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Andy Tauer has been one of my favorite perfumers since the beginning of his career.
Only a few artists in perfumery have such a distinctive signature. With almost every one of his fragrances, one can exclaim: Yes, this must be a Tauer! My previous favorites from AT are: Lonestar Memories, L’Air Du Desert Marocain, Miriam, Une Rose Chypre, Zeta, and now also Noontide Petals.

Yes, it does smell a bit like Miriam, but: Noontide Petals is softer, gentler, and more rose-like, with a soapy creaminess spreading out on a bed of flowers.

The top note is truly impressive: Aldehydes at their finest (for fans! :o) with a lemony freshness, and the Bourbon geranium clearly hints at the floral character of the fragrance to come!

Ylang and iris take center stage in the heart note. I can only smell the jasmine very subtly, but the rose comes through distinctly. Warm and spicy. Supported by a very delicate tuberose note, which I had never encountered before. Clearly tuberose, but so delicate that I do not know the fleshy-animalic flower queen like this! A beautiful accord!

While Miriam dives deeper (sweetly) with violet, tonka bean, and vanilla, Noontide Petals showcases its bright floral tones, with vetiver, sandalwood, and incense giving the flowers a silvery brightness. I can perceive the iris and rose from the flowers the longest. The scent lingers for a long time; even the next morning, I can still catch a hint on my skin. Rosy, woody, and a bit smoky it smells the morning after :=) On my blouse, however, it was still present even after several days!

It is not a loud fragrance; Miriam is much more present, but Noontide slowly and steadily crept into my heart over the days, and I simply had to own it! It is somewhat similar to Zeta, which is even more floral. Noontide is floral-aldehydic, woody green, and smoky. An absolute 100% candidate for me.

If I find myself reapplying a fragrance repeatedly within the first testing days and I keep searching for something I can't quite pin down in a perfume, then it is a sure purchase candidate for me! #


Anyone who likes Chanel No 5 (EDT), Chanel No. 22, Miriam, and Amouage Gold should definitely test Noontide!

Thank you, Andy!

Yes dear Oud lovers or those who could still become one, this is my new Oud perfume love.

A fitting name for a very unique Oud perfume.

As my predecessor Louce has written so extensively and grandiosely, the opening is absolutely unique, something I have never experienced with all my thousands of tested fragrances! The blend of aldehydes and soft, creamy, not at all barn-like Oud is absolutely mind-blowing, but in a positive sense:=)!
And therefore: YES, it is the ultimate fragrance kick for the target group described by Louce!
Finally, no Oud from dung, barn, camel at the dentist, and various wild cat cages.
I have also come to appreciate this wild, primal Oud mentioned above...but still in a restrained manner. Black Oud by LM or Montale is about the strongest I can tolerate.:=).
Wow, I think to myself when spraying this little treasure, what a SCENT! Something I've never smelled before??? At least not in this combination.

All the listed fragrance components that I know, I can also sniff out, such as:
Aldehydes, coriander, saffron, whisky, clove, iris, sandalwood, tuberose, amber, caramel, Oud, and vetiver.
Just thankfully not cumin!
The scent becomes warm, soft, enveloping, cozy, and gourmand at the same time after 20 minutes.

The strongest players for my nose are amber, caramel, Oud, iris, and sandalwood, but the clove is also distinctly present. The whole thing lasts incredibly long and can still be "revived" a la Guerlain even after 12 hours!
Once on clothing, for me it was a cozy fleece sweater, it lasts for days...you really have to wash the garment to get rid of it’!:=) That's how it should always be.

Nevertheless, this is not a blockbuster, quite the opposite, inconspicuous but definitely present and decadently wafts around the nose of those passing by.
Even my beloved (more the type to shy away from perfumes) asked, hmmm what smells so deliciously like caramel schnapps?:=) He was probably also referring to the whisky note that comes out clearly in the opening.

Definitely a unisex fragrance, but I suspect it comes across as more feminine to most noses.

The atmospheric density of this skillful and daring blend truly captivates me. A perfume that I no longer want to miss.
If it weren't for the price. Fortunately, there are lovely German luxury online perfume shops that sometimes auction these enchanting scents in the bay...and then you can snag them at a quite acceptable price!:=)

Even Oud haters could applaud this fragrance, I am convinced of that.
Thanks to our good Mr. Duchaufour.

Unfortunately, this perfume has the somewhat misleading name "Gardenia," although it would have been better named as in the title above.

The extracts of Yasmin Sambac and iris root provide a powdery-creamy base.
This floral dream is of tropical density, with magnificently interacting notes complementing each other in almost perfect harmony.
The gardenia itself is only faintly discernible here; my nose is too filled with ylang and iris.
Never before have I smelled ambergris and sandalwood playing such a subtly supportive role in a floral perfume. The warm woods do not stand out as such, but they give the exotic flowers a strength, density, and beauty that one can only perceive in the fleshy nature.

No, it is not a gardenia perfume in that sense (for that, one should reach for Gardenia-Tuberose by Estee Lauder Private), but it is a floral perfume that is truly one of a kind.

It smells so fine, melodiously harmonized that one feels as if standing in a tropical greenhouse with the humid, heavy floral air that one can almost feel as a weight on the skin.

Sometimes I even think I can sniff coconut..

The otherwise too prominent iris holds back tremendously here, and it is the fine-sweet ylang that brings the flower power. And the jasmine, often loud and overwhelmingly cloying, behaves here shyly and sweetly like a young flower.

The scent is a work of art, radiant, glowing, yet soft and unobtrusive, lasting all day with a medium to weak sillage.

One of the most beautiful floral fragrances on the market. Period.

Such a fragrance, dear perfume friends, one does not find every day.

A fresh summer morning around 1930.

A young girl sits under a white birch tree, daydreaming. She has brought a basket filled with fresh mandarins and lemons. In the background, the breathtaking panorama of the snow-white mountain peaks.
Her face radiates as she is already lost in thoughts of the evening when she will go on her first date.
The birch tree, standing close to the village church, provides her with shade on this dewy Sunday morning. Its white bark exudes a balsamic, woody scent.

After a while, she gets up, walks to the church, and takes a quick peek inside. In the pleasantly cool darkness, a fine wave of silvery incense greets her. She is touched by the scents of the wonderful flowers around the altar. She quickly lights a candle for her grandfather, sends a brief prayer to heaven, and lightly descends the church steps, out into the young summer day.
Filled with anticipation, she walks home. On her way, she passes a field edge where she discovers a few beautiful blue-violet flowers. She picks a few along with their roots and places them in her basket.
Once home, she makes herself a refreshing lemonade from woodruff blossoms.

Then she goes to the mirror, takes her bottle of pure rose oil, and applies it to her face. Once it has absorbed, she takes her powder compact and powders her nose.

Now she wants to write a few verses in her poetry book. Full of expectation for the evening, she writes her thoughts and feelings of anticipation from this morning into the book. Excitement is written all over her face. Yet her expression is lovely and soft.

Will he like her? Will her natural beauty be enough for him? Just a touch of white powder and a little rose oil? Will she not seem too aloof, so white and shy? And above all: Will he remember her later? Will he not forget her?
Her name: Volka, Maria. A true Viennese blood.

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Yes, dear perfume fans, this fragrance has captivated me.
My impressions are as follows:
A fresh, tart, cool radiance surrounds me with the first spray.
White, powdery, creamy, buttery-woody
Fluffy continues.
Cool woodruff fizz
first perceived at a distance
then warmer and sweet.
Balsamic woody...
Smoky earthy. In the end, soft and mysteriously velvety...

Stunning composition. Takes some getting used to. Surprisingly complex.
A must for iris fans.

In stark contrast to Chanel No. 23, I perceive this masterpiece (we agree on that:=) as the coziest jasmine I know.

The Moroccan jasmine sambac simply smells finer, more noble than the regular farmer's jasmine.
I have tested and bought so many jasmine fragrances and given them away again... for example, the most intense of all jasmine scents, Lutens "Sarrasins," or Alien (the regular EDP). The only one that was allowed to stay was Floris Night Scented Jasmine, but since other notes are more prominent here, I won't count it.

With La Route d'Emeraude, I want to cry with joy!
About the most magnificent oriental bouquet of flowers I have been able to sniff in a long time.
Yes, it is heavy, it is dark, but at the same time so seductive as only the most erotic of all flowers can be... And finally, it is not so loud and pretentious (like in Alien) but soft, balsamic-oily, restrained, mysterious, lurking.

The tuberose and a little orange blossom support the impression of a legendary atmospheric density that further increases through deep dark amber and creamy rose oil.

I keep having to sniff my arm, perceiving finer nuances like a slight underlying freshness... or a bit of green? Fragrances where I keep searching for something I thought I had already found fascinate me the most.

Lovers of heavy, oily floral scents, especially jasmine, must definitely delight their noses with this one!

Although cinnamon is listed in the top notes, I cannot detect it. I actually welcome the fact that this is not too spicy of a floral scent!!

This is a jasmine from 1001 Nights. I want to float away with it on a flying carpet made of densely woven flowers.

Isabey has already fascinated me with Fleur de Nocturne, but La Route d'Emeraude is pure perfection.

So much class unfortunately also has its price. But this time it didn't hurt at all:=)