violet
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Dior’s J’Adore Intense captures the scent of solar flowers — jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, violet — right before they burst into fruit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
I dream of lizards, dark skies, sand dunes and sunsets streaked in rose-mauve and smoky violet, the air heavy with the scent of wet creosote and campfire smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
The show opened with a series of violet, green and silver sequined tops in a 1920s style -- reproductions of a bodice designed by early 20th-century French designer Paul Poiret who Anderson namechecked as inspiration.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
The consensus was someone who is warm, funny, loud, brash and larger than life, with jokes for the children and adults alike but they cannot be a shrinking violet.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
She was holding out two scrolls of parchment tied with violet ribbon.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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