Tubereuse Organique

Surreal Tuberoses/Gardenias The perfumers aim to create a phantastic tuberose. And here we have it. I sense a gestalt of tuberose - some gardenia creaminess, indolic jasmine floralness, green leaves, and some powdery dirt from the woody branch. (I understand tuberose grows on a stalk instead of a branch, so this dirts and woody feelings pull the image a little more toward gardenia.) Very well-blended. If checking the notes provided, I can also find some tequila, some aromatic, and probably many more. But I personally will not bother breaking it down further, cuz that could disenchant the magic presented. Pragmatically speaking, Tubereuse Organique has great projection and longevity. The woody vibes also make it very wearable for men. As others have mentioned, Tubereuse Organique is a beauty on its own, sharing no resemblance with former tuberose creations. Another great artwork created by Christophe Laudamiel and Ugo Charron! Some afterwords. On the official pages, Christophe Laudamiel wrote about how the works are designed and how they add some twists to the creations. As for this one, Christophe explains that there is no tuberose absolute added, since that could 'ruin the delicacy and natural element of' tuberose. Since the introduction is not included in the entries here, I will post them in a separate comment. For fragrance lovers who are hunting for artworks from the Zoo, I sincerely recommend you take a look at their pages. They are informative and interesting to read.

Following are the introduction retrieved from the official page, by the time of posting: Dream I had a dream of a tubereuse that smells like the fresh dewy blossoms that everyone loves, say on a bright spring morning. Scent TUBEREUSE ORGANIQUE recreates just that. It is not old, it is not tuberosy, it does not smell artificial. You can feel the organic and fresh character of the blossom on its majestic stem. Your nose caresses the softness and greenness of the petals, in HawaiI, in India or at the flower market at 6am in Sydney. How did we get so vegetal and organic? With Lavandin Organic-certified LMR and a dash of real Organic-certified Tequila. The tubereuse plant is of the same family as the agave plant, and those quenching tequila notes fit perfectly for a je-ne-sais-quoi so shiny and exhilarating. Of course we had to taste a few Tequilas for that. This one is from 123 Organic Tequila producer Mr. David Ravandi Twist This fragrance evokes the reality of being in a tubereuse field, yet is itself a tubereuse fantasy since it does not contain any natural tubereuse extract. Add tubereuse absolute to a true-to-life fresh tubereuse accord, and you ruin the delicacy and natural element of it. Tubereuse absolute is too dark, earthy, stuffy for that. We added Jasmine absolute Egypt as our little extra secret to keep those soft dewy petal going. Much better. Perfumers Christophe Laudamiel and Ugo Charron

I'm very happy to own the very first and signed bottle of Tubéreuse Organique that came out of their lab. It’s exactly like their description. This is a fresh dewy tuberose. It doesn’t smell of Fracas, it doesn’t have that carnal fleshiness of tuberose absolute because it doesn’t contain any. By a magical sleight of hand these different non-tuberose materials (many of them certified organic) combine to smell wonderfully of both the blooming petals and the green stems and leaves. There's also a dusty mentholated aspect that is slightly reminiscent of Tauer's Sotto la Luna Tuberose. In the drydown a green sap smell somewhat reminds me of a certain aspect of their Fig My Love (itself an amazing realistic full package of fig leaves, stems and fruit). One spritz on the blotter is enough to make my whole room smell like a tuberose farm. Wearing it on myself I am a walking field in full bloom.

The diva-like, carnivorous flower called tuberose this time not 'carnal' or bubblegum-sweet, but dewy & and so to speak 'vegan'. A tuberose that is not a tuberose at all, rather an agave on a chalky, creamy ambrette base. Wonderful!

So a few folks had remarked about the miraculousness of this tuberose centric fragrance oh into the fact it contains no tuberose natural material (I think I read that somewhere?) and knowing Christophe's tongue in cheek trickery the name sort of alludes to this too. Anyway I think it's difficult (and also conversely quite easy) to judge, because having smelled different tuberose materials of natural origin and bases and recreations and stuff like that, I have to say, tuberose is pretty changeable stuff. I thought I knew what it was, but I don't really. That being said this perfume captures some of the raw elements, it's salty and waxy and strange, mildly sweet but this isn't a fun, exotic tuberose, a pink hued, bubblegum kitsch thing, nor is it particularly green and crunchy or indolic. It's a peculiarly sterile, antiseptic, floral and to borrow from a pal 'smells like the halls of a junior school' and I get all that weirdness. So it shares tuberose's complex nature and I enjoy it as a perfume spectacle but I don't like it or want to wear it... Until the drydown. After hours and hours IT SMELLS GLORIOUS!!! The base materials the floral parts go all powdery and musky but not at all sweet, it's divine!!! but can I wait that long through all that rubbery, waxy strangeness....maybe??? the jury is still out.