Imagine walking by an old fashioned candy store stocked to the brim with all sorts of candied and sugared confections to delight your eyes and nose. I dont mean Hershey's kisses but the real candy. Turkish sweets and marzipan and candied gloriousness and the sweetest of them all would be the sweet smell of candied violets as the C. Howard Violet Candies and gum sweets of old.
Some are not fans of those violet candies and find them too sweet and overpowering. Reasons as to why I love them so much! I have memories of always digging through my Father's jean jacket with the shearling lining for his hidden violet candies. To this day that smell reminds me of my Father. This is why nothing is so thought provoking as this sweet smell. It literally takes me back to being a young girl excited to see her Father come home from a long journey away.
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Guerlain's Insolence Eau de Parfum is the sweetest powdery violet I think you can find anywhere. It's such a beautiful warm and comforting perfume. Its a swirling air of feminity wrapped around me like a cashmere shawl. Soft and sweet as it envelopes you in its Victorianesque aura. Purple is the perfect shade for this juice. The color and the sweet liquid inside fits to perfection. If you are a girly girl inside and out then give this flower bomb a try. This truly is a flower bomb. I've yet to smell anything remotely like this is power, beauty and projection. This literally lasts all day on me. Hours later I can still catch faint wafts of violet candies when the wind blows by me.
Insolence Eau de Parfum was launched in 2008 and was created as a more intoxicating version of the Eau de Toilette. It indeed succeeds in being the stronger and more exhuberant sister to the Edt version. According to the notes listed its main accords of stimulating iris and seductive violets abound in this perfume. Though I haven't smelled the Edt as I have the Edp, I can only imagine it being a less intense version of this one. A good two sprays if that will last all day long. Be aware that this is not one I would rush to spray and then leave to go out. It's very potent and its sillage and lasting power pack a powerful punch! So sprayer and wearer beware. Frangantica lists this perfume as being created for an eccentric and chic woman. I suppose I can see that, but from my point of view there's not much sexy about this perfume. Perhaps because of my memory associated with violets this makes me feel very young and innocent when I wear this. It seems to me to be youthful and like the name attests....insolent. I adore this!
I doubt that there is any better play on violets than Guerlain's Insolence in Edp. I'd be interested in what violet scents you've tried and liked. Although I think I am forever smitten with my pretty little purple bottle of violet ambrosia that is Insolence.
