Collection Excessive - I miss Violet by The Different Company

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Collection Excessive - I miss Violet The Different Company 2015

7.5 / 10 97 Ratings

A popular perfume by The Different Company for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is floral-powdery. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Floral

Powdery

Leathery

Green

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Champagne

Violet leaf

Ambrette seed

Mandarin orange Nutmeg

Nutmeg

Thai basil

Heart Notes

Violet

Iris

Osmanthus

Cyclamen

Mimosa

Ozonic notes

Base Notes

Musk

Vanilla

Ambergris

Leather

Mahogany

Perfumer

Bertrand Duchaufour

Ratings

Scent

7.597 Ratings

Longevity

7.179 Ratings

Sillage

6.479 Ratings

Bottle

7.880 Ratings

Submitted by Ronin · last update on 12/25/2023.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/03/2015

8Scent 5Longevity 2.5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

I Miss Potency...

I Miss Violet opens with smooth carrot-like iris and bright slightly aqueous, semi-metallic violet leaf. Moving to the early heart the composition turns mild to moderately powdery, as the violet leaf gives way to a floral violet and supple suede leather starring tandem with the iris remaining in significant support. During the late dry-down the leather turns somewhat more rugged and more pronounced as it joins a deep, natural smelling vague woody accord and dark musk with just a hint of underlying vanilla-derived sweetness through the finish. Projection is below average and longevity just above average at 9-10 hours on skin.

The Collection Excessive offerings have been the real standouts in The Different Company's line-up, so any new release bearing that moniker demands attention and I Miss Violet is its latest entrant. The first thing one notices when the composition is applied on skin is it has a very different presentation of violet and violet leaf than one might expect. The presentation here is just as much about smooth iris and suede leather as it is about the violet, semi-metallic leaf and all. The last time I was this surprised in a violet presentation (in a good way) was Violette Fumee by the late, great Mona Di Orio. The two compositions really are dissimilar for the most part, but both commendably take the violet and show true innovation in its presentation and use with other materials. The late dry-down on the other hand is a more mundane though competent leathery woody affair, but the journey getting to it is quite worthwhile. My main gripe with the composition is its performance metrics are far from stellar. At this kind of price point, one expects a bit more oomph than the near-skin scent found here, and a bit more tenacity wouldn't go amiss either. That said, middling performance metrics aside, I Miss Violet is a fine creation by the talented Bertrand Duchaufour that while maybe is just a hair behind the other offerings in Collection Excessive, holds its own against most peers rather well. The bottom line is the $245 per 50ml I Miss Violet is a largely successful, innovative release marred only slightly by its semi-dodgy performance metrics, earning it a "very good" to "excellent" 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5 and a solid recommendation to all except those seeking a powerhouse (or those hunting superb value, as $245 per 50ml with this kind of performance is a bit of a tough sell).

04/29/2015

9Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

RomanaFrangi
4 Reviews

RomanaFrangi

Oriental violet

The perfume opens with the really fresh apricots (gourmand form of osmanthus) and classic saffron, very arabic, oriental. After a while comes thick violet creamy fondant. The violet leafs hand-in-hand with the apricots and saffron create the fresh dimension. On the other side is dark spicy mix of a bunch of violet flowers with drops of iris root and oriental woods. Long life of this combo is calm, without big changes, stable.
The scent is unusual combination of fruity freshness and oriental depth. Brand new idea of violet ála Arab. Perfect!

05/22/2015

Myhorses
33 Reviews

Myhorses

Helpful Review 2

La vie en...Violet Jacket

It looks that these days the shy violet is back in niche perfumery. Since last year there were several launches of violet centered fragrances some pairing in the classical way violet with roses like in French Kiss from Guerlain , Epine mortelle from LM Parfums or Chanel’s Misia , others trying new companions like oud in: Silk Mood from MFK and Aoud Violet from Mancera or leather, also “en vogue”, like in the new launch of The Different Company I miss Violet .

I miss Violet starts with the violet-iris make up evoking note but only for few minutes then powdery iris is leaving the violet in a green entourage of violet leafs, basil and sparkling mandarins. Champagne note is supposed to pop up according to the official notes but on my skin I couldn’t detect any champagne. Soft leather is hiding among these green notes successfully revealing that “vegetal leather accord”, soft leather being there right from the top notes until the last notes, performing together with the violet accord a waltz not a tango.

The violet is not very powdery as it is usually in perfumes, especially when paired with rose and iris and the leather note is soft, almost suede like. I do not feel a prominent floral accord , from my perspective I can easily say that I miss Violet it’ s a green leathery perfume with a classical vibe rather than floral leathery.

After the first hour the osmanthus brings a fruity apricot note to the composition putting more emphasis on the leather accord which, from now on, will be more intense than the violet but still remaining on the soft side. There is no harsh leather in this perfume in any moment, only the smooth side is revealed . From this perspective I miss Violet is very easy to wear it daily, I have some leather perfumes that I really love but they are not so easy to wear as often as I wish and also it can be a good starting point for those who want to explore leather fragrances.

This soft leather accord in I miss Violet has inside the same DNA like other Duchafour creations focused on leather: Traversee du Bosphore , Cuir Nacree and Skin on Skin There is also an ozonic note that brings together with mimosa continuity of the green accord even when the violet note is almost gone, acting in a similar way like aldehydes with cassie(mimosa) in Cuir Nacree keeping the leather tone soft.

The drydown reveals a musky vanilla embedded in ambergris bringing up sensuality turning in the end the green vegetal leather note into a light musky sweet tone closer to the smell of human skin echoing somehow Hermes’s Cuir d’ Ange.

I miss Violet has a good lasting power, around 7-8 hours on my skin with a average silage, is not a loud perfume. From my point of view it’s a one of the best (soft)leather perfumes and the best violet scent that I tried lately . If you like leather perfumes and did not find yet the one that you can wear everyday or and if you want a elegant violet fragrance not loaded with make-up you have to give a try to I miss Violet.

01/14/2016

10Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

MissPiggy
57 Reviews

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MissPiggy

Top Review

When a Pear Sits on a Violet

Violets are one of my passions - first of all, the color!
Then the plant itself, in all its varieties. The scent, of course. The taste: candied or in a macaron as flavor!!
And of course also as a little flower on fine porcelain.

So it happens that, quite unintentionally, many violet soliflores have taken root with me - which I love more or less. I like to use them in spring-like moments. But so far, none has truly convinced me with the IDEA of the violet - the small, velvety purple seductress. You have to bend down to perceive her. Don’t pick her - yuck! Let her grow! She forms nice, fat cushions in a short time if the soil suits her. What a beautiful sight in the first spring sunshine!

The usual violet scent (Borsari) has - for me - something “grandma-like,” old-motherly: Grandpa smokes a cigar, Grandma puffs violet cologne against the funk. Light streams in at an angle through the yellow-tinted sheer curtains (Grandpa!!) onto the dark Gründerzeit smoking table with an ashtray. You know, with cigar bands glued under glass!
The Persian rug on the floor muffles the sounds with military-combed fringes, and from the kitchen comes a whiff of Grandma’s apple pie. We quickly go outside to get some fresh air... Grandma takes off her apron and finally, there’s cake.

No - that’s not it.
This violet evokes entirely different associations for me. And they are unexpectedly emotional, bittersweet. It is not primarily an erotic scent. It is a lovely scent, light as cotton voile in summer. Not for a wannabe femme fatale, but for a perpetually girlish woman. Or a summery, light-footed man. In a positive sense, genderless. It doesn’t want to excite, but to remind. Or to create a memory.

Violet-sweet, new like a March morning and herb-fresh, the development begins.
Sparkling, effervescent, like a not-so-sweet lemonade. Why do I think of ice-cold gin and tonic?
So crunchy-sour, sparkling like a good tonic (no, not from Schw

s) with ice-cold gin - a refreshing delight!
The champagne notes are now noticeable, delicious, whetting the appetite. Party mood. Good mood!
The entire scent radiates sunshine, without throwing around spring flowers in a flat manner.

Bright light can obviously be generated by scents - especially when it’s dark, icy, and rainy outside. Proof provided.

But I also smell pears. I know they are not mentioned, but I smell wonderfully ripe, crunchy, juicy pears, together with the rain-soaked, dark purple violets. Green notes too, like crushed leaves. The scent is like a draft in summer when the white linen curtains flutter. Delicate, brittle-cooling, warm, and yet sensual, enveloping.
Never massive or compact, never overwhelming (assuming normal use). The concentration is high, the sillage accordingly. I could imagine a subtle, skin-close use like with an extrait.

When the first fresh top notes have faded, a warm, fruity sweetness remains with juiciness and light, green, and crunchy notes. Crushed leaf stems. Velvety petals.
Inviting and turned towards the light. I am absolutely thrilled to smell the mimosa. We used to have “them” in spring, in a vase - and the scent, which unfortunately only lasted a very short time with the poor, dead twigs, was right behind freesias on the longing scale, as it was a promise of spring and summer in one.

The entire scent poem here reminds me of a sunny afternoon on Rügen when I, together with my favorite person, “devoured” pears from the bag. Because they were so juicy, we had to eat quickly, it dripped and stuck. We were in the pine forest, right by the sea, sunspots, salty breeze (yes, you can smell the sea even at the Baltic Sea!) Pear juice-soiled, happy and carefree. Childlike joy in life. We thought it would always stay that way....

Now when I smell “I miss Violet,” I think of those times and bring back happiness for a moment. If I have to swallow now, it’s not pear juice.

07/08/2015

10Scent 10Longevity 5Sillage

Lapislazuli
10 Reviews

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Lapislazuli

Top Review 19

The Different Company #2

In order to write a comment here at all, I first have to ignore Ronin's contribution - Chapeau - it won't be as detailed, refined, and polished as that. So why even add my two cents? A perfume has so many facets, everyone has their own approach and associations, which makes the picture complete.

Recently, I held a sharing event where a bit more was left over than originally planned. But what can I say, despite my Huguenot-Calvinist-Evangelical upbringing (which is basically the highest punishment!), according to which perfume is an unnecessary luxury and spending money causes pain, I am not sad about such "abundance".

Because the scent, just arrived, hastily freed from its very noble packaging and sprayed onto my summer-warmed skin, is stunning. Although it really shouldn't fit the season (floral, woody, warm). Although the advertising text is nonsensical, they could have just left the wordplay with the violet as it is. And although I certainly do not like everything that B.D. concocts, who dances at a hell of a lot of weddings and probably does the least himself.

And violets, in general, are the epitome of old-fashioned men's soap.
However, there is currently a "micro" trend emerging, as several labels suddenly have a violet scent, it must have been "out" long enough.
When I unexpectedly discovered these delicate blue flowers, presumably brought by ants, in my garden on a very early spring day this year, I was completely over the moon. They are so pretty and innocent.

Here, however, I only faintly perceive the flowers, perhaps the leaf, but actually not even that, rather the idea behind it. Under the dry-warm Duchaufour signature, I perceive from the very first moment a finely spicy soapiness, which is among the most elegant that can be worn by both genders.

Wonderful! I am blown away and now put the pen aside, dedicating myself entirely to the scent. And yes - it has its price - but I regret nothing!

P.S. Longevity is even good at these scent-devouring temperatures.

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Morgaina

10 years ago

8Scent 7.5Longevity 7Sillage

Starts with iris, then a deep dark bouquet of violets in a leather wrap. That's something! If you're looking for sweet floral scents, you're in the wrong place.

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