Description
“Today, Lancôme has appointed some of the greatest contemporary perfumers to pay homage to Lancôme’s founder, Armand Petitjean. The result is Maison Lancôme’s new collection of fragrances that so exquisitely touch upon and carry on Petitjean’s dream, and the essence of the House itself.
This new High Perfumery experience takes a creative stance: the very French art of blending. Each fragrance is crafted in the same manner that one composes a wine of the most superior grade (Grand cru), with a combination of varieties, origins, and extractions that are all specially selected according to precise criteria.” – a note from the brand.
Tubéreuses Castane was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Shyamala Maisondieu.
k52 – :
I liked the brief opening when the scent is heavy with chestnuts, but then it changes too quickly into a generic tuberose and tonka medley. On my skin it’s very synthetic and I can think of a dozen similar that are much more natural, and cost roughly 50% less than this one. (A full bottle sells for $200)
kiborg82 – :
Tuberause Castane is a strange one…
Smelled from the bottle or from paper it doesn’t make any sense.
Sprayed on skin… well again it depends of how you sprayed; too close and you get a sweet cloying scent, lightly and from some distance and the sweetness is tamed by woods and flowers…
That’s what I smell: a slightly sweet nutty-woody tuberause different and beautiful.
It is longlasting with moderate sillage
and worths at least a try
xcvefkrded – :
Tubereuses Castane is nice, but not exceptional or groundbreaking.
It opens with a buttery accord. It’s not roasted chestnut to my nose, as I was hoping. Regardless, it’s a savoury opening ; a yummy gourmand welcome to the fragrance. Unfortunately this only lasts a few minutes. What follows is tuberose with sweet tonka, and I am reminded of a tamer and less expensive version of Armani’s Malachite Rouge (which feels like a dangerous tiger as opposed to a domestic kitty that is the Lancome).
Average sillage and longevity, contrary to its expensive price.
IWdenna – :
I respect everyone’s experience of this fragrance, but on me this is beautifully sexy in a very sophisticated way.
Warm chestnut over everything and the tuberose below it, as a hum. Every fragrance I own with tuberose it dominates, but not here. Here it stays beautifully second.
I wish it didn’t cost almost 200 euros…
Vinni123 – :
It does have a nice chesnut accord, which is why I went back to test it twice, but it is sadly only there for about 5 minutes. Then it is a tuberose, indeed vanillic with tonka beans. Big surprise. Honestly, loud and boring and the bottle probably cost more to make than the juice inside. I mean, it is not bad, a cute (although trashy) scent, but I am definitely not the audience. Also, I have a hard time imagining who the target here might be. Not one woman in my mind fits this perfume.
bormoley – :
I was not impressed by how Tubéreuses Castane smells on the paper: a cloying, excessively creamy vanilla-tonka bean-tuberose trio, unabashedly gourmand and one-dimensional. However, the opening on my skin features a surprisingly vivid roasted chestnut accord.
During the first half hour, I can smell a warm, smoky woodiness, recalling the shell of roasted chestnut without sounding the alarm of acrid woody amber aromachemicals, and an untuous nuttiness evoking the chestnut cream on a Mont Blanc dessert. Moreover, the green camphor of tuberose creeps silently around the edge like poisonous ivy. Combined with the nuttiness, it sometimes even veers towards bitter almond/cyanide, hinting at a potential danger beneath this alluring delicacy.
Sadly, what I smell on as the fragrance dries down about 1 hour later, is the true face of Tubéreuses Castane on my skin. As the fragrance dries down, the nutty and woody smoky aspects disappear, and the greasy vanilla-tonka-tuberose trio takes over. There’s no indole, nor green earthiness of tuberose to keep a natural sensation. Instead, the tuberose is more like a buttery, vague floral facet to complement the thick, creamy sweet vanilla. Tubéreuses Castane remains as such from then on, and it’s not dissimilar to other gourmand tuberose such as Isabey Lys Noir and Tom Ford Orchid Soleil.
The sillage is heavy to moderate during 3 hours, it then stays closer to skin. I got an 8-hour longevity.
Iinteresting and evocative as its roasted chestnut accord in the opening may be, the generic dry down of Tubéreuses Castane is a let down for me. The lack of nuance and the heavy, sweet creaminess make it feel like a tedious drag on my skin. Nevertheless, Having said that, I think the opening is worth a try to those who are looking for a realistic nutty accord, and I suspect that Tubéreuses Castane might be more appealing to those who enjoy creamy gourmand fragrances, rather than to those who enjoy a more floral, natural tuberose.
Feniks17 – :
A very heavy scent on tonka bean and castagne – tuberose is somewhere at the background hardly detectable
Apollion – :
Agree with minaminamina.
I am also not a fan of tuberose, but in this fragrance, the smell of the white flower is well balanced with other notes.
valentin.cv – :
I’m not a tuberose fan, but in this combo I do like it. This is not a unisex parfume in my opinion. Very feminine and warm like a cashmere sweater. I could not imagine this on a man.
It is very concentrated and I higly advise only ONE spary. If you spray 2 times stricly spray in the air and walk through. It will last all day. After I bought the bottle and took it home the first time I used it I was so disappointed and felt like this is a overwhelming sweet parfume. I realised after that I sprayed it too many times like I have to do with many of my other parfumes… I gave it one more go and fell in love with it once again.
This is warm, sexy and captivating…also sweet, but in a mature way. I tryed to buy tuberose parfume so many times, but they just reminded me always of an old lady… this is different it is just enough tuberose for me and most of all it is roasted chestnuts. A bit of honey and amber in the background. A warm floral overall with a nutty feel to it.
Beautiful bottle and really high quality of fragrance. I love that it is very very long lasting and it has a strong silage.
Scarves adf swaters smell for weeks.
vazgen26 – :
This is an overly sweetened nuts, could be a marron glacé with more doses of glace, tonka bean, vanilla, and extreme doses of frosting. The base MAYBE tuberose but covered quite well with sugary almost cloying notes.
Meh, mostly too cloying for my taste.
Edit (20 Oct 2018) I have visited this blend again today and on plotter it’s quite mild sweetened and not cloying as I thought it were before! I cant seem to detect the tuberose still but it’s more like a milky marron glace with Rose’s rather than floral. It’s cute for a lancom fragrance.
MedyMaysfuddy – :
Dear Zoebo1403, i am reviewing exactly that mixture i smelled. I tested it a few times, not quite sure, what i am smelling. Regarding various skin chemistry, it was all, i perceived, and this was cloying, suffocating, ulpleasant scent. I must confess- i love toberoses, and have many scents with this note, but this one was no go, at least fpr me. And Prada contains very nice tuberose/ ylang combo. I can only review, what i am smelling, your perception may be other kind, and this is very good. At least i bought Lavandes Trianon.
qit828InsuffBooni – :
With all respect, but which scent are you reviewing Babygia ? A sweet syrup ? Tubereuses is a gorgeous tuberose and has nothing to do with generic sweet scents. Prada smells like suntan ? Prada is all about resinous amber. I am sorry, but imo its a very good creation and if i can find it cheaper then retail ( 180 euros ), it will be mine.
ddi396bedyWelty – :
Not a review.
IS THIS SIMILAR TO TOM FORD ORCHID SOLEIL?
sure sounds like it….
zeleniy005 – :
Cloying, unpleasant, suffocating sweet something, cpoy of so many syrupy mess nowadays. Why this one should be called Exlusive, is beyond my imagination. Worst of all Maison fragrances.
Remins me of Femme Prada, but where Prada is really beachy exclusive suntan beauty, is this one like tuberose bush , someone drunk poured sweet , syrupy drink.
For me- no way. Sorry.
Enrivizunwize – :
It’s mostly gourmand on paper (a very good one at that), but on the skin a very synthetic tuberose dominates… It went from my top 2 of the line to the bottom 2
hosevushetau38644 – :
This scent sounds so unique, divine, and different. I would LOVE to try this. Unfortunately, it’s way over my budget. 🙁