Welcome to the perfume room. My scent of the day today is Miofusione violinere. Now this was one of the many sons that I discovered recently at Monk 13 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

They also have a store in Sag Harbor, so if you live in or near or ever visit either of these places, it is a must visit.

They carry so many niche brands.

It's truly a breathtaking curation.

And they organize their sense similarly

to how I do in my own wardrobe, which is by scent profile. So if you can hone in on what it is

that you are looking for or what you like or maybe you even just want to understand a particular

scent profile better than you currently do, each tray offers a sort of in-depth

study of said category. And violineri was on their powdery floral tray, and it was a love at first

sniff for me. I rarely buy fragrances on the spot, but the second I smelled violinerre, I knew I would be leaving with it.

It opens with a perfect, waxy, buttery, chalky oris,

an incredible combination of cool tone, high-pitched bird-songy ionones

and warm, creamy earthiness.

About 15 minutes in, the oris makes way for what I think is the

true star of this fragrance, violet. A sort of sharp, more powdery, makeupy floral emerges, but it still

feels very fleshy, very lived in, almost like a dressing room where smells of sweaty, hot bodies, lipstick and makeup powders have sort of

baked themselves into the walls and carpet. Now, interestingly enough, I have smelled a few other

dressing room-esque scents, whether they are specifically inspired by that moment in time or just

incidentally evoke it.

Sense where lipsticky notes are intentionally paired with bodily ones like cumin or patchuli

or musk or ambrette.

Violineri, I will go on record.

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