Tuberose for the innocent and timid

Tuberose(Polianthes tuberose): the flower of spiritual ruin, the carnal blossom, the heady mistress of the night (rat ki rani in India), a lily plant originally native to the Americas.
Do Son: a coastal resort in Vietnam that inspired Yves Coueslant, one the founders of Diptyque, to name their fragrance that launched in autumn 2005 in a time frame not especially receptive to such compositions, at least in the Northern hemisphere.
The two combine in an unexpected composition in Do Son the perfume and the ... (more)