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.

I found this perfume through Pinterest and was immediately influenced to buy a sample due to the beautiful reviews of the product. After a week, the sample finally came in yesterday, and only one word comes to mind...DIVINE. This is a chic yet girly scent, its very reminiscent of my childhood with a "grown woman" twist. It starts very tart and almost gummy (but in the best way possible) then dries down to a deliciously creamy yet fresh scent. I immediately bought a 50 ml bottle and perfume pen. I know this is a limited release, but I really hope Courtney changes her mind and keeps this as a core collection, I already see myself buying this again many times down the line.

truly intoxicating. Upon initial spray, I smelled only the fizz of pop and green grass which freaked me out a bit, and I was looking forward to the ice cream note more than anything . After a couple minutes it died down to a creamy, delicious, girly scent. It smells like a pink crush cream soda float with vanilla ice cream. It smells like laying in the grass with a sprinkler. It smells like putting a flower behind your ear while walking to the park in the heat. Sticky bubble gum under the desk while waiting for summer break to finally start. So obsessed! I need to find a lotion that smells like this so I can soak up this girly deliciousness! Best blind buy yet!

have quickly become very obsessed with this. it lasts all day and whenever i get a whiff of it, i instantly forget all my troubles. it is wonderfully nostalgic in that tween girl fruity-flavored lipglossy kinda way but it's more sophisticated than that. it's definitely for women and not for girls. it's for women who grew up during the era of limited too and like to cling to pieces of their youth; women who collect dolls and still rewatch the shows they grew up with, trying to copy the outfits of summer roberts or buffy summers now that they have the power to do so; women who, as girls, knew exactly who they wanted to be when they grew up and became ~her~

this is an absolutely beautiful fresh green vanilla gourmand. when I smell it it almost takes me back to being a tween during the summer, the sugary popsicles melting down your hands and citrusy sodas you'd have during a hot summer day at the beach, grass stains on your knees from playing and picking flowers all day in the hot sun. its summer in a bottle minus any of the coconutty sunscreen smells all too familiar and overdone in many summer perfumes. it's so bright and grassy at the beginning, but dries into a freshly and fruity gourmand that's not even slightly too heavy for warm weather. fell in love at first sniff and I need a full size !!

Probably the most perfect perfume to wear during your last summer as a teenager. There’s something very innocent and sweet that stems from the notes of ice cream and raspberry, but it’s immediately contrasted by just the perfect amount of muskiness from the tuberose. i didn’t really love this one at first, but after wearing it on multiple days that reached over 100° where i live, i can confidently say that this perfume is a solid summer scent. whenever i wear it i feel like i’m digging through my old trunk of dress up clothes and playing pretend for the last time before i move into adulthood. yummy !

Wow! First, this is strong. It smells like a raspberry cream soda and bubblegum-y tuberose. But it’s balanced out well by the creaminess. Delicious! Such a fun spring or summer scent! It’s not overly realistic, it’s very perfume-y and very sweet. It’s very playful. I think two sprays is enough, I can see how this could cause a headache if over sprayed. It’s very pretty and the reviews are spot on. Evocative and playful fragrance It’s very 2015 born to die era lana del rey. Coquettish, summery, like if a lollipop were a perfume. Coney Island vibes. Can’t wait to wear this in warm weather.

A wave of nostalgia for the family I never even had. Victorian houses with ivy crawling up the sides. Garden parties and wild strawberries dropped into champagne coupes. Impeccably dressed women who make you feel safe. Willful teen cousins in kitten heels lending you their oily pink gloss. The sun glinting off icy glass pitchers of lemonade. Grandmother's powdery Guerlain perfume lingering on the spot where she kissed you. Perfect cloudless days that cool off at dusk. A tinge of melancholy, like all great perfumes, in my opinion. Instant love for me.

Lovesick in the summertime: A grass and raspberry lime gelato-stained skort, treated (in vain) with two pumps of cheap hand-soap from the mall bathroom. You want to call him but your friends warn you it would seem desperate. Instead, they try distracting you by driving around town aimlessly, blasting music and gossiping. The streets feel empty because everyone's gone for the summer. You keep zoning out, wondering if it was just a summer hookup or perhaps something more... Fizzy, frivolous and melancholy.

Did not like the opening one bit. I tried to wipe it off my wrist and neck. But an hour later, I keep getting wafts of something sweet and divine. Oh yeah. I forgot I'd sprayed it on my other wrist too. I never gravitate towards effervescent fragrances, but I might have to make an exception here. Living for the cream soda note! Wish I hadn't tried to wipe it off, so the drydown could engulf me more. The opening has since grown on me, as I've worn it more.

I think the notes would have you believe this is just a giant explosion of sugar and gourmand scents. Not so on my skin! I've found this a really consistent smelling perfume over 3 to 6 hours on my skin, and along with the creamy (but subtle) raspberry and lime sherbet smell, it's quite herbal and grassy. It's really delicious. Think Chapman's Rainbow Sorbet dropped in the grass on a hot humid summer day. Also very comforting around the house at winter.

I love to wear this to the beach layered with holy hell, or to a bar patio layered with do son to bring out the tuberose. My favorite place to wear it is Coney Island. It's youthful and sticky and mixes well with a number of summer fun times scents (cigarettes, sunscreen, bomb pops, body glitter). A summer scent only for me. Not necessarily a crowd pleaser, though. I don't get grass from this at all but can smell all of the other notes.

it’s funny, i usually don’t enjoy fragrances with this fruity profile, but something about this invoked such an emotionally response i had to buy a bottle. smells like a childhood i never had but always dreamed of, being a young teen spending the summer laying in the grass, eating ice cream & having a crush. it feels like a coming of age film directed by sofia coppola. so fizzy & sparkly and also somehow creamy? it made me cry.

Smells like being 16 in Florida with a friend you met on Tumblr. Doing copious amounts of drugs and lying to your mother about your whereabouts. You’re drunk and listening to Born to die for the very first time . There is A hibiscus flower in your hair and grass stains on your tanned knees .She spills a Raspberry lime mojito down your dress and You immediately forgive her with all of your heart

Venus in Tuberose is sooo gorgeous. A wise girl once said "sexy can't be cute, but cute can be sexy" and though the jury may be out on that one, I think applies here. It's girly and sweet but not at all cloying. It's not indolic whatsoever. It smells like a raspberries and cream lollipop with a grassy edge. Makes my mouth water. I just love it and I hope Courtney Rafuse never stops making it.

this makes me think of eating a lime freezer pop in the grass. at the same time, it’s a bit powdery which makes me think of my childhood dolls and bright pink sparkly bedroom. as time goes on it gets less grassy and more creamy while still smelling fruity. on my skin it’s not heavily floral at all, it’s just like flowers in the background rather than BOOM FLOWER. i love this so so much.