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History
Moon Bloom is the debut perfume of Hiram Green, released in 2013, the year the Canadian-born perfumer founded his house in Gouda, the Netherlands. It is the composition that made the house known, and it remains its emblem.
The subject is tuberose, a flower with a soft, creamy scent often called the mistress of the night, both because it releases its fragrance after dark and because of its reputed aphrodisiac power. Green treats the perfume as an exploration of the flower’s brief life. The fresh, green smell of the stem and leaves barely prepares you for the narcotic, opulent heart that follows, full of sweet and spicy white flowers. As the fragrance dries down, it thickens into a moist, almost tropical base of creamy coconut and warm resins.
Composed exclusively from natural materials, like the whole collection, Moon Bloom showed that an all-natural tuberose could match the great synthetic-led tuberoses for sheer volume and presence. It drew early critical praise, established Hiram Green as a natural perfumer to be taken seriously, and set the tone for a house that would always work at the slow pace imposed by natural materials and small-batch production.
Olfactory pyramid
The house gives a palette of materials rather than a formal pyramid. The layering below follows the progression described in the press kit, from the green stem to the creamy, resinous base.
The movement runs from fresh green to tropical cream. Indolic, fleshy jasmine and ylang-ylang thicken the tuberose and push the sillage, while coconut and resins close the composition on a milky, resinous sweetness.
Olfactory profile
The olfactory profile of Moon Bloom lives in the three words the house puts forward : tropical, lush, creamy. This is a full tuberose with no transparency, the flower handled in all its carnal breadth rather than in an airy or green reading. The natural materials give it a thick, living, faintly vintage texture that evolves boldly on skin.
The distinctive signature lies in the demonstration itself : proving that a tuberose composed only from natural materials can match, in projection and density, the tuberoses built on synthetic molecules. That wager, won as early as 2013, is what made Moon Bloom the emblem of Hiram Green.
An exploration of the brief life of the tuberose flower, narcotic and tropical.
When and where to wear
Moon Bloom is a perfume of temperament, for those who love a full, unapologetic tuberose. Its creamy density makes it an evening white floral, yet its solar, tropical character also carries well through the warm season, on bare skin.
Seasonal fit
| Season | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ★★★★ | The green stem and the brightness of the white flowers are at their best. |
| Summer | ★★★ | Solar and tropical, though very opulent in real heat. |
| Autumn | ★★★★ | The coconut-resin base warms the season perfectly. |
| Winter | ★★★ | The creamy warmth carries well and the tuberose stays enveloping. |
By context, it comes into its own in the evening, at dinners or outings where a bold white floral is welcome, and suits men and women alike who love tuberose in its most generous form.
Similar perfumes
| Perfume | House · year | Why it is close |
|---|---|---|
| Carnal Flower | Frédéric Malle · 2005 | Another peak of tuberose, hyper-realistic and green, a brighter counterpoint. |
| Fracas | Robert Piguet · 1948 | The historic reference for opulent tuberose, the matrix of the genre. |
| Tubéreuse Criminelle | Serge Lutens · 1999 | A mentholated, medicinal tuberose, a more radical reading of the same flower. |
| Nuit de Bakélite | Naomi Goodsir · 2016 | A green, leathery tuberose, the dark and dry side of the bloom. |
| Slowdive | Hiram Green · 2017 | Another tuberose from the house, here honeyed and set against tobacco. |
Common questions
See also
Sources
- Hiram Green · official press kit, "Fact Sheet – Moon Bloom" (family, notes, key materials, inspiration)
- Hiram Green, official Moon Bloom page (Eau de Parfum, 50 ml, natural composition)
- Fragrantica, Moon Bloom entry (2013 release, notes, cross-confirmation)
- Parfumo, Hiram Green catalogue (cross-confirmation)