Truth or Dare

Original review: October 2015 (posted to Amazon) I'm only a ‘recent’ fragrance user...for most of my life, I was one of those who couldn't use fragrance because I'd get monstrous headaches and my sinuses would fill with concrete and I'd sneeze for two hours. Then I reached a point where I could wear one of the gourmands (Fantasy) and though I don't want to smell like white chocolate ALL the time, I was happy for whatever I could get. Recently I have lost much of my sense of smell...which is a total bummer ...but the major upside is I can now wear almost any fragrance with no headache/sinus problems. Hallelujah!! So I went into beast mode and in about a year amassed three hundred fragrances. Some I passed on to others, because I just didn't care for the composition, some for longevity reasons, blah blah blah, but I plowed on making up for lost decades, and I now have A LOT of perfumes. I still have enough smell to pick up notes and avoid things that turn against my chemistry, but strangely I seem to have pretty neutral skin. Perfume friends have called me the Switzerland of perfume. I am not a brand/price snob. I have had $300 perfume I got rid of. I have twenty dollar perfume I adore. You know what, the same artists work for a celebrity label as for a design house. Get over the snobbery! I bought this blind on clearance at Wally World. When I sprayed it on, I literally immediately left the house, drove back there and bought out the rest then went to the other locations in my city and checked there too, ending up with six or seven bottles. The categories that still ain’t my bag are the giant white florals (the meek ones, like MJ Daisy, work for me) and the giant aldehydes. They still can induce the headache and the Hoover Dam sinus effect, but this one, as long as I spray modestly, doesn’t. Do you like jasmine/gardenia/tuberose?? Hope so, because they'll be removing one glove and slapping you across the face then sitting down for breakfast, tea, lunch, more tea, dinner, and then accompanying you to the boudoir. This perfume will be there all day and possibly tomorrow. Seriously. Do not spray it more than once till you know. Then MAYBE you can go to two. Any more and you will probably be asked to take the rest of the day off at work. I get a lot of the benzoin, and amber, it’s not too musky on me. But it’s very gourmand at the same time as being monstrously white-floral, exactly as billed. well composed. Nicely smoothly blended. Crazy sillage. It does give me the headache of old if I use too much, but I'm telling you, I'm so entranced I don't care. My husband adores it. Often men prefer gourmands...that's been studied many times. But he is under the spell too. Look, if you like the big non-wallflower 80’s style, like Poison, if you like Fracas but it’s too expensive or you DONT like Fracas but wish you COULD, you should try this. But if you do NOT normally care for white florals, still give it a shot. You might be like me. Someday this will be a bottle that goes for a lot of money, but it isn't now, so snag it. I'm getting more. 2018: still love this, still only can handle one or two sprays, and that’s still ALL YOU NEED FOR REALS. Because of this, I’ve not added any more backups because six bottles of this at one spray per wearing is decades worth. But I’m not sorry I bought it and if I DID run out I’d repurchase it. Again possibly because of my neutral chemistry, I don’t notice a change in composition in hot vs cold weather, but I personally would not wear this on a hot oppressive day UNLESS I was specifically going for that deep-south-belle-on-a-porch-swing-with-a-hand-fan-and-a-beverage vibe. And then I would only use a half spray down at my knees or something. This totally works for that kind of Tennessee Williams vibe, in addition to the power-suit-hear-me-roar vibe. Versatile!

Truth or Dare is floral. A rich floral along the lines of Fracas but VERY much lighter. Fracas to me is a heavy, full head on tuberose, which needs to be spread away from you so that it goes on lighter and does not offend anyone. I had Fracas and this is not it But Truth or Dare is very creamy. Not sugary to me.It dries to a sweeter gardenia, without that greenness that a fresh gardenia has-take a walk around your diy garden shops and you will understand the green beginning note. Truth or Dare stays creamy for a long time and when it goes away there's a light, light very well done amber which is lovely manner to finish a fragrance. It travels well between base, middle and base. I wear Truth or Dare day or night all seasons I think this was a very well designed fragrance in terms or notes and packaging. Both are different than other contemporary "celebrity" fragrances. I love the height of the bottle, the white glass and the thinness of the bottle too. From other articles I read, she had a very insisting participation in its making-good for her to be picky if you put your name on something and I also don't judge a fragrance by its creator or whoever puts their name on it; for example, just because it says chanel on a bottle, does not mean it's the best Do not expect fruity, light, green-move on I am glad that Truth or Dare moved to secondary markets so I could buy it because it's not a regrettable purchase if you want to try gardenia, without going full blast on this heady flower It also does not remind me of heady flowers in Hawaiian essential oils This does not smell like a nursing home. If anyone calls it older or more mature notes, yes it is. I agree, I don't expect very young ladies wearing it, the fresh notes are not in this fragrance. When you review the gardenia notes available in the perfume market, it is a very difficult note to hit just right and this is a good venue, reason I believe that more brands don't bother. If you make or compose your own fragrances, tuberose gardenia essential oil can be smelled way after you have closed the bottle and it is hard to blend with other accords Perfumes are not allowed in nursing homes and unfortunately for many for our parents/grandparents this is a place for the end of life. They can smell like hospitals with a mix of body smells and cleaning agents. It can be very sad to go in them, our loved one are there. This fragrance is not that. Please be respectful

* full 100 ml with box available for swap * So this gem finally arrived the other day after being on my want list for a minute... I found this for super cheap, new, on a discounted Russian website, like 15$ for a full size bottle. Now, I feel like writing two reviews, one about what I was expecting and the second about what I got, since I had very specific expectations after reading sooo many reviews here. The main things I have read here are that this is very white floral (the word tuberose appears over 500 times), very overpowering, very long-lasting, and very well blended, unique and high quality. I agree, this is well-blended, and long-lasting, but I can't really say this is overpowering, or unique. At first spray, this immediately made me think of suntan lotion, the beach, tiare flower. Very reminiscent of Monoi de Tahiti by Yves Rocher, Terracotta by Guerlain, Soleil Blanc by Tom Ford even. Suntan lotion vibe, sun notes, the feeling of fresh skin after having taken a shower after a day at the beach. Tiare flower is indeed a white flower, but I really cannot detect any tuberose, or jasmine, or any other white florals except creamy tiare. I can also smell a hint of coconut. Now, when I imagine a fragrance to be overpowering, I imagine Scandal by Night by JPG, or Angel by Mugler. One spray that fills the room and simply cannot be unnoticed. Is this the same? Barely. Truth or Dare, in my opinion, can be sprayed freely. Maybe not 10 sprays like very fresh and airy fragrances, but hardly one careful spray like actually overpowering fragrances. It is indeed long-lasting, but in a subtle kind of way, it dries down to a skinscent very rapidly. It is noticeable (not infuriatingly fleeting), but it is not a headturner, it's very subtle and gentle. In conclusion, I really like this fragrance, I am very happy to own it and it is my own personal beach in a bottle kind of fragrance. Suitable for any season, but I imagine myself wearing this on Summer nights, it really reminds me of the beach, the sun, tropical islands...

I blind-bought Madonna Truth or Dare, because I spotted a very good offer online for a 50ml bottle. I know that this fragrance has been discontinued, and I’ve been intrigued by its alleged similarity to Fracas, so I thought: ok let’s give it a go. I took quite a bit of a chance with it in full knowledge of the fact that I’m *not* a fan of white florals, with the exception of three that I already own: Givenchy Amarige, Carthusia Fiori di Capri and Yves Rocher Monoi Eau des Vahines. Before entering my credit card number I checked the notes of Madonna’s fragrance, and was satisfied to learn that they are quite similar to Amarige and Fiori di Capri (gardenia, tuberose, orange blossom, jasmine etc.) which helped me make the decision. Anyway I’ve been wearing Truth or Dare for the past four hours and ... ta-dah:... I’m enjoying it immensely!... It’s a very well made fragrance: to me, the strongest note is gardenia, followed by tuberose and jasmine. As it develops, it also turns similar to YR Monoi and its tiare flower note. While tiare is not listed among the notes that comprise Truth or Dare, the mix of gardenia, tuberose and jasmine with sweet vanilla sure as hell resembles tiare and gives it a somewhat tropical feel. The scent is quite intense and long lasting, but not intimidating or suffocating. Interestingly, as it becomes progressively sweeter, Truth or Dare also starts to evoke the latest version of Givenchy Ysatis much more than Amarige, with that floral-tropical-vanillic tuberose. Although I do fit into Madonna’s intended age group, I don’t think that this is a ‘mature’ scent - it can easily be worn by youngsters who are willing to try something beyond the pink sugary waters marketed at them. All in all, buying Truth or Dare was a well calculated risk that paid off. *insert smugface here*. Kudos to good old Madonna, I knew she wouldn’t let me down.

Cream, tuberose, and pure elegance. This fragrance is a quiet knockout — the kind that slips on like silk and then stays in your memory long after it leaves the room. Truth or Dare opens with this beautifully creamy floral aura that honestly reminds me of high-end French bath soaps. The kind made in tiny ateliers, wrapped in thick paper, and meant to be used on special mornings only. It feels luxurious without trying, sweet without being sugary, and sensual without shouting. The creamy note running through it is my favorite part. I don’t know exactly which ingredient is doing the heavy lifting, but it gives the florals this soft, glowing body that turns the whole composition into Flowers and Cream in the best possible way. It’s romantic. It’s warm. It’s unbelievably pretty. I’d wear this to a wedding... and then straight into the honeymoon night after. It has that versatility: innocent when you want it to be, irresistible when you need it to be. My only heartbreak is that it’s discontinued — the resale prices are outrageous now, which feels like a crime against tuberose lovers everywhere. I’m excited to try the recommended dupe, Monotheme Venezia Tuberose. My hopes are high that it’ll capture even a little of that creamy magic. UPDATE: Update on Madonna – Truth or Dare: I picked up Tuberose by Monotheme Venezia, and it is EXACT SAME!! Truly the same scent with no noticeable difference. It’s hands-down the best dupe for Truth or Dare without the wild resale prices online. At only $12, you still get that creamy, beautiful tuberose we all love—without sacrificing quality.