Noix

My favourites of these are Noix de Tubereuse and White Potion – and most recently I also added to these Songes with its sweet, somewhat naïve charm; and Chinatown, with its sophisticated and modern mélange of gardenia, five spice, sandalwood incense and a coarse-voiced murmur of patchouli.

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The opening is a lush, creamy gardenia (not the heady bobmshell of Gardenia Passion), along with ylang ylang and jasmine, and than comes a creamy tuberose with incensey undertones (at this stage it reminds me of Noix de Tubereuse, less the slightly plasticky/lipstick like note there), along with slightly tea-like notes of jasmine and a tiniest hint of green and peachy fruitiness that dissipates after a couple of minutes.

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Noix de Tuberéuse is the softest tuberose and the one that reminded me most of the pure absolute.

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Noix de Tuberéuse flowers from my lei, originally uploaded by flicka23.

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Noix de Tuberéuse, however, is the first and only perfume I found so far that is built around the theme of tuberose and does not have a harsh, intimidating, heady and cloying presence.

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At Isle aux Noix, the Americans had 8,000 troops, but the majority were demoralized and disabled by exhaustion and disease.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

At Isle aux Noix, the Americans had 8,000 troops, but the majority were demoralized and disabled by exhaustion and disease.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

Arnold, meantime, on the night of June 15 had evacuated Montreal with his force of three hundred and had proceeded to He aux Noix.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Arnold, meantime, on the night of June 15 had evacuated Montreal with his force of three hundred and had proceeded to He aux Noix.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Arnold, meantime, on the night of June 15 had evacuated Montreal with his force of three hundred and had proceeded to He aux Noix.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968