Note · Flowers
Violet
Viola odorata
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The scent of the violet flower is too fragile to extract: it is recreated with ionones, molecules discovered at the end of the nineteenth century. They give a powdery, sweet, fresh scent. The leaf, for its part, is extracted for its watery green.
What it brings
A powdery, slightly vintage softness that tempers woods and echoes orris.
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Material profile
- Family
- Flowers
- Nature
- Synthetic molecule
- Botanical name
- Viola odorata
- Origin
- The flower is recreated with ionones; the leaf is extracted in Egypt and France.
- How it is obtained
- Laboratory synthesisVolatile solvent extraction
- On Volute
- 49 fragrances
The fragrances that reveal it
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