Au Coeur du Désert Tauer Perfumes 2016

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Ranked 63 in Unisex Perfume

8.5 / 10 1326 Ratings

A popular perfume by Tauer Perfumes for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is spicy-oriental. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Oriental

Woody

Resinous

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Spices

Citrus notes

Heart Notes

Amber

Base Notes

Balsamic notes

Woody notes

Ambergris

Patchouli

Perfumer

Andy Tauer

Ratings

Scent

8.51326 Ratings

Longevity

9.01228 Ratings

Sillage

8.41215 Ratings

Bottle

7.71090 Ratings

Value for money

7.5639 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 03/23/2025.

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Reviews

46 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/11/2022

10
Pricing 9
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Pized
6 Reviews

Pized

Top Review 5

Masterpiece, but handle with care

This is not easy to wear, as it exists and diffuses by itself, with a strong personality.
A work of art that makes you feel good whenever you sniff it, and capable of telling a story.
Projection and sillage are incredible.
Not something I would "wear" everyday, but I like to have a full bottle to come back to it every time I need some comfort, be it at home or on a special occasion.
It makes me think of some great avant-garde music which I definitely enjoy and projects me in another world, but which not necessarily would fit as background music.
A must have, at least in a sample.

02/09/2019

10
Scent

PMRP12
36 Reviews

PMRP12

Very helpful Review 4

And the story continues...

Truly the next chapter in the story of LADDM. However, missing are the arid spices and vastness of the former, which to me are what made it magical. Many will prefer this for its sweeter, denser character that makes it slightly more wearable, albeit more similar to other ambers. I put this along the same lines as HdP’s Ambre 114, though not quite as smooth and sweet. If the spicy opening put you off of LADDM, then ACDD may be for you.

11/08/2021

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

RisingChaos
109 Reviews

RisingChaos

Helpful Review 3

Evocative Masterpiece

A powerful herbal blast in the opening sandwiched between fresh spices on top and dry woody undertones. An ambery sweetness quickly makes its presence known and it stays that way through the drydown, getting slowly more syrupy-balsamic over time but never overpowering the other elements of the fragrance. The image evoked in my mind is a vanilla-flavored wind blowing across the twilight desert, picking up bits of sand as it swirls about, enough to feel but not to cause harm. Can wind be flavored? I don't care.

I sampled it based off sheer hype to reach free shipping while buying other Vanilla samples. Does it live up? Honestly, yeah kinda. I was looking for something more gourmandish, which this is not, but it's a beautiful scent nonetheless. Performance is quite strong as well, I get about 3hr of strong projection and 9-11hr longevity as a noticeable skin scent.

Compared to L'Air du Desert Marocain, it's an unmistakable higher concentration flanker. ACDD is like +10% more ambery, -10% less herbal. It's also a touch more moist, as LDDM doesn't really get "syrupy" in its drydown, and has marginally better performance.

03/24/2025

8
Pricing 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

Smirky
360 Reviews

Smirky

Helpful Review 5

Spice caravan in the desert

Joint review of L'Air du Desert Marocain and Au Coeur du Désert worn on consecutive days and compared directly (wrist to wrist).

Au Coeur du Désert (In the Heart of the Desert) opens with a biting or bright scent that smelled a bit resin-y and a little cheesy. I didn't find it to be repulsive and nothing like a stinky oud opening. L'Air du Desert Marocain (The Air of the Moroccan Desert) OTOH opens resin-y and warmer than Coeur. As Coeur settles it takes on a VERY subtle sweetness. I can't emphasize enough "very subtle". Both Coeur and L'Air are very dry overall; it's just that Coeur has a slight touch of sweetness that L'Air doesn't.

As they dried down, Coeur and L'Air converged and were about 95% similar. l"Air was just a touch more woody than Coeur. They have a general dry resin-y spicy scent that certainly brings to the imagination the tent interiors of a spice caravan resting in the desert as the sun sets. Both are really nice fragrances, are quite masculine and have the masculine funk scent in the background, similar to Overture Man, but not nearly as strong, no doubt from the cumin.

Where Coeur and L'Air differ significantly is performance. L'Air lasted about 7 hours for me while Coeur still had a good skin scent at 10 hours which I could smell when moving around. Projection was also strong with Coeur for a few hours while L'Air quickly was more modest and retreated to a compact scent bubble after about an hour. Since their scents are so close, I'd go with the stronger one, Au Coeur du Désert.

09/26/2018

8
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Greenfaerie
86 Reviews

Greenfaerie

Very helpful Review 2

Condensed LADDM

This smells like you sprayed LADDM, then captured the spritz in the air and condensed it. I guess the way I look at it is it's simply what you would expect from a parfum version of just about any fragrance. Less citrus, more base, a richer heart, more sillage, and longer-lasting (I know this is not always the case with parfum concentrations, but that's how it's "supposed to be" in our minds. I also know this is not a parfum, but it smells like it is). This version reminds me of a desert night, not a desert under the scorching hot sun. But the sand is still hot. I absolutely adore this version, just as much as the original. I own both and would give neither up!

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