Tuberose05/20/2025
ClaireV
969 Reviews
ClaireV
1
Minty fresh breath
A dense and vegetal tuberose, with a touch of that stewed-celery-and-Listerine oddness of Tubéreuse Criminelle (Serge Lutens). I like it very much because it represents the rubbery headiness of the flower without making me feel over-sated. If we plot a tuberose storyline with Fracas, the buttery bubblegum of nightmarish laboratories, at one end, and Carnal Flower, nature’s own bitter, green, and musky riposte, at the other – then Dentelle au Coeur lies squarely in the middle. The task might sound simple (‘do a tuberose’), but in all matters tuberose, steering things to that happy middle ground is a question of confidence and surety of hand. Dentelle au Coeur has both the almost meaty creaminess of Fracas and the limpid naturalism of Carnal Flower. The baby bear’s tuberose? Perhaps. Mind you, you really have to love tuberose to pay the almost $600 for 15mls that this goes for.
