jeob

1 year ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

35

51

Ida, you have a violet
Doesn't matter
With a gentle hand, iris powder
makes the world whole again
Band-aids grow from carrot seeds

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Irini

5 years ago

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

30

24

Wonderful authentic iris scent ..!! Just discovered, it deserves a secure spot in the top league
Iris lovely, iris dream, iris fantastic ***

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Ergoproxy

4 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

28

14

I love Iris like this. Powdery, slightly bitter, the sweet components of the scent remain moderate, the fragrance stays true to the theme. Gray purple.

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