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Tubereuse Criminelle(1998)
Serge Lutens · Christopher Sheldrake · Floral
At a glance
Created by Christopher Sheldrake for Serge Lutens, Tubereuse Criminelle opens on eucalyptus and clove, moves through a tuberose heart, and closes on musk and vanilla. Its shocking opening, evoking medicinal camphor and rubbing alcohol before the narcotic tuberose fully unfolds, was a deliberately provocative structural choice that divided critics and enthusiasts alike, and it remains one of the most discussed and analyzed tuberose compositions in niche perfumery history.
Did you know?
This scent's vanilla note relies on vanillin, the compound that made vanilla affordable worldwide — first synthesized in 1874.
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