I have a quite feminine and romantic taste in perfumes, I love floral scents. I can't help myself, when I sniff a bouquet of flowers or a blooming peony, lilac, rose, magnolia, jasmine or wisteria in my mum's garden, I have an instant reaction of joy. Several years ago I discovered the scent of tuberose as a soliflore, without being mixed with other notes, and I completely felt in love with its narcotic perfume. It's one of the sexiest most opulent floral scents that I have ever experienced. For some it is too heady and strong, but I find that it has a very special, exotic and complex scent that changes over time.
Native to Mexico and Central America, today it's also cultivated in France, North and South of Africa, India, Hawaii, Vietnam and China. It's a nigh blooming flower that has to be harvested early in the morning when the buds are closed. Its scent will come the day after been cut and their intense odorant particles will be renewed after more than 48 hours giving a sensual fragrance to an entire room.
Used in India and Hawaii for centuries in floral crowns for wedding ceremonies, this flower was forbidden during Renaissance in Europe for young single women as it was believed the fragrance of tuberose will awake their passions giving them instant orgasms. The french writer Émile Zola wrote about the persistent scent of this carnal flower "When tuberoses decompose they have an human odor". Also in France, Madame de la Vallière, the mistress of the king Louis XIV, used to display vases of tuberose flowers on her room to show to the actual wife of the king that she wasn't pregnant, because its intense smell can be disturbing for women expecting a child.
Used in India and Hawaii for centuries in floral crowns for wedding ceremonies, this flower was forbidden during Renaissance in Europe for young single women as it was believed the fragrance of tuberose will awake their passions giving them instant orgasms. The french writer Émile Zola wrote about the persistent scent of this carnal flower "When tuberoses decompose they have an human odor". Also in France, Madame de la Vallière, the mistress of the king Louis XIV, used to display vases of tuberose flowers on her room to show to the actual wife of the king that she wasn't pregnant, because its intense smell can be disturbing for women expecting a child.
It was really hard for me to find the perfect association of notes. This white flower can be quite intoxicating and has to be wisely mixed with other ingredients that will give to this noble note a brilliant and light facet avoiding cloying combinations.
After testing many brands, I found this beautiful gem, Do Son by Diptyque. It is the lightest and airiest version of this flower, just a delightful scent. It is an interpretation of green, fresh and relaxing tuberose. Created by the nose Fabrice Pellegrin, top notes are orange flower, rose and iris. Middle notes are tuberose and pink pepper and base notes are benzoin and musk.
Normally boys hate sophisticated floral scents, but this gorgeous perfume has definitely passed the test by the male gender of my entourage. It will give you a delicate young and feminine touch for day and night. I love to wear it all year long and specially during spring and summertime. The packaging is minimal and beautiful and has pretty details like a lithography of a Vietnamese landscape.
Do Son Eau de Toilette by Diptyque makes me feel intense, sensual and strong in a paradoxical light, fresh and serene way.
Do Son Eau de Toilette by Diptyque makes me feel intense, sensual and strong in a paradoxical light, fresh and serene way.
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