Velvet Tuberose

I find this fragrance exceptional- heady creamy tuberose scent with excellent sillage and longevity. It evolves beautifully on my skin and I simply cannot get enough of it. I only have one bottle of EDP left and I use it sparingly. I understand why BBW discontinued this fragrance. It is out of place in their sea of sweet, cloying, mass produced scents. It probably did not do well sales-wise as fragrance sophisticates shy away from the store and its usual market shy away from such a fragrance. It is too big a fragrance for BBW. It might have become a cult classic though if housed by a big nose house. It was simply out of place at BBW- like McDonalds having a beluga caviar special amidst all the happy meals. Sad. I hope there is some way these good scents from bad homes be given a new start by getting them adopted by good home brands instead of just being dismissed and sent to the gas chamber.

This discontinued gem was gorgeous! I remember wearing this in high school and remembering how lovely it smelled. I'm not really a big white floral scent type of gal, but this one had me at hello! I really loved the creamy and soft edges of this perfume. Tuberose is kind of a soft, squishy, furry animal ready to bite your face off while simultaneously showing you love and affection. That's the deal with any white floral, they reel you in with their strong decisiveness, and then they keep you hooked with the intoxicating dry down of creamy white petals floating mid air. If you can get your hands on any of the forms of this scent might it be the body spray, lotion, body wash, bubble bath, or the coveted EDT, I wouldn't pass it up! Trust me, you won't be sorry.

This is one of the few things I wear from that store. Most of their scents are too cheap and namby pamby for me. This one is different. It actually clings to your clothes like quality fragrance. I use the bubble bath and body spray after my bath at night. Unfortunately, it is only available during the semi annual sale, but I stocked up! It really annoys me to go in that store, frequented mostly by young girls who wouldn't know quality scent if it knocked them in the head, ask for something they only started making a few years ago, and be told it is discontinued. My favorites scents are from the fifties and earlier. It is stupid to always be discontinuing something just because it is no longer the latest thing!

This is definitely a straight up tuberose scent. Disregard all other notes and drop any expectations of "velvet" because you will not get that. Although I do have to say, wearing it in the cooler months reminds of being wrapped in crimson velvet and feeling very sensual. So maybe that's where that "velvet" comes from. I am not sure. But I do know that I'm huge fan of this scent and am very disappointed I'm not able to buy it from B&BW anymore and those who are selling it on eBay are charging an arm and a leg for an EDP. Once my little bit has run out, I will have to find a new tuberose scent, which I'm guessing probably will not be too hard to find.

How I love this sparkling, creamy tuberose! I've got a bottle of this lotion but I'm really kicking myself for not picking up a few of the body mists when I had the chance. The lotion's scent is surprisingly long-lasting, so I don't like to layer it with other white floral perfumes. It becomes too much this way. But I bet it would have layered stunningly with the body mist which I've heard to be a lighter smell. I find this fragrance to be very similar to Michael by Michael Kors. Please bring it back for one more semi-annual sale... just one more!!!