If nature offers olfactive clashes, tuberose is probably the best example of these.
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. 18 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.
