Mahora was renamed Mayotte after its introductory ad campaign failed. This discontinued perfume is widely vilified as a horror, is it because something so unsophisticated came out of the haute House of Guerlain? I don't know what the hot fuss is about, Mahora is only tuberose.
Saying Mahora is "only tuberose" is like saying Michael Phelps is "only a swimmer"; both are understatements of the year, and both are a simple truth. There is tuberose, the complete tuberose, and nothing but a tsunami of the tuberose in all its waxy, tropical glory. It's heavy, and absolutely nothing is added to lighten it. To wear Mahora is to suffocate to death in a very specialized, very niche candle store (Tuberose Yankee Candle Co.?) Luckily, it isn't a strong perfume, its sillage is minimal and wears off exponentially within 4 hours.
I cannot stress this enough, to enjoy this you have to like tuberose! It may have an incense-y edge, but this is essentially a soliflore of natural (or damn good artificial), full-spectrum, god-given, this-one-goes-to-11 . Despite the loud monotone, it isn't a bad scent, it wouldn't be so hated if it wasn't from Guerlain; if it were a drugstore offering from Dana its sales would suffice and it might have become a beloved scent, a reminiscence of impoverished youth. Instead you embark on a failed safari in search of a nonexistant trace of Guerlinade.
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Agreed! It is definitely tuberose, but to me not a very pleasant one. I like Goutal's Gardenia Passion which is described as Tuberose with a captial T, but Mahora/Mayotte was pretty boring to me. If tuberose is what one thinks there are much nicer ones out there.
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