Venus in Tuberose

wearing this today. after weeks of conflicting feelings, and hurling over the initial sharp but strangely nostalgic aroma that drew me in, i have become intoxicated by this fragrance. there was something repulsive to me in the beginning, maybe the cream soda? or how the cream and the lime come together. but the way it settles into this blissful, sweet, ever-so-slightly fruity and juvenile sprightliness, I understood. it reminds me so much of my bedroom when i was a teenager. before all the drugs and the doom and gloom and the burdens of life. especially, in the summer. laying on the floor looking through fashion magazines with the windows open. clipping my favorite pictures and taping them all over the four walls of my bedroom. i'm not one for gourmand scents, but something about this isn't entirely gourmand to me. yes it's sweet/fruity but not too much of either. and yes, it's slightly creamy but there's the floral notes that blend, balance the cream, the raspberry. the lime is a nice touch, along with the chosen floral notes and the grass to tame that sweetness. tastefully done and memorable. maybe i'll get the full bottle. i love this house.

I’ve never cried from smelling a fragrance but came very close when I put this on today and thought it was so playful and innocent and unapologetic and thought to myself “this is what being a teen girl should’ve smelled like” Venus in Tuberose is BIG FUN, a lush, tart gourmand/white floral that smells like a lime sorbet, a raspberry Italian soda, pressing every flavor on the slushee machine, green and pink starburst popsicles and the addictive scent of tuberose Vibes: putting on lip gloss in the car, walking home with your friends in summer and laughing, kissing with pop rocks in your mouth, that feeling at the beginning of summer break when life stretches out in front of you, bad behavior that doesn’t have long-term life altering consequences, pink y2k outfits and a T-Mobile sidekick, what I think visiting Florida is like for rich people who aren’t from here A scent that is described as a “floral fruity gourmand” isn’t something I often find myself writing pages of emotional connections and imagery I associate with it but as someone said below I am fully UF pilled 💚

Warning, it's Sweet Tarts straight out of the bottle, but it dries down to a really lovely skin scent. This is what I always crave from an adelhyde, but, unfortunately, they dry down really metallic on me. It's also giving me what I always wanted from those 'clean laundry' scents. I don't want to smell like a dryer sheet, I want to smell like the idea of a laundromat with the door propped open on the first really warm sunny day of spring while a hospital television mounted in the corner plays 'Guiding Light.' By noon it it has the cream soda notes peaking through but never reads as gourmand or even edges into sugared rose territory. My favorite thing about it--it's skin scented but never veers animalic, somehow maintaining that freshness--maybe from the lime/grass notes. It's sparkling and youthful but mature at the same time. Reminds me of buying Love's Baby soft when I was a teen and compulsively smelling my wrists in class. Super harmonious! I'm going to buy a full bottle!

The Veronicas "Untouched" playing at a Libby Lu birthday party. Less childish and more the things that bring me back to the most fun parts of girlhood; flirtatious, playful, unabashed feminine joy. I get the raspberry, lime, and ice cream in a tart, bright opening and then after a few hours the cream soda, tuberose, and grass are what linger on me, like I'm half asleep on a park blanket. The sweet notes in this are beautifully brought to earth by the lime and grass, preventing them from feeling cloying or syrupy. The sillage/longevity aren't the strongest, but as someone that can't do intense scents this is perfect for me. Initially I had absolutely no interest in trying this - I'm a very fresh/earthy scent girl who doesn't usually care for hibiscus or sweet/gourmand scents at all, so the notes on this immediately lost me. Something made me try it on a whim anyway and I'm so glad I did. Makes me feel like Molly Gunn and Ray Schleine at the same time.

I'm averse to overtly fruity and gourmand scents but the bright and fizzy raspberry-lime hard candy opening of this one has the same thrill of being allowed to wear a bikini for the first time, which I can't possibly resist. Best of all, the candied intensity of the fruit fades before it becomes overbearing and the scent opens up into a lovely cream soda style tuberose and hibiscus that makes for the ideal summer scent. Think vanilla ice cream melting down your hand, consciously licking it off so your crush sees. Venus in Tuberose allows me to tap into my Bath & Body Works adolescence minus the regression; the perfect reconciliation of the wish to be grown and the confidence in having done so.