Sotto La Luna Gardenia

I don't understand why this frag has the neg reviews and lower score. I find it complex but not overly fussy. It's an experience that progresses for the entirety of the wear and it keeps your interest. It starts with a fairly strong incense vibe (I assume the sandlewood, Tonka bean and jasmine are major contributors to this) but not in an overbearing way. More like the smell of incense lingering on someone who had been burning it, mixing with other scents on them. Perhaps one might call the incense a bit "hippie", but it interacts well with the floral notes without competing. It's all quite undertoned. Gardenia and rose are both evidently present, syrupy and rich but not overpowering, and they can be picked out, while still mingling with the ever present incense vibe. That said, the incense tames over time and a sweet candy-like scent lingers with softer florals, for a while. It is at the same time, a deep scent, with a moderate sillage, that lasts roughly 10-12 hours or more. I enjoy every bit of the way this frag unfolds, and it does. My hubby is scent sensitive and he very much enjoys this frag on me, no issues. In fact, he kept coming in for a whiff of me, when I had it on. I've received compliments on it as well and would recommend any frag lover give it at least a test. It suits the warm weather well though I believe it could work all year round.

Some of the disappointment from previous reviewers is a result of the name of this perfume. Going into it I did not look up the notes or even know the name. I’m sampling from a giant box of new-to-me vials, and had only read the first three words: Sotto La Luna. So I had no preconceived ideas, and was not expecting Gardenia, a note that is very difficult to distill from nature and that’s why Tuberose is often used in its place. And that’s why I love this Andy Tauer vanilla scent. As a vanilla scent it’s complex and well mixed. Most perfumes contain synthetic notes, Sotto La Luna Gardenia is no exception. But I think this is also an example of synthetics done well. It’s not heavy handed, the juice feels well blended. You’ll pick up a white floral and tonka in the heart of the fragrance, the base turns into a powder vanilla—and as another reviewer noted, it becomes a vintage makeup scent. I knew immediately I liked Sotto La Luna Gardenia, and after a couple of hours I realized it was more than a like. I appreciate that this is a different kind of gardenia perfume because it’s also a voluptuous, vintage, full-bodied vanilla. I suppose if you dislike powder or vanilla, you’re going to want to pass. For me it’s a heavenly cloud of beauty.

Andy Tauer's Sotto La Luna Gardenia defies all of the gardenia stereotypes. Definitely not sharp and aggressive, and about as unscreechy as a white floral perfume can possibly be. I actually put off testing this perfume because I was afraid to put it on before going to bed, given my experience with some gardenia creations in the past. The feeling of Sotto La Luna is something like a cross between Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower and Robert Piguet Fracas, so I do not find it predominantly a gardenia perfume at all. But it definitely is a big 'yes' to this nose! It's a bit sweet but somehow shiny like Fracas and rich and intense in the Carnal Flower way. I would not call this composition "Carnal Gardenia" because the scent is more of a mixture of white flowers, including jasmine, tuberose, and gardenia. The sharp sometimes greenish quality of gardenia is nowhere here to be sniffed. Based on this experience, I definitely will be trying Sotto La Luna Tuberose in this lifetime--well, at least I hope I will!

What I'm learning about Tauer is it's best to just smell without reading the notes and to smell it as a whole rather than the sum of its parts. For it appears that Tauer's sensibility regarding fragrance lays somewhere in the Twilight Zone. I mean this in a good way. This fragrance smells like a dessert in a Michelin rated restaurant: a gardenia pot de creme with a scraping of lemon zest, maybe a hint of spice and almond extract. It is a woman in a sundress on a warm spring day, who likes to gather flowers as much as she likes kinky sex. It is innocent, playful, and also sensually indulgent. This fragrance makes me feel kinda giddy, like I might start giggling at my own private joke at a funeral. Needless to say I'm enjoying it. I would recommend it to those who don't particularly like heady white florals (like myself) as this is something quite different.

I fell in love with it when i smell it Wow At fost a simple elegant and nice of Gardenia that in the background you definitely feel some vanilla I love it the more it go i love it more lots of spices also are there I love it start floral and vanilla and spices this is amazaing Please try to find it For me was little bit so hard to find it but i hor my Gardenia And i love it My rate is : Unique:9 Longevity:10 Sillage :10 ( 3 spray) Quality: 10 (Tauer quality) My mark : 10