For the longest time, I put myself in the category of not being a floral perfume person. Rose perfumes? Never been that fussed. Lavender perfumes? Adore them on other people, but not for me. However, after a decade working as a beauty editor and amassing hundreds of perfumes, there became a common thread in some of my most-loved and most complimented perfumes. And guess what? It’s a floral note. Specifically, tuberose.
And since making the connection, it turns out that I might be a florals person after all, with some of my all-time favourite scents being tuberose perfumes. Together, they’ve garnered me more compliments than I can keep track of, including one that had 10 people asking me what I was wearing in the space of an hour. Yep, tuberose really does have that effect on people.
What Does Tuberose Smell Like?
Tuberose is a white floral that smells creamy, milky, sweet, a little green and waxy, and even animalic and carnal. Known as “the Queen of the night” in perfumery, this intoxicating flower begins to release its scent after sunset. It’s so heady and intoxicating, in fact, that throughout history, well-to-do ladies were forbidden to walk through tuberose fields for the fear that the scent would arouse uncontrollable desire. And if that isn’t an advert for how intoxicating tuberose smells, I don’t know what is. Out of all the florals, tuberose is the most lustful of the bunch, making it particularly good for alluring and sensual fragrances that get you noticed.
Having done my beauty editor boots on the ground journalism and worn many tuberose perfumes out in the wild, I can confirm that this perfume note is a guaranteed compliment-magnet. Scroll on for the best tuberose perfumes that should come with a warning—they smell heavenly.
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