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Violet

Violet: the powdery, woody-floral smell of violets (and of orris).

On record here, the word is carried by Iso E Super, α-irone. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading.

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Term
violet
perfumery convention

the trade’s shared vocabulary; no single source

the trade’s shared vocabulary; the word as the records and sources use it

confidence B

Family
floral
perfumery convention

Classification of 1. top notes: a) citrus, b) aldehydic, c) fruity, d) green and e) herbaceous/herbal, 2. heart notes: a) floral light, b) floral green, c) floral fresh, d), floral fruity, e) floral heavy and f) floral woody and 3. bottom notes: a) aromatic, b) balsamic, c) moss/leather/animalic, d) musk, e) amber and f) wood.

ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A · read 2026-09-30

the family name as the published classification the review gives (top, heart and bottom notes) spells it

confidence B

Definition
The powdery, woody-floral smell of violets (and of orris).
house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary

confidence C

Also written
violet-like
as used

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the words the carriers below use for this term; each carrier names its own source

confidence B

Carried by
  • Iso E Super (as used: “violet”)
    documented

    Iso E Super® (33) | 59056-94-9 | woody, floral, ambergris, violet, old-wood, lemony (500 ng L−1)

    ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A · read 2026-09-30

    the descriptors of Table 1 of the review for rac-33

    confidence A

  • α-irone (as used: “violet-like”)
    documented

    The orris resinoid is obtained by benzene extraction or using petroleum ether from comminuted dried rhizomes; cis-γ-irone and cis-α-irone are the compounds responsible for the violet-like scent [162].

    GC-4 · Crișan I · read 2026-09-30

    GC-4: cis-γ-irone and cis-α-irone are “the compounds responsible for the violet-like scent”

    confidence B

Related terms
In teaching accords

Sources

  1. ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A. Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2019;15:2590–2602. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.252 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
  2. GC-4 · Crișan I. The Genus Iris Tourn. ex L.: Updates on Botany, Cultivation, Novel Niches and Impactful Applications. Plants (Basel) 2025;14(18):2870. DOI 10.3390/plants14182870. PMID 41012022. PMCID PMC12473546. doi.org/10.3390/plants14182870 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY (open access, MDPI, as the article states); short quotes only, the text is not filed

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this record as data: /data/descriptor/violet.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence B