My Queen (2005)
by Alexander McQueen

I was hoping for something as interesting and, possibly, shocking as Kingdom, and I am seriously disappointed for two reasons: First, My Queen is not anywhere near as edgy as Kingdom – it plays it safe and it seems to forget or negate the McQueen message of revolt and audacity. Second: violet. I dislike most violet notes and there just seems to be too many fragrances nowadays that feature the violet. To my nose, the violets dominate for the first third of the fragrance, making the first third quite annoying. Underneath the violet note is a strong sweet almond (almond is another note used too often recently) and a rather strong heliotrope. There are some patchouli, vanilla, and powder entering here and there into the top and the heart notes, but they remain minor players to my nose. The main players are the violet and almond until the drydown. The base is the nicest part of all because the cedar, and, to a lesser extent, the patchouli temper the excess sweetness and provide a pleasant, long lasting, but not excessively exciting end to My Queen… I remain disappointed…

Violets are easy to screw up, and this one teeters on the border. Very rich violets. I enjoy it on occasion, but definately sample before purchasing.

Powder + synthetic violets. Featureless.

This is a staple in my wardrobe, I love it. It opens up with the violets, they are nearly over powering to start off. As the violets mellow down (but they don't go away!), soft and rich vanilla kicks in, and to me there´s warm milk and almonds in there somewhere too. Stunning, absolutely stunning. I can't wear it when it's too hot outside though, it's too much "in yer face" mixed with the heat.

I finally got my perfume...(for now;-))
At first you can smell the violets with a blend of almonds/heliotrope but then you notice a note of pepper. I love it! I just keep spraying it;-)
Just when you think the perfume is gone it resurfaces and suprises you.
Pitty it is not advertised.

I own a decant of this and I love it! It's very sweet, but there's also something sharp about it. It's a violet perfume that I can wear! I can't wear Angel Violet for some reason it goes sour on me, but this is very nice!