Splendida Tubereuse Mystique

I'm obsessed. I've not smelled tuberose done like the real flower on the stem before. The devana keeps it from going the super sweet bubblegum baby l'inderit, my way, scandal, woman, direction. So you're getting a fresh out of the garden tuberose with the most feminine level of spice from the myrrh as opposed to extremely spicy fragrances that smell like they're for men (Khamrah, for instance). And the vanilla absolute rounds it off smelling so sweetly slightly spicy and elegant. I just got it/wore it today, and I know fragrances tend to change over time and I can't wait to see what this beauty does. I have so many oriental vanillas and oriental this or that's that kind of all smell the same (jasmines, orange blossoms, vanilla) so I've been branching out looking for fragrances with notes I don't have in my collection already such as devana and myrrh and believe it or not I haven't had a decent tuberose since Ralph Lauren dc'd Blue for women (when you had the 2005 original, the reformulation will only make you miss the old formula). I love love love this perfume and it's long lasting, good sillage and such a great price on Perfume Empire, too! 🥰 I used to attend mass every Sunday as a kid, and the priest would kick it off by walking down the aisle with an incense burner swinging with myrrh. Tuberose was and is considered so sexy that during certain periods throughout history in Europe and Asia unmarried women were forbidden from walking through the tuberose gardens after dusk! So it's got the elegance of such a beautiful spice as myrrh and the sexiness of a tuberose fresh on the vine rounded off with vanilla. My husband is obsessed. He LOVES this one. This is my first Bvlgari and I'm sorry to have been sleeping on them for so long, I usually tend to give all my attention to French perfume houses and missing out in Italy! Gonna try more! If you're into the whole occasion, time and season for perfumes thing, this is a night time fragrance for a date with a man you want to marry, or a rooftop party at the nost expensive hotel in town. It's shining in the middle of June and I'm sure it'll be just as good in December. If it's too strong then spray less. If that's too strong spray it in the air in front of you and walk through it. That way no fragrance is ever too strong but, unfortunately, can be too weak and all you can do is hope it oxidizes stronger. This one has excellent performance though. Anyway beautiful bottle too. Looks like a big sapphire sitting on my vanity. 💙 Edit: I bought Shalimar Souffle primarily as a layering perfume, because it has a dash of bergamot, jasmine, and that Guerlain vanilla that makes me want to lay on a cloud and I've been layering this with Souffle - divine. More vanilla more citrus and a dash of jasmine to make it deeper. If you can't figure out where to wear Souffle, because you're not getting married soon and haven't been going to church, or both, use it to add the best parts of the Guerlainade to your other more simple fragrances.

Tubereuse Mystique is a bit dumb but I love it. It's a partially-fascinating sweet blob. I would say it's just as much an ode to bubblegum as it is to its purported main note. I loved Hubba Bubba as a child. Tubereuse Mystique is beautiful and delicate, and if angels had bubblegum it might smell like this. I waited for it to become something more interesting, hoping that the 'mystique' would unfold into succulent depths... that there would be a mystery or magic in there somewhere. It didn't, and there wasn't. It's momentarily gorgeous: then suddenly very simple. It remains delightful and sweet, and finally collapses into powdery sweet and mindless fluff. I feel a bit disappointed for a moment, then think "yum yum!" and go in for another sniffing session (I am a bit shallow like that). Sadly Bvlgari charge a lot more than Wrigley's, but they have made it possible to physically inhale the divine aspects (of the original flavour, imbued with extra grown-up twist), meaning no more laborious and undignified chewing to get that hit. After a while, it even smells like the fine powdery dust you used to find on the surface of the unnaturally pink sweet and its cheap paper wrapping. In summary: my brain isn't capable of appreciating this fragrance as an artistic representation of tuberose, but I feel posh and trashy love for it anyway. My advice is don't bother really, unless you are a bubblegum/penny chew connoisseur.

My favorite 2019 release so far! The only one I’m putting on my wish list. I‘m so impressed, and I‘m usually not a big fan of Bvlgari. Let me explain, I have perfume-loving skin and a fairly good sense of smell (at least I think so), so I‘m rarely complaining about sillage and longevity. But with many Bvlgaris I find it very difficult to „catch“ the scent and smell anything for a longer time, they most likely use some kind of base I‘m anosmic to. Not with Tubereuse Mystique. I‘m not sure what davana smells like, but all the other notes are clearly detectable and make this an enveloping, sensual, truly mysterious perfume. The black currant is similar to a fruity liqueur, the tuberose is very hypnotic and keeps a sense of airiness at the same time. No „random white floral“ boredom, no mushroomy-powdery old school floral chokehold. The opening is very focussed on the titular tuberose, but the vanilla and myrrh are already waiting and make this smell so warm and alluring. It‘s a sweeter scent, but in a floriental way, not candy-like and not even really gourmand. This is both creamy and balsamic. I even sense a hint of smoke here. Good for evening wear, but versatile enough to easily work on colder days, too. If you like scents like Addict, Manifesto Elixir, Noir pour Femme and really anything feminine, warm, floral oriental, don‘t sleep on this. A perfect match for the lovely dark blue and gold bottle.

Bvlgari Tubereuse Mystique is, to my nose, an absolutely gorgeous interpretation of tuberose! A couple of reviewers characterize it as a "green vanilla floral" in the same category as Dior Addict or Angelique Noir (Jennswen and Jwdp) and I can totally see what they mean. It's definitely NOT your mom's or grandma's classic, very green, naturalistic tuberose a la Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, or Robert Piguet Fracas. Rather, it's vanillic, yet slightly green, a tuberose with both a creamy, latte quality (as Eddie Bulilqi put it) along with the dusty, incense of myrrh. It's strong without being utterly overpowering, or linear (as is Ralph Lauren Woman Intense, for example, another sweet vanilla tuberose), and you only need 2-4 sprays and you're good (and I'm typically an oversprayer). It's quite long-lasting, enveloping me in a lovely scent bubble for 6 or 7 hours, though I did spray again, halfway through the day, to prolong the beauty. I think it would be good year round, actually, because while strong, it's not overwhelming or TOO sweet or cloying; the tuberose greenness tempers the vanilla and the dusty myrrh prevents it from going syrupy. It's really beautifully balanced. Highly recommended.

Mmm, Splendida Tubereuse Mystique. A warm and smooth coconutty tuberose. There is a lot of vanilla in this one, but it's not overtaking the beautiful tuberose; these two notes are holding hands and forming a divine union. It's not foody to me, it's simply an elegant sweetness. I am personally not picking up on any green note, such as the davana listed. Maybe it's gentle enough with the black currant to where it is hardly detectable for me. Nothing bitter or soapy about it. Overall, I find this to present the aura of tuberose very well, in a sensual and deep way. Sillage is moderate, and it's long-lasting. Edit: Oddly, the black currant reveals itself in the dry-down. The more I wear it, the more I smell it. It's adding dimension to this fragrance, and I can't get enough! I have three samples’ worth of time to debate whether or not I will be getting a full bottle of this beauty. So far, I'm thinking a full bottle is in order. Edit 2: full bottle acquired. Love.