It’s always a pleasure when Andy Tauer has a new perfume, and he so generously offers to perfume blogs the chance for one of their readers to win a bottle.
Hey, today’s that day! He has two new perfumes coming out that are debuting in Florence at Pitti Fragranze this weekend. You know, I tried to figure out how to go to that thing, but just couldn’t come up with the time or a good enough reason, though going to Florence really is reason enough.
Oh, sorry, got travel distracted! The winner (one of you commenters) will pick a bottle of one of the two new fragrances, which Andy will ship to you.
Scent N0. 12-EAU D’ÉPICES, eau de parfum, in the classic blue Tauer 50 ml flacon.
- HEAD NOTES An Indian basket of spices with cinnamon, cardamom, clove and coriander with red mandarines.
- HEART NOTES An opulent heart of orange blossom, jasmine, orris root and incense.
- BODY NOTES A woody cistus ladaniferus resin, softened with ambergris, Tonka beans and vetiver.
Available worldwide end September, about 120 $US
Scent No. 10-UNE ROSE VERMEILLE, eau de parfum, in a new 30 ml flacon, presented for the first time in Florence, September 10.
- HEAD NOTES A citrus chord with lemon and bergamot with a whisper of lavender.
- HEART NOTES Sumptuous bouquets of roses and violets, kissed by luscious raspberries.
- BODY NOTES The richness of vanilla, sandalwood and Tonka beans, touched by the elegance of ambergris.
Available worldwide end September, about 130 $US
Okay, discuss. Which one are you most looking forward to? I kept thinking No. 12 first, just because the spice notes sound so amazing, and I like spice perfumes more than rose perfumes, but that rose perfume doesn’t sound that traditional and has some real potential, especially with the violets and the basenotes.
I’ll post the winner next Thursday to give you guys plenty of time to comment and be entered.
Hope it’s not to late to enter the draw! It’s a hard choice, but I guess I’m most looking forward to Eau d’Epices because it’s seems like it’s charting some new territory in Andy Tauer’s body of work. But I am torn. Tauer’s other roses are pretty wonderful.
They both sound intriguing and I’m not sure which one of these new releases I’ll love more. Especially when my most favourites of Andy’s line are so different – L’Air du Desert Marocain and Une Rose Chypree. Oh, how could I forget Lonestar Memories? This one is absolutely gorgeous as well.
Please enter me into the draw.
I admire all fragrances from Andy and I collect them ( how strange).
So….these two need a good place to stay.
I will be good to them :)
The gourmand rose makes me drool but the spices also. Sorry I am addicted and cannot choose.
Enter me please.
They both sound fabulous, but I’m most excited about Une Rose Vermeille. Please enter me!
I’d go for the spice! Spice Spice Spice!
please enter me…
Une Rose Vermeille sounds right up my alley but I could be completely wrong! Really looking forward to trying these.
Yes, please enter me for the draw.
No 10.
I made several (trials) perfumes which are spicy and they turned out to be pretty bad hahah, so spicy perfume (no 12) will bring bad memories hahaha. I am sure he made them both perfectly!
Oooh. Enter me!
And definitely the spices, not only because the cardamom, coriander and orange blossom are enough to win my heart forever, but also because violets scare me.
I am a huge fan of Andy Tauer- these sounds delectable. Please enter me for the drawing. :)
Oh Andy Tauer, how so dreamy???
I find spices turn or strengthen too much on me, but I can imagine Andy making one that works.
That rose though sounds GORGEOUS. I have been on a rose and violet kick! I am wearing Sonoma Scent Studio’s Lieu de Reves today and it’s very pretty, with a nice, slightly powdery vanilla on the bottom.
I’d love to be submitted in this drawing. My love to Andy for sharing! I think it speaks highly of his interest in perfume as an artform, in the way he is so quick to enjoy and share it with others.
Wow, I’d love to try either!
Oh! Oh, I want to play! I’d love to be in the draw for No 12 Eau d’Epices! And No 10 sounds divine, too. I love Andy’s scents so much.
I think I’d choose No 12 Eau d’Epices, now that weather is changing is going to be perfect.
Thanks for entering my name in the drawing.
I have to say that No. 12 Eau d’Epices sounds interesting. I recently tried the last Tauer and am completely in love with it’s oddness (the LOTV). It’s impossible to tell what something will smell like from the notes, but it was a matter of “I love spices and anything exotic that might put me in a faraway land,” and “I have never met a berry in a fragrance that I’ve liked.”
Hmm… I keep wanting to go for the Eau D’Epices, but something about Une Rose Vermeille is really pulling me – it does sound like a non-traditional rose, and I’m really curious about how Andy has treated it! Really, it sounds… tasty. (Not foody, but… just… delicious somehow! :-) ) Plus I’m probably attracted to it because of its Florentine release (I love that city!) heehee. So yes. Leaning more toward Une Rose Vermeille! :-)
Thanks for hosting the draw! (please enter me?)
I think no. 12- ever since Andy announced its release, I keep thinking about how great it should be for winter/fall
please, enter me the draw
Please enter me in the draw!
Eau D’Epices calls to me. Please enter me in the drawing.
What a great drawing! I am so very much looking forward to EAU D’ÉPICES, perfect for this fall, I think.
Do I really have to choose between AT’s spices and roses?
I’d love to try both, actually… ;)
Exciting! I don’t know if it’s the weather/time of the year but EAU D’ÉPICES is particularly appealing. Both sound like they’d be worth trying anyway!
No doubt I will sniff both at some point. But Eau d’Epices is the one I’m hoping is FBW. It sounds perfect. Please add me to the draw!
I looove spice scents. Please enter me into your drawing!
No. 12 does sound great! Actually, I would be thrilled to win either one. Please include me in the draw.
:x Oh, number 12. I love the spice aspect. And I love Andy.
Please enter me into this drawing.
Merci,
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I seem to like the notes of No. 12 better, spices then orange blossom & orris sounds delicious.
I just love Andy Tauer! The bottle of L’air DDM I bought at Les Senteurs, London had a personal note from him, even though I didn’t order directly!
If I was to choose from one of the new scents, it’d be the spicy one — way to many roses lately. An haven’t even bought lipstick rose yet.. :)
Scent No. 10-UNE ROSE VERMEILLE sounds exquisite I am always in the mood to feel feminine and classic and it sounds like Une Rose Vermeille balances both perfectly.
They both sound so yum!
But I would go for the spice, because as soon as you say “cloves” and “cistus ambergris tonka” in the same breath, well, I am so there.
Andy is a wonderful talent and is extremely personable– I wrote up a little snippet for the LOTV project, and he took the time to send such a nice little note. I’m totally keen on his line, and have a special fondness for cardamom– would love to be entered to try my luck at scoring samples of these. Otherwise, I will have to head back over to LuckyScent sooner than planned . . . .:)>-
Definitely 12 with spices and incense captures my interest. I find the thought of rose fragrances off-putting, even if I really enjoy some of them once wearing them. It’s hard to say which I’d actually appreciate more on skin.
No 12 sounds really interesting, especially since I’ve now come around to Malle’s Noir Epices. I’d love to compare and see how the two treat spices!
I was initially thinking No 12 for the same reason as you, the spices sound heavenly! But the rose sandalwood combo has me very very intrigued. Either one would be fantastic!
I actually smelled the spice one when he was here in LA at ScentBar and I can state that it’s a total winner..
I think that no. 12 Eau D’Épices could be one of “mine” fragrances :) Evidently must-sniff.
*Deep sigh*
Knowing ANdy’s work, I’ll be more attracted to his spice-fest than his rose, but I’m sure both will be worth a snifter. WOuld love to be in for the drawing, thanks!
Hope I can enter too, always loved what Tauer does :)
I can’t wait to sniff both of these. Thanks for the give-away!
both of them can’t be bad, for sure, it’s A.Tauer! But with my distrust for roses, I’d go for the epices, seems warmer and cosier
I’m slightly more excited about the #12, since I love spices, but I love rose, too, and am always looking for a great new rose perfume. The base notes on this one sound terrific, the perfect thing to round out the citrusy top. So excited for these, and have my fingers crossed for the drawing! Thanks for hosting, and thanks, Andy Tauer, for being so generous!
I’m not sure which one I’d pick but I sure would love the chance to be pressured to choose. :P
I have been dying to try both of these, they both sound so delicious, but if I have to choose just one it would be #12, spices are my
favorite.
What???!!! A perfume event IN Florence? Why did I not know this? I barely got back!!! grrrr!
How lovely of Andy Tauer and you to be doing this again and so soon after carillon pour un ange giveaway…I missed out last time and would love to be entered into the draw ; both perfumes sound wonderful but I imagine I might have a preference for rose vermeille … The names just slay me! Pure poetry which makes me long even more for the olfactory poetry that is sure to follow…
:):)
Geez, talk about Sophie’s Choice! Should the perfume gods be kind enough to smile upon me, I would have a real dilemma on my hands, but at the moment I’m leaning toward the Eau d’Epices. I’d be thrilled with either one, though.
Since I’ve never met a Tauer frag I didn’t like – would love to win #10. Violets, sandalwood & ambergris sound verrrrry interesting. And Andy can always be counted on to make rose dark, dirty, & mysterious. Rose wearing her bitch pants. In any event, I will have to buy samples of both frags.
Um, and since I forgot to specify, that “A citrus chord with lemon and bergamot” can be found in Scent No. 10 …
These both sound incredible! I’m sure I’d be delighted with either one, but now that summer is fading, “A citrus chord with lemon and bergamot” on a base that includes tonka and ambergris sounds like the perfect way to hang on just a little longer.
No. 12. I am all about the spices, especially in the Fall.
Favorite spicy scents in my collection : Serge Lutens Five O’Clock Au Gingembre, SL Rousse, DSH Cimabue, and Ayala Moriel Epice Sauvage.
would love to try #12 hope I’m a winner sound editable
sorry spelled that wrong but you know what i mean
So hard to pick which is more exiting! I think I’ll settle on no12, as I can’t get enough cardamom in scents. Thanks for the opportunity :)