If nature offers olfactive clashes, tuberose is probably the best example of them. These pretty flowers exude an almost carnal smell, superimposing in a quasi-miraculous way—flower-shop freshness, camphorous violence (spicy and animalic) and milky sweetness. This mysterious equilibrium has always fascinated perfumers. Eighteen months were necessary for Dominique Ropion to create a modern version of that theme, an olfactive Everest that only the most talented perfumers are capable of reaching.
