Tubéreuse Criminelle : Capturing the Intangible

August 8, 2013 by Lavanya

As I have mentioned in several posts like this and this one, tuberose or rajnigandha is my favorite flower. There was something so sweet and elusive about the flower as I smelled it in the several drawing rooms that I inhabited growing up. To me the smell has always been the olfactory equivalent of letting a light silk scarf slide over my face, its touch cool yet not aloof. Because it is also my mother’s favorite flower, it would often […]

Categories: Art, Perfume Review, Scent • Tags: perfume, Serge Lutens Tubereuse Criminelle

Perfume Notes : Tuberose and Tuberose Absolute

October 18, 2009 by Lavanya

Tuberose, or Rajnigandha as it’s called in Hindi, is my mother’s favourite flower. In Delhi, one of my father’s friends, when invited for dinner, would bring a bouquet of fresh tuberoses for my mother as a thank you. And then for the next day or so, a cool elusive smell would float in the living room – sweet, dewy and incredibly beautiful.That is my first memory of smelling tuberoses and it has been my favourite flower too, since. I have […]

Categories: Perfume Notes, Scent • Tags: memories, natural perfume, perfume, Serge Lutens Tubereuse Criminelle, tuberose, tuberose absolute