Laura Mercier has added a sixth fragrance to the Eau Gourmande collection (you can see the first five here). Violette "is a delicate & sophisticated fragrance that is inspired by the delicate violet flower", and can be worn alone or layered with other bath & body products in the Eau Gourmande collection.
The fragrance notes include violet leaves, black currant, mimosa, peony, vetiver, musk and raspberry.
Laura Mercier Violette Eau Gourmande is $50 for 50 ml Eau de Toilette, and can be found at Nordstrom or Neiman Marcus.
Estee Lauder has released a new limited edition Pleasures Artist Edition:
Renowned artist, designer and innovator Kazumi Yoshida brings a whimsical touch to this delightful scent with a limited edition collector's bottle. [...]
"Be inspired by the little things in nature. It's one of life's true pleasures."
—Kazumi Yoshida
Estee Lauder Pleasures Artist Edition is available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum for $58. (via esteelauder)
Nice EL bottle! I like limited editions of bottles much more than of perfumes.
$50 for 50ml seems spectacularly cheap, after all the megabucks releases lately. Almost a Cheap Thrill! Are all these LM gourmands that price? Cynically, I'm wondering if the lasting power is hopeless, but I'm also thinking that anything with 'Violette' in the name will lure me to the counter as if on rails.
It is really pretty — I'd like to have one 🙂
LOL — isn't it funny when reasonably priced seems like a bargain? Yep, they're all that price.
The Laura Mercier sounds like just the thing to combat SAD.
I have the coconut one and I like it in the summer after a bath. Sadly, the lasting power is not that great. The gourmande part sounds a little strange with the violette.
Hi R,
Coincidentally, I happened to sniff this last night while we were walking through Nordies to get back to our car.
I have to be up front when I say I am in no way a violet lover. So, with that said, if anyone likes the smell of violets, then this is one you may want to try. I got nothing gourmand from it when I sniffed it from the bottle. It smells just like straight violet. Maybe on the skin it's different, but from the bottle, it's straight-on violet.
Carry on. 😉
Dawn
In this case, the gourmande is just the raspberry, perhaps? It certainly doesn't sound nearly as foody as the others in the collection.
So far, this winter has been so mild here — haven't yet started turning back to citrus, as I generally do around mid-January. But I'll get there before spring comes, I'm sure 🙂
Straight violet would make me very happy — I'll have to give it a try, thanks!
Violet is also a delicious flavor for sweets, liquor, tea, cocoa, and even yoghurt (okay, it is really more of a custard, but I buy it whenever I find it – it's by Mamie Nova) if you are in some places! I think it would be a lovely gourmande, but I also like eating rose-flavored things too.
Actually, I love her regular scents, especially Eau de Lune. It is lovely.
Have you tried it, R?
Hugs!
Violet yogurt sounds wonderful! Never seen it.
I haven't — isn't that terrible? I'll never catch up…
I think my position on gourmand violets has been clear for some time now. And raspberry? Hmm.
However, since it's at Nordie's and they are good people with a nice sample policy, I will add it to my to-sniff list.
If it turns out to be wonderful and I love it and even buy it, I'll alert the masses.
So agree about Nordies! They are the best. Do let me know how it is — you'll undoubtedly beat me there as I just went last week and not going again til next month, probably.
Ooh I second the Eau de Lune recommendation. It's really gorgeous and well worth sampling.
I haven't bothered with any of the gourmandise scents, because foody perfumes usually make me queasy. However the violet sounds very nice and non-foody, so I might give it a whirl!
I only tried the first set very quickly on cards, and they were pretty darned foody-sweet. Violette sounds like it might be less so, I'll give it a whirl too 🙂
I tried the Violette today, and found it to be a high-pitched jammy blackcurrant, and strangely artificial. I couldn't detect anything floral – the only thing Violette about it was the colour of the juice. It smelled to me as if a high proportion of synthetics had gone into it.
Thanks, wasn't really going to rush to the mall, but now I'll really take my time 😉
Glad I'm not the only one who didn't get violet from this. I tried it today at Nordstrom's; it was quite sweet and foody, but my nose didn't “find” the violets.
Double whammy. Not going to rush to try it.
I liked the violette when I first put it on.I don't know what I smelled in the end,but I didn't like it, it sure wasn't violette.I'm writing off the whole gourmand line too,while pleasant at first,it turns too foodsy on me.
They do tend to be sweet & foody, although I found the Violette less foody than most of them. Sweet though!