Via Lanvin

By the editors · 2 min readViolet leaf opens cool and slightly metallic, its green edge slicing through bergamot's bright citrus sparkle to create an immediate aldehydic lift. The heart layers jasmine's indolic richness with ylang-ylang's banana-custard creaminess, while lily of the valley injects aqueous transparency and narcissus contributes a hay-like dryness that preventses the white florals from becoming cloying. Sandalwood and vetiver emerge early, the wood's milky smoothness buffering the grass's rooty bitterness, while amber slowly warms the composition from beneath without adding overt sweetness. Virginia cedar sharpens the dry-down, its pencil-shaving dryness extending the green theme against skin, as musk blurs edges into a powdery skin-scent finish that maintains the violet-through-woody continuum. Projection stays polite but persistent, making it office-appropriate yet present enough for evening, while the green-woody spine reads equally convincing in spring air-conditioned interiors or mild outdoor weather.