L’Artisan Nuit de Tubereuse | Fragrance Posse

Sending greatest needs to Californians given the renewed storms.

The world right here is sort of a consistently moist sponge, however we’re not on flood alert. It rains … and rains … and rains. On.Off.On.Off. To say the garden is gross is an understatement. Sure, issues are rising however the grass is patchy and filled with moss. It’s tiring simply taking a look at it. I’m assume that come summer time I’m going to need to rake all of the grass up and begin once more …

Weirdly, inside this quagmire, winter and spring bulbs are developing. However along with those which were within the backyard for some time, there are ones I’ve no clue about. The place did that come from? And what precisely is it? Possibly I’ll discover out by mid-February.

Anyway, bulbs make me consider tuberoses, which aren’t bulbs (however tubers) however behave like them. I’ve planted tuberoses in varied locations on this backyard through the years and within the 10 years I’ve been right here precisely one (one!) has come up and bloomed. It was small and appeared prefer it needed to strive actually exhausting to stand up out of the bathtub the place it (and quite a lot of mates) stay with the anemones and a few different issues. See the pic and also you’ll see what I imply.

I really like tuberoses. Have since I found them. After I lived in London, you would generally discover minimize blooms at a flower stand in Covent Backyard and fewer continuously at a now lengthy gone store in Stoke Newington close to the place I used to stay.

There are such a lot of tuberose fragrances, a few of which I really like, some not a lot. I’m a fan of l’Artisan’s Nuit de Tubereuse however it lives within the field and I’ve to remind myself to convey it out.

I presently have a decant from a break up and a bottle of it. So, it’s not one thing I would like extra of.

That is (was – it was discontinued sooner or later – which jogs my memory of discontinuing one other Duchaufour, Penhaligon Amaranthine, the disappearance of which type of made sense) a Bertrand Duchaufour (actually, critically, does he sleep???) from 2010. Notes embody pink pepper, cloves, mandarin, tuberose, mango, ylang, rose, angelica, woods, resins and musk (per Fragrantica).

Each of my variations (decant and bottle) are nonetheless wonderful, beginning out inexperienced and spicy (like minimize stems blended with that clove observe) earlier than diving into floral spicy after which drying all the way down to a deeper floral spicy with a resinous undercurrent. It’s not massively long-lived on me and isn’t a heavy-duty tuberose (like Malle Carnal Flower, which I personal; Piguet Fracas, which I don’t; or Lutens Tubereuse Criminelle, which I hanker after) and it isn’t actually nuit, although I forgive it the title as a result of it feels heady and decadent – simply not heavy or unctuous. It isn’t a diva, which is attention-grabbing provided that tuberose is such a diva of a flower.

I’m very happy I personal this however I received’t really feel too unhappy when the decant and bottle are lastly used up.

Each Patty and March blogged about this again when it was launched (http://perfumeposse.com/2010/06/01/lartisan-nuit-de-tubereuse-revisited/ and http://perfumeposse.com/2010/06/02/lartisan-nuit-de-tubereuse-pattys-turn/ ) and there appeared to be numerous curiosity. However I believe that fell away pretty shortly. Possibly as a result of it’s not what individuals consider as a tuberose-centric perfume.

My preliminary response when that occurs tends to be ‘oh, that’s too dangerous’. However really it’s not. That is beautiful. I like sporting it. But it surely’s probably not memorable (which is odd for a Duchaufour) and I’m not shocked it’s probably not missed. I’m nevertheless shocked it’s gone however the bizarre banana l’Artisan remains to be obtainable. No accounting for style.

So, is tuberose one in every of yours? Which of them? And are you unhappy this one is gone?

Pics: mine 

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