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03/21/2015
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Tuberose, Venice and the right "patina"
In the famous book "Perfumes, The Guide" Luca Turin offers a brilliant description of the smell of tuberose (page 130, when he talks about the perfume "Beyond Love" By Kilian's.) "Not only is the smell of tuberose flowers wonderful, it isn't even, properly speaking, floral in the clean, vegetal sense of floral fragrances. Tuberoses smell of butter, rubber, leather, blood, and heaven knows what else". "Beyond Love" is the best tuberose soliflore on earth (according to Turin) - and I think he has a point here. But "Ekstatis" by Re Profumo might be listed as one of the best tuberose-themed scents of the last years. It is not a soliflore, but a tantalising, warm, lush mélange of bergamot, tuberose and tonka bean. The tuberose in "Ekstatis" is strong, but not too sweet, slightly rubbery, and has a creamy touch. As a night blooming plant, it is very well suited for a perfume called "Ekstatis". The composition of this perfume from Venice evokes the fantastic city, redolent of a fabulous world and inspired by art, architecture and literature (I don't want to focus on the concept of the "perfume novel" used to boost sales of this new brand).
In "Ekstasis", the tuberose is beautifully balanced by tonka bean and vanilla, but I also perceive a hint of jasmine and rose from Bulgaria giving the fragrance more sheen and some kind of special "patina" (like a good, old vinatge perfume). There clearly is an indolic element in the composition, but it is quite subtle and the entire perfume remains beautifully rounded, reminding me of Roja Dove's re-edition of Pierre de Velay's No. 11. "Ekstatis" is not a boudoir perfume; I recommend you wear it out of your bed to lure whoever you prefer into it. It's not a "pretty" scent, but a tremendously sensual one. My new favourite tuberose fragrance.
In "Ekstasis", the tuberose is beautifully balanced by tonka bean and vanilla, but I also perceive a hint of jasmine and rose from Bulgaria giving the fragrance more sheen and some kind of special "patina" (like a good, old vinatge perfume). There clearly is an indolic element in the composition, but it is quite subtle and the entire perfume remains beautifully rounded, reminding me of Roja Dove's re-edition of Pierre de Velay's No. 11. "Ekstatis" is not a boudoir perfume; I recommend you wear it out of your bed to lure whoever you prefer into it. It's not a "pretty" scent, but a tremendously sensual one. My new favourite tuberose fragrance.
