maybe you have smelled one by now, but if not, please do yourself a favor and try to find one. you being a tuberose lover are missing out by not having ever smelled the real thing. they are considered a scent of desire because they are so delicious, as in heavanly and euphoric not becaue it smells sexy like CF does. to smell a real tuberose makes for a better barometer when you test the various tuberose scents. it is a beautiful expression of tuberose, like a hybrid, but nothing like tuberose solo. in CF, tuberose definitely peeks through but only as part of the composition.
an incredible scent would fill up the restaurant from the minute they walked in the door. the first time i ever smelled tuberose was when lived in maui when the girls used to come into the restaurants selling leis. i've seen tuberose in wild oats and whole foods. it is an intoxicating scent in the way that honeysuckle andwhite ginger are. Hi robin, you owe it to yourself to smell a real tuberose. For buying information, see the listing for Frederic Malle under Perfume Houses. It has not, so far, inspired in me the same kind of fanatical devotion that I feel towards Fracas or Tubéreuse Criminelle, but I imagine I will end up with a bottle eventually.Ĭarnal Flower is $155 for 50 ml and $230 for 100 ml. It is stunningly beautiful, and another impressive release from a line that has yet to release a boring fragrance. It might be just the kind of fragrance to convert a tuberose-hater. It smells lush (and yes, rather sexy), but it doesn't scream about it the way that some white florals can. It is not quite bright, not quite warm, but somewhere in between. Although it is not a light perfume by any means, it is rather quiet for a tuberose. On the wrong day, either fragrance can feel like it is wearing you instead of the other way around.Ĭarnal Flower makes less of a statement. I think of Fracas as bright, sparkling and mischievous Tubéreuse Criminelle is at the opposite end of the spectrum - silky, cold and somewhat mysterious. My two favorite tuberose fragrances, Piguet Fracas and Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle, both have strong personalities, and both have their share of detractors. Many people find tuberose a difficult note to wear. It is the tuberose itself here that shines, and even those who think they don’t like tuberose should give Carnal Flower serious consideration. It is only lightly fruity, and no more than lightly sweet, and far from the tropical hothouse floral (or frozen fruit drink served at a resort nightclub) that you might imagine something with tuberose, coconut and melon might be (and that fragrance has already been done plenty of times, thank you). Likewise, the notes that sounded so worrisome to me in the advance notices - the coconut, the melon, the Juicy Fruit gum that Frederic Malle mentioned as an inspiration - all are mere whispers, hardly worth the mention. As the tuberose begins to peek though, the green notes fade into camphor, but it is very soft it warms and dulls the heady floral notes without calling attention to itself. Other notes include bergamot, melon, eucalyptus, ylang-ylang, jasmine, white musk cocktail, coconut, and orange blossom absolute.Ĭarnal Flower opens on heavy green notes, evoking the fragrance of crushed stems and leaves over mild citrus. Perfumer Dominique Ropion reportedly spent more than 2 years perfecting the formula, and it is said to have the highest concentration of tuberose of any perfume on the market. Carnal Flower is the latest fragrance release from Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums.
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