kantza – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

At a distance, Ineke’s Hothouse Flower smells like raw sweetcorn mixed with white flowers. The corn works surprisingly well as a topnote here, adding a “yellow” vegetal note, a mild sweetness and a heavy starchiness. At a closer sniff, the mellow sweet note may be from the fig, but it reads as part of the corn accord. I’d be interested to know how the perfumer created that corn accord. There’s also a slightly bitter nutty undertone, like walnuts, and a mate tea note (green, tannic, slightly…malty? a bit like henna or grass clippings in a hot mower bag). The floral note here doesn’t smell like gardenia to me until the late drydown – until then, it’s a little pitchy, and strikes a note somewhere between gardenia and lily of the valley. There’s also a touch of galbanum and aldehydes, and little waxiness. Overall, it doesn’t evoke a hothouse to me – hothouses make me think of lush tropical blooms and humidity. This is more of a vegetable and flower garden on a cool overcast day sort of smell. Though I appreciate the creativity of the composition (definitely the only scent I’ve tried with a corn note), Hothouse flower doesn’t really speak to me.

RocaimaCepmam – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

Hothouse Flowers is the best gardenia fragrance I have ever seen. Amazing opening, fresh and rich heart, delicious and milky drydown. This is a gardrenia in the heaven!

comrad74r – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

A very green, fresh, peppery floral which becomes more leafy and herbal into drydown for me.
It does remind me of a hothouse aroma, specifically the cactus house in Edinburgh’s Botanic Gardens, though this is more floral
It has a soapy edge and it’s quite strong for the first hour or so. The drydown is where I notice fig-leaf – a slightly dry dusty leafiness that vaguely reminds me of L’Artisan’s Caligna but not so fresh (Caligna contains clary sage, fig, mandarin leaf and pine needles so there are similarities). In fact in dry down there’s definitely something L’Artisan-like,a bit like Premier Figuer too, a good thing if you like L’Artisan perfumes!
The creamy floral quality is more evident for the first hour or so then it’s less floral, more green, quite natural.
It’s a good choice for spring but if you feel like an uplifting green, peppery floral Baiser Vole is probably a more easy-to-wear pretty perfume.
Hothouse Flower is less mainstream in style, also less sweet, if that’s any help.
Sillage strong for two hours then quite light. I really like it in drydown, and this stage would definitely suit summer as much as spring. As Stelladiverflyn (below) mentions – the gardenia peaks out from behind the foliage (though we have an opposite experience from floral to green or green then floral) it’s pretty, and unusual. I like it

MaryAnn – 2022-06-20:

5 out of 5

This is the best gardenia fragrance I’ve ever experienced. It is well-balanced, green, and yet the musk keeps it from turning too sharp. Radiant and earthy, this is one of those perfumes that I instantly felt beautiful in for some reason. I see a full bottle in my future.

rebosozs – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

Not your usual gardenia, this perfume is both creamy and freshly green.
Imagine the smell of an entire flower, stem included.
I love wearing it as an every day scent, mainly for spring an autumn.
Hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do – try before you buy, but do try, it’s worth it.

bolvan – 2022-06-20:

3 out of 5

Ineke Hothouse Flower is no doubt a gardenia soliflore. But during the first hour, along with the sweet gardenia, it’s also intensely green. The greenness here does not feel dewy or humid to me, as the ‘hothouse’ in the name would suggest, but rather dry, volatile, and slightly powdery, more like flowers under the bright sunshine. I mostly perceive the greenness as the slightly sour and bitter sap of fig leaf, with a subtle green tea nuance.
The gardenia peeks through the green foliage, and gradually takes the leading role. It’s sweet with a gentle cheese-like undertone. But instead of being creamy, it inherites the volatile and slightly powdery texture, which makes it transluscent while still being intoxicating. Although it’s probably the power of suggestion of ‘corn silk’, I can indeed relate the sweetness of the fragrance with the sweet juice left in the pot where corns were cooked.
The drydown after about 5 hours is a lovely skin scent of fluffy musk and sweet gardenia. I can hardly discern any incense or woody elements throughout the development, but they probably provide a solid base for the blooming gardenia.
The sillage is moderate to soft, and the longevity is around 8 hours. I find Hothouse Flower right between two categories of gardenia soliflore: it has prominent green elements, yet not dewy like Annick Goutal Un Matin d’Orage or Marc Jacobs; it’s sweet and heady, yet greener than Isabey Gardenia or Fleur Nocturne, which makes it a quite unique approach. I’d definitely recommend giving it a try to those who are interested in a gardenia soliflore.

berkut1979 – 2022-06-20:

3 out of 5

Gosh this is green. One of the most fresh, true to life green leaf smells I have encountered so far. The tea, fig and cypress work well with the gardenia. The tea provides some dryness, whilst the fig some sweetness. I dont find the gardenia strong at the start but overtime it becomes much more evident but never overwhelming. The fig also comes much more to the fore with time but never too sweet. On the opening I definitely feel like I could be in one of the greenhouses at Kew or a florists. Its all fresh green stems of a lily or similar and it only starts to lessen in power after a couple of hours. Perhaps this cloud of green vegetation fragrance that surrounds me is created by hedione or its aldehydes?! A very pretty fragrance to wear when you want to remember fresh green leaves and flowers. For me its a fragrance of early spring when everything starts to come awake once more and is all clean and like new.

amelkov.dima1984 – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

Elegant floral composition with delicate green notes and soft effluvia of gardenia. Extremely feminine and very versatile. Suitable for summer evenings along the beach. It is very nice to the people around you. To try.

kosta87 – 2022-06-20:

5 out of 5

On me this is lush, creamy, and dare i say tropical. It is milky feeling but still fresh and wet, just delicious. Gardenia and naturally sweet corn silk, cypress + green notes are the most obvious by far. The humid, green, lush floral environment of a hothouse in the summer is appropriate imagery for the name. Love!
P.S. No THC containing substances. At all. On my skin =)

rus833 – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

Smells like the name; traditionally hothouse flowers don’t have much of a scent. I get the green stems, but none of the extremely promising florals and fig from the notes pyramid! Great for someone who’s looking for a very green spring scent but it’s a bit too linear and not exciting enough for my tastes.

Starnum – 2022-06-20:

4 out of 5

I do smell Mary Jane in this one.
This stays quite linear on my skin, very green smelling.
Not really my thing.
Longevity/sillage both moderate.

Stig_BLR – 2022-06-20:

5 out of 5

I did not smell the mary jane accord in this one, nor does it smell very green to my nose. It is intensely floral and sweet, but not sweet in a gourmand way, it’s like the fig propping up the gardenia. For floral lovers only! I find the staying power and sillage excellent

werewolf – 2022-06-20:

3 out of 5

I definitely get the marijuana scent, asher.jessie. Made me decide not to wear it when visiting family. ha ha
Too bad, the gardenia comes through nice and subtly.

Vov4ik72rus – 2022-06-20:

3 out of 5

Another gardenia-lovers-only perfume, this one from Ineke, Hothouse Flower offers a greenish, somewhat woody take on the gargantuan gardenia. This is a big fat white flower perfume, to be sure, but there is a competing greenish facet which makes the composition stand out from the creamy and powdery gardenia crowd.
I do not think that this smells much like a hothouse, but to my nose that’s a good thing, since hothouses tend to have a humid and suffocating quality to them. The scent of this creation is truly concentrated, but the humidity aspect is missing.
I find this to be a good gardenia, but not my favorite. I’d place it in the middle of the range–it’s much better than the lower-tier run-for-a-scrub gardenias, but not as appealing to me as the original Marc Jacobs or the gardenia entry in the Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Extraordinaire.
As usual, I recommend testing before purchase unless you already know that you are a gardenia fanatic. This is big, declarative gardenia with an accompaniment of woods and greens. It seems to me well-made, as Ineke perfumes always are, but you must love both gardenia and floral greens to be able to wear this creation. For the record, I do not detect any fig here at all.

Miller – 2022-06-20:

5 out of 5

At first sniff, it has an intense opening that is reminiscent of marijuana. Not smoked weed, but rather the bud or plant. This is from the combination of gardenia and fig.
Once it settles down a bit, you’re left with a bold, pretty, green white flower. I’m not sure if I really like it at this point, because it has a really incense-y smell that bores me a bit.
Once it settles down though, this is very pretty and worth the money.
If you like green gardenias that offer something “different,” go for this. You can’t go wrong with Ineke.
If anything this is a VERY realistic recreation of the gardenia flower, because it preserves the smell of the flower itself, but it also contains the waxy, softness of the plant. This is very worth trying! It’s no wonder it was so successful!

wemadipawer – 2022-06-20:

3 out of 5

In honor of the arrival of Spring, my boyfriend folded up a bright pink origami paper flower for me, and I sprayed it with my beautiful sample of Hothouse Flower from Ineke. I also applied some to my wrists.
This Gardenia is sparkly, green and creamy. The fig gives it a fruity, earthy bitter-sweetness. The gardenia is done very well. It is warm and sweet, but the bright green leaves and earthiness keep it from becoming too heavy or cloying.
As it develops on my skin, the green notes lose their sharpness but retain their freshness, the fig gives faint hints of raw earth with sweet creamy coconut, and the notes meld together with my body heat to produce a truly alluring, nectar -like aroma. I am looking around to make sure I am not about to be attacked by humming birds. Projection is moderate, and longevity is good.
Hothouse Flower smells like Spring erupting on all sides. It’s Spring on steroids. It is extremely uplifting and soothing. I could see this being very complimentary to the aroma of a morning cup of coffee. It’s like natural anti-depressants. If you like gardenia, but dislike those heavy, sneeze-inducing, overpowering florals, this variation on a true to life green gardenia should help you begin your day on the right foot.

aleksey-wir – 2022-06-20:

3 out of 5

Got this in the mail recently- so far I love it, it smells great and lasted an entire evening of much running around/being out. As perviously mentioned here, I as well am not a fan of florals- so I was apprehensive, but it sat well on me. I’ll keep it!