Tubereuse 1 La Capricieuse

The name of this fragrance is misleading, I’m not saying that I don’t get Tuberose, it’s just that I don’t think I’ve ever been exposed to such massive amounts of Iris/Orris. Last year I ordered some PURE, UNADULTERATED, FRESH and very expensive Orris Butter because I’ve been obsessed with the note of Iris/Orris since I smelled the original Dior Homme years ago and I really wanted to get to the bottom of this whole Iris obsession “I don’t know why there’s a distinction between Orris and Iris when the Iris flower doesn’t even have a smell” Well in its pure state of butter, it looks waxy as if it were white lipstick, its soft, starchy, rooty, vegetal and yes very cosmetic. I realized that one of the only fragrances that actually used real Orris butter “that I know of” was Masque Milano’s “Latessa” and the only other one that I was convinced of was this beauty, Tubereuse 1 La Capricieuse. I thought MM Latessa was gonna be my holy grail Orris fragrance but the loads of iso e super/ ambroxin was way too much for my nose to handle and sadly, I can’t spray it on my skin although on clothes it’s okay, but this fragrance..... to my nose, it steals the show with flying colors! Yes! I have found my holy grail Iris!!! I totally adore every stage, from first blast of Iris, to the mid, tame but very supportive Tuberose, to the soft cocoa-musk dry down. Nothing but love here. You must love everything about Iris/Orris to like this fragrance. This was the best blind buy ever and I’m ordering a backup bottle before it totally disappears. Cheers fragrant family.

Beautiful and unique! The more I wear it the more I get the tuberose, but everyone is right about the massive amounts of iris and the tuberose does indeed come and go as it damn well please. It is the tuberose that gives life to the scent so I still think it deserves it's name. At one point the leather and orris seem to blend together and I don't know where one starts or the other ends, and the orris seem to last forever. I find the dryness of this challenging at times, so I have to be in the mood for it. The opening is glorious though, it makes me happy to apply this. The retirement comments made me laugh when I first tried it, because I get it. Still, it does come across as a modern perfume as well. And I would actually like my home to smell like this, it fits perfectly with my old leather couch, my dark walls, heavy velvet curtains and antique wood furniture filled with books. And yes, I've sprayed my room with it too. Call me crazy, but I am not the slightest bit scared that my guest will ascosiate the scent with old folks and a stale enviroment. Now, a shower and massive dose of Tubereuse 1 😁

Oh this is really nice. It opens up that tuberose-peach sweet with some of that makeup-y powdery note and a sliiiiight animal, cozy and warm leathery feeling - but way way less than the one in Tubereuse 3. That dry iris/powder bring a superb contrast to the sweet peach-y tuberose turning it back from the gourmand/sticky sweet, and the tiny touch animalic suede makes it lean more and more unisex. And it is a unisex, despite being floral, powdery, and peachy/tuberose floral sweet. It has that real nice mix of leather jacket, florals, fruity sweetness blended together. While it's not office safe, I think it suits anyone, anytime but summer. It's not a blind buy as, well - makeup powder, floral peachy tuberose, suede. Some might say this is an old lady/pot pourri/old house kind of a smell, but if you enjoy all the notes you need to at least try. Not the best performance, about 6-7 hours and it projects strong for an hour, than goes more moderate, but leaves a nice sillage.

It’s rather strange, but Tubereuse 1 Capricieuse is soft iris/leather scent. My hypothesis about the meaning of the name is, that maybe the Lady Tuberose was so capricious that she did not present... I don’t smell any hint of this wonderful note... (By the same ground for example Une Rose FM could be called Une Geranium - yes, the note is there, but well hidden). Besides the name, Tubereuse 1 reminds me L’AP Skin on Skin - the same leather+iris+saffron combination, however these two fumes are different...Personally I prefer Skin on Skin for its exquisite juiciness reached I guess by using rose, musk and whiskey. The Tubereuse 1 is drier and more herbal. The cacao is bitter and dusty. It’s a pleasant scent and goes to my “like” shelf (not to the “love” unfortunately).

I sometimes forget how much I love suede in perfumes, bet "Tubereuse 1 Capricieuse" has reminded me of that with no doubt. Do not search for tuberose bomb here, it is all about smooth suede, the opening is sensually sweet with a tropical and sweet tuberose playing the lead role together with a one of the best suede i've tried and iris is giving a masterful powderyness and elegance in the background. I also get cacao making the opening/heart almost gourmand for me. Dry down is perfect, extremely feminine suede with hints of powdery flowers. Very feminine, very lovable and a must for a full bottle. Hell, this is so good that I would buy this even for a double price tag.

Wow, this is a magnificent fragrance of great relevance and elegance. The strong note of suede (very beautiful) is softened by a splendid tuberose which at the same time is "illuminated" by the bergamot and ylang that give off "heat" and make the perfume dusty and bright, a night shine, elegant and mysterious is also a "dark" and captivating.... This is a unique perfume, certainly not for everyone. to try! I love it. Sillage: 7.5/10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

Oh wow, what an interesting fragrance! Very very dry, dusty suede and powdery iris. There's more to it though, something obscure, or perhaps it's just the result of the tuberose and suede combination. The opening is a powerful blast of suede and a chemical/medicinal, almost mothball-like smell, but oddly enough I quite like it. The intense moth-balls and suede soon fade into a powdery iris, coming through large and incharge.

This is such a gorgeous leather-iris scent...I m totally smitten.. not too much tuberose which is good for me! I m already a big fan of Histoires de Parfums.. this one is my favorite of the line along with 1725, stunning long lasting suede iris!

Tubereuse Capricieuse opens with lots of dry suede leather notes, quite a lot of saffron and a bit of bergamot to freshen it all up. Soon tuberose joins the party, it is sweet like candy but never gets sultry due to the dryness of the leather notes. The tuberose gets stronger and pushes the leather to the background, but never gets really loud. The drydown is sweeter than the middle part of the scent, but the leather notes are still there. It stays quite close to the skin. Sillage is soft to moderate, longevity is moderate on my skin. Interesting leather, but bone dry, leading to a strange contrast with the tuberose that has a candy-like feel to it. I don't get any distinct cocoa, ylang or iris, these are all supportive notes. I don't get a distinct rubber note, but I do smell something industrial in there. After testing this one once, I'm not quite sure what to think of this scent, for now I like it enough to keep me busy with using the tester vial more often.

As in Tubereuse 3, this also has notes of tuberose in the top notes, middle and bottom of the perfume. At the opening, the scent of tuberose is the first thing you feel in a few minutes she interacts with the saffron, so getting a nuance earthy and dry, dusty, tuberose is still present, but the tone is more dry and dusty course. My skin appears or bergamot. after about 45 minutes, tuberose is most evident again in a most delicate white floral, slightly more feminine, and accompanied by a sweet light, after more than about 15 minutes start to get a vibe metallized, but still floral. Soon he begins to evolve again, appearing in perfume notes appearing on suede half shy, and cocoa, makes the vibe dusty gain strength again, but this time tuberose and suede is staying in the foreground. In general a good perfume, more versatile than Tubereuse 3 Animale in my opinion, very good projection and fixing too. But what pleased me most Tubereuse 3.

This is such a beautiful iris, wonderful. The king of irises! This iris twinkles with all its possible variations. Sometimes bitter, sometimes dusty, sometimes suede, sometimes carroty, sometimes wet. But overall - quite thick, rich and bright, rather rough and dark. There is very little tuberose in the background, very far away. Compared to Moulin Rouge, they could be from the same series of "Retro Irises". But Moulin Rouge is very feminine, boudoir, dusty, powdery-lipsticky iris, it is like a cocoon. Tubereuse-1 is unisex, much sharper, more bitter, rougher iris and it has nothing to do with boudoirs or cosmetic bags.

Aggressive leather opening quickly turns into most pleasant suede-iris-tuberose combo I could ever imagine - thick leather petals tuberose, oh my! As every other HdP creation, this one is also very evocative; the smell of a high-end cosmetics and leather goods, but not classic, rather contemporary-smelling and effortless. Drydown appears rather quickly (low to medium lasting power I'm afraid) in a candy-like form (similar to Cacharel Eden) which is sorounding this already very pleasant leathery feeling. Very, very nice.

The tuberose here is buried under a huge amount of musky lipsticky suede. Certainly, it's a different take on tuberose, which feels more like an old-school floral leather fragrance than a straight-up white flower bomb (which is very common with tuberose fragrances). Imagine adding a dollop of white flowers to Bottega Veneta Pour Femme, and you will get what I mean. It's not a loud fragrance, but I get wafts throughout the day. Beautiful!

Well, I like it but it didn't last all that long on me. By the time I got to the middle and dry down, which is the pretty part, it was already fading away. It does start out very dusty with iris and suede?, then some tuberose comes in, but I never really smell the other notes that I was hoping to get. A soft scent with minimal longevity and projection.

I got this in a sample pack and it was a pleasant surprise to find out it was a powdery suede-iris scent rather than a white floral (a genre I occasionally love, often hate). Unlike some of the "old lady" comments, I actually find this pretty sweet and girly. Definitely one I'd like to test some more...

Woah - I'm an old librarian smelling cat pee! But the weard part is that I kind of like it. It's not everyday pink and flowery perfume and that's what I have came to relish after the years. I like to be suprised and that perfume suprised me. Thank you for shaking my grounds Histoires de Parfums!

Iris burst. It's like a makeup powder, like a cosmetic powder, a lipstick. The huge doses of iris are quite conquering the scene then it settles into a soft suede with smal dose of iris, then comes the fresh cut tuberose and hints of cacao powder. It's cute tho with that floral burst.

Smooth suede and spicy iris dominate this scent for me, with tuberose and cocoa adding a nuance that bridges the aforementioned top players. these notes make it a bit too lipstick-y and talcum powdery to be truly unisex for me, definitely leans a bit feminine. 7.5/10

As everyone else has stated, this is an iris leather perfume above all else. I honestly dont detect any tuberose and its probably because its adding to the other notes instead of playing a main role. Calling this capricieuse is very fitting however. This smells like a genuine cosmetics product and there are many lipstick leather perfumes out there, but this one comes closest to it. It emits a seductive, dark feminine and almost femme fatale vibe. Its just not wild or heavy enough for it to be considered femme fatale. Another comparison i could draw is diptyque’s iris candle. Instead of being a textural ingredient, it offers a genuine iris note that lasts throughout its whole longevity (which is 8+ hours). Its not a typical alpha isomethyl ionone iris, which i find to smell more like violets. No, its a real vegetal and buttery orris. Now i havent smelled any real orris that has been cured, but i have smelled the roots of the irises i have divided in the past... and it smells extremely similar. I think the cocoa isn’t necessarily chocolate like or hot cocoa like. Its here to add a textural warmth and coziness. If you love the smell of (vintage) makeup and leather, then this is definitely the perfume for you. It doesnt offer you more than that however, and to some that might be disappointing. I like it a lot however and i may love it even more once i get to know it more. 8/10 for now Edit: yeah i love this a lot. Ramped up to 9/10 because its so good and unique. Like i said, lipstick leather perfumes are rather common but this is so much more refined and cozy and beautiful. The cocoa does show up more as it dries down, which made me realize i may need to look more into cocoa perfumes. Its so good and so warm without being neither heavy nor fresh. Its ambient. I layered this with cheirosa 59 and it starts reminding me a lot of byredo’s animalique. And i dont often enjoy layering because most of the time i just smell 2 perfumes at the same time or 1 perfume overpowering the other. Meanwhile this seems to be a perfect base for a lot of brighter perfumes, since its strong and dark but never overwhelming . This also lasted a whole week on my clothes lol

Opens with iris/orris, tons of iris/orris. I finally got to smell this note in isolation. I'm neutral about it. I've definitely smelled it before. This perfume smells like freshly powdered white shirts at the opening. After a few minutes, in steps a fruity ylang. I have no idea if the bergamot already arrived and I just missed it or what, but it's gone now. This smells very vintage to me. It reminds me of old lace dresses, satin, lipstick and powder. Not a scent that thrills me. I agree with whoever said it smells like "pissed on leather". It really smells like a budget retirement home. EDIT: After a year and my tastes changing, I don't find this fragrance as disagreeable as it once was. That said, I'm still not enjoy it. It is interesting and worth sampling if you enjoy vintage lipstick scents. -