Tuberose & Moss
Rogue Perfumery (2020)

The tuberose really takes over on this one. That floral note hangs around for the entirety of the application. This is more suited for the ladies in IMO. I get the old school feeling with this one. I get a slight berry vibe in the mid notes in this one. Not bad, just not for me. Projection and longevity are above average.

This starts out like straight tuberose, with a slight peachy (peach melba yoghurt, to be precise) note. If there is bergamot here, it isn't harsh or overpowering. This is very smooth and creamy, and I like it by far the best of Manny's three tuberose-oriented scents, especially with regard to the opening. It doesn't have anything mentholated about it to freshen it, but comes over as very pleasant and of an 'appropriate' weight.

Much more tuberose than oakmoss, though there is more moss in the mid and drydown. At the same time, in the drydown, I get a vanilla, ambery note (labdanum) rounding things out, though it's not a sweet scent by any means. And something woody in the base to anchor it, or that might be the oakmoss providing underpinning. Some kind of clean musk too - is that white musk ? (very Body Shop 90s). Very, very well-blended.

I'm not a tuberose/big white flowers fan or connoisseur, and I probably wouldn't choose to wear this, but it was a delightful, uncomplicated easy wear. I kept getting wafts off my arm all day, and thinking 'well, this is nice; rather nice'. It wasn't demanding my attention in the sense of 'oh no, what's it morphed into now ?' Those of you who enjoyed Champs Lunaire and Flos Mortis might have found this a bit unchallenging (or did you ? I haven't read the reviews, so this is semi-blind testing on my part), but for me, it works the best of them.

Congrats, Manny.

FWIW, the weather is cool and showery here. Typical Scottish summer : 13-14C.

Stardate 20200830:
The opening is tuberose solifloral. Really nice and simple but I like the way it goes on to be a sweet laundry-musky vanilla at the end.
I enjoy it more than his other tuberose - Champs Lunaires

For me this is a sweet tuberose with a slightly "turned" vibe in the initial phase, & a woody cedar base. l don't detect any citrus until around forty-five minutes in, & just after this the moss makes a brief appearance. After a couple of hours, it's a crisp, yet still sweet white floral, quite pretty & feminine. Seven hours in it's close to the skin, & there's a creamy vanilla in the base.

l like this one ok, but it doesn't compare to what l think of as reference tuberose perfumes like Carnal Flower, Beyond Love or Fracas. l guess l like my tuberose to pack more of a punch!

Outstanding white floral. Simple.

The tuberose is just right. Not at all intense or cloying. The base has a hint of laundry musk, but still natural smelling, and some vanilla.

For my tastes, on par with the best perfume houses present and past.

Tuberose & Moss opens with with an only slightly indolic white floral tuberose supported by bright bergamot citrus and a tinge of relatively light green oakmoss before transitioning to its heart. As the composition reaches its early heart the slightly indolic tuberose remains the focus, with the green oakmoss taking a supporting role, melding with moderately powdery, slightly sweet vanilla rising from the base. During the late dry-down the tuberose remains, but yields to the now more potent relatively powdery slightly green oakmoss and vanilla mix that takes the fore through the finish sans sweetness. Projection is above average and longevity excellent at over 12 hours on skin.

I like Tuberose & Moss, but don't love it. I am not much of a tuberose fan on a good day (at least not me personally wearing it) except when it is presented in a much lighter, brighter form like the presentation used in compositions like Champs Lunaires and Richard James Savile Row. Unfortunately here the balance is weighted for a good deal of the development towards the tuberose, and in a form that is darker than the aforementioned Champs Lunaires, but not as dark as Flos Mortis, with the oakmoss and vanilla providing quite a bit of powder late (a presentation choice of both notes that I dislike). I wish perfumer Cross would have focused more on the mossy green aspect of the oakmoss then its powdery facet as that would have been a better balance for the moderately dark tuberose. I enjoyed the composition more early-on, but as time passed the powder really got to me and my enjoyment diminished. The bottom line is the $140 per 60 ml bottle Tuberose & Moss impresses early but disappoints a bit late, yielding a "good" 3 stars out of 5 rating and a neutral recommendation except to tuberose and powder lovers who might find it a good match for their taste.