Fruitchouli Flash

I am quite taken with this fragrance! Over time, I have come to know that that I love plummy scents. While the notes state apricot and peach, the actual result of this wonderful yummy concoction is plummy (or maybe "jammy" is the correct way to describe it). This perfume is definitely reminiscent of: 8e Jour Yves Rocher, Mauboussin Mauboussin and Shiseido 's Feminite du Bois (and then of course, it follows that Serge Lutens' Feminite du Bois, and Bois et Fruits would also fall into this category). These all describe themselves as basically: balsamic, woody, warm, spicy, amber, sweet, powdery, honey, woody and fruity. Andy Tauer is a brilliant alchemist, and he has captured this plummy, woody goodness with his Fruitchouli Flash. I love that it has patchouli because I love me some dry patch, but to be honest, I can't really detect the patch in this Tauerville potion, and so I will say that it is perfectly balanced in that the whole thing just smells good together in the bottle! I don't always need to pull out each note and remark on it. We don't do that with food... "oh, say, the balance of pepper and basil in this dish is perfect!"... or whatever. In the end it is the entourage effect that captures us, right? I love, love, love, this newest edition to my plummy-woody collection. It starts out like most Tauer's...strong and proud, but over time, it settles warmly close to the skin and makes for a great cuddle scent. I would say, of all the perfumes I mentioned above, this one is the "lightest". Easier to wear in spring, and maybe even summer. The others can be a bit heavy outside fall and winter. UPDATE: it's been over a week now, and weirdly. I can smell the patchouli now... but only on the first spritz. After that, it's all the plummy goodness. But yeah, some days I can detect the patchouli and others not. Fwiw. UPDATE #2: Now patchouli is all I can smell! This is certainly a lively, living, breathing scent. I do love it.

I love this! Fruitchouli Flash opens warm and creamy to balsamic with lots of sweet, juicy peach and apricot. Especially the apricot has an almost milky quality to it. Though not listed, there must also be some resins in this. The only thing I don't love about FF is that the patchouli has a camphorous/mentholated edge at first, at least when I put my nose directly to my skin. Luckily, the scent is strong and projects well, so I don't have to, and after an hour or so, the patchouli is just earthy, maybe a bit woody, and not minty anymore. The earthiness balances the sweetness of the fruit. Over the time it gets support from musk. This musk is so skin-like, natural and slightly sweet, very cocooning. There is nothing sharp, soapy or sweaty about it, it's just beautiful and blends so well with the apricot. In the drydown I can also smell a hint of spices. This perfume is really more than the sum of its parts. The notes sound okay, but similar to so many current designer fragrances and not that creative, BUT this is a completely different take on the fruitchouli theme. The musk and patchouli are at the same time very recognizable and very different, also the apricot is so naturalistic and sets this apart from the usual peach notes. Don't get me wrong, I love me a good mainstream fruitchouli, but this is not only good, but also original and I adore that. Must-try if you like fruit and patchouli or warm and balsamic scents and want something special.

Wowza! Gucci Rush on steroids, a 2000's gal wearing a patent leather mini skirt, really big jewelry, and chewing a tutti frutti bubblegum. Hippie patch, very strong and very earthy, mixed with overripe peaches and apricots. My SO's reaction (he entered the room where I sprayed it like 6 hours ago) - "What is this terrible, stale medicinal smell??" - just FYI - this is the type of reaction you might be getting with this little number simply because it's so strong and edgy. From people who aren't into perfumes, obviously. However, this is nice and cheeky, I really like it. Not for the faint hearted. Bombastically strong, it needs open spaces. Humorous, fun, - it's a parody on all these coco-mademoiselles and miss-diors that we used to have. Those perfumes which are so passe as for now, but were a big deal. The parody here is better than the original. It's dense and unapologetic, and the quality of ingredients is certainly there. It's a bit over the top, brazen-faced, but still beautiful. My guilty pleasure from now on... it makes me want to come back to the year 2005 and get this big bottle of Coco Mad again! Wait... I'd prefer getting Fruitchouli instead, all the "OMG what's this smell" notwithstanding. It's great! Fruitchouli, unpolished.

Sophisticated Hippy Just got this today, and couldn't wait to write about it! Who would think that Andy Tauer would dare make a fruit patchouli fragrance! Well, he did, and it's Fabulous! I even bought this blind, as I know Andy Tauer perfumes, as have tested nearly all of them, and own a few as well. I love this one! The fruit is so mellow..it doesn't come across as a overwhelming peachy apricot..it just does what is expected..a touch of peach, and the apricot is a bit deeper into the heart. The rose isn't the main player here..it is soft, and blends so nicely with the fruits. The star of the show, in my opinion, is the patchouli ! What a darling patchouli! A calm, grown up patch..it knows when to make its appearance without being overbearing. It knows it's place..and it has a slight ego. It appears when you want it to, and doesn't disappoint ! It is still a patchouli , but he's now a sophisticated hippy..the timing is perfect, as well as the strength .

Ok...I just got a bottle of this in the mail today - blind buy - and I'm wearing it now. The patchouli is mild, not the dirty, earthy type. The fruit is creamy and sweet, probably tempered by the rose. At first I was thinking it smells like Nuits de Noho by Bond 9 but it doesn't have a woody note however there is a similarity there, in my opinion. I like it but not sure if I love it yet. I've got to "study" this one a little longer. Next day.... I LOVE this one! It is the type of sweet patchouli scent I've been looking for. It's what I wanted T.M. Angel to be but the patch in that is too prominent and goes sour, medicinal and musty on me. No...this one is perfect. It's a cleaned up patchouli....like if patchouli could take a bath in a luxurious fruity rosey bubble bath. Wonderful!