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The lovely, quiet elegance of a creamy tuberose
After trying out Madurai, I was curious to see how this one would fare since both have somewhat similar notes. If Madurai is a peach-forward perfume on my skin, Marfa is a tuberose-forward fragrance.
It starts quite similar to Madurai with a very nice, refreshing and uplifting peach note accompanied by citrus. Don't be fooled though: it doesn't take very long before the middle notes rise up and that's when the difference becomes quite clear. I got a nice, carnal, floral and tropical ylang-ylang for a few minutes, but the star here is truly the tuberose. It's sweet, creamy, floral with a touch of powderiness. Might be the best tuberose scent I've smelled up until now. It doesn,t have that bubblegum aspect or that animalic hint. It stays pretty fresh and light, while retaining a nice rounded creaminess I love in white florals. Orange blossom might be keeping it on the lighter side of things. It never goes into the tropical territory apart from that small ylang-ylang reference. The drydown is warm, comforting and soothing. I get the dry and powdery sweetness of vanilla, some clean white musks and a hint of woodiness.
Overall it has that lovely, quiet elegance I've come to recognise in the Fleur Bohèmes collection. It's dignified, simple, yet is quite enticing. I'm not a big fan of wearing tuberose-forward scents on myself, which is why I won't be adding a full bottle to my collection. but it's a very lovely scent nonetheless.
It starts quite similar to Madurai with a very nice, refreshing and uplifting peach note accompanied by citrus. Don't be fooled though: it doesn't take very long before the middle notes rise up and that's when the difference becomes quite clear. I got a nice, carnal, floral and tropical ylang-ylang for a few minutes, but the star here is truly the tuberose. It's sweet, creamy, floral with a touch of powderiness. Might be the best tuberose scent I've smelled up until now. It doesn,t have that bubblegum aspect or that animalic hint. It stays pretty fresh and light, while retaining a nice rounded creaminess I love in white florals. Orange blossom might be keeping it on the lighter side of things. It never goes into the tropical territory apart from that small ylang-ylang reference. The drydown is warm, comforting and soothing. I get the dry and powdery sweetness of vanilla, some clean white musks and a hint of woodiness.
Overall it has that lovely, quiet elegance I've come to recognise in the Fleur Bohèmes collection. It's dignified, simple, yet is quite enticing. I'm not a big fan of wearing tuberose-forward scents on myself, which is why I won't be adding a full bottle to my collection. but it's a very lovely scent nonetheless.