Do Son by Diptyque, 2005

Just OK. White flowers + green something. Feminine but not sweet. I wouldn't wear it.

What's wrong with tuberose? I love tuberose. I can't grow it easily here in the North so I'm happy to have it in a bottle. Very luscious and utterly moves you into loving its sweet spiciness. I bought it for my wife and it's worth every penny. Use sparingly! A little dab will do.

Do Son isn't as refined as Frederic Malle's Carnal Flower, smelling two-dimensional and unnaturally sweet by contrast. But it is a serviceable tuberose and far more wearable than, say, Dior Poison.

This is a lovely scent: it is floral and very pretty. It isn't my style but I appreciate it. I applied a very small amount and found a powerful, attractive floral scent. It is really quite beautiful, a bouquet of heady white flowers. There is also a very pleasant chord of green - wood - earth, and this is compelling in a quiet way. The scent is sweet, but in small amounts it retains a translucent quality -- it isn't heavy or cloying.

The tuberose accord here is nowhere near as heady nor as sickly as many I have encountered before. It's rather fresh, with a little green accent that Diptyque seems to favor in many of its floral compositions. I'm not sure if purists would call it a soliflore for it wears more like a bouquet of white flowers. But it's definitely more natural smelling than the nose-searing Olene. And if you enjoy Carnal Flower but find it a tad too 'showy', this may well be right up your street.

Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of tuberose. That said, this one bothers me less than some other tuberose perfumes, probably because it's a bit green and has orange blossom in it. I don't like how it turns powdery.

But if you are a tuberose fan, you really should try this one.

This tuberose centered scent makes me feel sick. I do not like it. (Revised from 17 Sep 08).

This Is Tuberose. Tuberose. and a little more Tuberose.
Now, I don't have a tuberose sitting here next to me to compare to, but I have smelled them as cut flowers, and as flowers growing in the garden (in So. Calif), and this is precisely what they smell like. If you are looking for a soliflore tuberose, here it is. If you don't know what they smell like, hie thee to thy nearest florist, and have a sniff. Yes, I'm sure there are other notes in there, but the big impression here is tuberose. Tuberose is a smallish flower in real life, but it thinks it's B-I-G. I love the slight saltiness of it, which balances the sweetness (don't worry, not cloying) and warmth of it. very strong at first, with lots of sillage, almost an elevator-clearer, but later, STILL very strong, just not so in-your-face (nose) anymore. Dry down loses some sweetness, and saltiness is more pronounced. (think salty as in cracker jacks, not marine.) Not a gentle, light fragrance to me AT ALL. Lovely, impressive. I do think it wants warmer weather. Note to men, wear it if you please, but this should really be listed as a women's fragrance.

Yup, tuberose. No doubt about it. Looking for a tuberose scent? Have some Do Son, it's got tuberose! Well.... at first. It dries up before it gets the chance to blossom. It's more like a cube of tuberose instead of the more open and oval shape I envision tuberose scents to be.

Not fresh, suitable for men indeed,it's dark tuberose reminding me like datura in a funny way :)
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