05/20/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV
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Pungent tuberose
Blu is, in many ways, the tuberose counterpart to Jasmin T by the same house – pungent, greenish, and with a starting-line klaxon of fuel so potent it could power a small Toyota. The tuberose that explodes in the topnotes is possibly the purest expression of the flower that one can smell outside of an expensive absolute. Sadly, the purity of the topnote is marred by a stale dairy note, like milk fat coagulating on the floor of a hot milking shed. A bullishly fruity, sharp ylang accentuates the same attributes present in the tuberose, thus failing to restrain its tubular sister in any meaningful way. And maybe that is the point of this perfume. Many tuberose-focused perfume compositions seek to subdue the tuberose note in some way, but Blu seems to recognize that it is the kind of flower you just can’t put manners on. Blu is sexy, coarse, and messy beyond belief. It is exclusively for people who are unafraid of the quasi-ugly pungency of white flowers when presented in their natural form.