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lisalwas – :
The problem I have (and maybe it’s not just me) with dominant gourmand notes like coffee or chocolate is that they are quick to fade.
Here the first minutes are filled with a glorious, if somewhat loud, combination of coffee and cacao, yet it’s quickly silenced (or at least diminished) into a soft sweet blur at the background of this scent.
What I mostly get is rose oil and strong, metallic tuberose. Once the gourmandise is quieted down, these are the real stars of this perfume.
It’s very nice and I still get gourmand whiffs once in a while.
Suitable for colder weathers, imho. This perfume gave me a bit of a headache when worn on warmer days, but today it’s cooler and I’m really, really enjoying this.
This scratches my coffee-scent itch just fine 🙂
kostan – :
A good friend of mine gave me a sample of Cafe Tuberosa knowing that I’m a gourmand lover and I’d love a combination of coffee and tuberose
To be honest,I can’t pickup much of tuberose here which is a pity.I highly believe that a real heady,creamy tuberose mixed with coffee and cacao would make an unforgettable gourmand heaven but it doesn’t mean that I don’t like it as it is.I can detect a strong coffee note which more reminds me of coffee beans than a cup of espresso,a beautiful rose with a slightly fruity,raspberryish undertone,some vanilla which gives some sweetness to coffee’s charming bitter scent and yes, I also can pickup patchouli and a faint touch of ashtray smell but it doesn’t bother me
I wish the coffee note stayed around longer as I can’t smell it anymore after half an hour but there’s still this cacao-patchouli-rose-vanilla thing lingering on my skin that makes me happy
I believe that this is totally unisex and you may love it even if you’re not a gourmand lover.this is the first Atelier Cologne that I like it so much that I need a bottle of it.smells good even on a heavy cigarette smoker unlike most other tuberose centered perfumes(maybe because I can’t get any tuberose out of it!).it’s long-lasting but not heavy in sillage
Wish they made a cafe tuberosa intense with stronger coffee and tuberose and heavier sillage but making flankers is not a Atelier Cologne style
Undate:drydown reminds me of a softer,darker,less sweet Mancera Roses Vanille,like a Mancera Roses Vanille grounded by some cacao-patchouli
شروع با رایحه تلخ دونه های قهوه،رز،کمی وانیل و یه ته بوی ملایم شبیه زیرسیگاری..بعد از نیم ساعت قهوه محو میشه و رز تمشکی،وانیل،کاکائو و پچولی باقی میمونن.بنظرم کاملا یونیسکسه و نیازی نیست که حتما عطرهای خوشمزه دوس داشته باشین تا بپسندینش..هنوز موفق به کشف مریم توش نشدم
bikden – :
My favorite from Atelier. The first time I tried it was in Berlin. Takes me back.
This perfume smells like breakfast to me. Everytime I wear it I’m hungry for some breakfast food, no matter what time of day it is.
Really good longevity and decent projection.
Вадим85 – :
How quick this happen upon me.
I had just experience this two week ago at Sephora. In a fit of ennui I sniff this becuase it had tuberose in the title.Let me first state I’m not a fan of this line. It uses the cologne,like Jo Malone, moniker wrongly and lightly-pun( colognes are supposed to be light and generally associated with citrus note).
I purchase it two week later. The ‘tuberosa’ does not exist, however I was drawn to the hidden but dominant chocalate( cocoa) note, followed strongly by the coffee note. Creating a unique smell that instantly piqued my interest.
Two of my favorite fragrance from Jo Malone was Black Vetyver Cafe and Blue Agave and Cocoa( both now discontinued) This remind me more of Blue A and Cocoa because the chocolate sings more than the coffee. It almost as great as an Avon fragrance call Extraordinary which I think is an authority on Chocolate fragrance.
Then there the new Nest Cocoa Woods , but this is better, less singular–multi facet.
When I told the sales associate at Sephora my thoughts on this having nothing to do with Tuberose and more to do with Chocolate, she ask me to fill out a application. It was a nice compliment that I needed. So I guess this scent with be align with hopefulness( I’m hirable)
I hope it last long, and gives good sillage–I usually try sample for a day then buy, but it was all so quick ..to fall in love with Cafe Tuberosa It help it was affordable in a travel size –less than 30 bucks. So quick to love –Atelier Cologne Cafe Tuberosa.
Bigg_Saymon – :
Oh my god, I have never smelled the combination of coffee and tuberose before, it is just soooooooo lovely, so inventive and just perfect for autumn, sweet but not cloying, warm but not too thick, tuberose given a sort of autumnal sophistication BUT…
I put it on my wrist and it sank almost instantly without trace. Seriously, topnotes gone within a minute, everything gone within five or six.
Absolutely gutted.
N.Y.HardCore – :
It starts with a blast of the coffee note, I love it. Later it mellows down into fresh florals. I like to re-apply again and again to smell that early coffee note. You are gonna love the opening if you are a coffee lover or even a coffee shop lover. However, the coffee note lasts from somewhere between thirty to forty minutes from application, and yes as others have mentioned resembles NdN from Tom Ford. I liked NdN as well, but sadly it does not last on me, is gone in an hour of application (I envy those on whom it lasts, it really smells great). But now I have Cafe Tuberosa to quench my thirst as it lasts on the me, and I somehow crave the coffee smell making it more likable than NdN. So cheers!
Komar22 – :
my granny used to wear various rose-and-white-floral concoctions through the years, and was never without a cuppa coffee in one hand, and a cig in the other. cafe tuebrosa smells of my granny !!! and that is a complement.
slightly over a year ago, i was offered a small promo bottle of CT right before it launched. the coffee note shot out at me, and i found it peculiar. i find all coffee notes in perfume rather stale, like when you pour the day old coffee into the sink. not nasty, but not rich and exuberant like the fresh stuff. the mix with florals confounded me more. the bottle was relegated to the shelf, and for a year sat as a novelty.
recently, with no explanation, i found myself craving it. i sprayed a hint to try it out again, and found, much to my surprise, i really liked it. i’m not sure what rewired in my head, but something must’ve. having the positive association to my beloved granny doesn’t hurt. first spritz is all coffee and tuberose. i still find the coffee a bit stale, but not off-putting. after a little while i get the rose and cocoa in the dry down. it’s lovely, it’s pretty avant garde and unexpected while still being totally wearable.
one of my favorite fragrance experiences is changing my mind (toward the positive) being proven wrong about an initial impression !! i’m so glad i gave this one another chance.
4hDr3y – :
The coffee blast is sharp, and kind of spicy in it’s own way.
It’s very fresh and enjoyable.
I find myself reaching for it more and more. It’s a top 3 Atelier Cologne, together with Musk Imperial and Tobacco Nuit.
diodayKaw – :
This scrumptious cacao note makes me crave desserts. Tuberose is MIA on my skin, thank God. It’s a more gourmand version of Armaf Club De Nuit Intense/ Tom Ford NDN. Rose note is toned way down and the chocolate note is amped up. Slightly spicy, little powdery. Beautiful. Delectable. Yumm.
gneloyglaz – :
This is one of the longer-lasting Atelier fragrances. Too bad it’s one I’m not that crazy about. I swear, this initially smelled like a vodka-mocha on me, I mean genuinely alcoholic. The bad kind of boozy. Eventually it dried down into pure tuberose, which was much more tolerable, but it’s not my favorite floral. However, on the dry down… I actually received compliments. Probably because other people like tuberose more than I do. Huh.
mansa – :
Do you like Gourmands? Do You like Tom Ford’s Noir de Noir? Does a lighter, fresher version of NDN with Tuberose and coffee in it sound like something you’d enjoy? You’re in Luck coz Atelier Cologne has made just the frag for you. Basically it’s the Noir de Noir DNA but the emphasis here is on the coffee, cocoa and Tuberose rather than on the Rose and Patchouli n tuber/Oud combo of NDN. Longevity and Projection are both good on my skin, bout 6-7 hours longevity with 4 hours strong projection before starting to fade.
In conclusion, I’d say if you found NDN too heavy or too feminine, get Cafe Tuberosa. You will get a fresher take on it for about half the price. A very well made frag I am happy to have in my rotation.
droniprosky – :
The opening is a dark roasted coffee bean and thick waxy tuberose. However, it soon turns into something incredibly like Tom Ford’s “Noir de Noir”. The rose, vanilla and cacao dominate all the way through with a velvety, chocolate sweetness. I don’t detect tuberose or coffee in the dry down at all. If you like Noir de Noir, you will obviously like this.
xpm753JeomiWogkig – :
Oh man, I did not need to know how good this is! I recently had a Sephora gift card and used part of it on a travel spray of Cafe Tuberosa. One spritz to test and I was ordering a full bottle. First of all, it does lean feminine to my nose, but MAN, I would die to smell this on a man! The coffee here is dark, slightly bitter, freshly brewed espresso, not a Frappuccino. I thought perhaps a coffee note against very prominent florals would be weird, but it’s not; the blend is lovely and harmonious, like a florist shop that also has a coffee bar (I’ve actually been to one of those). I get cardamom really only at first, and next to no cacao, and am glad of that. I think an overly strong use of cacao would have taken it into gourmand territory and oddly enough for a sweet gourmand lover like myself, I prefer Cafe Tuberosa just as it is. A gorgeous fragrance, both pleasant and unique.
ecl606elipseskism – :
I first didn’t like the smell when I tried it at Sephora – The first few seconds I felt “chemically” attacked and whatever it was that I smelled very acidic (not a fan of citrusy scents) didn’t seem like they blend well together. I agree with an earlier comment that it was choppy in the beginning. Then the coffee smell appeared briefly for three seconds. I dismissed the scent and this was definitely NOT on my LIKE list until 5 hours later I ended up loving the subtle peppery musky skin scent it left on my wrist. Very sultry and unique. Drastic change from start to finish I didn’t know perfumes could be this complex. I would very likely buy just for the dry down but I have to re-sample and see if I can tolerate the top notes.
Update: tested more perfumes in other categories and tried this again. So now I smell the “start” of coffee but it didn’t really turn into one but instead it took on the “ending” of the smell of tuberose = Caf-berose…but there is no complete coffee smell so it is closer to the smell of your ceramic-lined travel mug after you are done having coffee and you left it sitting all day then the ending just turned into -(tub)BEROSE. Worse tuberose smell out of the other perfumes I’ve tested so far.
icersape64 – :
That does not smell good. That smells like caramel latte with garlic paste stirred in. I do not smell tuberose in there at all. A very rough, awkward composition.
marttek – :
On paper: DAMN THAT’S INTENSE. The espresso note makes me snarl… Too bad, because I might like the other scent.
On skin: About the same. This reminds me of my least favorite BPAL scent. It smelled great on a friend, but awful on me.
There’s a note in there that smells like mint. It really doesn’t fit.
It lasted about three and a half hours before turning into a skin scent.
Parhom – :
Very weird coffee cigs and tuberose. At first is all Smokey with lots of tuberose on me. About an hour into I get a very strong coffee smell and some chocolate. I think I like it…i thiiink…we shall see how long lasting this is since I’ve only been wearing it for an hour and a half. Update later!!!
nainsmink – :
Yes, there is coffee and tobacco here. There is something a little dirty about this perfume, and it sticks around all day in the most delightful way. I smell the roses strongly in this, perhaps because I love them so. To smell like coffee and roses and like my life is a bit lived-in is a great comfort. Absolutely perfect on a rainy day. I can’t stop wearing it.
vikingvlada – :
This is utterly lovely, and long-lasting/strong for an Atelier. It’s in the family of Jasmin Angelique, but with tuberose instead of jasmine and sweeter. It goes on a sweet chocolatey tuberose. As it dries down, there is a smokey note and musk. In the base, it is cardamom, hint of rose, tuberose floral. Though not listed as a note, there is serious-ass, sexy musk in the base.
Chibrahor – :
not a bad blend.. there’s something smoky going on here but not sure what…bit of nose-prickly stuff (patchouli? incense? wood?) but not in a bad way. I can see someone on here compared it to TF Noir de Noir which is probably closest, although this one’s slightly ligther without the overwhelming truffle note. Think Rossy de Palma which I owned is even closer.
It’s a good offering though.
flatout – :
@adice Thanks for your review, now I want to check out Cafe Tonka Les Senteurs Gourmandes.
leon911 – :
I get the weird coffee & cigarettes vibe from this one. I also get the floral and sweetness. The tuberose is pretty tame – doesn’t immediately trigger a headache for me like so many tuberose perfumes will do. I like the coffee note but not the cigarette one (even though it’s rather subtle). First blast brought to mind bowling alleys when I was a kid, my parents were on bowling leagues, and people could smoke inside – I guess that’s a weird association since it’s not really THAT smoky of a fragrance but that’s what I immediately thought of. My sample will be more than enough of this one.
Cafe Tonka is still my favorite coffee fragrance by far.
4ba9lta3zar – :
Finally able to test this fragrance which I have been curious about, and I’m so pleasantly surprised. It may be similar to other fragrances but I don’t know or own them, and I think this is one of the best for the Atelier house. I regret not purchasing a full bottle.
Upon first spritz I get coffee and cocoa and tuberose. It’s delicious and I want to eat my arm! My second test reveals that in late winter this becomes a skin scent at around the 3.5-4 hour mark, still not great longevity but one of the best from Atelier. Good projection for the first hour, fills a room with just one sptitz!
Ivan1809 – :
Not a fan. First, the opening note on me was very choppy and oily charcoal flame. Before the coals settle. I smelled a lot of acrid burn. I didn’t recognize it to be coffee. It slowed down to a nice but bland burned marshmallow, then to a vanilla marshmallow with a tad of forest underneath. A very interesting combo, but not one noteworthy, nor strong enough, to make me change my mind.
ethemswam – :
This came in a 5-sample pack of recommendations ordered from Nose (based on their online profiling system). This was my least favourite by far. The coffee combined with tuberose clashed on my skin in a quite nauseating way: like acrid cigarette butts blasted with white flowers. First try but desire to give it a second chance.
sla – :
Warm, slightly spicy and the initial spritz you can for sure smell the coffee/espresso. The coffee scent does not last long at all though, but you will be left with a creamy, rosy-Tuberose. For anyone that knows, likes or loves Tom Ford Noir de Noir or Cafe Rose…you will love this Atelier Tuberosa. While it has nowhere near the sillage and longevity of Tom Ford, this scent is very, very similar to the two TF scents mentioned above. On my skin, the drydown of this Atelier scent is almost identical to TF Noir de Noir that has been on my skin for hours!! For a fraction of the price, and if you love TF, get some of this Café Tuberosa!!
Apaspshes – :
Snap is this amazing!! Goes on with a vintage vibe thanks to the tuberose! The cocoa and vanilla shine through seconds later. I don’t really smell the coffee myself. This just meshes together so well! For a while the tuberose hides behind the cocoa and vanilla, but she comes back in the dry down. This last forever too!It is almost indescribable and I have never smelled anything like this. I love that the tuberose is so prominent for most of the experience! Tuberose has always had a sort of buttery smell to me and of course that goes great with cocoa!
magnit000 – :
Wow, this is so beautiful! Exactly the kind of fragrance I love. The only confusing part is the name. Café Rosa would be much more fitting.
I get a strong coffee note in the opening with a hint of the mandarin. Soon the cocoa and the rose join in. This rose is a fruity one, giving me the impression of berries. Rose with cranberries and dried unsweetened raspberries. The cardamom is only a small accent and the vanilla only rounds the fragrance.
Cafe Tuberosa is a wonderful dark coffee and chocolate gourmand. It’s bitter and dry, sweet and juicy at the same time.
I just don’t detect the namesake tuberose at all. It might be there, but the cocoa, coffee and rose are so strong that I don’t smell any pronounced white floral note. Maybe a hint of creaminess, but I would never have guessed that this is supposed to be tuberose.
Nevertheless, even though I usually like tuberose much more than rose, I love this fragrance as it is.
It’s intense at first and has an okay longevity, but it stops to project from my skin after about ~4 hours. It’s still there, but closer to the skin. I don’t mind, but if you want a sillage bomb all day, this is not it.
Alex_Bond2011 – :
Coffee+rose. Gourmand floral. Strong. I won’t buy a bottle but I think it is one of the most interesting perfumes in the whole line. Worth testing.
AgigeArilique – :
I first tried on this scent a few weeks ago and hated it. But I gave it another chance yesterday and…I am a changed woman. I don’t know what it is different but I now love Cafe Tuberosa! When I first wore it, I smelled burned coffee and not much else. My most recent trial and my nose picks up a more fresh roasted coffee bean scent. Other fragrances with coffee notes tend to smell like brewed coffee with cream and sugar but CT has a stronger, more pure note of coffee. When I wore CT yesterday it reminded me of the times I drive by the local coffee roaster. So there is a bit of a burnt element to the coffee but not in an offensive way (anymore). My nose also senses the cacao and a tiny bit of cigarette but other than that not much else to this fragrance.
As I’ve stated for a review of Atelier’s Vanille Insensee, I am not a fan of this company’s offerings. But now that I enjoy Rose Anonyme, VI and now Cafe Tuberosa, I will have to try more from them.
flouggere – :
This opened with a cup of coffee — not coffee grounds, and not the generally dark smell that is what some call a coffee note; but liquid black coffee possibly cold and a bit stale. There is a bit of coco supporting it. The sweet creamy tuberose counteracts any unpleasantness the bitterness might have had. It is beautiful.
Three hours later it is sweet and creamy vanilla and sandalwood cacao — if you’ve smelled Kyse Santal Bois it’s that dusty note with silky vanilla.
I am concerned about the longevity but will be revisiting with a heavier application.
poper101a – :
This is the coffee scent that Black Opium wishes it could be! Okay, seriously now. I never expected to love this the way I do. Though classified as a floral, there is enough sweetness and spiciness to consider it gourmand as well in my opinion, and I am NOT a fan of smelling like a bakery! This is perfect – rich and sexy, very modern, with a tip of the hat to the great perfumes of the past. I can almost see Guerlain making this scent. Right now I’m nursing my sample, but will eventually own this scent.
Beeklymaymnbvoyz – :
Of all purported coffee fragrances, this one has the truest, richest, strongest note. It is there at the opening and remains for a long while. It is almost creamy, never sour, and quite lovely. However, it later on subsides into something thin, dusty, and rather generic, which is a shame given the beautiful opening salvo.
I couldn’t detect tuberose at all, just a vaguely floral mix with a faint memory of that coffee note in the back.
toronto0077 – :
How I wanted to love Cafe Tuberosa. By the notes’ votes and pyramid I was sure I would love it and blind bought it. And while it is nice, I just returned it (thanks to Sephora for an awesome return policy!)
Firstly, the name. They should have named it Cafe Rose. But wait, that’s taken, so let’s twist the name a bit and add an irrelevant ‘Tube’ before the rose. Because on my skin no tuberose ever appeared, or any other white floral for that matter.
On me it opens with a mix of Kahlua and freshly ground coffee, that lasts for a mere five minutes. A nice start. I’m hopeful and wait for tuberose heaven to ensue. But sadly for me, the rose disliker in frags, it’s all rose after the coffee is gone. Patchouli is definitely there too. Cafe Tuberosa reminds me a lot of L’Or de Torrente, it’s perhaps 90% similar. I also get whiffs of Gucci Rush in the middle notes. And yes, there are solid similarities with Cafe Rose by TF.
Longevity and sillage very moderate, cannot believe this is marketed as a parfum extrait, what a joke!
Anyway, I am being harsh here only because my expectations were set very high for this. But I’m really done with L’atelier Cologne and their ‘extraits’ for a while I think.
roma-strogan – :
Update:
My bottle just arrived, won from eBay auction.
When I was able to spray it vs dabbing my sample received earlier; I am noticing the great coffee note much more, specially the first 15 minutes, then the tuberose comes in.
Some describe the coffee note as a coffee liquor, I also get that some.
This is very floral. The Tuberose is stronger than the coffee or chocolate notes.
Right off the bat, it is a Tuberose accord, 50% Tuberose 40% coffee, and 10% the other notes. With an accord you loose some of the singular identity of the Tuberose, but for me it’s the dominant note throughout…
I think I recognized the Tuberose because I used to have Lutens Cedre, which is a Tuberose and cedar combo, that didn’t work for me. This coffee and Tuberose accord works nicely, and though I recognize the Tuberose to be dominant in the accord, it stays pritty much gender neutral, as the bitter black coffee contrasts the heady, creamy Tuberose.
I like how Sebastian described the Tuberose as the cream in the coffee, on his YouTube review.
Woman who are pure Tuberose lovers are saying the Tuberose here is not heady and creamy enough, it smells washed, as the reviewer on “Now smell this” blog said.
I think the Tuberose here may be gender-neutral, because it has been washed from it’s feminine lushness.
I’m a guy who likes to venture into floral fragrances, but most unisex floral frags are still too feminine for me.
If your like me, and like Tuberose, this may work nicely for you. Because the coffee and spices make a gender neutral accord with the Tuberose.
It works like Atelier’s Rose Anonyme, fresh Rose/ Oud combo that doesn’t get feminine.
From the mid-drydown the coffee and Tuberose get quieter, and it becomes a soft spicy chocolate and Tuberose, with maybe the chocolate being slightly dominant in the accord.
It does seem to have touch of unlisted patchouli, that gives a hint of warm spiciness along with the cardamom.
The citruses are not distinctly noticable, but I think the mandarine orange and bergamot, are well blended, and add a nice fruity zest; giving it that signature Atelier Cologne freshness. I think it’s fresh enough for Summer.
It is just a little sweet, and has good longevity.
This reminds me of my favorite gourmand, L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Noir Exquis, which has chesnuts and maple sap with coffee and florals, but is less floral and more woody and is not sweet.
This has been growing on me, the last couple days of sampling. I think I will get a bottle someday. It’s an exciting and enjoyable fragrance.
I wouldn’t pay over $100 for this, in a few years it will easily be found on Amazon or eBay for well under $100.
Rating: 8.5/10
God bless. John 3:16
Roorneesy – :
For the first 15 minutes, this reeks of: The inside of my purse when I was a smoker.
Memory triggered: I’m 19 years old, going to art school at community college, full of angst and frustration. I’m rummaging through my leather bag to find my pack of cigarettes, which have leaked shreds of fresh tobacco among numerous fruity lipgloss containers, cinnamon chewing gum, and crumpled paper receipts. I am young, naive, and unhappy, trying to figure out how I will escape my dead-end home town. It’s a nostalgia I’d rather not remember on my skin 🙂
With that said, after about 15 minutes of suffering…. I finally experience the joy of this fragrance. Freshly poured espresso with cream, chocolate pastries warm out of the oven, new leather, and rich purple roses (those ones that smell extra strong), and the sense of maturity and accomplishment after finally escaping my dead-end home town.
If only the top/mid notes could be as pleasant as that final dry down. But that isn’t how life works, is it? Even with the initial cigarette plume, this is unique and I’m tempted to buy it.
Igorrr74 – :
Cafe Tuberosa is probably the first winter-leaning release that also leans somewhat gourmand, a welcome addition to their lineup given that they’ve not tackled coffee or tuberose, really, elsewhere in their catalog, to my knowledge.
It opens with a heavy dose of coffee, neither terribly bitter nor rich, blending with the tuberose note. The cardamom adds a certain warm spiciness and the combination of vanilla and cacao further make it a sweet experience.
It dries down more floral, overall, but still sweet. The coffee figures in more for the first couple hours but gives way to the tuberose somewhat gradually.
It’s not as sweet as Montale Intense Cafe, nor as floral as Tom Ford Cafe Rose, but somewhere in between for those that find the former too sweet and too gourmand-like and the latter too floral and powdery.
I find it quite lovable, perhaps satisfying one’s desire for both of the above but not mine, personally, as I prefer the individual expressions of Intense Cafe and Cafe Rose, despite the notable difference of the tuberose note, contra the rose note of the other two.
Still, a great entry from the house that merits the attention it’s received.
8 out of 10
moralist – :
Cafe Tuberosa by Atelier is a very interesting perfume.
The opening is full of coffee, like others noted, nice rich coffee. The coffee lasts for about 5 minutes on my skin and after 5 minutes, the floral notes start to appear. It is a gourmandy-floral note where I find more than tuberose, a bouquet of fresh flowers with just little hints of cocoa mixed beautifully to give a very distinct and enchanting smell.
Personally, it is this transition that I love, where you can still smell coffee, and the flowers begin to show up. After about 10 more minutes, the coffee is gone and you are left with a linear bouquet of flowers smell.
Can’t think of when I would like to wear this. Maybe you can wear it any time of the day. I would say it is unisex, but would be great for women.
Not really a meh perfume for me, sometimes I don’t like to wear it but just like to spray it on my wrist and take a sniff every now and then. This is a different perfume which will remind you of your interaction will flower. At a distance I can also smell some sandalwood. Cafe Tuberosa, I am happy that I met you.
vlasov_ude – :
I recently received seven Atelier fragrance samples. I’m not very familiar with the brand and am excited to try these and share my thoughts.
Café Tuberosa smells mmm good. I am fast becoming a fan of this type of fragrance. I recently sampled Good Girl, which is similar, and really liked it. It also has coffee, cacao, and tuberose notes, but the coffee note is stronger in Café Tuberosa. Café Tuberosa is so warm, spicy, and cozy. Coffee and chocolate laced with florals. I love it!
dxs358Unlogrere – :
This smells like Angel mixed with something vintage. A little less sick and it won’t enter the room before you.
There is something so warm and cozy about this. It almost reminds me of my bubbe, but not in an old fashioned way.
geoneo – :
To me, this seems like a “heavy-hitter” vintage fragrance lover’s dream.
Those who are tired of modern fruity florals or super-sweet gourmands may want to sample this.
What others described as “coffee bitterness” seems much more like the sting (what others call “fizziness”) of aldehydes. (Although it’s not listed in the description)
Aldehydes generally make my sinuses burn and this one is no exception. While interesting, this gave me a heache si it’s a “no” for me. And unfortunately for me, it’s tenacious on my skin; a win for those who enjoy it.
If you’re looking for something new but old-fashioned, give this one a try. You might love it.
ARTUR300380 – :
Wow! This is a stunning gourmand that captures all the good smells of a fancy coffee house. The coffee, the pastry, flowers on the tables, exotic tea spices. It smells exactly how I always wanted coffee to taste, which is closer to the aroma than the flavor.
On me, the coffee note fades faster than I would like, and leaves a sweet smokiness that is closer to spice than burnt wood or bbq. I also smell a cigarette element, but it isn’t particularly warm. In fact, it veers a little dusty and is my only mild complaint. I would not say it is as “ashtray” as others mention, but it is far from fresh tobacco. I get the raspberry liqueur, but it’s definitely a combo of elements interacting and not a definitive note.
All in all, Cafe Tuberosa is a lovely fragrance that is totally unisex and would make an excellent addition to a fragrance collection. It’s perfect for beatnik poets or tortured artists, too.
ale-gost – :
tried this tonight at sephora. I was excited about this one and it proved to be very good. it starts with something almost rubbery on me, and i recognize the rose from rose anonyme. along with that is something warm, likely the coffee/cacao, but it’s hard to tell. i really like this one, especially after the drydown when the lovely vanilla comes out. one of my favorites from atelier.
opponeeds – :
YES! YES! YES! This is literally heaven in a bottle. I generally dislike almost all gourmand or sickening sweet fragrances but this, oh god, is executed perfectly! Chocolate, rose, and smokey notes (tobacco maybe?). The rose is there throughout the whole time on skin and the chocolate note gets darker as the fragrance dries down. There also seems to be a nice boozy/alcoholic vibe coming from this scent however I can’t figure out what’s attributing to that. The smokey note just wraps everything together so well. Like someone earlier said, as if someone is having a cappuccino outside a coffee shop with their cigarette. However, it’s not a stale or nasty cigarette smell. An authentic smelling fragrance. Projection is just right. It lasts and I can periodically smell myself throughout the day. Can worn day or night during fall or winter. Leans more masculine imo but can be worn by women too! Age range: >18
msk_man – :
I don’t get much citrus in the opening. It really smells more like a boozy raspberry liqueur. The scent opens up with coffee, cocoa, rose and tuberose. I can smell the cigarette thing – it’s more like cigarettes than smoke though, this is not a smoky scent. The tuberose quickly vanishes, leaving the floral heart to smell more like an extremely jammy rose. The boozy “raspberry liqueur”, the jammy sweet rose, the coffee and the cocoa all blend into a really lovely, complex scent. It stays pretty linear on me after that. It’s a nice scent and I enjoy it – I’m not sure it’s worth all of this rapturous praise though. I wish the tuberose and coffee were stronger, though that may just be my skin.
Reminds me of a more