Aidees, Devon Violets, 30 ml. or 1 oz. Flacon, Pure Parfum Extrait, 1920, 1950, Tourquay, England ..

Violets likely originated in North Africa and are now cultivated in the south of France, England and in Italy. During the Napoleonic war a French soldier, who was also a gardener, found the lovely fragrant violets while on tour in Italy. This young man had left a wife at home in Toulouse and he brought enough back, perhaps carried in his knapsack, for them to plant together. The violets thrived in the area and now surround this beautiful countryside with a skirt of purple flowers each spring.

Victorians had a deep love for violets. Violet scents were incredibly popular in Victorian toiletries. They ate violets, candied, in cakes and pastries, and violets were at the heart of the cut flower boom: violet-sellers would stand on street corners, selling nosegays and bunches which women pinned to their dresses, or men tucked in their hat brims or wore on their lapels. And Victorian women – who were big on that so-feminine hobby of flower-pressing – pressed violets into scrapbooks, picked on leisurely country walks through woods where violets flourished.

Violet is a staple of the perfumer's palette, deep, rich and alluring. Lownd's Violet is completely natural, which inevitably adds a greater depth and complexity to the scent. And like all lovely English florals, makers seek to recreate the experience of the living flower, not some reduced, redacted or perfumed version of the living flower. They want to deliver the real experience of Violet in nature.

Napolean's Josephine wore Violet perfume because of one unique quality; the chemical ionone, which makes the scent "disappear" to the nose, then "reappear" later. Josephine's was the first recorded case of using this lovely trick deliberately to make herself more alluring.

Violet perfumes are polarizing. They can smell green, sweet, dry, fresh, out dated or modern. Violet pretty's face and delicate leaves conceal a complex fragrance. She is a multi-faceted floral.. the very definition of violet with notes of delicate flowers, green stems, beautiful woods, and fresh leaves. Her scent has graced royalty and her fragrance is found in many, many perfumes.

Violet (Viola odorata) carries within flower and leaf the ionones that give the fragrance of the tiny flowers a floral sweetness with powdery and woody notes reminiscent of orris. The absolute of the flowers, which is extremely rare and expensive is an unparalleled and addictive scent. When the leaves themselves are extracted for scent, the green aroma is rich as a springtime woodland with nuances of cucumber, water, and metal.

Violet perfumes are polarizing. They can smell green, sweet, dry, fresh, out dated or modern. Violet pretty's face and delicate leaves conceal a complex fragrance. She is a multi-faceted floral .. the very definition of violet with notes of delicate flowers, green stems, beautiful woods, and fresh leaves. Her scent has graced royalty and her fragrance is found in many, many perfumes.

Notes include Bergamot, Violet, Violet Leaves, Cyclamen, Almond Blossom, Lily of the Valley, Iris, Sandalwood, Lilac, and Musk.

Aidees first made the original Devon Violets scent in the 1920s. I am delighted to present this most distinctive and well-loved perfume, still produced by the original manufacturers. It is barely used and is almost full. The lovely painting on the milk glass bottle and the scent is still sublime!