05 Incense Extreme

My first Tauer and I am very impressed ! I have never been drawn to the brand and given the way Tauer fans on this page seem to respond to this fragrance, I think it’s clear that we’re looking for different things from a perfume of this kind. Incense extreme IS an intense, even brutal take on frankincense, highlighting its sharp and even cold nuances. The vibe here is something like a CdG fragrance—architectural, minimal, detached—but imo with more textural interest than most CdG entries, and definitely quite different from any in the CdG incense series. A mist of petitgrain parts to reveal an austere but stunning frankincense accord. While the sharp astringency of frankincense is highlighted throughout, at times it is complemented by a radiant cedar note (I usually hate cedar in perfumery, but this usage is just right and rings true to the natural material). At other times cheeky coriander lightens the mood. Always, the entire composition is cooled to an icy chill by a frozen iris note. There is a thrilling tension between the “vertical” wood/resin/spice notes and then “horizontal” cold powdery iris. I agree with others that this is not a “churchy” incense (at least as far as frankincense-dominant numbers go), and certainly not reminiscent of a headshop. The abstract nature of the composition puts me in mind of, if anything, outer space. What should be a warm aromatic accord blasted out of orbit and into absolute zero. The iris certainly has something to do with it, and bears a certain resemblance to Serge Lutens’ Iris silver mist, which I once heard referred to as “a terrifying frozen space carrot.” But there is also a sense of darkness, and flashes of harsh, unfiltered light illuminating an almost mathematical dance of the principal players. But then, several hours in, the Ambergris emerges and I think: maybe there is something “churchy” or even Christological. The cosmic dance of the early phases have suddenly been made flesh: sweaty, salty, oh so concrete. If I wax poetical, I place the full blame on Mr. Tauer. Really, this is an easy wear. Brooding and abstract, but also a touch powdery and soapy in the best possible way. Bracing, aromatic, cooling and salty—dare I say Intense Extreme is an easy summer reach? It certainly will be for me come June.

امممممممم عطر جميل جدا ولكن ليس افضل هواء الصحراء المغربية رقم 2 هذا العطر شبية في افتتاحيته نوعا ما بعطر هواء الصحراء المغربية ولكن الذي يفرق عنه هذا العطر عن هواء الصحراء لايوجد به رائحة سويت اقصد بالسويت رائحة كالفانيلا كالعنبر عندما يكون بارز بالعطر كالكراميل هذه تعطي رائحة سويت للعطر وغيرها كثير لكن هذا العطر رائحة التوابل في بداية والمتمثلة بالكزبرة الرائعه ولكن ولكن ليست رائحتها مثل مانشمها بالاضافة الى النارنج (الحمضي) هذا ماتجدة في بداية العطر وبعد فترة بسيطة جدا ستجد الرائحة خفت نوعا ماء ولكنها باقية (افتتاحية العطر) وستجد بعد انك سرعان ما تشم رائحة اللبان الرائعه التي لم اجد عطر اجادها مثل هذا العطر نعم هي لست مكتوبة ضمن مكونات العطر ولكني اشمها او بسبب مكون اوريس روت لانه رائحة شبية وقريبة احيانا الرائحة من رائحة علك اللبان لم تشمه مباشرة واعتقد انه السبب هذا اذا رائحة العطر في نظري تتمحور حول هذه النوتات اوريوس روت ورائحة البخور والعنبر في نظري هم ابطال قصة هذها العطر بامتياز المختلفة عن رائحة البخور اقصد بالخور هنا ليست بخور العود وانما بخور Frankincense انصح بهذا العطر لمن هم فوق 24 واولئك الذين يعشقون الرائحة الشرقية العطر سياخذ فليلا الى الوراء وستتذكر ايام الزمن الجميل انا اعشق العطور التي تذكرني بامر ما وهذا احدها ثبات العطر اتوقع انه سيكون كبيقة عطور اندي ممتازة* جمال رائحة من عشرة اعطية 9.10 جودة المكونات : ممتاز ثبات وفوحان العطر ممتاز اخي الكريم ارجوك جرب عينات من العطور في حال نصحها لك اي شخص لانه العطور مساله ذوق فما يعجبني قد لايعجيك اذا كنت ستجرب احد عطور اندي تاور انصحك اولا تجرب هواء الصحراء المغربية رقم 2 عطر رائع بمعنى الكلمة اذا كنت محب للعطور الشرقية ولو لم تكن كذلك العطر جميل جدا وهذا العطر رائع واحببته.

Deep, heavy and gray incense with soapy facets. Ooo, okay. The incense here is heavy. Really heavy. The lighter notes remind me of TF's Grey Vetiver. On the whole this has this soapy saw-dusty flat chalky-ness to it that comes across as what I'd best describe as "Gray" (I think it's the cedar and petitgrain? To my nose it smells like Vetiver with Mute Chilli Pepper but they're not in the notes...). This soapy note plays on top of Andy Tauer's famous "amber and coriander" note which is lovely as always. At quick whiffs my nose primarily catches the soapier notes which is a shame as that's what most people around you will experience. People you get intimate with however will smell everything this has to offer. If you really let this sit in one's nose, the beauty and depth of the incense really opens up and it's delightful. It's so enveloping and comforting -- I often found myself closing my eyes and just letting this take over. This is great but definitely sample before trying. Make sure you try it on a cold day and give 1-2 hours to let the incense open up after spraying. Edit: It's growing on me so much. This has such a simplicity to it and yet I find it so addictive. I don't really know what changed but I suddenly enjoy this so much more. Changed 'Like' to a 'Love'. Edit 2: I'm getting a little more of a weird earthy dirt-y coriander nuance now? I remember this smelling a lot cleaner when I wore it before.

I wonder if this is one of those scents that just really reacts differently on different people. I was expecting a lot of incense from this, based on the notes, name and reviews; but, instead, what I get is citrus and earth. It opens with a green, almost spicy petitgrain, which is very nice, and this lingers through the mid notes. Underneath the petitgrain, a flinty, dry mineral character develops. It is somewhat similar to the mineral aspect of Terre d'Hermes; however, it grows warmer and warmer as the fragrance develops almost like stone being heated in a fire until, as someone else mentioned, the overwhelming sense is of sauna stones: a glowing, dusty, dry heat. Amongst all this, and contributing to it, there is incense...but it is not distinct as a note to me, rather it's blended into this mineral impression. I think this is a beautiful fragrance, quite masculine and sensual, I'm tempted to buy it for my husband. It doesn't deliver on the incense promised in its name for me, though. Edit: I've come back to add that this fragrance is haunting me. I crave it often and have almost used up my sample...I still feel that it presents as overtly masculine, perhaps too much so for me to buy a full bottle, but I adore it. It really is stunningly beautiful, if not especially incense-y.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ...... just read what everyone else says! I still find CDG's Avignon slightly more reminiscence of the Mass for me as we used a slightly bitterer incense - but that all really depends on which incense the church uses and there are an awful lot to choose from (I know as I ordered them for the church I worked at) - this has a sweeter smell to my nose and reminds me of an incense I ordered in error and we had to use for a couple of weeks - priest hated it but everyone else loved it (just can't please all I guess!!!) I love Andy's perfumes - I kind of visualise him similar to a mad-scientist sitting solitarily in a lab with lotions and potions bubbling around him and he doesn't emerge until he has his creation !!!!!!! Methinks, along with others that this is a good unisex scent - however, and it's not in the notes, I am getting a sweet rose scent sitting underneath all of this and find it turns much sweeter over a period of time??? Could this be the powdery Iris and orange leaves notes? I also read that this contains ambergris and not amber? Another love of Mr Tauer's perfumes!