01 Le Maroc Pour Elle

I bought this on the pretence it would transport me to a specific place and time, and it did exactly that; a nostalgic one where as a child in the streets and alleyways of old Cairo in Egypt, where street vendors would walk about selling garlands of voluptuous jasmine flowers, fragrantly bursting with their nocturnal sensuality. In the background, a mixture of sweet aromas from nearby shisha cafes and spices intermingling in the air, but with the jasmine commanding its assertive hold, like the main pianist in an orchestra. The night is warm and humid, with an almost stationary breeze, carrying the dense fragrant smells, with the odd florals from flower shops in the background. The smells are unmistakingly North African, but not near a coast of any sorts, more of humid density, the kind of intensity that accentuates the weight of the florals. This is most definitely not a Mediterranean vibe, and it holds extreme accuracy in what it delivers. I know this is marketed towards women, but I find that completely irrelevant, moreso now that the majority of fragrance lovers do not see fragrances through a gender specific lens. I find this a transportive scent, one that anyone can wear, I personally find it extremely comforting and would spritz it on mostly at night, a warm one to be precise, but any night would suffice, because that's where it takes me. I have attempted to layer this over darker fragrances akin to Patchouly and Ambra Aura from Profumum Roma, and they simply add yet another dimension and take me to the summer nights in Alexandria, near the Med, or with Neroli from the same house, lifting it up to a daytime brighter fragrance. The core of the fragrance is not diminished, rather akin to wearing a red shawl over an elegant suit, to dress it down or up accordingly, but the main suit is still there, just simply slightly amended to meet a different occasion. This was blind bought, and I have no idea if there have been any reformulations along the way since it was initially introduced two decades ago. I suspect not, due to the way it still carries the same message that Andy intended to deliver back then, and is successfully executed with meticulous precision. I paid full retail + delivery, ands blind bought as I buy all any fragrances. In my books the cost is completely justified due to the quality of the Jasmine Absolute alone, let alone the remaining raw materials, and the artisanal blending The atomiser and lid are indeed not of a calibre that reflects the quality of the juice, as many already know and mentioned, but to me I could not care less. I'd rather have a cheap bottle with golden juice, than a synthetic chaos akin to that of the offerings of Xerjoff in an outlandishly extravagant presentation. Highly recommended, I wouldn't say extremely versatile, but that's subjective opinion, not objective. Gof bless and enjoy :)

A beautiful and opulent Floral-Oriental perfume with a misleading name. Le Maroc Pour Elle does a "Portrait of a Lady" type of labeling when, in reality, it could easily pass as "Le Maroc Pour Lui." Leaving the name aside, this is a beautiful Oriental treatment of Jasmine, the most prominent floral note, supported by Rose and Lavender. I love Jasmine in perfumes, but it has to be natural-smelling. I came to develop an aversion toward the Hedione built-up accords that saturate the market. Furthermore, it needs to be handled with care. Not too fruity, nor too rubbery or indolic. Yes, I am picky. Here, it is used exquisitely by a nose who has proved numerous times that he understands and appreciates floral materials and that he knows how to handle them. What he decides to do with the remainder of the composition might not always please my fancy, but I love the way he weaves it here (as well as in Une Rose Chypree). The opening of Le Maroc is fizzy and bright due to the mandarin and the lavender. I find this sparkling opening prevalent in many of Andy Tauer's perfumes, and I am a fan. It is invigorating and different from the usual choice of introductory greetings most perfumers opt for. Jasmine enters the scene almost immediately, opulent and assertive with the right amount of indolic facets and sweetness, while nothing about it feels excessive. The lavender helps to balance the queen of the night until the rose and later, the woods and resins take the burden. You see, she is always restrained by the secondary players and never allowed to overshadow the composition. The rose is present but merely guards her, never crossing the line. The base of Le Maroc is creamy and woody. I get the cedar mostly, and thankfully, none of the Iso-E Super that prevents me from loving PHI Une Rose De Kandahar. Along the cedar, a melange of resins gives a hint of smokiness, sweetness, and a dusty texture. I would say the woods are more prevalent than the resins and almost give off an antique furniture vibe (or an apothecary). Le Maroc Pour Elle makes me picture a well-kept flower garden in the Orient, maybe within the domain of a luxurious palace, a stroll through the garden at dusk when the flowers speak the loudest. I think men can easily enjoy this as the lavender gives off a nice fougerish touch in the opening that lasts through the heart, where the strong woody notes (mainly the cedar) take over. Don't judge by the name, but let your nose guide you. IG:@memory.of.scents

Here in Seattle, Washington, we have a farmer's market called "The Pike Place Market". You can buy fresh fruit, veggies, flowers, fish... all the normal farmer's market goods. There are also shops sprinkled around the edges of the market where you can buy handmade wares, and then there are specialty shops. It's a wonderful place to take folks to who are from out-of-town, and I certainly like to find an excuse to travel to the northwest edge of Seattle to experience this wonderful place. In a certain area, deep in the 100+ year old wooden buildings where the shops are, is a few head shops, and of course there is lots of incense burning. There are tea & spice shops, along with scented oils and candle shops, and stalls and stalls of fresh cut flowers. So, this area has the most wonderful, old fashioned, woody, incensey, tea & spices, and floral (mostly rose) like scent that brings back so many memories of my entire life through which I have visited the Pike Place Market many, many times. This Tauer creation is that scent. Absolute dead ringer for Seattle's Pike Place Market. I keep sniffing my wrist. I can't decide if it is something I want to smell like though. Or, if I do, I'm not sure how often I'd wear it. It starts out strong, but it really does melt and soften over the course of a half hour or so. And then it becomes this wafting scent that continues to flit around and greet my nose with a cheerful, rosie, woody aroma. This scent certainly brings back memories of a place I love and am intimately familiar with. I currently own a bottle of the 02 L`Air du Desert Marocain which I adore. It is dry and wonderful. I recently ordered, and am awaiting, 09 Orange Star. My next planned Tauer purchase is the Pentachords Auburn which I absolutely love love love. I will need to use this a few times and see if it grows on me. Tauer's potions usually do! Edit: I bought the big bottle! Even before my precious Auburn Pentachord! The PPM memories were too strong to ignore. It does have a lovely rose scent I am surprised I have fallen so hard for, since rose usually gives me a headache. This is wonderful. I see why it launched Andy Tauer into a stunning creative vocation.

I am probably not the best person to for this task but I'll give it a go. I originally bought L'air du desert Marocain blind and really liked it but I wanted something just a tad bit more feminine. It took LuckyScent several tries to get me a sample of Le Maroc Pour Elle. Why did I wait for a sample, well because this website has it as an oriental floral and the word floral is frightening to me. I like scents that are slightly feminine or have implied femininity but all out floral/fruity scents are waaaay too girly for me. With orientals I never know how floral floral is going to be. Well the sample arrived today and of course I tried it and it was perfect. I immediately decided to order a bottle which would entitle me to 3 free samples. This decision was going to take some time but I had my new Le Maroc Pour Elle to entertain me. As time passed the floral quitted a bit and the spices woke up as I expected but all was good. I could smell this stuff forever. I then got involved in selecting my free samples and before I knew it I was in dry down. When I took a whiff of my wrist I thought “OMG I can’t believe it”. I had the Ides of March from Portland, Oregon right there on my wrist. The Ides of March was a head shop I frequented back in ‘72/’73. As soon as you opened the shop door you were hit with a fragrance that was absolutely wonderful. The inside of the shop was all done in wood. They sold custom handmade leather products made right there in the shop. They had incense, attars and oils from all over the world. They had tapestries and Persian rugs for sell as well. And of course they sold things that did not smell. I always found going there such an olfactory treat. Not only has Le Maroc Pour Elle turned out to be a fragrance I love but it can provide me with a bit of time travel as well.

Le Maroc pour Elle has been a love ever since I first smelled it more than a decade ago. Back then my heart and money went to Une Rose Chyprée but Le Maroc was always on my mind. Fast forward to now and I’ve finally bought a bottle. A new batch and a new formulation. Yes, Andy has reformulated Le Maroc, no doubt mostly because of restrictions on jasmine and rose use. Good news though; the scent profile hasn’t been altered even though it has gone from an almost extrait intensity to a rich edp. But that’s ok, because the sticky resins, the rich rose and jasmine and the sharpness of lavender are still there. And it’s still like I remember it. Headshop incense! Le Maroc was always, for me, headshop incense. Slightly heady, slightly cheap. Rich. Saturating. A full rose and jasmine attar like bubble that expands only to be calmed by a sharp lavender strike. That incense sweetness (nothing at all like incense in the church style) always reminded me of esoteric shops, crystal balls and tarot cards. The scent of entering a shop where incense burns incessantly. Jasmine, sandalwood, rose... that entire atmosphere was (and still is) Le Maroc. All while being sensual, erotic, larger than life. Not so much Morocco but India. It’s still that. It’s still big, although now you can spray more liberally. It’s still a rich red/brown color. It still stains skin and clothes. And it still lasts all day. So I’m happy it’s back, I’m happy that the scent hasn’t been compromised and even though it’s not the beast it was, it is a perfume that deepens with time. Like Rose Chyprée, one of Andy’s best works and a modern masterpiece!

Le Maroc Pour Elle smells exactly like a traditional Indian flower shop. A whiff of this perfume reminds me immediately of the shops we have here that sell malas and other Indian floral products. When you walk past one of those shops, the smell of white florals and incense hits you like a truck. This perfume is that heavy. The 2 most distinctive notes are the jasmine and orange. The orange scent is kind of like orange blossom honey - it is very sweet, with a distinctive orange note on top, and that is blended seamlessly here with the jasmine. If you're familiar with the scent of frangipani, the top notes also remind me a bit of that. Layered underneath the orange and jasmine is a very polished amber-y, woodsy, rose-y base. It lasts for hours and the jasmine note is very prominent even when the perfume has dried down. The orange note goes away after a while. I don't pick up the lavender note, though. This is not a run-of-the-mill white floral fragrance. I can see it being just too much for some, but would recommend it to people who love jasmine. Tauer isn't cheap, but also not ridiculously expensive, so overall I would say Le Maroc is great value for money given the lasting power and quality and uniqueness of the composition. When my sample runs out, I may just have to get a full bottle...

It is too strong the first time I sprayed it on paper (I guess I'm the only one), but after it dried down I can only say that the resin note is the richest and most beautiful I've ever smelled and for me it lasted 6ish hours (8-12 on paper?). To me it isn't particularly rosy or floral forward. I had to spray again to pick it out and it is there, but very smoothly blended. It smells of an Arabian palace, or basically what I imagine a Saudi royalty mansion would smell of. I'm not sure which man would wear this, but I feel it is unisex or at least not ultra-femme. I am on the hunt for a 5ml or a used full bottle. To me it makes me feel like I am an ambery lantern, glowing from within. I could see this worn in many occasions for the right person and mindset with the exception of summer day time (cool summer night in a desert would be great though). Also, not getting the smell of a head shop *at all* with this one. I can only guess someone who would say that is not a fan of orientals. I think there are probably many others on the market in this family, but to me it stands out if nothing else for the obvious quality and strength and mastery. Note: the natural ingredients due to the high quality concoction may leave an amber stain on clothing.

I am fast becoming a Tauer devotee. I have yet to try a work of his that I do not like. I received quite a few samples I had ordered from Lucky Scent. Amongst them were several Tauer classics, including this one. I accidentally ordered two of this particular perfume (oh...darn), so I was pretty free with the application. Wow. What a beauty she is. Apparently, I'm an unapologetic jasmine lover. My skin seems to grab onto and amplify that particular note, but I'm not complaining. As with many Tauer perfumes, there is a lot going on. Unfortunately, I'm not skilled enough to recognize each individual note, but I know a masterpiece when I smell one. This perfume would be a stunner on a night out. The bodies of both men and women would lie in your wake. People would chase you down to discover what you were wearing. And the best part? No one else will be wearing it. It reminds me of the nineties. Of nights spent with friends burning Nag Champa (and a few other things), while listening to the Pixies and Pavement over and over again and passing around a bottle of something cheap and awful. Le Maroc is a beautiful, stunning work by Tauer, and as I stop typing to sniff my wrist for the 5th time, I accept that I will have to buy the FB.

Did someone say pour elle? Sorry, what was that? Haha. Nope, this was Tauer redemption day for me (after a slightly less than inspiring Orange Star experience). Le Maroc is a true beauty. The Moroccan rose is obviously the prime mover here, but for me it's the patchouli that lights the lights. This is a classic example of the "wait for the dry down" phenomenon. It's a bit in your face initially, the (surprisingly sexy) lavender and mandarin combo come on a bit strong & bawdy, but...cometh the dry down, cometh the mind boggle! The patch & some resin/incense team up with the rose and that ripping Tauer sandalwood to whisk me straight back to those late 80's Melbourne head shops faster than if I had a flux capacitor hard wired to my medulla oblongata! Those places were exciting, edgy and slightly risqué for a young man back in the day & clearly the scent memory has stuck around! This might not sound too classy to y'all, but that's just an impression I get when I smell this in the dry down phase. This truly is a classy woody incense/rose scent for the ages. Ignore the fact this is designated feminine please, it's totally wearable by all and sundry. A real gem that's bound to find it's way on to my shelf in FB form one day!

Le Maroc Pour Elle is an environment. It is more like the spectrum of nuances which combine to form the interior scent of someone's home than something I would like to cloak myself in. That said, I bet there is someone out there somewhere who already smells like this naturally, because people do tend to smell like their homes to a degree. This is unquestionably the most evocative and poetic perfume I have smelled in a very long time. I get the sweet freshness of laundered clothes lying folded on the bed of a bohemian lady in her late 50's early 60's. There is some powdered laundry soap remaining on the top of her washing machine, and late afternoon light streaming through the windows. Her home is filled with eclectic art and furniture, and nothing matches but everything is tasteful, neat, and it all seems to fit together seamlessly. Every surface and object here is imbued with soft woody-jasmine incense, and a natural cast of intimacy, sadness, and calm, but without any musk or skank. This fragrance is by NO means stale, but it is lived in. This is what La Vie est Belle should have smelled like if the name and the perfume were going to match. Words don't cut it. Thank you to the lovely Vie Cafe for my sample.

This has quickly become my cherished signature scent and gateway drug into powdery florals. When you run out of a sample and miss it, that's a sign to spring for the full size. It's a deceptively good value, 50 ml of dark oily spray that lasts 4-6 hours. Immediately this scent hits you with unvarnished natural ingredients- sandalwood, orange blossom, jasmine, light patchouli. I catch sparkling hints of lavender and citrus, and everything is blended such that it's never too indolic, smokey, peppery or sharp. Somehow Andy Tauer has managed to bottle the scent of the orange blossom water used in desserts, amplifying its sweet and incense-like facets into a rich and vivid perfume. This is easy to see as a bohemian hippie scent, but many of these ingredients are common at an Indian grocery store. The old-fashioned floral elements make this easy to wear with a white blouse, pearls, full skirt and heels. Powerful, rough around the edges, not for sensitive noses. Even without being a very sweet or sexual perfume, I feel extra seductive with this on. It's overtly feminine without suppressing the character of the raw materials, which speaks to a bold and daring identity.

Le Maroc Pour Elle by andy Tauer well when i test it i said wow This is one of the best unisex fragrance I’ve seen the longevity and projection is superb And ots very well blended! I call this perfume happy Maroccian girl very energetic and always smiling and happy You can feel it I wear it night or day but in colder and chilly days it’s going to be best! When i spray it just 2 I’ve thought this is enough or maybe 3 at the max I smell lots of jasmin, roses and wooody notes that the are well balance it actually it’s very hard to talk about notes in this fragrance i want to continue talking about the Happy Girl When i wear it, it’s like that girl smiling and laughing very laud and dansing around me with the traditional dress that she has Every smell and note from this fragrance is come from a symbol from her Spices and a little bit dryness and sweet and woodsy nots and all of this goes to the happy root that she is ... My rates for this fragrance is : Scent : 10/10 Performances : 10/10 Longevity : 9/10 Projection : 9/10 Unique: 10/10 Value of money : 10/10 Overall : 9.6/10 ...:::::Thumbs up:::::...

So divine. I tested and bought this after L'Air du Desert Marocain, and I think I like this even better. It's a strange mix of incense from the shops on Haight (good call Kris143max) and exhaust from the laundromat. That being said, not everyone is going to want to smell like that, and I understand completely. It's the same way some people don't mind smelling like chocolate, but I do. Gimme incense any day! Being San Franciscan, LMPE is perfect for casual days. In fact, people will probably just assume I was burning incense at home and will never even think to ask what perfume I'm wearing. Maybe for some this is elegant, sexy, dressy, but in San Francisco this smells like you partied all night and just rolled out of bed. Incense here is a lovely blend of rose, jasmine, and sandalwood incense sticks. It's all somewhat sweet, but not cloyingly so. I think the lavender laundry detergent scent adds freshness and upliftment. I haven't read the other reviews yet, but I wonder if am I the only one who smells some kind of sugary candy too, like pink rock crystal candy?

Recently I decided to go through a set of old samples and stumbled on this one. I immediately couldn't believe I had passed by it before. I wore the sample for a couple days, then got a bottle. I am absolutely smitten. This is just gorgeous. Other people compare it to smelling incense in a hippie store and I don't disagree lol! ...but whereas other people may think that's a bad thing... I unabashedly love that smell. This perfume smells like the classic incense Nag Champa except dialed in perfectly...soft, fluffy, a bit sweet. It isn't harsh at all on me. My skin loves this perfume. I do not find it hard to wear at all, and wear it to work without a problem. To me this isn't a scent that has an occasion, as I could quite literally see myself wearing this all the time, like a signature scent. It is the most lovely jasmine, and this coming from someone that didn't particularly think I could wear jasmine heavy scents! I keep smelling myself. LOVE.

I had to change my dislike to like and then to love !!!! Andy Tauer, I think, is a genius. This perfume may not be for you, or even me, however I will keep and probably use this sample on those days when I want to go back in time and revisit Cairo or the Edgware Road (but don't have the bus fare), or I'm wearing my ladies thobe or cooking ful or kabsah or watching Aladdin or reading Sherazade (arabian nights this is)! I'm not sure I would buy this - but I do have a sneaky suspicion that once this sample has gone I will somehow decide that I 'need' a bottle of this in my perfume library! Although expensive, I think a bottle will last a long long time! This perfume (and it definitely fully uses the word 'perfume') is like meeting a very complex person and not being able to forget them forever!

this is what alien could never be! One of my favorites from the Tauer line. This is not your girly jasmine at all, this is sophisticated and definitely not a blind buy. Longevity is phenomenal and sillage is following you about a foot behind. I get complimented constantly and my husband said I smell great, that’s usually a sign of a keeper for me! I get a big amount of jasmine on the opening and this lasts all the way threw, and the lavender makes it so it’s unisex for all to wear! I do get woody notes in the drydown. Again this is not a blind buy and I think it’s also hard to find, I don’t think its discontinued but not a new product or as popular as it’s L’Air du Desert Morocain fellow fragrance. 10/10 on me but not a blind buy at all!

I am not the biggest fan of jasmine but if I were to have a jasmine in my collection, this is clearly it. And I am a fan of this jasmine. Jasmine and rose at their best, with the jasmine coming out more to my nose, a warm one that remains plush and in bloom, not the indolic, green and almost rotten jasmin that you can have in other interpretations. Beautiful. And indeed these are white flowers in the souk, in the hot sun, so if you look for the jasmine like in a grand white floral aldehyde style, move on. I think I will be very tempted by a FB next time I see Tauer on a counter.

I love this! Agree with Perfumatrix review below. Would add though that Tauer perfumes are so unique and individual, its difficult to say they are "like" any others as the blending is so good. I get the notes coming through in the exact order they are listed! This one is sweeter than I imagined it would be, having sampled L'Air du Desert Marocain and a few others. Really special. Not easy to find (thanks to Brexit), and Les Senteurs have exclusivity in UK, but got a good deal.

Huh. I didn't think of this as being that outrageous, but I guess it's not for the timid or those who prefer the mainstream path. I am still unsure if I love the initial opening of Le Maroc, but I sure love the rest of the journey. It's a complete wrist sniffer for me and when I get a whiff inadvertently, I smile. Warm and luscious. Glad I found it before the weather gets warm so I can enjoy it for a bit before I put it away to await fall.

magnifico, un profumo da mille e una notte, opulento, sordido, assolutamente mediorientale. all'inizio sembra un accordo basato sui fiori d'arancio e gelsomino, intossicamente, quasi sporco, poi inizia il viaggio attraverso resine e spezie, assai balsamico, molto complesso, con qualche punta di rosa, fino all'assestamento su patchouli e benzoino. è un liquido scuro, quindi attenzione ai vestiti, quasi liquoroso, veramente notevole. ottimo.

Heady heady heady, one of my first niche perfumes from ages ago, still have it almost full as it is only for when I can handle it and not going to be around a crowd of people who may faint. Dense, rich, a kidnapper of a perfume, takes you into its world and you must adapt. It's romantically beautiful, without any of the edginess of some of the other newer Tauer perfumes. Narcotic. Like falling down into a luxurious dream.

i don't know what i expected but i am surprised by how much i love this. it is dry and deep and intriguing, floral amber but with some dry dry feel to it. comforting. grand. meditative. bold. not sweet, not cloying, more like hot wind but to my nose nose not super similar to LDDM. i can't stop sniffing my wrist and found myself wearing the sample the second day in a row.

This is a spicy, resinous floral with the characteristic Tauer oddness of wonder. It has almost a honeyed vibe to it. I blind bought and don't regret it. This is softer than some of this others.

Resin-heavy rose and jasmine pushed to the edge, cut through with sharp lavender and dry woods. Heady, vintage-leaning, and proudly uncompromising. This one doesn’t behave.

Looking for a partial bottle of this, please contact me if you're done with yours and don't want to hassle with eBay!

Initially I very gingerly applied a small amount of my spray sample. Within the same morning I have basically used up my sample. NOT because it's weak but because it's just sheer pleasure having this on from the first notes to the drydown. Tauer is a genius and although I've gushed about a few perfumes here, I've not used that word on another perfumer as yet. Can something be soft yet voluminous, sweet yet spicy? This is. Never have I been able to do a "blind tasting" of a perfume and get all the notes correct in this beautiful symphony. The first burst may be off-putting for some with its strong incense and woody notes, but it calms down and becomes a smooth as aged cognac composition of floral, woody and balmy notes. In San Francisco, my favourite place to drift along was in Haight Ashbury. It's vibrant colours and interesting individuals so carefree and comfortable in their own skins made me want to ditch my secure life in a rigid society back home. This perfume reminds me of those streets. NOT because it smells like hippies or incense-sticks (seriously if there's incense sticks out there that smells as good and rich as this perfume, I want it), but because of the serenity yet sensuality of this perfume. A very wearable perfume, whether black-tie or in high-tops, it will leave other scents around you to wither away in shame. Some have termed this masculine but for me it nestles very well in the unisex, leaning towards feminine (this comes from one who adores powdery feminine scents on a regular basis). This ranks next to my highly-lauded bottle of Ambre Sultan by Serge Lutens (for many years it ranked alone in the Oriental group, IMO). Now I must try L'Air Du Desert Marocain, to see if it gives me even more pleasurable memories than this one already has. This goes on the want list to buy a full bottle.

This composition is thick, rich, and not for those who may be timid when it comes to expressing themselves via scented products. It's an exceptionally well-blended mixture of heady florals (rose and jasmine) and precious woods (I pick up sandalwood, for sure) with a smooth patchouli backdrop. If I really concentrate, I can pick up a hint of lavender, but it's a faint wisp of brightness which provides contrast to the other notes, and not a main player. Longevity is exceptional, as is projection -- an application with a dabber is sufficient, provides plenty of sillage, and will last all day. So, if this is the scent for you, you're likely to get a *lot* of mileage out of a full bottle. As others have noted, this bears an uncanny resemblance to Nag Champa Agarbatti incense sticks *before* they have been lit. (I actually conducted an experiment, and had someone sniff my wrist and then smell my box of incense with their eyes closed; they couldn't discern a difference. At all. This perfume is a dead ringer for Nag Champa!) It's incense, but not "church" incense. It is likely to remind many people of their college years (or head shops, or clothing stores with patterned, flowing cotton dresses, depending on where you've encountered the incense before) -- I personally find it nostalgic and comforting because of the association. I wouldn't be able to wear it every day as a signature scent, but once in a while, this fragrance is precisely what I need.

Wearing Le Maroc from a sample that I bought at Lucky Scent so one of those dabber testers. It didn't take much to get this to bloom - it's quick and large in presence and the first note/accord I get is peppermint. Seriously, I came to Fragrantica to peek at the notes listed and oddly don't see mint or peppermint but that is what I initially sniffed and it's a strong note. Might be an accidental accord from the wood resin/orange/jasmine working together to create a minty opening? Within a few minutes the 'peppermint' like accord starts to dissipate and the wood resins are more prominent but still very slightly sweetened by the jasmine and the mandarin orange. It's not a harsh varnish scent at all, it's soft and creamy with a new direction on the citric /woodsy composition that is quite popular with a lot of mens fragrances. The combination of notes in the perfume is really well done, and Andy Tauer is a genius at blending his materials. I don't get a strong incense note, and perhaps the rose note will make itself more front and center during dry down but I can certainly close my eyes, sniff my wrist, and very carefully pick out a few of these notes. I'm waiting for the dry down for my final verdict on whether I'd buy a full bottle or need this in my collection but right now I can sternly say this is unisex despite the 'pour elle', and it is new, and interesting, and exceptionally well blended. High quality juice.

I'm not really sure why I never reviewed this perfume before--well, except that my sample was MIA for a long, long time. I certainly wore it before and rated it at 80% somewhere else. Le Maroc pour elle struck me today as very earthy and natural smelling to the point where I would have guessed that it was an all natural perfume. In fact, it reminds me a lot of one of the Matriarch perfumes. I was absolutely sure that the dominant floral in this composition was marigold/tagetes, but that is not listed among the notes, so I am guessing that something about the resin mingling with the floral essences creates a scent very similar to the distinctive marigold demeanor. I do like this perfume a lot and find it interesting that it was Andy Tauer's first! Very rich and fatty feeling--it seems almost caloric, if that makes any sense. Which is not to say that this is a gourmand or sweet scent--it is not. But it is very, very dense and dark and powerful.

This fragrance is like nothing I've ever smelled before. Throughout its entire development, but especially at the start, there is a strong smell that I can only describe as a mix of sweaty leather and carrots with maybe a touch of tuberose. It is simultaneously attractive and repulsive. But -crucially - it is interesting. It made me want to see where it all goes. Maybe it's just my sample or just my nose - from reading the reviews here, I expected a very blatant rose-jasmine mix, maybe something like Kerosene's Dirty Flower Factory (which I adore). But I can't think of any fragrance that smells like this. Not at all. I can see this fragrance being polarizing, but unlike other self-consciously weird perfumes, this is actually wearable. This is exactly what I want niche perfumery to do - give me new and interesting smells I can't find elsewhere. A little dab goes a long way, but be careful as it will stain. Excellent stuff!

Wow! Opens up very sweet and medicinal. Like an incredibly rich and sweet resin. For me I get a huge "cough syrup" vibe. The juice is a dark, ambery, resin-like colour, almost like an extrait. It has immense strength on the opening, but later the notes dry down to give an incredibly rich, authentic spicy-sweet jasmine, almost like an oil. Overall, a wonderfully rich an opulent fragrance. Completely evocative of Morocco. But at the same time incredibly strong on the opening, which can really put people off. Make no mistake, when you first test this you WILL smell like cough syrup! Very sweet, rich and medicinal. Upon dry down, the patchouli resin base is what remains, with a notable, ever-present aroma of real jasmine which lingers. Always try first, but I can't deny it's incredible beauty as a fragrance.

This scent reminds me of Guerlain's L'Heure Bleue and Creed's Royal Scottish Lavender. The former, from the floral notes (jasmin, rose and maybe lavender) and the latter, from lavender and sandalwood. On my skin, it starts with sweet, almost fruit-like floral jasmin with lavender for slight oomph, and resin and rose to soften the scent which provides that soft buttery feel of irish that L'HB has. Over time, the sweet irish like feel recedes and woods, especially sandalwood, peeks through to give a sharp dry drydown. The lavender scent has unusual life time in this fragrance which I am guessing is just residual jasmin mixed with sandalwood and not lavender itself. It's a nice scent, but not my cup of tea since I prefer scent that's grossly linear, and strong dry/spicy sandalwood gives me headache.

I actually like this more than L'Air du Desert Marocain. The rose and jasmine combo is very nice and I don't find it that often in perfumes, especially when both of them are detectable. The jasmine is much louder but you can hear the rose too. I don't think that his is a hot weather jasmine though, it's much too woody for that. The drydown is pleasant, which is not always a given with Tauer perfumes (I love Une Rose de Kandahar but ugh... the drydown...). Unfortunately, I don't think I will be buying a full bottle. I think Andy Tauer makes his perfumes for his own liking, and that's what makes them unique, but it's also what makes a lot of them more suitable for mature people. I feel like I'm too young for this.

Stunning fragrance, dense, dark, mysterious and deliciously exotic. I love the way it combines darkness and weight with luminosity and transparency. Overwhelming opening with candied mandarin peel, earthy patchouli, and a dark, siruppy bubblegum rose against a backdrop of spices and wood. Quite funky, and it keeps on groovin' for hours! Smells like an oriental Jagermeister.....in a good way!! Lots of glowing, ambery warmth in the dry down. The jasmine note that other people comment on does not come out on my skin. Not for daily use, but I always turn to this one when I feel bohemian or when life is gloomy and I’m in need of a serious upper......LMPE works every time, this is great stuff, indeed!

This was one of the fragrances I ordered in my 5-fragrance sampler pack from Andy Tauer. This is very unusual when it opens. Strongly floral, a bit bitter, almost not enjoyable. It dries down to the most beautiful ambery/vanilla with a hint of rose. The opening is a bit strong and made me worry this wouldn't be a versatile fragrance, but after a few hours it mellows down significantly. Very sweet and feminine. A warning: the fragrance liquid is an ambery reddish-brown and will stain your skin and clothing. I had issues where the areas I sprayed with the perfume ended up looking like bruises on my fair skin. I'd imagine this would definitely stain light-colored clothing.

Primarily jasmine, which becomes quite indolic/animalic in the drydown, and resins. The rose and lavender are highly concentrated, as well, following the jasmine and resins’ lead. It’s very nice, if you enjoy very, very sweet perfumes. It lacks the weightlessness, spicy and airy quality that LADDM has. That’s not to detract from the beauty of LMPE, but to compare and contrast. This perfume is very traditionally feminine leaning. A bit too sweet for me, personally. More intimate than moderate lift. Five hours’ longevity. Overall, the sweetness and animalic jasmine don’t appeal to me, but I’m grateful to have been able to sample this through a Tauer discovery set.

Tauer is known for those fragrances that you have to wait for the drydown before you experience its true beauty. Wearing this for the first 30 mins or was a bit challenging but not overwhelming. After an hour or so this really smells wonderful. The combination of resins, rose, and lavender really stand out to me and my wife really enjoys this on me but like most my fragrances she enjoys on me she often will enjoy on herself also. Performance is pretty good. Projects like a beast and last about 10hrs with close to 6 houra of projection. Overall 7/10

Sweet orange opening (much sweeter than I was anticipating) thickened with sappy resin, darkened with red roses and patchouli, heady with jasmine. Initially smelled like medicinal cherries/almonds to me, but that aspect disappeared quickly. Not a soliflore or white flower dominant at all. Vintage, sexy, mysterious feel. This is how I imagine Stevie Nicks smelled in the 70s. Reminds me of funky headshops--smells like high quality nag champa. Not sure if I just like it or really love it just yet. Certainly beautiful.

I like this a lot alone, and—in careful doses— as a building block when layering. It’s strong. Heady. Yes, a little seventies head shoppy for those who don’t bother to use their discernment, and you have to be ready to be perceived that way because there are a lot of people out there. I like it as a grounding base with other woody florals. Alone, it definitely exudes, at least for me, a mysterious, almost quixotic indolence, an opium-like quality. Jasmine rules.

I have had this perfume for quite a while, but today is the first time I have gone beyond testing. I’m learning to love woody scents. I think this one has the potential to become a favorite. I just wish he hadn’t put quite so much patchouli in it. The balance of the blend sort of makes up for it, so I’m patiently waiting for the patchouli to settle down a bit. Otherwise, I’m loving EVERYTHING else.

I've never been to Maghreb but I have smelled it before. I can't remember when or where which makes this scent even more nostalgic. I really enjoy lavender here which helps to create calming aura around. It's a truly beautiful, feel-good, relaxing scent not without a potential of rendering me somewhat pensive.

Reminds me of London, Edgeware road, "little Cairo" in a good sense... shisha cafes and spring. Quite wearable compared to other Tauer perfumes. Would go nicely with Etro, Kenzo and probably Vivienne Westwood clothes. Quite strong at the start the perfume opens to a very harmonious sweet spicy aura later.

It opens with resins and I was so looking forward to wearing it because I've never experienced those notes fading away, especially not entirely, especially not within 30s. All I have left is white floral and rose (9:1). Why must you do me so, skin chemistry.

A present. Wore it, enjoyed it. The scent reminded me that of Poison, the Hypnotic one, but Le Maroc was blooming softer on me, tenderer, like a version of Poison that grew kinder and had teeth, but didn't want to bite.

Esoteric small shop that sells elephants, pashminas, incense sticks and mosaic little dishes - this is how they always smell. Sooo resinous, that boho 70’s flower in your hair scent, ‘San Francisco’ song!

Indian wet style jasmine incense. Strong sillage and good longevity.

I sincerely am very surprise of how many fans this fragrance have, because I swear I have never smelled a similar scourge in all my life. And who is talking is a middle age man who loves and collect essential oils, perfumes and fragrances since he was 15. That it is not a guarantee of anything. But it is to say that sometimes I suspect that some people wear certain perfumes because in their lives they have sniffed a little, very little. Well, I am also a liar. I have sensed a similar pestilence in those chinese oils for cold and fever that you have to smell. Those balsamic thing for headache which are covered with flowery notes with the desperate intention and the purpose to sweeting and hide the canphor and pine notes. A real nightmere. Yes, It smell like Coffe Rose Patchouly and jasmin blended with those oils with aromatic herbs and menthol to cool the air or spread on the neck and temples when you're sick. I know that also because many year ago I have made a fragrance similar to Maroc while I was trying to make a perfume with the mentioned essences (except coffe) plus other but the result was so old woman that I have decide to use that composition as deodorant for the house adding a "breath blend" mixoils to achieve the goal. I hope to never share a lift with someone who wear this fragrance for morgues. Sorry, I do not like at all.

As much as I appreciate the creations of Andy Tauer, this fragrance does not suit me in the slightest. I dislike lavender in perfumes, so if you aren't keen on lavender, I'd stay away from this one. What I thought looked to me a promising scent (sans the lavender note) was completely taken apart by the lavender. The opening is harsh, medicinal, and astringent. A really pleasant spicy, resinous accord is tagging alongside this almost chemical-smelling bitterness, but it can't keep up. I love jasmine as well as resins, so I was hoping for a deep, sensuous scent. Instead I found it to be biting and unkind. As it started to dry down, it became less sharp, but the lavender/patchouli combo gave the whole scent a smell that I can only describe as medicinal incense. After that affair was over and the scent dried down completely, I was disappointed to find that while the scent was no longer biting or harsh, it was still very unpleasant on me. On me, the drydown is extremely soapy. Very creamy, quite like there's tuberose in there somewhere, mixed with some indescribable spice notes. I don't mind rich, creamy scents, and I certainly love spices, but the soapiness of it makes it feel disconcerting. All in all, this one isn't a winner for me.

Sticky, intense authentic eastern incense. This feels to me like a perfumer's perfume, it's quite a journey to wear it! Le Maroc Pour Elle reminds me of Nag Champa Indian Incense in dry down. On opening be warned, a reasonably generous application will be quite overwhelming! It's also very musky - mostly a heavy honey/urinous note, maybe castoreum? (I was reminded of the pavements outside a public toilet in Greece circa 86) It's also quite sweet, and I compared it to a very rich jasmine incense at home, this is sweeter, very resinous and heavy, heavy, heavy. I'd describe it as very rich brown or russet if it were a colour - very suited to dark or chilly Autumn days. I had too much on before going to bed, so washed it off my arm, but it remained on my sleeve and when I woke the next day it was as though I'd spent the night in an incense filled temple. It's a little too much for me, Tauer perfumes often are. Yet, the quality and longevity are excellent. Perhaps one to bring out in Autumn again. A couple of dabs are all you need (I see I've used the word 'very' several times, it is, VERY)

This one is definitely not for me. I sampled it based on a YouTuber's including it in a "Top 10 jasmine" list, but to my nose the jasmine is just a few straggling petals buried in a trash heap from a college town's hippie tie-die, crystals, and incense store. (Ha! And I wrote that before reading BikiniSoTeeny's review just below or the numerous others.) The dry down is a little more tolerable, as the woods come closer to the forefront, and a softly powdery essence shimmers through. A little later a sweaty animalic tang arises, similar to Papillon Salome. But throughout the whole experience, there is a deeper underlayer of something that is harsh and unpleasant to my nose. Deeper as in, so deep in my nose that I partially perceive it on my soft palate. I doubt I will even be able to make it through the 2-mL tester I have.