Hi Trail7 and clevercat, thanks for your replies! So the consensus seems to be that both are beautiful colours. In some pictures, DV looks a lot like raisin in certain lighting but that isn't the case huh... it's definitely a blue-based purple?
Re leather, I admit I'm partial to the older leathers. The leather on vert menthe, for instance - matte and not-so-soft - just doesn't invite caressing haha. But I'm hanging onto it because it's such a gorgeous chameleon colour and is so hardy to boot!
Yikkie, oh no; I thought I'd read that raisin has generally held up really well with no fading issues. Can any other raisin owners weigh in on this?