Carillon pour un ange

I was surprised to see the vehement reviews below, because I love this perfume, although I agree that the opening is severe. I think Carrillon is a sleek greenfloral perfume with a beautiful, complicated accord of lotv (dominant) + (hints of) leather, and another beautiful, more typical one of oakmoss (dominant) + (hints of) rose. This perfume can be initially challenging: a stomach-churning opening, a texture so sleek it's almost waxy, stunning sillage. The perfume isn't gentle in mood, either; I'm reminded of a spring afternoon of high winds, riding horseback across a heavily fragrant, forested mountainside with a slippery floor. This waxiness, though, isn't amateur - it's just different. Tauer is indie, right? So, to compare perfume to music, I know that when I listen to Mogwai's "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" I'm not going to hear a Celine Dion-style production. I appreciate those perfumeurs who shun the mainstream and create their own style - who don't aim to please with traditional creations. (Floral Green is a small perfume group compared to Orientals or strict Florals, and some Floral Greens are closer to Green than to Floral. There are those who don't like this group. I personally think my own familiarity with and penchant for the often-complicated Chypre group make it easier for me to handle Greens.) I agree with the reviewer who finds Carrillon addictive - I crave the beautiful relief the perfume gives me 60 seconds after I first apply. That's a wonderful experience. When I visit NYC in November, I'm planning on purchasing a full-bottle at MIN. Rock on, Andy. (p.s. Boyfriend - who *very rarely* indicates he likes my perfume without prompting, and who often *shudders* when I wear my beloved Guerlains, is *all about* Carillon: "what's that scent? Is that you? Mmmm... You smell good," then hours later, sniffing, "pretty..". Plus I received some more affection the second time I wore it.

I was the extremely fortunate recipient of a bottle of CARILLON POUR UN ANGE not too long ago--thank you Fragrantica for introducing me to the perfumes of Andy Tauer, and thank you Andy Tauer for being un vrai parfumeur and creating such wonders! I have worn CARILLON several times now. My very first impression upon receiving the bottle was that this is not really an edp but a perfume. It is labeled "eau de parfum riche," and that's no joke. The viscosity, sillage, and longevity are characteristic of a perfume. So the first obvious point is that: a little goes a long, long way. Two tiny sprays and you will be walking through white-dotted grassy pastures for many hours. CARILLON is actually more green than floral to my nose, but it's also more than just grass and lily of the valley. I love how Andy has managed to capture a concentrated dose of nature in all its beauty in this little bottle. I definitely detect a note similar to dandelion milk, which adds to the charm and richness of this composition. Given my own experience from my first wearing, when I overapplied (unaware of the strength), I feel the need to offer a small caveat; this elixir is so potent and so natural, that anyone who has had problems with hayfever or grass-induced allergies should apply very, very sparingly to avoid itchy eyes. I love this composition, and I am delighted to report that my sister, who just came to town for a visit, immediately feel in love with it too. This is especially significant, since she dislikes most perfumes, but insisted upon wearing it today, and kept remarking how much she loved the perfume. We both marvel at how Andy succeeded in recreating such a beautiful scene from nature. We grew up in Colorado and appreciate the splendor and aesthetic wonders of nature itself, which Andy has managed magically to capture in this unique creation.

So many bad reviews...i find this just lovely specially for summer and spring. When you first spry it you get a big blast a bitter green bunch of lilacs, and to me there's some hyacinth tho it is not listed. Then the perfume dries down to a beautiful celestial clean lilac, slightly powdery. The scent evokes to me at this stage a light baby blue color..like very pure, very innocent, very clean and pleasant. However Tauer has paired this soft bright luminous scent with his signature ambergris base, which i can understand not everyone love...because it certainly is a discordant combo, but to me it happens to work beautifully giving some depth with kind of a feel like skin, but better, making the green lilac tie quite well with our actual skin. It also adds quite a lot of longevity to he mix. I can also feel the ylang there..to me it is the same ylang that you can find in Nuit de Noel by Caron..and no, the fragrances themselves are nothing alike, but the ylang is portrayed in both featuring it's most creamy almost oily side, which gives to the perfume kind of an animalic feel laying underneath the clean powder, the bright lilac..somewhere deeper with the ambergris. Oh! i forgot to mention. The overall effect is a very clean natural smelling lilac. It smells very very natural to me, like when you grab some flower from the countryside..when you smell it you get the perfume of the flower, but also the bitter greenness, etc etc. Lovely!! But i can see why it is a bit of a hard perfume to like.

Once I read an interview where A.T. said that Diorissimo - for him - was the best perfume ever created and that he loved smelling it only from the bottle (but not wearing it, I suppose). When I came towards 'Carillon', even though I was aware of Tauer's high degree of invention and creativity as well, I was ingenuously awaiting I would have found something 'à la Diorissimo': big mistake! Yes, even here you find lilly of the valley, of course jasmine, not to mention lilac or ylang-ylang and...stop! This is another matter, a completly different one: the atmosphere 'Carillon' evokes is that of a forest it makes me think at the enchanted wood in 'Midsummer night's dream'; a place of enchantment of course but not too fairy-tailish: it's a wood in the night where the gentle lily and jasmin - though evident - are the minor companions of oak moss and woods that I better detect both on my skin and by my nose as well. The composition is and recalls you, mainly, the 'green', shadowy 'location' you search for the right position you're looking for before planting your lillies of the valley (while in bulbs, better!), if you had to arrange them in a garden. Sorry for my gardenist enthusiasm! Long, lovely lasting. A real treasure.

Extremely beautiful scent. This manages to be a photorealistic floral and very otherworldly, angelic, ethereal, fairy-tale-like at the same time. I can see the flowers and the spring-early summer forest and the wings of an angel in the air. I mean, the angel really is included in this perfume. I've got a sample from my Tauer discovery set, and if I didn't have a limited budget, I would buy a full bottle of this beauty. However, this angelic imagery is not so much like "me" that I would take the splurge now. Performance: The sillage is moderate or heavy at the most, but the word "heavy" just does not apply to this scent at all. The overall "appearance" is quite thin, like an angel or ghost flying in the air, so I'd say this is an inoffensive, yet noticeable, fragrance. Long-lasting. Highly recommended to anyone who is into this type of scents. You will get your money's worth. Edit. OMG. The dry down was still on its way while I wrote the review above. It's absolutely divine and it actually gains some strength towards the dry down. Soft suede leather, moss, woods, some ylang ylang. Somehow I get a distant resemblance to Cristalle edp which I love. Wonderful!