Perfume Parlour 2018 EDP

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Violet Wood

Name: Violet Wood Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Violet Wood is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2018. Violet Wood opens with Orange and Pink Pepper, settles into a heart of Saffron, and dries down to a base of Woody Notes and Oud. Perfume Parlour's Violet Wood carries a Favourite verdict, an elemental-led wear.

Perfume Parlour's Violet Wood chases Dior Purple Oud - the sparkling orange-and-pink-pepper opening over saffron and clean oud is recognisable, but this dupe loses the polished, shimmering wood and the elegant restraint that make the Privee original so wearable.

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Elegant
Refined
Confident
Sophisticated
Mysterious

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Inspired by

Purple Oud by Dior

57%

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Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Topas listed

Orange52%

Pink Pepper48%

Heartas listed

Saffron100%

Baseas listed

Oud61%

Woody Notes39%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Intimate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Fall Winter

Also Works:

Spring

The clean oud, saffron and warm woods suit autumn and winter, with the bright citrus-pepper opening keeping it wearable in spring.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Date Formal

Also Works:

Office Casual

Elegant and refined - well suited to evenings, dates and dressier formal occasions, and clean enough for the office; too rich for sport.

FAVOURITE

Violet Wood

EDP

Perfume Parlour · 2018 U

ScentArt

Elegant Refined Confident Sophisticated Mysterious

Top

Orange

Pink Pepper

Heart

Saffron

Base

Oud

Woody Notes

Longevity

Projection

Intensity

Mood Calming

EnergisingCalming

Character Serious

PlayfulSerious

Sentiment Brooding

UpliftingBrooding

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Ingredients and allergens

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About

Violet Wood opens bright and peppery, a vibrant accord of sweet orange and pink pepper that sets up the clean, approachable oud to follow. The heart introduces warm, exotic saffron threaded with agarwood, before the base settles into a smooth, sparkling oud wood - the polished, pencil-shaving woodiness that makes Dior Purple Oud the most wearable oud in the Privee line. This budget version follows the same playful, citrusy-spicy take on oud, sidestepping the heavy animalic smoke of traditional ouds. Against the original it renders flatter and a touch synthetic: the citrus-pepper top is weighted up, while the shimmering, refined oud-wood depth is dialled back into something simpler and more linear. Longevity is moderate where the original can run long, and projection stays on the personal side. As an elegant, approachable oud for autumn and winter evenings, the office and dressier occasions it captures the clean-oud appeal; just without the luminous polish of the real Purple Oud.