Violet Leaves

Violet leaves have a dramatically different scent from violet flowers. While the blooms are sweet and powdery, the leaves are sharply green, cool, and slightly metallic with a cucumber-like freshness and a distinctive waxy quality.

Violet leaf absolute is one of the most striking green notes in perfumery, providing a crisp, almost icy green character that is immediately recognizable. In fragrances, violet leaf adds a sophisticated, cool green quality that feels elegant and slightly masculine.

It is used to create sharp contrasts with warmer base notes and adds a fresh, natural dimension to floral and chypre compositions. Violet leaf is a signature note in many classic and modern fougère and chypre fragrances.

It pairs beautifully with iris, vetiver, moss, citrus, and woods. The metallic, green coolness of violet leaf is completely unique in perfumery and cannot be replicated by any other single ingredient.