PG17 Tubereuse Couture Parfumerie Generale for women and men

I love the idea of tuberose in scents and grew up with lots of tuberoses when I lived near the Equator. It's a heavenly smell -- (the actual flowers, I mean) but tuberose replicated in perfume is never quite as I remember the real thing. (The closest it ever gets is with "Michael" -- however much the experts scorn at its loudness.)
I had very high expectations of Tubereuse Couture and it certainly starts off very promising and smells like it's about to reveal more, but dwindles to nothingness in a matter of seconds, not even minutes. It's okay, but that's about all.

It's interleaving of wild strawberry and cream tuberose.
It's a very luring, beautiful, bushy, intensive and rich fragrance.

I love tuberose… any tuberose. So my review probably is not objective enough. Anyway in my opinion this one together with Carnal Flower by Frederic Malle is best tuberose fragrance ever made. I love its creaminess this kind of buttery or oily feeling which covering my body when I’m wearing it. I almost feel as fatty essential oils flow throughout my skin. The aura generated by TC is very pleasant and this effect lasts forever. I’m not able to find any sweetness in this fragrance; it is rather weep cream effect than any vanilla, sugar or tonka. The base is woody but still covered by tuberose. Woods are deep and mysterious and extremely cozy like pillows. I have no idea at all what kind of woods are used in TC but this is something similar to common Indian fragrances (may be sandal???). TC is made for tuberose lovers; if you don’t like this flower avoid the TC as a plaque because it can kill you after first sniff :-)

I have to wonder if Mr. Guillaume sits up in bed at night and cries,'A-ha!!! Kalamanzi oil, that's what I'll use!"

Here are the notes for T. Couture:
kalamanzi oil, green jasmine shoots, ylang-ylang, sugar cane, Indian tuberose, Sumatra benzoin, papyrus.

Anyhow, I got a sample of this because I liked the bird in the add and I fell in love wiht his other papyrus offering, Papyrus de Ciane. Would I love Tubereuse just as much? Not really.

This scent wears like one of Dolly Parton's wigs: heavy, poofy and way too big. I have to wonder what it would be like wihtout the sugarcane and benzoin; it did not need the extra sweetness that these notes bring. I would also prefer a woodier base, like sandalwood, cedar, or even incense. This would have given it more grounding and kept it from being a runaway stink train.

Anyhow, not for me.

i love it, but i prefer the beginning it
has the same that Tubereuse criminelle from Serge Lutens, and it is even stronger without the sharp medicinal note of begining ( that i adore )but i was disapointed it is more expensive and it becomes at the end vanilla and cocoa like, i dont like that smells too sweety for me ! i appreciate it but will not buy it

That's a royal tuberose,very creamy and different from other tuberoses I have sprayed on my skin.I can imagine a contess wearing something like this

A stunning, fierce and modern tuberose scent. A must try for tuberose lovers, this one can very well become one of your favourites.

The top notes seem to lift off as a rocket heading for deep space. They are so hightuned, shiny and crazy that they remind me of fuel, gasolin, turpentine and laser beams. Still the top note smell really good, reminding of the top note in SLs Tuberose Criminelle, but more long lasting and ever brighter.

After the piercing top note, tuberose rise from the surface together with soft, creamy spiciness and warmth. It slowly become an exotic, sunny and beautiful tuberose for beautiful women dressed in creme coloured silk.

Smells exclusive, enlightened, strange and familiar at the same time.

Good but not killing sillage, longlasting, pretty, creamy, caressing and comforting dry-down.

Can be hard to wear if you´re not in the right mood or situation, but when you nail it, you feel so comfy and elegant.

Try it?
Absolutly!