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Riiffs Fleurie Violette Eau de Parfum 100ml
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7–12 hours Lasting
Noticeable Scent trail
From 30+ wearer ratings
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Main AccordsScent family: Floral
- Vanilla100% , strength 100 percent
- Amber62% , strength 62 percent
- Rose50% , strength 50 percent
- Sweet47% , strength 47 percent
- Musky45% , strength 45 percent
- White floral40% , strength 40 percent
- Coconut40% , strength 40 percent
- Powdery38% , strength 38 percent
Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
How It Wears
Rated by 30+ wearersBuilt on vanilla, amber and rose. Wearers mostly rate it long lasting with noticeable projection. It is worn from day to night, mostly in cooler months.
Day or night
Worn from day into the evening.
Seasons
Product Details
TL;DR
- Floral gourmand, with a rose and white-flower opening
- Longevity: long lasting to eternal (71% combined, small sample)
- Sillage: moderate to strong, evenly split (small sample)
- Similar to: Vanilla Powder by Matiere Premiere
- Best for: cooler-weather wear, autumn and winter
Fleurie Violette opens on rose, white flowers and cashmere wood before vanilla bean and coconut move in, settling into tonka bean, amber and musk at the base. On a small sample, 71% of voters call longevity long lasting to eternal.
What Does Fleurie Violette Smell Like?
The opening is floral and soft, rose and white flowers sitting alongside cashmere wood, which gives the top a creamy, slightly woody edge rather than a sharp floral blast. The middle turns gourmand: vanilla bean and coconut bring a sweet, tropical-leaning warmth that shifts the fragrance away from a straightforward floral into something closer to a floral-gourmand. The base settles into tonka bean, amber and musk, closing on a warm, powdery-sweet accord that lingers well after the floral top has faded. Read start to finish, the shape moves from soft rose-floral, through a sweet coconut-vanilla heart, into a warm tonka-amber-musk close. Nothing in the note list points toward a sharp or green floral character; this reads as a soft, rounded floral throughout.
How Does It Develop Through the Day?
Early wear is led by rose and white flowers, softened by the cashmere wood so the floral opening never turns sharp. Within the first stretch, vanilla bean and coconut surface, and this sweet, creamy gourmand phase is where the fragrance spends much of its visible life. As it dries down, tonka bean, amber and musk take over, and the coconut fades into a warmer, more powdery finish. The scent arc runs from soft floral, through sweet gourmand, into a warm amber-musk close, without any sharp or unexpected turns along the way.
How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?
Longevity voting leans firmly toward the long-wearing end: 53% call it long lasting and 18% eternal, against 24% moderate, though Fragrantica flags this as a small sample, so treat it as indicative. Sillage voting splits evenly, 42% moderate and 42% strong, also on a small sample. Read together, they suggest a fragrance capable of lasting well and projecting clearly for at least part of the wear, translating roughly to several hours of noticeable presence rather than an all-day, room-filling performance, with the smaller vote count adding some uncertainty to that read.
What Season Is It For?
Season voting favours the cooler months: winter leads at 30%, autumn close behind at 27%, with spring at 26% and summer trailing at 16%. This is not a small sample, so it's a reasonably reliable pointer toward autumn and winter wear, where the warm vanilla-tonka-amber base reads as more fitting than in hot weather.
Is It for Men or Women?
Gender voting leans clearly female: 59% of voters call it female and a further 17% female-leaning, putting 76% of votes on the feminine side, though on a smaller sample. Fragrantica's own classification agrees, listing it as female. Given how consistently the vote sits on one side, it is positioned here as a women's fragrance.
What Is It Similar To?
Fleurie Violette shares its sweet, powdery-vanilla shape with Vanilla Powder by Matiere Premiere, both built around a soft, gourmand vanilla accord layered under a floral top rather than a heavier oriental structure. The comparison sits in that shared vanilla-powder character.
Who It's For
Fleurie Violette suits anyone after a soft, floral-gourmand fragrance built on rose and white flowers over a sweet vanilla-tonka base, rather than a sharp or green floral. With community voting favouring autumn and winter and a clearly feminine profile, it fits cooler-weather rotation for women who want warmth and sweetness without heaviness. The long-lasting performance reported by voters, even on a smaller sample, points to a fragrance that holds up well through a full day of wear.
- Brand
- Riiffs
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Size
- 100ml
- Gender
- Women
- Scent family
- Floral
- Longevity
- Long lasting
- Season
- Cooler months
- Best for
- Day to night
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