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I feel reminded of Goethe's poem by the precious violet. A violet found in the forest, dug up with all its roots and replanted in the garden.
In Goethe's time, there were probably more violets in the forest, when you were still allowed to do that.

I have this association on the one hand because Caron's violet reminds me of a real fragrant violet in the garden. Years ago, I ordered a selection of three varieties that do not propagate, but come back every year and bravely stand up to the competition in the bed.
On the other hand, I find "Violette Précieuse" slightly spicy, which makes me think of forest. But so that no misconceptions arise: The perfume smells only of violets and not of forest

In fact, even without knowing the scents, I smell nothing but violets and musk.
Since there is no pyramid at Parfumo yet, here is the one from ALzD:

Top note: violet and iris
Heart note: musk and lily of the valley
Base note: sandalwood and raspberry

With this knowledge I say to myself:
Yeah, the creamy stuff must come from the iris,
the serious, unsweetened lily of the valley.
And now I also perceive the delicate touch of raspberry, it supports the authenticity of the violet fragrance. There's no sandalwood

I think this violet soliflor is a complete success. Nothing reminds me of violet pastilles. The precious violet is also the complete contrast to the power of Insolence. Instead, Caron's violet has much elegance and little sweetness. This makes it look fresh and natural.

Among the other fragrances from the Collection Privée that I know of, "Violette Précieuse" has an exceptional position because it is actually rather reserved. This also goes very well with a violet for me.

Nevertheless, the scent lasts for more than 6 hours and is very clearly perceptible in the first few hours. For me Caron's precious violet makes the blue ribbon of spring flutter very skilfully.

The original of this fragrance was developed by Ernest Daltroff in 1923, twelve years after his other daffodil fragrance, "Narcisse Noir". I don't know how it used to smell. Since Caron has reissued the fragrance in its 2017 Collection Privèe series, it may be similar to the old fragrance.

With the new editions of the Caron classics, the perfume house is continuing its traditions and paying tribute to its three house perfumers Ernest Daltroff, Michel Morsetti and Richard Fraysse (source: ALzD).

I've been testing one or two fragrances from this line lately. My impression is: Lightweights are not all these things. I also don't think they have much to do with the caron scents that Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez have torn away in their A-Z guide as pale shadows of the once great perfumes.

"Narcisse Noir" was the first fragrance I tested and found to be austere, of old-fashioned seriousness and complexity, tart, dense, animalistic.

If a fragrance is then called "Narcisse Blanc", one would expect a lighter, friendlier, more sweet fragrance as opposed to the darker one. A look into the pyramid also makes the expectation of a happy spring perfume possible.

Instead, "Narcisse Blanc" reveals itself to me as an Indian white-flowered humming hum. The start of an overflowing sultry fleshy orange blossom is too much of an edge for me for about three quarters of an hour - not to say: it stinks a bit in my nose.

It then changes into a bitter, serious, for me completely unsweet scent, in which orange blossom continues to dominate, accompanied by jasmine and very late I think I also perceive rose. The sandalwood in the pyramid is written in capital letters and I consider it to be the indolent reverberation of the white bloomers. I don't smell any lilacs. Traces of iris perhaps in the base.

Just a few months ago I couldn't do anything with such scents. After the extensive testing of ever sweeter biscuit and vanilla fragrances, however, a certain oversaturation has set in with me and the pendulum now strikes in another direction.
Anyway, I think "Narcisse Blanc" is wonderful at this stage, after the start is over. The fragrance lasts for more than 14 hours, in the first six hours with a clearly perceptible sillage, but not too much

I'm still not gonna draw in the scent. First, because of the first 45 minutes. And on the other hand because I like "Narcisse Noir" better with the greater variety of flowers, the citric sprinkles, its complexity and light animalism.

I thank you for the gift of this little sample and am glad that I could get to know this fragrance.

I've known this scent since before my perfume days. It was part of the best Advent calendar I've ever had - 24 lovingly selected samples, packed together with chocolates in small colourful fabric bags. The chocolates were eaten quickly, the scent samples accompanied me for almost a year.
I think that's how I got to Parfumo in the first place.

"Cassis" was one of my favorites from the calendar. It was clear that I would always pay attention when I read somewhere here: the scent smells of black currant. "Enchanted Forest" found its way into my collection, but not first because of the black Johanna, who is also in there.

But it couldn't be that the first black currant scent is also the best. There's got to be something else, right? - No, not so far.

This is because in countless scents black currants are listed as a scent - but then you can smell something indefinably berry-fruity, which has nothing to do with the unmistakable scent of real black currants.

In other scents that I've tested, there's cassis already, but either not dominant enough or combined with other notes that don't fit me so well. Or a kind of black currant, which lacks freshness and juice, which only have a dried concentrate.

It's true what Ergoproxy wrote here in his statement: In the "Cassis" all aspects of the currant bush are present:

- The juicy tart acidity of fresh black currants with the delicate touch of a slightly bitter tannin note.

- The green of the leaves on the shrub, which have nothing sweet between the fingers grated.

- The wood that has the scent of the fruit in it when chopped, but more spicy, more severe, slightly resinous.

One of my favorite scents. And Mr. Pritzkoleit wants to hire him. His website says he's still around for Christmas, not after. I hope he writes it every year for marketing purposes and doesn't mean it so seriously. Because from my point of view he would abolish the best of his scents.

So test him before it's too late! Or tell me a better one!

Actually I wanted to write something about Lehmann fragrances again, if the blog articles of Smellslike7 would have fallen into the fog of oblivion. Even indirectly I have no desire to correspond with it and do it now anyway. But it's a coincidence and has only to do with the fact that I'm forgetful myself and therefore want to describe my impressions freshly.

I have been wishing for Lehmann's carnation to be tested for some time, since I had Œillet Bengale and Fugit Amor under my nose and noticed that I probably like carnations in fragrances very much. While I feel the two mentioned complex and well composed - the Bengal sweet-floral, the Fugit Amor rather spicy-floral, Lehmann's carnation is for me a well hit Soliflor.

I smell carnations throughout, the scent of which is accentuated in its flowery intensity by clearly perceptible cloves. In the first two hours Lehmann's carnation has a room-filling Sillage. One of my sons asks what smells like Christmas here - there seems to be more clove in it than I thought. That reminds him of Christmas because of Christmas punch.

For me, however, the flower clearly predominates in its sweetness and not the spice. Both the Fugit Amor and the Lehmann Carnation seem cool to me. Carnation in the shade.

With the strong Sillage I would have counted on a lot of durability. But that's not the case. After the first 2 hours are over, the carnation gets closer and closer to the skin and smells in the drydown no longer carnation-lovely. After about 4 hours it is hardly still present, while Fugit Amor continues to fragrance bravely.

All in all a very nice spicy carnation soliflor, which I find cooling for sunny late summer evenings most suitable.

Many thanks for the sample, which now satisfies my curiosity and has let me get to know this beautiful fragrance.

my grandma used to say in the '90s. The context was different, to describe it here would lead too far, nevertheless the saying fits quite well as heading.

Karl Marx described the pursuit of profit in "Capital" as follows:

"With a corresponding profit, capital becomes bold. Ten percent sure, and one can apply it anywhere; 20 percent, it becomes lively; 50 percent, positively daring; for 100 percent, it stamps all human laws under its foot; 300 percent, and there is no crime that it does not risk, even at the risk of the gallows."

Do they know that about Armani as well?

"Armani Privé - Sable Or" was published in 2015 in a limited edition of 1,000 bottles. 100 ml cost 575 Euro. Despite the proud price, the perfume was sold out quite quickly. Here on Parfumo the fragrance is a familiar to many, I stumble over comparisons again and again (and draw them myself), how close another fragrance is to the Sable Or. Every now and then one finds inquiries in the Souk. Also for my nose it was a particularly beautiful fragrance.

So you could make a deal with a new edition. Why does Armani renounce it? A new edition would not be dangerous and would not bring anyone to the gallows.

It cannot be due to the expensive ingredients. In "Iris silver mist" you can smell much more iris and this is offered for a good 160 Euro per 100 ml.

For me, this only suggests one conclusion: my grandmother was right, capitalism is no longer what it was. At least not with Armani.