Top Notes 
Violet
Bergamot
Lemon
Heart Notes 
Eglantine rose
Heliotrope
Rose
Base Notes 
Honey
Sandalwood
Tonka bean
White musk04/02/2013
Sherapop
1239 Reviews
Sherapop
5
Delightful and Doughy Violet Soliflore
Given that I love violets, my credibility on evaluations of violet perfumes might seem questionable, but I adduce as evidence of my capacity to judge these creations my abject detestation of Guerlain INSOLENCE.
Christiane Celle CALYPSO VIOLETTE is a natural-smelling violet soliflore inhabiting the same general neighborhood as the famous nineteenth-century creations Borsari VIOLETTA DI PARMA and Berdoues VIOLETTES DE TOULOUSE. This particular version on the simple, naturally sweet violet theme (which involves basically a massive dose of ionones) offers more of a doughy quality than I've found in the others. I like the scent, and I have no idea what causes it, but it really does smell like dough. It's more natural smelling than Playdoh, so I don't want to say that this bears any resemblance to the ultimate Playdoh perfume, Dior HYPNOTIC POISON, but there is a chewy texture and the detectable scent of raw bread dough. Another perfume I'd be quick to distinguish CALYPSO VIOLETTE from is Thierry Mugler EAU DE STAR, which has a super-salient dough note but is salty and entirely devoid of violets.
I am happy that there are choices even within what may seem to be the simple category of violet soliflores. One virtue of CALYPSO VIOLETTE is that it has better longevity than most of the others I've tried. Perhaps the doughiness prevents the olfactory fatigue known to be induced by big blasts of ionones... In any case, I like this version quite a lot.
Christiane Celle CALYPSO VIOLETTE is a natural-smelling violet soliflore inhabiting the same general neighborhood as the famous nineteenth-century creations Borsari VIOLETTA DI PARMA and Berdoues VIOLETTES DE TOULOUSE. This particular version on the simple, naturally sweet violet theme (which involves basically a massive dose of ionones) offers more of a doughy quality than I've found in the others. I like the scent, and I have no idea what causes it, but it really does smell like dough. It's more natural smelling than Playdoh, so I don't want to say that this bears any resemblance to the ultimate Playdoh perfume, Dior HYPNOTIC POISON, but there is a chewy texture and the detectable scent of raw bread dough. Another perfume I'd be quick to distinguish CALYPSO VIOLETTE from is Thierry Mugler EAU DE STAR, which has a super-salient dough note but is salty and entirely devoid of violets.
I am happy that there are choices even within what may seem to be the simple category of violet soliflores. One virtue of CALYPSO VIOLETTE is that it has better longevity than most of the others I've tried. Perhaps the doughiness prevents the olfactory fatigue known to be induced by big blasts of ionones... In any case, I like this version quite a lot.
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