Violette a Deux Sous: created around 1890.. The name means "Twopenny Violet." This name refers to one of the first postage stamps, and is a clever pun by Guerlain, I think, for a perfume.
So what does it smell like? It was a violet soliflore fragrance for women with a base of vetiver. All types of violette perfumes were popular during the 19th century. Formulas for these perfumes appeared in several perfumery manuals and pharmacopeias during the period. The formulas were based on mixed blends to suggest the fresh odor of dewy violets. Natural extracts, infusions, absolutes and tinctures would have been used early on, but as the 19th century drew to a close, newly discovered synthetics and aroma compounds such as vanillin and methyl ionones would have been utilized. The general recipe included the following ingredients:
Fragrance Composition:
So what does it smell like? It was a violet soliflore fragrance for women with a base of vetiver. All types of violette perfumes were popular during the 19th century. Formulas for these perfumes appeared in several perfumery manuals and pharmacopeias during the period. The formulas were based on mixed blends to suggest the fresh odor of dewy violets. Natural extracts, infusions, absolutes and tinctures would have been used early on, but as the 19th century drew to a close, newly discovered synthetics and aroma compounds such as vanillin and methyl ionones would have been utilized. The general recipe included the following ingredients:
- Top notes: cassie, bitter almonds, bergamot, orange peel
- Middle notes: violet, rose, tuberose, ylang ylang
- Base notes: vetiver, orris, tolu balsam, vanilla, musk
The New York Times, 1901
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