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OUR NEW ARRIVAL FOR CHRISTMAS
Soliflore
VIOLA
PARFUM • 100 ML
The real violet, not the idea of it.
Viola Vittoria, flowers and leaves: pure extracts of nature.
€ 230
Available from 9 November
OUR NEW ARRIVAL FOR CHRISTMAS
VIOLA
Soliflore
VIOLA
PARFUM • 100 ML
The real violet, not the idea of it.
Viola Vittoria, flowers and leaves: pure extracts of nature.
€ 230
Available from 9 November
BOTANICAL STUDY NO. 1
The violet
FLOWER
ORIGIN
PARTS USED
EXTRACTION
Viola Vittoria, a double-flowered Parma violet
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, in the hills behind Grasse
Flower and leaf, from a whole flowering
Flower absolute by enfleurage in shea butter · leaf absolute
The violet is the most fleeting of flowers: its scent is delicate and hard to capture. This is why, in today’s perfumery, it is almost always reconstructed with synthetic molecules.
For Soliflore I took another path: enfleurage, the ancient method in which the petals slowly release their scent into a fat. In place of the animal fat once used, no longer in use today, I chose shea butter. It is long, rare work, but it keeps the flower as it is.
The violet is Viola Vittoria, grown in Tourrettes-sur-Loup, above Grasse, where I work in the laboratories where it is extracted. I use both flower and leaf: flower absolute by enfleurage and leaf absolute.
Nothing added: only the violet.
The flower, in its purity. — Maria Candida Gentile
BOTANICAL STUDY NO. 1
The violet
FLOWER
Viola Vittoria, a double-flowered Parma violet
ORIGIN
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, in the hills behind Grasse
PARTS USED
Flower and leaf, from a whole flowering
EXTRACTION
Flower absolute by enfleurage in shea butter · leaf absolute
The violet is the most fleeting of flowers: its scent is delicate and hard to capture. This is why, in today’s perfumery, it is almost always reconstructed with synthetic molecules.
For Soliflore I took another path: enfleurage, the ancient method in which the petals slowly release their scent into a fat. In place of the animal fat once used, no longer in use today, I chose shea butter. It is long, rare work, but it keeps the flower as it is.
The violet is Viola Vittoria, grown in Tourrettes-sur-Loup, above Grasse, where I work in the laboratories where it is extracted. I use both flower and leaf: flower absolute by enfleurage and leaf absolute.
Nothing added: only the violet.
The flower, in its purity. — Maria Candida Gentile
ONE FLOWER, FROM TOP TO BASE
The notes
TOP
Violet accord
the violet that opens first, luminous
HEART
Viola Vittoria
the flower: powdery, sweet, lightly candied
BASE
Violet leaf
a deep, shadowy green that settles on the skin and stays
ONE FLOWER, FROM TOP TO BASE
The notes
TOP
Violet accord
the violet that opens first, luminous
HEART
Viola Vittoria
the flower: powdery, sweet, lightly candied
BASE
Violet leaf
a deep, shadowy green that settles on the skin and stays
SOLIFLORE
The botanical study
Soliflore was born from the wish to give back their dignity to the great flowers of perfumery, interpreting them in their purity.
Each fragrance is dedicated to a single flower, studied and composed with its true materials.
This is why Soliflore is conceived as an anthology: one flower after another, a study that grows over time. Viola is the first.
SOLIFLORE
The botanical study
Soliflore was born from the wish to give back their dignity to the great flowers of perfumery, interpreting them in their purity.
Each fragrance is dedicated to a single flower, studied and composed with its true materials.
This is why Soliflore is conceived as an anthology: one flower after another, a study that grows over time. Viola is the first.
