Ingredients · Florals · dry-down
Tuberose absolute
Say itTOO-buh-rohz absolute
Creamy, buttery, narcotic white flower with camphor, rubber and coconut facets.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from solvent-extracted tuberose flowers.
- Where it comes from
- mainly India
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Opulent white-floral centrepiece; adds creamy, carnal richness to floral and amber perfumes.
- Worth knowing
- Native to Mexico and domesticated by the Aztecs, tuberose no longer grows anywhere in the wild.
- Known in
- Carnal Flower (Frédéric Malle, 2005)
- Rules
- Limited. Capped via restricted trace constituents (IFRA Annex I)
- Also called
- Polianthes tuberosa (Agave amica) absolute; tubéreuse
Named by the house, not on the label, in 40
Good GirlCarolina Herrera · “Tuberose Chrystal”
Honour WomanAmouage · “Tuberose”
Honour 43 WomanAmouage · “Tuberose”
My WayArmani · “TUBEROSE”
L'InterditGivenchy · “Tuberose Absolute”
Lys 41Le Labo · “tuberose absolute”
Aldehyde 44Le Labo · “tuberose”
Tubéreuse 40Le Labo · “tuberose”
Zahara Amber DubaiAl Haramain · “Tuberose”
Hawas PinkRasasi · “Tuberose”
KhamrahLattafa · “Tuberose”
Vanilla 01Swiss Arabian · “Tuberose”
Do SonDiptyque · “Tuberose”
Vendetta DonnaValentino · “Narcotic tuberose from Columbia”
White DiamondsElizabeth Taylor · “Egyptian tuberose”
BeautifulEstée Lauder · “Tuberose”
OscarOscar de la Renta · “Tuberose”
GabrielleChanel · “Tuberose”
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · “Tuberose”
CuriousBritney Spears · “tuberose”
Blanche BêteLiquides Imaginaires · “Tuberose Petals”
L'Interdit RougeGivenchy · “tuberose”
Sharaf BlendZimaya · “Tuberose”
Wind FlowersCreed · “Tuberose Absolute”
Gabrielle EssenceChanel · “Grasse tuberose”
Daisy Wild Eau So IntenseMarc Jacobs · “Tuberose”
My Way Sunny VanillaArmani · “Tuberose Heart”
Gaultier Divine ElixirJean Paul Gaultier · “tuberose”
Hunter IntenseArmaf · “Tuberose”Yara MoiLattafa · “Tuberose”
Queen of SilkCreed · “Tuberose”
Good Girl Gone BadKilian Paris · “Tuberose”
AldebaranMarc-Antoine Barrois · “Tuberose absolute”
Tubéreuse AstraleMaison Crivelli · “tuberose absolute ORPUR”
Qimmah for WomenLattafa · “Tuberose”
Rolling in LoveKilian Paris · “Tuberose”
Hundred Silent WaysNishane · “tuberose”
BloomGucci · “Tuberose”
Man in BlackBvlgari · “Tuberose Absolute”
Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · “tuberose”Sources