Golestan

Another heartbreak from Tauer's magnificent creations that for whatever reason just disappear on my skin. Golestan opens with a tiny citrusy zing that quickly blooms into a tuberose bomb with a side of jasmine and some lovely earthiness to ground them. It feels like having a giant bouquet of white flowers thrust in your face. Despite the richness of the florals, the overall composition retains a lightness and breathiness. It is so, so well blended and beautifully composed! Over time it becomes slightly deeper with some woody notes but remains a white floral extravaganza (until it suddenly disappears, in my case). Now: my skin hates Andy Tauer's blends. For the first hour the perfume announces itself loudly and fills an entire room but the performance drops like a brick, projection and sillage disappearing almost suddenly. At a 2 hour mark it's a barely noticeable, intimate skin scent that requires me (and other people, yes, this has been peer reviewed) to press their noses to my wrist to get the barest hint of perfume. And then it fizzles out to absolute nothing within 3 hours from application. This performance issue is painful. Golestan goes up to 11 on sillage and projection and then drops down to almost nothing just as quickly. It is a lovely scent that I wish I could enjoy for more than 1,5 hours, however I can't imagine reapplying this beast multiple times per day either. If only if performed differently on my skin, I wouldn't hesitate to order a full bottle! Hopefully something will change about my skin chemistry in a couple of years :)

The Etiket boutique in Montreal is an official supplier of Tauer fragrances in Canada and I placed an order for Golestan almost immediately after it became available. I'm delighted to own a bottle and share what I think about the scent: Opening: Real orange blossom has an green, earthy, and sweet component to it in addition to the floral aspect. This fragrance opens with an orange blossom note that exactly captures those complex facets and steers clear of the sterilized orange blossom you smell in most designer fragrances. Heart: Creamy tuberose and huge presence of iso e super and ambroxan. The amount of Iso E that I was smelling when I put my nose close to my wrist actually shocked me, I thought maybe I had sprayed Molecule 01 on my hand before but no. Not bad at all but definitely my least favorite stage of the fragrance. Base: The Iso E note significantly calms down and makes way for a dry jasmine accompanied by powdery sweetness. A very calming and lovely dry down. I'm surprised I did not pick up a rose note during my first few wearings of this but that might change in the future. I think what really sells this fragrance for me is how voluminous it smells. It's a "big" perfume in the same sense as Oud Satin Mood that it never feels "thin" in terms of composition. It just radiates with these candied floral notes at all stages and fills rooms with the sillage.

Well, I did a test strip in the store and took it home, and then next morning I could still smell this potent white floral in my room. It's a white floral overdose, so you kind of have to be ok with indoles. Smells perhaps like a mix of Penhaligan's Orange Blossom with Profumum Roma Sabia Bianca. I was compelled to get a full bottle today. The bottle artwork is also lovely. UPDATE: I've had this for a couple years now. Performance is still stellar. Wanted to add to my original review that the ambergris and the "cistus incanus" (which I believe is labdanum?) in the base are very strong and somewhat biting and sharp. It steers this from a creamy white flower direction, into a more old-timey oriental perfume direction. I've had mixed reactions from friends who have smelled this on me. I think most folks dont really know what ambergris smells like, let alone cistus, they just know its something foreign and odd to their nose, so they make that sour facial expression and say "what is THAT smell?". UPDATE 2: I was getting too many bad reactions from folks at work. Its very potent, I was only doing one squirt, but man it caused such a commotion, I ended up selling it on ebay.

Ok what kind of sorcery is that ? I put a tiny bit of this juice on a piece of paper and cannot stop smelling it. I can see/feel the garden of flowers. Heavenly. And coming from Tauer the quality and lasting power is there. Among the sea of mediocre and overpriced niche fragrances out there I'm getting really impressed with Tauer perfumes. Better late than never :) I don't think anyone will think you smell like fanta if you wear this one ... Edit : I've been wearing it several times and in the end I am mostly smelling ylang-ylang, cinnamon and strong orange blossom. There's no cinnamon in the notes above but I really do smell something that reminds me cinnamon... or some other spices. Personally I do like it, it adds some gourmand-middle eastern aspect to the scent. In the end this is not a straightforward white floral and I guess this is a good thing since I already have a couple of white floral fragrances.

I really heart this. God I smell the Taueraide, which is in ALL of his perfumes, but I just do not get sick of it. Golestan opens up with extremely buttery white florals. It smells a bit vintage compared to all his other stuff, like Joy by Patou calibur vintage floral. I thought I smelled a touch of orange specifically, not lemon or bergamot as the pyramid suggests. As it dries down more orange blossom creeps in, and it starts to smell like nag champa and vanilla, and that's where the Taueraide becomes more obvious too. Deep in there is a very pure rose that reminds of the quality of the rose in his PHI Rose. I haven't read about the concept behind this perfume, but it takes me straight to the India of my imagination, like a summer festival full of color. It's truly a beautiful fragrance, and I feel it's a white floral that would smell amazing on guys too.