Herrera Tuberose

I'm nearing the end of a recent tuberose focused journey seeking a tuberose centered perfume that works for me. I've probably sampled and/or purchased about four dozen tuberose fragrances. I waited until the end to try Nishane "Tuberoza," Nishane "Tuberoza X," Profumum Roma "Tagete," Daniel Jozier "Golden Tuberose" and Carolina Herrera "Tuberose." My tuberose "gold standards" so far have been Amouage "Love Tuberose" and Nasomatto "Narcotic V." Herrera Tuberose is a straight-forward fragrance that I consider a mixed white floral with tuberose. The opening is slightly green, slightly indolic tuberose that quickly changes. As a main player, the tuberose morphs and shifts noticeability throughout the wear. Ylang-ylang, orange blossom, jasmine and vanilla add a slightly tart but creamy & smooth element to the fragrance. I swear I smell some gardenia, as well! After an intoxicating beginning, Tuberose wears as a intimate, creamy, slightly sweet, slightly indolic, mixed floral fragrance with wafts of tuberose. To my nose, this fragrance is intimate and more of a skin scent after the first 15 minutes. The florals and vanilla are well blended. I would not consider this a thick, dense, or heady fragrance despite the perfume's richness. And the uber-greeness often associated with tuberose fragrances is minimal in the dry-down. I like Herrera Tuberose but I do not love it.

Sweetly vanillic tuberose with accents of jasmine and sweet orange blossom, opens soapy but the soapiness lessens as it breathes on the skin. Warm/hot weather is best for this, needs heat. Heavy sillage, leaves a noticeable trail and quite the compliment getter.

Sweet, bubblegum tuberose, similar to Watch by Micalef, on me. Definitely not indolic, which I prefer. This is beautiful!

Herrera Tuberose is a very pleasant well blended predominantly white floral fragrance with a small but discernible hit of vanilla and ylang ylang thrown into the mix to sweeten things up. The neroli I believe brings a soapy floral nuance into the mix in the opening which is the part I least care for but this quickly gives way to the tuberose that is slightly bubble gummy and not at all indolic (thankfully!). The jasmine I can't really pick out but I feel that's what lends a brightness to what could have otherwise been a very heavy composition because of all the florals. I really enjoy the Ylang Ylang which brings slightest hint of creamy banana-y fruitiness into the mix which lingers throughout and the slight sweetness of vanilla. The blends in this line are simply superb and very well balanced so picking notes apart is no easy task. Overall, this is one of the more pleasant tuberose fragrances in my collection and I really like it but it is not as special to me as others from this line are which is mostly because of the fragrance families I prefer. If you love florals, then this is a solid offering from the line and definitely worth checking out.

Tuberose is not a note a like as a soliflore, it is very strong for me so I prefer to stay away from tuberose constructed perfumes. But this is not the case.Firs of all here tuberose is very subtle and smoothed with orange bloosom (which I love) lilies and jasmine,ylan ylang it also has vanilla as base note and pepper at the head. It makes a completly creamy and smooth combination for me taking away the pungent and soapy facet of the tuberose.