ms eden,
You might have some trouble with that - finding a violet scent. I've talked to someone who's told me that the scent is not easy to obtain (the volatile oil) and because the REALLY strong smelling flowers are usually wild, that makes it even more difficult to capture. I don't know if it is easy or difficult to make a synthetic version. If I find an online source, I'll pass along the link.

Maybe it was Quelques Violettes by Houbigant??? It's difficult to find and it's expensive. I can only find Quelques Fleurs at Nieman Marcus (it's really pretty) but it costs about $170.00 for 3.3 oz, so Violettes would probably be around the same I'd guess. Anyway, as far as commercial scents go, Quelques Fleurs is the only one I really like :) (by the way, there are other sites around where you can purchase it cheaper, you just need to watch how old it might be).

I love violet. But let me tell you the sad tale of my quest. There is no violet flower absolute. None. Not since the 19th century when ionone was synthesized, one of the very first synthetic florals. It is just too expensive to harvest all those tiny little flowers which do not produce much apparently. Maybe one of the very special Grasse perfume houses has a tiny little stash of it somewhere but we will never see it, alas. However, you can get a very nice violet LEAF absolute which has a lovely green cucumber, fading to soft violet scent. Or try orris butter which has a woody violet scent.
Meanwhile, back to the synthetics... Bedoues makes a fairly nice Violette de Toulouse which has a traditional parma violet fragrance. Borsari Violetta di Parma is also nice though much greener. I used to grow violets so I can say that none of these perfumes really captures the depth of the true flower but they are suggestive of violets.

I stick with Yardley's April Violets. It has a sweet and natural smell to it- not at all musky. I have used perfume oils before, and they have an almost bitter smell to them.