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· September 19, 2007 10:15 AM by
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Posted by Dain, Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:22 AM (Eastern)
Every time I try something that declares itself tuberose, I am hoping that it'll match up to Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle, which must soon be identified an enemy against America or something, because nothing gets in the way of the American consumer. Tubéreuse Couture is what I expected Bond No. 9 Chinatown to be (which itself turned out to smell like eau de skank for the Limited-Too crowd): the creaminess of white flowers accented by bright and happy fruits. The only apparent fruit in the given notes is kalamanzi, a citrus, so it is unclear to me why it smells so much of peach, but whatever it is, it seems to disappear after ten minutes and is taken over by the sugar cane, while ylang-ylang and tuberose dance a jig center stage. It makes me think of Rio, harsh urban reality in lush tropical paradise. I will never, absolutely never purchase this perfume, though I think it well executed for what it is. I just hate fruity scents.
Notes: kalamanzi oil, green jasmine shoots, ylang-ylang, sugar cane, Indian tuberose, Sumatra benzoin, papyrus.
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September 19, 2007 10:15 AM,
Haven't sampled Tubéreuse Couture. But have tried Tuberosa by Profumum. It's quite nice.
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