Wow, this was love at first sniff. The powdery violets, the powdery chocolate. Great silliage and longevity. I can still smell it on myself when I wake up. Simply beautiful. Gourmand powdery heaven. Very Sweet. I adore this fragrance just don't go trigger happy it will start a life of its own lol it's a beast mode fragrances for sure, just a tiny delicate precious beast mode fragrance.

A beautiful hazelnut violet scent. Dries down to a warm vanilla, dark chocolate, light violet on the skin. Lasts 8-9 hours. A cozy, powder smell best for colder weather. Reminds me of chocolate covered violets sprinkled with a sweet powder. Delicious and comforting. You must like powder scents though.

The first spray is chocolate and a powdery blast of violet. Once it calms a little then the hazelnut rears its head. This is a many layered fragrance - sniff once you get milk chocolate, sniff again the violet is there and again the biscuity hazelnut. This is a gourmand at it's finest, for me at least, an unusual one and that's a plus. Choco Violet was a blind buy, I was half afraid I would get an expensive Angel Muse as, other than the violet, there are a lot of similar ingredients. Lucky for me there are zero similarities between the two. Projection: This is a soft one that draws you in but doesn't slap you around the face. Longevity: It seems to last forever on me - 6 hours and counting though that could be my skin type and also I like to spray on clothing. Sillage: My son asked me if I had been baking as I walked past him - I can't bake, baking doesn't feature on my skills list. Who this is best suited for: It smells very feminine to me but I don't feel fragrance has boundaries or recognises gender. Try this one, it's a hidden gem and one I will be repurchasing. 😙

Gradually, the notes of chocolate become softer, warmer, thicker, more aromatic - the feeling is like from a black chocolate bar on which the sun's rays fell and the aroma of chocolate went for a walk around the room :). Then it transforms into the aroma of chocolate cookies with toasted nuts in the dough itself and generously sprinkled on top - thoughts involuntarily arose to run to the store for such cookies :)) In the residual notes, a woody note is added to the nut cookies (already without chocolate). Pleasant gourmet. I can't call it 100% edible, the notes of the aroma don't cross this line, but they suggest delicious cookies :) For some reason I didn't hear Violet ..

It’s a nice scent, and not so powerful, so you can wear it almost whenever, but the problem is the drydown. It smells like a cheap vanilla body spray after the chocolate and violet notes fly off. The chocolate part is like a cocoa powder and doesn’t last over 40 min after you spray it. The violet comes out afterwards and stays for about 3h. The leftover vanilla makes me feel like it’s a cheaply made scent, so it’s not worth the price of a Mancera. At least, the top notes smell good! I’d layer this with Al-rehab Choco Musk to make it smell more « expensive ». I collect perfumes and the best Chocolate scents I’ve found is from Guerlain and Kyse.