For those of you in the know, Andy Tauer’s been busy doing his annual Advent Calendar Giveaway on his blog – each day he’s giving away samples of “Eau d´épices” (“experimental, fresh from the lab”) – plus maybe something else (teaser set, bottles, etc.) depending. It’s also fun to look at the traffic feeds on the right.
Today, Friday the 18th, the Posse is honored to host a giveaway here, which is simple: leave a comment below. Every comment that shows up here before midnight tonight, Friday the 18th, will be eligible for a special draw, directly from Andy Tauer:
“a Thuja root box, with a full bottle of a fragrance from my line, free to choose, value of 130 $US, shipped from Zurich, at no cost to the winner.” So, folks, you get to choose the fragrance.
Seriously, how great is that? Here is a picture of the box I grabbed off his site, aren’t they gorgeous? (see below right)
Okay, so for the giveaway post today I was invited to blog on any topic, and I think the topic is clear – the awesome love we feel for indie perfumer Andy Tauer and his super-cool fragrances and various interesting fragrance experiments (like sending a traveling fragrance around the globe for review.) Also he makes incredible soap, which you didn’t hear from me. Also his scents make me feel inappropriately cuddly, mushy sentiments toward him, a man I don’t even know, which I won’t be expressing because I don’t want to scare him off.
But you can do it!!!! He’ll come by and read these comments, sneaky thing that he is. Let’s share the Andy Tauer love – here’s your chance to write a comment telling Andy how much one of his scents means to you, a Tauer fragrance memory or moment from your life, which one is your favorite, or whatever. (All comments will be counted in the draw, whether or not you tell an Andy fragrance story.)
Clarifying/reiterating: I’m not going to be responding to comments. IF YOU COMMENT BELOW ON THIS POST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY 18 (notice the comments are timed and dated) YOU ARE IN THE DRAW. I WILL USE RANDOM.ORG TO PICK THE NUMBER, AND I’LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER DEC. 19 and forward that contact info to Andy, so get it right.
Have at it. Oh, and this is March posting. I have it set to “guest poster” so the entries don’t flood my inbox!
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DEC. 18 UPDATE WITH THE WINNER: CONGRATULATIONS TARA C!!! I’ve forwarded your contact info to Andy.
hi andy , i am a simple housewife from india. my husband has a passion for perfumes. even before getting married whenever we used to go out on dates he used to smell heavenly. on our honeymoon night he gave me one of his favourite le maroc, that night was magical. till mow i use only that on our nights together. in my culture women are not allowed to work so if i win ur contest andy i hope that you send me the latest scents that even my hubby hasent seen or could have knoen about it my 1st marriage aniversary is comming in december and i hope to give my dearest husband the dest gift he could dream of. fingers crossed. thx andy
I hope this gets entered since it’s still 11pm PST in Washington! Maroc is my favorite with L’air a close second!
Love the idea–and congratulations for being part of the giveaway! Well, it’s only 11:42 here, but you have a time stamp set to D.C. time. Meanwhile, I can tell it is snowing in D.C. so I am assuming time remains frozen.
I have as yet, to enter the magical world of Andy Tauer but Lauren’s comment above, about her experience at the vet with her kitten has really touched me. I see that L’Air du Desert Marocain is a must. Thank you Andy for your generosity.
Tauer perfumes are extraordinary. Period. I have three favorites, but every one of his perfumes is distinctive, complex, and memorable. The moment I tried Incense Rose, I was transported.
When I wear it, I am elegant, mysterious, unconventional, unique.
I admit that I do try to sniff my wrists frequently, but it’s not so noticeable when I’m sipping champagne. Andy, thank you!
Please enter me in the drawing, I’d love to win my bottle of L’air is getting low !
i would love to get my hands on that box (and the ‘fume inside of course :)).
Wow, Mr. Tauer sure is generous! It’s so nice to see giveaways like this, especially considering it’s annual. =D
A good friend who know I love perfumebut can seldom afford the good stuff told me about your advent calendar. Would you please enter me for the drawing.
Everytime I click the date on your Advent Calendar, there’s no telling where it will take me. Surprises are great, and winning would be the biggest surprise of all !
Another full bottle giveaway! Very exciting… Can’t wait til morning!
When I had to euthanize a brain damaged kitten I’d found, I wore L’Air du Desert Marocain to the vet appointment. Even though it was a heartbreaking experience, the perfume brought me a measure of calm that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. No other perfume I know of can do that.
I don’t hope but I will try. Love Andy so much.
I can’t believe I am only now finding out about this contest— Sign me up!! Andy’s perfumes are gorgeous, I would be lucky to win any one of them!!!
Andy,
You’ve always been so generous to “the community” of fragrance lovers. I still treasure my Orris!!!
Wow, I wish I could try that Orris! My favorites are Le Maroc at night, in bed, and Desert Marocain when I feel romantic and the heroine of my story. Nothing else smells like the Tauers.
Orris made me rethink everything I thought I liked in a fragrance. Up till then, I thought I liked lighthearted, citrusy, gingery confections, or green, urban sophisticate scents like the Anne Klein Blazer I grew up with.
But Orris was a volte-face: dark, leathery, incense-y, complicated and even a little inaccessible. I was smitten to the extent that my love for Orris developed into a full-blown obsession with getting a bottle. I even wrote to M. Tauer and begged him to reconsider its limited and now defunct status (he sent me a sweet note back but, sadly, declined). I finally scored a bottle on Ebay last Spring, convincing my ever-patient mother to give it to me as a 6-months early birthday gift.
I agree with all those who commented on how Andy Tauer’s perfumes are transporting to other places. Indeed, L’Air du Desert Marocain is like standing before an Arab on a hot dry day, silk scarves fluttering out from the stalls, the breeze warm and smoky. But Orris takes to me places I cannot even see.
Argh — so much for waxing poetical — that should read “standing before an Arab souk”!
Wow! I cant wait to try some of these perfumes! I am just beginning to learn about the great big world out there.
I love Andy Tauer and the gorgeous perfumes he creates!
Please enter me in the contest; that would be the best Christmas present ever(for me)!
Andy, you must be the most generous perfumer on the planet, and I enjoy your blog especially for your beautiful photos. As to fragrance, L’air du desert marocain is one of my favorite scents of all time; it’s the coriander, I think. I love the way it smells different in varying weather conditions & circumstances. I’ve worked my way through several decants and I’d love to actually own a bottle; thanks for the opportunity! Hugs…
I love Lonestar Memories so much. It’s a perfect name — how did a Swiss perfumer capture the American West so perfectly in a bottle? It’s so warm and sunny and dusty and sweet.
I already own it though, so hopefully if I win the draw I will have to choose something else!
So many comments!!! Well, when I first experienced Incense Extreme, I told my mom, my sister, and everyone at basenotes who’d listen or read, that I felt the fragrance was made for me. I felt it personal, modern, and gray chic in the best way. I felt it encapsulated so many aspects of other favorite incense fragrances all in one amazing scent. So of course I bought it, and have enjoyed it ever since, enjoying many compliments along the way. SO HECK YEAH I want to be entered in the special Posse version of the advent draw!!! L’Air… I’ve got my eye on you!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
-Anthony
I’d love to try Incense Rose.
I think my favorite Tauer scent is Incense Rose…but it’s hard to choose between it and une rose chypree. Both are tinged with honeyed light…marvelous.
8-|Hmmmmm….how can I put this????……I put on the Incense Rose,call my husband,at work to let him know,and he IMMEDIATELY ‘comes home for lunch’…..a very sensuous/wierd/wonderful/funky scent…it’s ME…am crossing my fingers,for a whole bottle….’swoooon’.
What a great prize, please do enter me in the draw!
Last summer, about 20 minutes before a late afternoon thunderstorm in Austin, Texas. I jump into my long green Cadillac, the top is stuck down and in my haste to beat the storm I break the vial of Lone Star Memories I had in my back pocket. It starts to rain just as I turn off the ranch road that gets me home. By the time I get inside I’m soaked, I peel off my jeans and toss them against the porch rail –they’ll dry faster in the sun once the cloud burst pasts– and smell wonderfully of asphalt and old leather, Texas rain and Lone Star Memories. The Cadillac still occasionally gives off a whiff of LST from her cracked leather seats when the sun comes out after a morning rain and my jeans –a tragic victim of a pomegranate accident– stayed fragrant for month.
Andy just seems like a truly nice person. Warm and interesting just like his perfumes.
My sister introduced me to Andy’s blog, and I am learning about scent through following her nose. Last year I had the great fortune of winning a bottle of Incense Extreme on my birthday! I have been loving it all year. I would love to try Incense Rose. Thank you Andy, for sharing. Ghretta
Mmmm mmmm! Please enter me in the draw! I would love to win having only enjoyed Vetiver Dance “which my husband dance” away with me too. And the ‘box’ is lovely, simply lovely! Thanks, Nancy
Oh, Lonestar Memories is so so so good. I can imagine it on a woman (because a woman can wear pretty much any scent, just as she can wear pretty much any clothing), but really it smells like a rugged, outdoorsy man. It’s the only full bottle of his that I have (yet).
I love my experience of une rose chyprée, and the more I learn about Andy Tauer the more excited I am to experience more of his fragrances.
Beautiful box, magical scents, terrific guy – thanks!
I love all of andy’s creations. Thank god for the generous sample program, as it’s taking a while to afford all of them in FB.
Of all my perfumes, I get by far the most positive comments on the Tauer ones (Except LM- non perfume people don’t seem to get it!!)
I have a bottle of L’Air du Desert Marocain and it’s just glorious. It may be my first Tauer bottle, but I know it won’t be the last. 🙂
I’ve just packed to go home for the holidays and my little bag of Tauer Samples went straight into my washbag – I suspect I’ll be wearing his Incense Extreme on Xmas day.
Bravo Andy for offering such a generous Advent Calendar! xxxx
Curious. Please enter me in drawing.
*Wants*
I have some samples from Andy, and the problem I would have would be choosing my favourite! Right now I’m seesawing between Rose Chypre and Incense Extreme.
What I love about Andy’s scents is the clear sense of a time and a place which they bring to the wearer. I can close my eyes, take a breath, and be in another world, feeling the emotions that world brings.
In other words, they are awesome! 😉
My fist souvenir of Andy’s perfumes: after sampling reverie, L’air du désert and Lonestar at the scent bar in L.A. I went to the beach for a short bath and then a ride in topanga canion. The dry down of Lonestar on my salty skin moved me so much I was back in childwood, On the verge to remember something fleeting and magic. That was real freedom.
i don’t have a story re. these perfumes. but i ordered a teaser set a few weeks back, and fell head over heels! ALL of the tauer scents are spectacular. there’s simply nothing else like that on the market. now wouldn’t it be just wonderful to win a full bottle for xmas, and start a new fragrant love-affair in the new year? 😀
Andy is a generous man who brings happiness to people all over the world!
I have yet to enjoy one of Andy’s perfume but his story has captivated me. That he’s been able to turn his passion into a full-time job is inspiring. Not to mention that each of his posts is a lesson in perfume crafting.
Tauer soap?! Be still my galloping heart.
Several years ago, when Andy was first on the scene, I ordered from the shop in Europe that carries his fragrances. The order never arrived and Andy graciously sent another one at his cost, shipping and all. I adore his fragrance and him.
OoooooH fun- a giveaway! Merry Christmas to all!!!
That box is fabulous! And it will be such a tough decision to choose the perfume if I win… I’d love to be entered in the draw.
Orris is, without a doubt, my most favorite perfume. Andy’s fragrances are not generally love at first whiff for me; it takes time for my nose to evolve enough to appreciate the beauty of them and then they are my favorites -the most complex, and yet the most wearable, or, rather, the ones I want to wear most often. And I love that about them.
Omigosh, March is so right, Andy — You don’t know how many of us just adore you! I don’t want to scare you off either, but I feel a ridiculous amount of affection for you 🙂 You are so generous in sharing your enthusiasm for and thoughts about perfume with all of us, and it is such a genuine feeling, it’s just lovely.
Anyhoo, the first time I sniffed Lonestar Memories I realized I really was hooked on this perfume thing! Not just that I couldn’t stop smelling my arm, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I carry a decant on me always, and often I need a spritz before bed just to be calmed and comforted and transported in a way that makes for the happiest end to the day.
Perfume Posse and Andy Tauer = a winning combination!
Pick me, pick me!!
Incense rose is so beautiful…as are all of Andy’s perfumes