Tuberose is one of the notes that really had to grow on me. When I first started getting into fragrances, I found it one of the harder notes to appreciate (it probably didn’t help that one of my first experiences was with the massive Hiram Green Moon Bloom), but over time, there have been several favorites. My stance towards has definitely changed (I wonder if I may like Moon Bloom more today). It’s a versatile note, that can range from dry, to sharp, to bubblegum or fatty, creamy mushroomy. From safe, to sweet and coconutty, to green heady or intoxicating and indolic. As always with these lists, I try to stick to fragrances where the tuberose registers for me, not just where it’s somewhere hidden in the notes (it’s listed as a note for a ton of fragrances that I would typically refer to as jasmine fragrances for example). That being said, here are 21 of my favorite experiences with tuberose.

Frederic Malle CARNAL FLOWER
Starting with, what arguably is the greatest tuberose of all time for me. Especially considering how green it is, it never fails to surprise me how much I enjoy Carnal Flower. It’s clean and sensual simultaneously and a standard for this style of tuberose.

Annindriya TIPSY TUBEROSE
A relative newcomer and definitely my second favorite of the Annindriya launch collection. A boozy, sweeter, woodier tuberose that combines some of the bubblegummy aspects that often don’t work for me, with a more mature and dark backdrop to balance it.

Eric Buterbaugh 1947 DAHLIA
One of my absolute favorites and an underrated pick. Unfortunately, this excellent brand is no longer producing fragrances. 1947 Dahlia may be the best of their collection. This is very sweet, honeyed and warm spicy; at times bordering on gourmand, but still with florals at its heart.

Grossmith PHUL-NANA
Green, aromatic, with an edgy, bordering on daring mix of neroli and other white florals like tuberose. Sharp initially, but a great quality woody base and some sweetness takes it to another level.

Maison Crivelli TUBEREUSE ASTRALE
A completely different and contemporary take on tuberose. Smelling very spicy and vanillic; more akin to what I relate to gardenia. Very eccentric and I can only wear this infrequently and with few sprays, but when I do, I love it (it made #3 in my Best Of 2024 awards).

Dusita MELODIE DE L’AMOUR
Arguably the most special of the Dusita’s for me. I get slight tinges of gasoline and overall it has a heaviness and depth to it, but also a relieving honeyed sweetness. I feel like this is a great middle ground.

Guerlain MAHORA
A short-lived Guerlain release (discontinued quickly, albeit later reworked into Mayotte), that I think deserves a bit more attention (albeit it one of my least favorites on the list to be fair). This is bubblegummy, sharp, a bit skanky, but with a typical ylang-ylang heavy tropical sweetness. Probably a bit too sweet. But a fun fragrance & one of my favorite bottles designs as a bonus.

Ormaie TABLEAU PARISIEN
A rather dark and sweet, slightly earthy tuberose. The florals are the start of the show here and feel of high quality, including a powdery heliotrope. Quite unique and a good balance between the sweetest/darkest tuberoses on this list and the more floral ones. I wouldn’t mind owning a full bottle one day.

Clive Christian JUMP UP AND KISS ME ECSTATIC
This is a sexy scent, that I thought of buying at one point in time, but at the same time it’s piercingly sharp, almost animalic in the opening and I don’t know if I’d wear it often. This also has that bubblegummy sweetness, but growing more vanillic and lactonic in the base (although not remotely as easy going as the often compared Love Don’t Be Shy).

V/siteur CABARET NOCTURNE
This is a style of tuberose that I’ve come around to a lot over the past years. Almost vintage smelling, acidic civetish-cola-lemonade (Cabaret Nocturne also features cumin and animalic notes), but with a deep, creamier tuberose underneath. Mature and sensual and my favorite V/siteur.

Matiere Premiere FRENCH FLOWER
One of the brighter, more mass appealing tuberoses on the list. To my nose, this has a clear banana scent, in a fun way. More generic and candied white florals, but I like that it didn’t grow fully sweet on my skin; instead retaining more green tinges into the drydown.

Xerjoff LUNOSA
This is another absolute favorite of mine. Ridiculous pricing set aside, this is probably the best Xerjoff and un-Xerjoff-like if you’ve mostly tried their more popular fragrances. Style-wise this is sweet tuberose-tobacco scent. Very similar to Bortnikoff Sir Winston, which feels more bubblegummy to me, whereas Lunosa feels more like a sweet tobacco with that mushroomy creamy dense tuberose texture more than its scent.

Zoologist CIVET
I’m not sure much tuberose I’d say I get from this, but it has that sparkling, lush, spicy cola heart that tuberose plays a sweet bubblegummy role in I presume. I think that this is still my favorite Zoologist to date. It’s not as darin, nor animalic as the Civet name suggests.

The Different Company UNE NUIT MAGNETIQUE
One of the best plum-fragrances on the market, with a more floral tinge (rose, but also some tuberose and jasmine) than most plum fragrances that are popular (like Tom Ford Plum Japonaise). Not a strong tuberose forward pick, but a great fragrance.

Les Indemodables FOUGERE EMERAUDE
This is one that I didn’t expect to like, but I had to appreciate it. I love Les Indemodables as a brand and they offer hard to find quality anno 2025. Out of the Les Indemodables that are less to my style, Fougere Emeraude is my favorite. Tuberose and the more traditional lavender-tonka fougere seems like an under-utilized combination.

Diptyque Do Son
No tuberose list can be complete without it. Do Son is one of the ‘references’ for what a tuberose is for many people, and rightfully so. Surprisingly, I’ve never reviewed this fragrance, but it’s one that I’ve been on the verge of buying many times before. Opting for Carnal Flower over it, is one of the reason I don’t own it yet, but one day, I’ll probably add Do Son to the collection as well.

Maison Violet COMPLIMENT
This is one of those jasmine-tuberoses to me, that I would be more inclined to view as jasmine. But, 20 tuberoses offers room for it. Compliment used to be my favorite Maison Violet (now I’d say Sketch is) and it’s a good combination of dry, powdery and at the same time milky (like Milano Fragranze Cortile) and a green tea-like opening.

Liquides Imaginaires BLANCHE BETE
Blanche Beter I’d place in the same category of sensual/sexy as Clive Christian’s Ecstatic, but this is a lot more milky; bordering on gourmand at times, but with green-white flowers never far away. A super popular fragrance that I’m always surprised to see having as much mass appeal as it does. But a good one.

Perris TUBEREUSE ABSOLUE
Frankly, I don’t remember Tubereuse Absolue all that well, but I feel safe including it on this list. Perris has stellar fragrances, especially in these black-gold bottles (Absolue D’Osmanthe, Ylang-Ylang Nosy Be, Patchouli Nosy Be, Vanille De Tahiti to name a few). Tubereuse Absolue didn’t make as much of an impact on me, but it’s still a quality option.

JAR JARDENIA
Named after gardenia, but on first impression, it registers as a Carnal Flower-style tuberose on my skin. Based on the massive hype, mystery and pricing, I wasn’t wowed by it, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a great quality fragrance and one that I’d probably appreciate more if I was more familiar with it.

Amouage Opus I
A now discontinued, but absolute underrated Amouage release. This is a tropical scent, with tuberose blended in, rather than being forward. A hint of sun-tan lotion, but more floral, a bit fruity, a tiny bit animalic up top to me (like a baby-sibling to the daring Amouage Opus IX). I was reminded of Fragrance Du Bois Oud Jaune Intense (which I presume also has some tuberose in its composition). If Amouage brings back more of the Opus fragrances in the future, I think they start at I.