J Wearescentient’s bottle of Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose
Perfumer and olfactive artist David Falsberg of Phoenicia Perfumes has an amazing way of taking personal darkness and making it into a beautiful light and inspiring others. His fragrances can come with dark sounding names, they speak of elements of his life, like his cult hit Skin Graft, but there’s a gentle heart beating in his scents. David has lived more lives than many; I love hearing about his adventures in the NYC art world, Paper Magazine, all the post punk and disco bars, its like how LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy sang ‘I was there…’ in Losing My Edge, well David was there and there’s a book and a half waiting to be written about his life.
David Falsberg courtesy of the perfumer + J’s copy of Coma Life so Beautiful.
Part of his life has already been put into words in his book ‘Coma Life So Beautiful’, it chronicles a year of his life-threatening ordeal with Stevens Johnson Syndrome, and you can read more about it in his CaFleureBon American Perfumery Profile here.
J’s copy of Coma Life So Beautiful with Skin Graft, PTSD and Real Oud.
This book was shown at Olfactory Art Keller Gallery in New York in 2021 as part of a show about scent and body trauma, the book is also dowsed in his fragrance PTSD, a limited edition perfume he made for the Exhibition and also a super limited smaller release for charity. I bought one of the 15ml limited batch, but would love to have 100mls of it to bath in. Reading his surreal coma dreams while smelling PTSD was wild, the perfume is a powerful strange psychedelic floral that morphs between a dirty tuberose, jasmine and something more crystalline, like a body wrapped in this strange fuzzy floral cloud, it puts you in his mind as his brain tries to deal with an array of horrific ordeals his body is experiencing, while he’s off on wild adventures letting his subconscious go diving in his memories keeping him alive. It reads like contemporary experimental fiction that blurs with his past, as he fights for life. It reminds me of writers like Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, William Burroughs and Blake Butler, feeling very contemporary with his mind lost in a simulation that’s somewhere between a computer game and internet scrolling. The perfume PTSD sounds deeply terrifying, yet it’s stunning and here in Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose he gives us more floral beauty.
Some of J’s collection of Phoenicia Perfumes: Raspberry M’oud, Gone but Not and Deep Musc
Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose continues his floral adventures and follows on from Talon and Feather Attar, both used stunning florals with creamy rich complex sandalwoods. They feel like Indian Attars expanded and enriched with more traditional materials and ouds, David loves his oud and it shows as he draws out the beautiful aspects of this complex material. I highly recommend Deep Musc or his Real Oud Flex, if you’re feeling adventurous. Atmos Tuberose is one for those lovers of the sensual side of this sexy white floral and the creamy rich magic of sandalwood.
Atmos Tuberose image courtesy of the brand
A glimmer of rich powdery sandalwood flashes as the needle hits the groove of Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose making citruses and aromatics explode with a bright freshness. Ginger and cardamom emphasis the powdery creamy haze as bergamot and yuzu highlight the subtle sour facets of sandalwood making it deliciously fleshy, a tangerine dream drips with sweetness whispering of florals yet to bloom. The stunning sandalwood is turned up to 11, deep, rich and creamy, giving a high-energy feel as floral notes bubble up in an arpeggio of flowers. Osmanthus sings sweetly, working its groove into the oud, modulating the woods and softening the haze, letting ylang ylang gets slinky and sleek on the floor. The heart of the groove blooms with a thick sensual, seductive tuberose, whose melody clicks into the sandalwood groove, letting the bright citruses and bouquet of florals shimmer above like hi-hats.
J’s image of Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose
A beautiful bitable thick tuberose gets cosy in a bed of warm hay, as sandalwood teases out some spiced animalic whispers with civet do its magic dance, making the florals feel velvety and sensual. Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose’s tuberose and Timor sandalwood blend into a creamy sensual musk, almost like its petals are unravelling into the wood, love on the dance floor. You get lost in the moment as the scent of opulent woods washes over you, it’s Zen-like, as if very high grade Mysore sandalwood is heated, imagine a beautiful dry white musky soft smoke and buttery woody aroma enveloping a sensual spiced tuberose, laying in soft hay. Malay oud works so well with the tonka bean, both have a biscuit like facet, giving a dry toasted feel to the woods. More Damascus rose blooms with a darker richness pushing the tuberose close to heady, tweaking its EQ, giving waxy whispers and balsamic undertones moving over rich woods. Smelling up close you get a complex intense experience where David is working like a DJ, mixing tempos and genres from around the world into this seamless groove, but in the air around you it’s almost like your experience is in slow motion, your eyes lock on a sexy sensual tuberose in a smoky sandalwood haze, dancing in slow motion, feeling elegant and opulent as the clubs lights highlight different aspects, from the start to the end of the long set. Groove is in the heart of Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose.
Notes: Bergamot, Tangerine, Yuzu, Anise star, Cardamom, Ginger, Elemi, Coriander, Hay, Tuberose, Linden blossom, Rose damascus, Osmanthus, Ylang, Cedar Himalaya, Cypriol heart, Siam wood, Udd attar, Sandalwood primo, Suganda, Tonka bean, Malay oud, East Thai oud, Ethical civet, Ambergris aged.
Phoenicia Perfumes fragrances can be purchased through their website.
Disclaimer: Bottle of Atmos Tuberose was kindly provided by Phoenicia Perfumes. My opinions, as always, are my own.
~ J Wearescentinet, Contributor, artist and olfactory writer
Thanks to David’s generosity, we have a 5ml dabber (alcohol-free and worth $150) of Phoenicia Perfumes Atmos Tuberose for one registered reader in the USA. You must register or your entry will not count. To be eligible, please leave a comment about what sparks your interest in J Wearescentinet’s article. Draw closes 9/23/2023
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Editor’s Note: Please welcome J WeareScentient as a Contributor to CaFleureBon. We are thrilled to have him on the team.
Please read David Falsberg’s Profile in American Perfumery here
Ida’s Book Review of Coma Life so Beautiful here
Former Managing Editor Mark Behnke’s review of Skin Graft 2013
Ida’s Review of Raspberry M’Oud here
Rachel Watson’s review of RealOud here
You can purchase Coma Life So Beautiful on the Olfactory Art Keller here
Read more about David’s collaboration on the Olfactory Art Keller site here
David Falsberg inspired Hez Binkowitz of Hez Parfums to become a perfumer. Read more here
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