Ingredients · Green · top note
Violet leaf absolute
Intense green cucumber-watermelon and crushed leaf, with earthy, peppery depth.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from solvent-extracted leaves of sweet violet.
- Where it comes from
- France, Egypt
- When you smell it
- Top notes: when you spray it.
- What perfumers do with it
- Adds vivid, natural green-cucumber freshness; iconic in fresh masculines and green florals.
- Worth knowing
- It smells nothing like violet flowers; its signature molecule, 2,6-nonadienal, is the same one that smells of cucumber.
- Known in
- L'Origan (Coty, 1905); 1000 (Jean Patou, 1972)
- Also called
- Viola odorata leaf absolute
Named by the house, not on the label, in 91
Born in Roma UomoValentino · “Violet Leaf”
Santal 33Le Labo · “violet”
LaytonParfums de Marly · “Violet”
Dia WomanAmouage · “Violet Leaves”
Reflection WomanAmouage · “Water Violet”
Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · “Violet Leaves”
Dia 40 WomanAmouage · “Violet Leaves”
Suede IbriAmouage · “Violet”
Beloved WomanAmouage · “Violet”
J'adoreDior · “violet”
Ombré LeatherTom Ford · “VIOLET FLOWER”
Mojave GhostByredo · “Violet”
DaisyMarc Jacobs · “White Violet”
HerBurberry · “violet”
Touch for MenBurberry · “violet leaves”
Stronger With YouArmani · “violet leaves”
Bal d'AfriqueByredo · “Violet”
PleasuresEstée Lauder · “Violet Leaves”
FahrenheitDior · “Violet”
Violette 30Le Labo · “white violet”
Detour NoirAl Haramain · “Violet”
Hawas ViperRasasi · “Violet”
Vulcan FeuFrench Avenue · “Violet”
CarbonAjmal · “Violet”
Musk MubakharArabian Oud · “Violet Blossom”
Oud Satin MoodMaison Francis Kurkdjian · “Violet”
Chance Eau SplendideChanel · “violet”
Acne Studios par Frédéric MalleFrédéric Malle · “violet”
Aventus for HerCreed · “violet”
Millésime ImpérialCreed · “Violet Leaves”
GanymedeMarc-Antoine Barrois · “violet”
Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar 42Kayali · “Violet Leaves”
Dylan Blue Pour HommeVersace · “Violet leaves”
Daisy Eau So FreshMarc Jacobs · “Violets”
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · “Violet”
Bal d'Afrique AbsoluByredo · “Violet accord”
White LinenEstée Lauder · “Violet”
I WillArmani · “Violet Leaves”
InsolenceGuerlain · “Violet accord”
Mojave Ghost AbsoluByredo · “Violet”
AnimaliqueByredo · “Violet”
Gris DiorDior · “violet”
CarminaCreed · “Violet”
La Vie Est Belle L'ElixirLancôme · “velvety violet”
1 Million RoyalRabanne · “violet leaves”
Million Gold ElixirRabanne · “Violet Leaves”
Cherry PunkRoom 1015 · “Violet”
You DouxGlossier · “sweet violet”
Féminin PlurielMaison Francis Kurkdjian · “Violet”
À la RoseMaison Francis Kurkdjian · “Violet”
BlancheByredo · “Violet”
Red Roses CologneJo Malone London · “crushed violet leaves”
Fortuitous FinleyPenhaligon's · “Violet Leaves”
Because It's YouArmani · “Violet leaves accord”
Eau de CèdreArmani · “violet leaf”
Jaïpur HommeBoucheron · “Violet”
L'HommeYSL · “violet leaves”
TuxedoYSL · “Violet Leaf Accord”
Bottled NightHugo Boss · “African violet”
CK OneCalvin Klein · “violet”
EuphoriaCalvin Klein · “black violet”
Explorer PlatinumMontblanc · “violet leaf”
Red DoorElizabeth Arden · “wild violets”
RomanceRalph Lauren · “white violet leaves”
Tommy GirlTommy Hilfiger · “Butterfly Violets”
Reaction For HerKenneth Cole · “Violet Leaves”
Black For HimKenneth Cole · “violet leaf”
BibliothèqueByredo · “Violet”
Eden Sparkling Lychee 39Kayali · “Candied Violet”
PegasusParfums de Marly · “Violet Leaves”
NoMadBond No. 9 · “Violet Leaves”
Dama BiancaXerjoff · “Violet”Opulent DubaiLattafa · “Violet”Fakhar BlackLattafa · “Violet”Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · “Violet leaves”
Club de Nuit MilestoneArmaf · “Violet”Barakkat Satin OudFragrance World · “violets”Nitro RedDumont · “violet blossoms”
Stallion 53Emper · “Violet”
Shiyaaka for MenKhadlaj · “Violet”
Iris DebonairCreed · “Violet Leaf & Fig Pulp Accord”
Havana TonkaByredo · “Violet”
PalatineParfums de Marly · “Violet”
Iris PoudreFrédéric Malle · “violet”
B683Marc-Antoine Barrois · “Violet Leaf”
LilyphéaDiptyque · “violet leaves”
Room ServiceVilhelm Parfumerie · “Violet”
Yes I Am The King IconGeparlys · “Violet”
Game of Spades BidJo Milano Paris · “Violet”
NefsNishane · “violet”
Green Irish TweedCreed · “Violet”Sources