Feminine · EDP
Inspired by Matiere Premiere Vanilla Powder.
RiiFFS Fleurie Violette is an oriental floral gourmand Eau de Parfum built around a rose and white flower opening over cashmere wood, a creamy coconut and vanilla bean heart, and a warm tonka bean, musk and mineral amber base, positioned in the fragrance community as an accessible take on the coconut vanilla gourmand direction popularised by Matiere Premiere Vanilla Powder. Product Overview Fleurie Violette was launched by RiiFFS Perfumes in 2025 as part of the brand's Fleurie line, sitting alongside its sibling release Fleurie Emerald Green, a citrus lemon gourmand, within a matched collection built around soft, dessert leaning compositions housed in the same visual bottle language. It is presented as an Eau de Parfum in a 100ml bottle, distributed through RiiFFS's own UK, UAE and international storefronts as well as a wide network of independent fragrance and Islamic goods retailers across the UK, Europe, India and the US. At the time of writing the fragrance is showing as out of stock on RiiFFS's own UK site and on several third party UK stockists, so no current confirmed UK GBP retail price is available for this listing; when it returns to stock, comparable RiiFFS 100ml Eau de Parfum releases in the Fleurie line have typically retailed in the low thirty pound range. Despite the name, which translates loosely to "flowering violet," the fragrance itself is not built around violet as a note at all, something fragrance community commentary has specifically called out, since the actual composition is a rose, white floral and cashmere wood opening moving into a distinctly gourmand coconut and vanilla heart rather than anything powdery-violet in character. Scent Profile Fleurie Violette opens with a soft blend of rose and white flowers lifted by cashmere wood, giving the first impression a clean, slightly woody floral character rather than anything overtly sweet. That restraint doesn't last long: the heart brings in coconut pulp and Madagascar style vanilla bean, and this is where the fragrance genuinely changes character, turning creamy, tropical and dessert like in a way that dominates the wear from the mid stage onward. The base settles into tonka bean, musk and mineral amber, adding a warm, slightly powdery sweetness that rounds out the coconut and vanilla rather than pushing further into gourmand territory. Fragrantica's main accord breakdown for the release lists vanilla, amber, rose, sweet, musky, white floral, coconut, powdery, woody and balsamic as the dominant characteristics, which matches the lived experience of the composition closely: a rose and wood opening that gives way almost entirely to a vanilla coconut heart and a soft ambery, musky finish. Technical Structure and Development As a standard strength Eau de Parfum rather than an extrait, Fleurie Violette is built to be an easy, wearable gourmand rather than a heavy, dense one. The rose, white flower and cashmere wood top notes are present mainly to soften the transition into the coconut and vanilla heart, and they fade relatively quickly, typically within the first twenty to thirty minutes, handing over to the fragrance's real identity. The coconut pulp and vanilla bean heart is where most of the composition's character and longevity come from, and it develops slowly rather than blooming all at once, building in richness over the first hour or so of wear. The tonka bean, musk and mineral amber base is a soft landing rather than a dramatic one, designed to extend the vanilla coconut impression through the day without introducing a sharply different final stage, which is typical of RiiFFS's approach to its gourmand leaning feminine releases. Performance Independent retailer and community commentary describes Fleurie Violette as a fragrance with solid, moderate longevity typical of the RiiFFS EDP tier, generally landing in the range of 6 to 8 hours on skin, with projection strongest through the coconut and vanilla heart stage before settling into a closer, warmer skin scent through the tonka and amber base. It behaves best in cooler weather and indoor settings where the coconut vanilla warmth has room to sit close to the skin without becoming cloying, though its lighter EDP concentration keeps it from feeling heavy even in milder conditions. This is not a fragrance built for aggressive projection or maximum longevity claims; it reads as a comfortable, everyday gourmand rather than a statement scent. Wear Scenarios - Casual daytime wear where a soft, comforting coconut vanilla presence suits the mood - Autumn and winter wear, where the tonka bean and amber base performs at its warmest - Cosy indoor settings, dates and low key social occasions rather than large formal events - Layering with plainer vanilla or musk body products to extend the gourmand character - Anyone drawn to the coconut vanilla gourmand genre looking for an accessible entry point Scent Family Positioning Fleurie Violette sits in the oriental floral gourmand family, anchored by its vanilla, amber, coconut, musky and powdery accord profile with a light rose and white floral top note providing the only real floral presence in an otherwise dessert leaning composition. Within RiiFFS's own catalogue it reads as one of the brand's softer, more casual feminine releases, positioned closer to comfort scent territory than to the brand's more structured florals like Rose De Soleil or Prive Rose, and it shares its collection identity with Fleurie Emerald Green, a brighter citrus gourmand built on lemon, caramel and vanilla rather than coconut. Inspired By and Style Comparisons Fragrance community discussion around Fleurie Violette, including a short form social post promoting the release, names Matiere Premiere Vanilla Powder as the reference point for the composition, and this tracks closely with the actual note profile: Vanilla Powder is built on coconut powder, heliotrope, Madagascar vanilla, vanilla absolute, white musk and lactones, an accord set (vanilla, powdery, musky, woody, sweet, coconut) that overlaps almost exactly with Fleurie Violette's own vanilla, amber, sweet, musky, coconut and powdery main accords. A separate US retailer listing for the fragrance independently references Matiere Premiere alongside rose and white floral notes in its own product keywords, which is a second, independent point landing on the same comparison rather than a single unverified claim. This should be read as a genuine but still developing community consensus rather than an official RiiFFS marketing claim, since RiiFFS's own product copy does not name Matiere Premiere directly and instead describes the release only in general terms as "bold and unconventional." Worth flagging plainly: this is not a rose or violet focused composition despite the branding, and buyers expecting a traditional violet floral in the vein of a classic powdery violet fragrance should know upfront that the actual experience is a coconut vanilla gourmand with a brief floral opening. Flankers and Variations Fleurie Violette's direct sibling within the collection is Fleurie Emerald Green, released alongside it in 2025 as a citrus forward lemon, caramel and vanilla gourmand rather than a true flanker sharing the same base. No extrait, parfum or other concentration variant of Fleurie Violette itself has launched at the time of writing, and the fragrance remains available only in the standard 100ml Eau de Parfum format. Market and Community Reception Reception has centred on short form video content rather than long form written reviews, with TikTok and YouTube fragrance creators covering Fleurie Violette specifically within "new fragrance dupes" and "perfume review" formats alongside its Fleurie Emerald Green sibling, treating the pair as a coordinated pair of releases worth covering together in the same way RiiFFS itself markets them as a matched collection. Community commentary has been notably direct about correcting expectations set by the name, with at least one social post explicitly stating the fragrance "is not about violet flowers," steering buyers toward its actual coconut vanilla gourmand identity rather than a violet floral one. As a 2025 release from a high output Middle Eastern scent house, Fleurie Violette is still building an independent review base on Fragrantica, currently sitting around the low sixties in vote count with a rating just above 4 out of 5, respectable numbers for a release still in its first year but not yet the volume of RiiFFS's longer established bestsellers.