A message from Andy Tauer of Tauer Perfumes, sent out this morning on Twitter (and Facebook): "wishing you a peaceful advent. And let us all make a little difference and share the joy of the season."
Holiday fragrance gifts 2016, part 1
Today, the first in our eight-part series on fragrance related holiday gifts. We’re starting off late (we usually start on Black Friday, but lateness is one of my personal themes for 2016) and we’re starting off (relatively) cheap, with stocking stuffers and cheap thrills. Do add any of your own recommendations in the comments!
From Hiram Green, Dilettante in 10 ml Eau de Parfum: “Aglow with the gentle buzz of a luscious garden after a daytime rain shower, Dilettante, the latest all-natural scent from Hiram Green, is a delightfully playful tribute to the innocent joys of summer.” $45 at Luckyscent…
2 for Tuesday: Tauerville Tuberose Flash & Vilhelm Parfumerie Purple Fig
Brief reviews of two recent-ish indie / niche fragrances: Tauerville Tuberose Flash and Vilhelm Parfumerie Purple Fig.
If you’ve smelled anything recently that we should all know about, do add your own brief review in the comments!
Tauerville Tuberose Flash
When I reviewed Tauer’s Sotto La Luna Tuberose, I said “it smells to me like tuberose right away, and it goes on smelling like tuberose straight through, and more so than usual, a blow-by-blow of the proceedings seems pointless”. I could say the same of Tuberose Flash…
Andy Tauer to visit Scent Bar with Hyacinth and a Mechanic
Andy Tauer of Tauer Perfumes and Tauerville will be visiting Scent Bar in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20, and will be selling the fragrance Hyacinth and a Mechanic* that day only, in person only,** as part of a new Tauerville Stories collection…
Tauer Perfumes L’Air du Desert Marocain & Au Coeur du Desert ~ fragrance review
Displayed on the wall of the store where I work are majestic African tribal robes, Indonesian necklaces as big as breastplates, elaborate Japanese altars, and heavy strings of shells from Papua New Guinea. I love the necklaces, especially, and the other day I finally tried one on. It was grand and angular and cold on my skin, and I felt queenly. Then I saw myself in a mirror. I looked like a mouse in a crown. As much as I loved it, it overwhelmed me.
This is how I’ve felt about Tauer Perfumes L’Air du Désert Marocain. I adore the fragrance’s heady, helicopter-over-the-Grand-Canyon feel, but ultimately it’s too hard for pallid me to pull off, and I swapped away my bottle. This year, Tauer released Au Coeur du Désert, an Extrait interpretation of L’Air du Désert Marocain. I may have found my tribal robe at last…