Tuberosa

A creamy, comforting tuberose for me. For comparison, I love white floral perfumes and for years wore only Estee Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia. I tried Carnal Flower once, a long time ago, and disliked it so much that I thought there was something wrong with my nose-- the green camphoraceous aspect of CF was freakish to me. Profumum's Tuberosa is sweeter and smoother, almost oily-smelling. It's less powdery and formal in character than the EL PC Tuberose Gardenia, and seems to project more. (I am sampling from a dabber vial, and used about 0.2 ml, and my partner thinks this amount is a lot.) Even if the sillage is a bit loud, the perfume itself seems softer to me. It doesn't smell as if it has a lot of jasmine, I don't get their usual effect of salicylates in this perfume. The supporting notes of the composition seem less tropical compared to, say, Moon Bloom, but more intoxicating in a different way. I don't get any distinct animalic notes, just a perceived effect of something fleshy anchoring the flowers. On fabric, there's more of a suggestion of sharp green leafiness that stops short of minty or medicinal (though my partner detects a bit of a vulcanized-rubbery smell, and a little something sulfuric). I can take big deep whiffs of this without getting anosmic or irritated. It's not got a lot of distracting bells and whistles, which is nice. Full-bottle worthy? I'm a bit of a commitmentphobe when it comes to perfume, so idk. But this is definitely a distinctly different tuberose and a different white floral than others I've smelled. Update: I sat with the drydown for almost a half day and it's more interesting than I thought it would be. A little soapy-musky, somehow fresher (like jasmine in reverse), with the green notes staying cool on fabric, then lapsing into various excerpts of a more indolic tone-- sometimes a narcotic banana, sometimes a subdued mothball, sometimes sunlit air. The drydown makes me want to consider a decant of this.

I am going to be very repetitive when it comes to this fragrance house because the DNA is exceptional. Tuberosa is no different. Once again I'm kicking myself for not purchasing earlier. I suppose I had to accumulate most of the fragrances from this house before I could establish my collection and determine what ones I am missing. I am 100% sure I need to have almost every fragrance they make at my fingertips. I live in California. The Bay Area. Although it's October, it's going to be 90° outside today. I put this on this morning right after I showered. It is developing differently than I remember. Before, I thought it was very one note and rather uninteresting even though it smelled realistic. If that sounds like something similar to what you say, know that you are wrong. Every time you put this on, something new happens. I can't tell you why or what exactly, but I can tell you it's really beautiful and it contributes to the overall complexity to what was originally thought a linear fragrance. Yes, you still have to be looking for a white floral and yes you can pick up on gardenia and fresh jasmine. Consider this a white bouquet. But the most realistic, in your face blend available on the market. There are many stories, myths and legends about these Night-blooming flowers and unrequited love. Ghosts and oxygen sucking etc. They are all great and today make the fragrance even better. Perfect for October. I love how it can be worn on your happiest day like your wedding day and then worst day of your life. Even the people attending your funeral can wear it and hence the story deepens! All of this simply because of a fragrance done well. This is yet another example of why we collect. If you haven't caught my drift, purchase!

Hello everyone. Profumum Roma and I are back at it again! I have reviewed this fragrance before, but I am writing again because I have learned so much in the past three years. I am coming at it from a fresh angle and feel like I can contribute much more to the fragrance as a whole. This is another tuberose I have in my collection. This was unintentional, but I have at least nine fragrances where tuberose is the star. Three years ago, that was not the case. I did not like this at first. It was too much. I'm so happy I have it now. It is a testament to how your nose changes over time. Almost like strength training or bodybuilding. The more you work your nose out, the stronger it becomes. The more you can appreciate. But I am here for a specific reason. Everyone is talking about 45° From TRUDON. Aren't they? Unfortunately I fell into the trap and have purchased it. I even had it on this morning. I got bored. What a shame. Guess what I did? I decided to layer 45° with Tuberosa. Holy crap. You guys have to try this! These fragrances have combined to become some sort of sweet and vanillic tuberose composition. Similar to the dry down of Love Tuberose from Amouage. But better. I recommend you put on 45° first, so that the honey aspect settles down a bit. Then apply Tuberosa. It's perfect for right at the start of spring. I wish I had a YouTube channel where I could post this and tell you guys. Unfortunately, because my disability, I am unable to do that. Instead, I try to be the best written reviewer I can possibly be. So I am here to tell you that you have to try this combination. Great for Easter! In fact, I highly recommend for that time. If you go to luckyscent to purchase either tell them that NESSERS sent you!

This fragrance is like if both Narcotic Venus by Nasomatto and Moon Bloom by Hiram Green had a child... except it has a good dose of both gardenia and jasmine thrown in! It is less sweet than Moon Bloom but sweeter than Narcotic Venus, with a more heavily floral composition than either. All three are beautiful, though! All three are primarily hyper-realistic tuberose scents and probably the best ever tuberose scents ever made, too. I think I might like Tuberosa Roma even more than either, since its sillage fills the entire room and it is a real diva/femme fatale perfume. Longevity is also insane, clocking in at around 11 hours on my skin before fading away completely. No one else would smell exactly like you with this fragrance and you'd be remembered forever for your scent. I could imagine it being a great fragrance to wear to attract a man! The tuberose and other white floral notes in this composition are incredibly realistic smelling and of the highest quality, giving me all of the facets and notes of every single flower and making me think of a hot house filled with tropical plants. The quality this fragrance has is quite oily, but I don't mind that because it smells like 100 percent pure absolutes have been used for this perfume. No expense has been spared and this doesn't smell synthetic in any shape, size or form... hence the 10/10 from me! I honestly would wear this any time of day or season proudly. This is THE photorealistic tuberose scent for me and all tuberose lovers need to get this perfume! Nothing to me smells more like real tuberose flowers than this fragrance.

Incredible. Some smells go right to your brain, to a place that can unlock memories that feel immediate and present in a way that’s almost disturbing. That’s what this did for me. It took me back to the mid 80s and what I was wearing was Coty Sand&Sable. Both feature a green yet animalic Tuberose, a completely engulfing and over the top tuberose that somehow also maintains a slight feeling of freshness. The gardenia in both is heady and dense and so velvety as to be swoon inducing. The combination of the two along with jasmine is enough to make a person drunk on white flowers. I’m not sure what I was doing at 17 years old wearing a perfume like Sand&Sable that I now recognize to be the ultimate in femme fatale fragrance, but there you go. I haven’t smelled a modern version of Sand&Sable but I doubt it’s as good, however Profumum Roma Tuberosa is. It’s an elixir for a femme fatale, a recreation of a humid southern night with white florals heavy on the air and the feeling of sensuality everywhere. This lasts 8 plus hours on skin and has a very extensive sillage.