Tubereuse Criminelle
The opening is a provocation — a cold, rubbery, almost petrol-like blast that has to be crossed before the tuberose reveals itself.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Tuberose85
- Jasmine55
- Musk35
- Orange20
- Incense10
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a provocation — a cold, rubbery, almost petrol-like blast that has to be crossed before the tuberose reveals itself. Once it opens — twenty minutes or more — the tuberose is extraordinary: creamy, indolic, alive, surrounded by jasmine's warmth, ylang-ylang's banana-floral density, and orange blossom's brightness. Clove and nutmeg add a faintly spiced warmth that keeps the whole from tipping into pure cream. The musk base is restrained. Tubéreuse Criminelle rewards patience and punishes impatience — it is one of those fragrances that tests whether you actually want what it's offering, and then delivers it fully to those who do.
