Tauer Perfumes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The coriander erupts first, bright and slightly lemony-spiced, cutting through the incoming frankincense like a knife. Petitgrain adds an almost herbal snap, preventing the incense from settling too quickly, creating an initial impression of something alive and volatile rather than static.
The frankincense emerges fully now, smoky and slightly medicinal, whilst the iris crystallises into something subtly green and faintly powdered. The spice softens considerably, becoming more about texture than heat—you're breathing in the scent of temple rather than the sharp bite of the spice jar.
The dry woods anchor everything into skin-like warmth, and the ambergris provides a gentle, almost imperceptible sweetness that prevents the base from reading as purely austere. What remains is smoke without aggression, wood without dryness, a contemplative whisper that lingers closer to the body.
Incense Extrême arrives not as a whisper but as temple smoke—dense, intentional, unapologetic. Andy Tauer constructs this 2008 composition around frankincense as both anchor and protagonist, yet the opening coriander-petitgrain combination prevents it from becoming a one-note meditation. Instead, you get a spiced incense that crackles with aromatic vitality, the coriander lending a subtle peppery warmth that dances across the frankincense's resinous backbone like candlelight across stone walls.
This is a fragrance for the contemplative wearer, the person drawn to church architecture and library leather, who doesn't require their scents to announce themselves across rooms. The iris in the heart provides an unexpected mineral counterpoint—slightly powdery, slightly green—preventing the resinous accord from becoming cloying. There's restraint here, a deliberate refusal to sweeten or soften. The dry woods emerge gradually, adding structure without harshness, whilst the ambergris base ensures the whole composition never drifts into austere territory.
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