Tuberosa

Carthusia Tuberosa opens with a heady, balsamic whiff of plum. It is overwhelmingly fruity and jam-like, not to my taste, but is intriguing. The subtle hint of cinnamon complements the soft, juicy plum notes with its typical sweet spiciness. The florals creep in after a little while - ylang-ylang and something akin to indolic jasmine. They are joined later by a surprisingly soft tuberose, which develops beautifully. The tuberose note is very interesting - neither green nor heady/waxy as it usually appears. Instead, it is soft, subdued, sweet and creamy, and doesn't overwhelm the other notes as it so often does in perfume. Combined with the vetiver, it is a dream. There is some natural-smelling vanilla, which provides just the right amount of subtle sweetness. This scent is a masterclass in rendering typically loud and overpowering ingredients soft and cohesive. The rich, soft sweetness lasts as it dries down, and it becomes woody and slightly musky. As mentioned below, this scent needs to be tested on skin to be appreciated. On paper, this is a generic sweet, fruity and one-dimensional scent. Tuberosa is a modern take on a classic, ladylike scent. Despite being marked as unisex, it is distinctly feminine to my nose. Well-blended and made from good quality ingredients, this has just the right amount of projection, and garners compliments. Decent longevity too. The best new scent I've tried in a while and my first from Carthusia. 4/5.

Luca Maffei again did outstanding job. It starts with a heady fruity flowery notes and morphs in to creamy and airy but stil complex tuberose. On my skin light and airy cinnamon is persistent throughout the creations and adds gorgeous trail with musks, vetiver and ambroxan at the dry down. Simply irresistible and unisex and as I love it in the summer, now in the end of September when is a bit cooler shins and develops even more beautiful.

Mainly plum cinnamon and tuberose 😍 Now that I finally bought it since 4 years ago when I first smelt it, I can tell, it transports me back to a decade ago when I had this fragrance by Lange (French skincare brand) called Day in Orient. It smells like Tuberosa, although Day in Orient was a cardamom rose bomb, and Tuberosa doesn't feature cardamom - must be plum/cinnamon together. This is a rich thick Elixir of a fragrance.

No reviews for this beauty? This Tuberose is fruity and bubbly, it is cute and young. Dior's Poison is her mother.

Carthusia is a brand that perfectly embodies the Gusto Italiano (Italian taste): its scents are well crafted, original, never too loud, elegant. More of an acquired taste as the perfumes are not simplicistic but need time and devotion to be understood and appreciated (but isn't it the same with other brands? Tauer, Montale, Tom Ford - just to name three?). Tuberosa is no exception. It's a beautiful interpretation of the theme, but rendered in a new way. What aspect of tuberose is displayed here is not the greenery as in Maitre Gantier, or the sexy creaminess as in Fracas, but a pensive hue halfway between cosmopolitan elegance and intellectual style. It starts with an array of notes, maybe too many and the first impression is of a little confusion. But we know complex perfumes require time, so let's be patient. And after a few minutes we get a catwalk of notes leading to the most beautiful drydown we could imagine after such a beginning. The cinnamon is clearly present at the very start paired with a soft plum: phase 1 - Spicy and Fruity. Then both notes subside a little and ylang, vanilla and rose appear on stage: phase 2 - Creamy and Floral. Wait! Isn't this a tuberose? Yes, patience please. I said we have to be patient. All the other notes in the background - Here comes the tuberose in company of a stunning vetiver. This tuberose is creamy, soft, sweet, with a gardenia undertone that I find marvellous: this is not a green tuberose, this is a sweet tuberose. But vetiver tames the sweetness offering its shades of green underwood. These two notes continue playing on stage and the final effect is something totally different from what you would (could) have expected from the start. This is phase 3 - Sweet and Woody and it last hours and hours. On my skin this is all but a fleeting scent, on the contrary, it's persistent and I am glad because it is WONDERFUL