Tender

felt like you're threading through a florist gardener when they seems to unable to pluck all the dead flowers while keep planting the new one and it create such hodgepodge of fleshy and decaying bouquet. the combination of that undefined mix of flowers, ink, and aldehydes are the prominent ones that i experience in the opening, creating some sort of salty yet vegetal impression (one of the prominent one that i recognise as tulip) that grew on me gradually more i adjust myself to that oddity, like when you receive those flowers that you couldn't pick out which they are wrapped by freshly ripped newspapers and somewhat the ink allured into their stems. for me those ink also helps to create more subdued transformation into spice (saffron) and resins in the dry down while also retains an unique olfactory experience, and it settles into intimate musk and somewhat woody notes amongst those transformation of notes as the name suggest, Tender demands more intimacy in-between those idiosyncratic gardenia, seamless search for freshness amongst the damp moss and kaleidoscopic flowers that you never heard one before you smell it by your instinct.

Tender is a beautiful perfume that is best appreciated on warm, humid days, where it can properly bloom. It smells like a lush, dewy, garden. I smell predominantly hyacinth, though I am not familiar with tulip. No rose detected, but I get occasional whiffs that strongly remind me of luxe and dry L'Autre Oud, despite the different notes, so I must be subconsciously smelling it. What I can smell is the waxy petals, stems and leaves, and even a bit of moist stones and earth. It smells alive. Saffron is pretty prominent, and it gives this garden some depth as it contrasts its own sharp, dry facets with the soft, sweet flowers. Here and there I can smell some bright frankincense, warm-skin-musk and pepper, though they are faint and mostly accent the more dominant notes. Unfortunately I cannot smell any ink. Tender is unique but still elegant and wearable. It has a really interesting warm and cold contrast built in, with so many layers and facets that come in an out of focus during the wear time. I think the resemblance in L'Autre Oud is in the contrast between dewy flowers and dry saffron, and both have a greenness to them as well.

Duchaufour is truly the master at making weirdly pleasant scents. The opening is a contrast between warm spices, rich woods, and delicate rosy florals. It then transitions into a weird flower, actually smelling a lot like honey, patchouli, and camphor. It gives a chrysanthemum effect. The woods remain, but their subtle presence allows for the other elements to act out still. On skin it's surprisingly performing, projecting well and also lasting a decent amount. Nothing nuclear, but much stringer than I expected in truth. Very well executed fragrance. There is something so mysterious and sad about this, it almost smells like a ghost.

Scent wise, I like Tender more than Scherzo, whereas Scherzo is obviously sweeter, Tender is more vegetal, the aspect brought forth by the ink note which reminds me of Byredo M/Ink (though here, it is more subdued), it is beautiful and realistic tulip scent. However, silage and longevity wise, Tender, like the name suggests, is very close to the skin, with moderate performance, which means this fragrance is to be used in private, quite meditative environment.

A very nice scent ,with a strange inky (pine/cedar) top-note, but i love this vibe. It makes it a little mechanical and handcrafted. I kind of make-up / lipstick opening. After this opening it becomes very powdery and a little vanille soft and sweet. What lingers is a soft and dusty vibe you will smell in some 'library' books kind of fragrances. There are some woody notes in it too. Overall i love it, but hate the sillage is so very weak.

I absolutely love this! Dry down is a light velvety “oud”; deliciously warm and so sexy. It unfolds so beauuutifully. Every note peeks out at some point, does a lil spin and a turn, gives a smirk, and a “look” and slinks off into the darkness... omg I’d totally chase.

Tender and Scherzo are two staples in my large collection. Tender smells the best in snowy and cold winter days. I use it also in summer evenings. It's a beast, lasts good 8 hours on skin.

The most underrated perfume, ever.

Tender is a very interesting perfume, but it pulls back from being to different, this is very wearable. You will smell unique but not off putting. Tender starts out quite feminine w/ its blast of hyacinth, tulip, and aldehydes but as the subtle ink note starts to pop you can see a man wearing this floral. The ink keeps the floral from becoming just another floral bouquet. As the perfume travels a bit it becomes a very musky green and floral leather scent. I won't spring for a full bottle (got a decant) it is much too unisex for me to justify the cost, but I will wear my decant and enjoy it. If you want a unisex floral/leather give Tender a try. Edit: While I found this interesting, and I did like it I am sending my decant to my sister who lives in Atlanta. I sent her a bunch of samples and she really enjoyed this. If you like tulip and the smell of ink and leather (3 things she loves) you will love this. Edit: 2/20/25 I found this at an excellent price since it has been discontinued, and I decided to buy a FB. It is one of those perfumes that sticks in your mind. It is quite unforgettable. It is unique and I'm glad I have it in my collection. I just like getting things for a good price and I'm glad I waited. Upgrade this to a love. It's just so very different from anything else I own. I find with this very cold and dry winter with lots of dry Icy weather I am craving these types of spring, green floral leathers. In the same class as Goutal Paris Grand Amour. I think I will need a backup bottle of this.

The inky note in Tender is so interesting. It's definitely pronounced, but very wearable. To my nose it makes the fragrance come across slightly... salty? I get some quite delicate florals as well, but to me it smells like a bouquet where all the flowers have come together to create a new scent, and I'm not really able to pick out any particular flower notes. To be fair though, my experience with tulip notes in perfumery is limited. While I do get some wood/spice, it's the same kind of deal as the flowers - I don't get a pronounced cinnamon or feel able to identify which kind of woody notes they used. While it's not in the notes, something in the fragrance comes across to my nose as a citrus. I could have sworn there was lime in Tender. Really nice fragrance, that I find to be unique due to the addition of the ink note. At least I've never smelled anything that's even remotely similar. It does have mediocre longevity and sillage, but I do get whiffs of it throughout the day. I think Miller Harris is a brand that's consistently good, and great value for money - at least in my country, where they can often be found at a steep discount. While I probably wouldn't pay full price for Tender, if I saw it at a discount I would definitely consider getting it. I always appreciate when fragrances are unique, but still suitable for everyday wear, and in my opinion that's exactly what Tender is. Definitely worth checking out.

Tender seems the right name for this lightly leathery floral oriental. I recognise the tulip note from Shay & Blue Black Tulip. Here it is much more delicate and soft. It is not very sweet but a good unisex floral. On the opening I thought I could smell iris and a little incense. It dramatically evolves. Once settled the saffron then some rose are evident. I have to say the leather is present but very low key on me. No saddles sniffed. The tulip, hyacinth and peony are very present but not strongly. They are softened no doubt by the musk and resins. The ink definitely adds a unique element to this curious olfactory creature. Its curious that it's the spring flowers that seem to be the last notes to fade. It smells almost leafy! Is that the ink playing tricks?! I have to be honest and say that so far I have not smelt anything similar to this. Those spring blooms combined with rose, saffron and leather have resulted in a floral oriental that borders on a sparkling spring scent. Imho BD has created something unique. It just reminds me again why I enjoy BD scents. The longevity is moderate as is the sillage. I think you could wear this anywhere. It's spring scent lightly warmed with rose, saffron and a little leather.

To me, this is Scherzo but without the intense jammy rose. I personally prefer it! As I find the jammy rose a bit too overpowering in Scherzo but Tender is just lovely! It’s deep and has a beautiful cinnamon, vanilla blend into a modern floral. There is a powder note that is present in the dry down, it stands quite forwards then when you smell it close to the skin, you lose the powder and it’s got a sweet rum with a floral element. I wish this sweet rum note that I am picking up on my skin was bigger in silage as it’s my favourite part! The longevity is sadly lacking for me but then I do enjoy a moderate-beast scent! This is definitely intimate after the first half an hour. It stays for a decent 4-5 hours on my skin. I picked mine up 50% off in their current sale so for £80 it’s well worth the price but for full price £160, I would expect a longer lasting power or a bigger silage (either would be fine!)

Love! Great for Spring. Strong tulip and Ink note. I realize I am drawn to the ink note - I love Kierin NYC Roses Ink too.. This was my first Miller Harris fragrance which quickly made me a fan of this brand. It does not smell like B9 China Town but it definitely reminds me of the same type of scent then add Tulip and Ink = Tender.

I don’t really like this smell.. for me it smells like some rotten rose petals. Quite poetic, but nothing that I would wear. After a while it becomes better, I can feel some earthy wood and fresh spices. But initial impression wasn’t that great.

This fragrance is a punch in the face. Whether it's a good punch in the face or a bad one is up to you. Tender does NOT have any sweet notes to it whatsoever. It is ink/aldehydes, wood, and SPICY FLOWERS. Do NOT underestimate the flowers. Not my personal cup of tea, because I feel like if I sniff too hard, the aroma particles will get lodged in my brain.

This was not my best blind buy. This smelled like a tomato garden but something was getting old and off. Smells like mushy tomatoes and rose petals. Very interesting but definitely not going to wear as it isn't pleasant to me at all. The box it came in is all I'd really keep it for. Gave to my friend.

Just picked up two bottles of 50 mls. Will be taking the other unopend back. Should have realised, the key is in the name Tender. Can barely smell it. No ink , just Tulip, Hyacinth. If you like a very gentle passive scent , then it's probably for you. . Gutted

Purchased it because I was intrigued by the ink. Tender be its name and so it is. Really like it just doesn't project of stay around. Definitely smell the ink so not totally gutted.

A little bit vegetal, musty and moldy smell. Like a biowaste bin that you forgot to empty. Not my cup of tea.

Pleasant - but slightly disconcerting. Very individual, unusually fresh-yet-spicy floral which at first I thought was a strange new mix of shedloads of freshly grated ginger and lime and maybe mint?? with rose - so I guess the cool, waxy tulip and hyacinth were playing tricks on me. Yet there are all those warm spices and resins warming it up, something almost earthy-muddy thrumming away beneath all the flowery aromas (Ink maybe? or styrax? and then there's the saffron) ... It all adds up to a really quirky and enigmatic kind of character, always keeping you off-beat and off-balance. Also it keeps toggling my nose between a perception of clean, dewy freshness, and ... slightly damp used bath towels? I don't mean laundered ones, drenched in fabric softener, but slightly humid ones which have definitely dried off a few sweaty-then-showered bodies and some slightly funky feet. Which sounds really nasty, but somehow isn't. So - charming oddball really. Admirable for the way it marches to its own drummer - I can't think of many things like it. Don't blind buy, but do test if you're curious. A truly distinctive aroma which will certainly seduce quite a few people. To me it definitely skews femme but would be wearable by anyone who loved it; its cooler side makes me think it's definitely more of a spring-to-summer thing by season, for sure.

I tried this based on the reviews and am once more reminded that they can only be taken as suggestions, not at face value. We are all so different. Tender was a huge waste of time and money for me. I was thinking I'd at least get some inky floral or maybe a dirty dark scent like Interlude Men, but all I get is Screamwood behind cedar planks and milk. It’s like a construction worker’s lunch bucket. The Screamwood (some terrible aroma chemical used in nearly everything I've tried in the last five years) was too much for me and I had to scrub. So I let my bottle rest. After sitting for a week or two, I didn’t get screamwood, I got sawdust and milk. Drying down more, it became vanilla rubber, sawdust and milk, then it was vanilla milk, rubber, and printer’s ink. (and I love the smell of printer's ink.) THEN it’s printer’s ink and Vanilla Orchid hand lotions,which I was very happy for: I can wear printer's ink and vanilla hand lotion just fine. But after that, it became sandalwood powdered incense (just fine) and Screamwood (not fine). Full dry down hours later was nothing but Screamwood. I never got florals anywhere, and that loud, horrible rubbing alcohol note killed the joy time and time again.

I blind bought this from TK maxx. (The notes and reviews interested me.) The opening blast is quite strong and not particularly pleasant - I can smell the ink note immediately (it reminds me of sucking the end of a biro when I was at school). After literally a few seconds the whole scent softens to a floral bouquet and the notes I pick up on is hyacinth - it’s quite prominent to my nose - and rose. There is a subtle spiciness and a strong woodiness in the dry down (pencil shavings but not sweet like iso-e). I think the ink notes remains the whole way through the scent journey. Thankfully I don’t smell the aldehydes - (I don’t like them at all) The projection is fine for a spring day - not too heavy but it’s present. A fun blind buy, I’ll wear it and enjoy it.

Different Rose I bought a 10 ml decant of this fragrance because of the notes. Most of the notes I love are here: hyacinth, pink pepper, peony, saffron leather, musk, and even the ink! yes, I do calligraphy with ink ... So this would be a piece of heaven for me! But it was not!?! The concept of the fragrance is from a novel named "Tender Is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Maybe the ink accord was chosen because of the book's concept, although this accord is not very clear to me. It is a novel scent you have not smelled in other fragrances and this is a positive point and it's a fragrance with high quality ingredients. 6/10

Firstly this is not unisex. It is the most beautiful photorealistic floral you can possibly imagine. Linear and lasts. The only reason a guy may wear this is because it smells so good you will get all the ladies swooning and asking you what you are wearing.

Loving this one, did not know what tulip smelled like. Not getting ink, but it smells fresh, green, springy, floral, not too sweet, with a resinous drydown. I didn't get leather either, in fact this felt quite femme to me.

After about 12 wearing I find that this shares some of the DNA of Chypre Palatin! Don’t believe me? Get a decant of both. Oh look, they’re both Bertrand Duchaufor creations 🔎

Torrid, sexual, inky, flirty. Dance between reserved and wild. Insane value for money, I rate it highly. All weather perfume. Inky, not overtly brash or floral either.

یه رزی متفاوت ----------- Scent & Quality: 7/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 8/10 Creativity & Uniqueness: 7/10 Affordability: 5/10 ----------- Overall: 7/10

To me this is a warm florists shop that scratches the back of my throat. Overwhelming to my senses. Not my style of perfume AT ALL.

All I get is the ink note. Gross. I will not be purchasing a fb.

Beautiful. Evocative. Mysterious. Sexy.🖤