Anyone coming? I’m so exited we are having our first big fragrance event in the Island. If you guys are eager to join us, let’s meetup. 🤜🏼🤛🏼 Official event website and socials: https://puertoricofragrance.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@puertoricofragrance?_r=1&_t=ZT-98ncBDa2Qgf https://www.instagram.com/puertoricofragrance https://www.facebook.com/share/16DGQ5E8sn3/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Tauer is one of those houses I think you almost have to respect if you really get into perfumery, even if every fragrance isn't necessarily something you want to wear. Andy Tauer is basically the definition of an independent perfumer. This isn't some giant luxury company pretending to be artisan. The fragrances have a very recognizable personality, and you can tell there is an actual perfumer behind them making decisions instead of a marketing department trying to hit every current trend. And that's probably the biggest thing about Tauer for me — the fragrances smell like Tauer. There is often this dry, resinous, woody, spicy, slightly rugged character running through the house. You get amber, incense, woods, leather-like effects, spices, and those almost desert-dry textures that can make a Tauer fragrance immediately recognizable. L'Air du Désert Marocain is obviously the fragrance most people associate with the house, and deservedly so. It's one of those fragrances that helped put independent niche perfumery on the map for a lot of people. Dry spices, amber, woods, and incense with this hot-air desert feeling around it. It's artistic without becoming completely unwearable. Au Coeur du Désert takes that general idea and makes it feel richer, denser, and more polished. If you like the DNA of L'Air du Désert Marocain but want something with more body and depth, this is probably the one. Tauer also does florals extremely well, although I think some people overlook that side of the house because the desert-style fragrances get so much attention. PHI Une Rose de Kandahar is a great example. It's a darker, textured rose rather than some clean department-store rose fragrance. What I really appreciate about Tauer is that these fragrances don't feel designed by committee. Sometimes they're strange. Sometimes they're challenging. Occasionally I smell one and appreciate it more than I actually want to wear it. But I'd rather have that than another niche house pumping out ten sweet amber-vanilla fragrances because that's what's selling.