Sweet Violets...

Little purple violets appear in my grass in early May.  A lot of wild low-growing plants, wild herbs and flowers do!  I purposely let the grass grow until these tiny flowers and green growing things are finished, before it is cut the first time.

The scent of violets is wonderful, of course!  BUT, it is illusive...  The essence of violet is very hard, if practically impossible for perfumers to capture.  Most perfume that is violet scented is a combination of wisteria and other flowers essences.

Violets come in purple and also white with purple veining.  They tend to go to white, and back and forth, in time...