Tauerville Incense Flash Review

I know, I know, it takes me forever to try anything new and even longer to review something. I seem to spend more time just blogging about shopping and nothing at all. Since I haven't blogged in about a month, I have to blog about something and I really have to review something. That something has to do with what seems to be my favorite perfumer, Andy Tauer.

I love quite a bit of Andy Tauer's work and what doesn't work for me or I don't really like, I can respect that particular perfume. Tauerville is Mr. Tauer's price friendly line. At $60 for a niche perfume, that's pretty damn cheap but there is nothing cheap smelling when it comes to Tauerville. You do smell quality.

When Luckyscent e-mailed me a rare coupon, I couldn't resist taking a look and using it. Anybody who has been shopping for niche perfumes, knows how expensive niche can be. Since I didn't have tons to spend, I took a look at Incense Flash and a few other of the Tauerville offerings. Since I had already owned Vanilla Flash and didn't much care for Rose Flash, the only viable option was Incense Flash. Anything with heavy patchouli isn't much of a friend to my nose.

Incense Flash is not an Andy Tauer does incense, not really but I knew that it probably wasn't going to be like the CdG incense line. The beginning was almost like Avignon but a little different. If you've ever been in a car dealership or a place that sells car tires, you know the smell of rubber and leather. The leather and rubber were noticeable but didn't overtake the incense. Nothing overtakes the incense. but the incense smooths out the rough edges as time moves on and the Tauer base comes out softly. The Tauer base isn't very strong in Incense Flash but it is there and it takes it's time to arrive. I get about 6 hours of wear time before it disappears. Funny thing is, is that I'm not sure if I like it or love it. I figure that I have to spend more time with this one to get a better feel before I make a decision.

Tauerville Vanilla Flash Review

Yes, I actually did go ahead and test something new and now I have to review it. For the longest time, I thought I hated vanilla in perfume, especially if it was the dominant note. Vanilla had to be buried under a bunch of other notes before I would even try it out, Then came Havana Vanille (traumatically discontinued) and Guerlain SDV and to a lesser degree Tobacco Vanille. I figured out why I didn't care for vanilla too much. Most of what I have been smelling was the edible vanilla and I didn't like smelling like I just baked a batch of cupcakes. My vanillas must be inedible to be worn. This leads me to trying out Andy Tauer's Vanilla Flash.

For a while, I have been debating about exploring the Tauerville line for some reason. I love Andy Tauer's work even though I don't care for some of his offerings. That's OK though, there are plenty of Andy Tauer offerings to go around. When STC was offering a 15% or 20% off sale, I figured why not try it out? I might actually enjoy a couple out of this line.

First up was Vanilla Flash. Vanilla is the dominant note of this one (obviously) but it's not the cupcake variety. It's a slightly burnt vanilla with maybe a little hint of booze. Even after a few hours of wearing it, I thought that there might be a hint of tobacco in there lending the slightest leaning to Havana Vanille. There probably is a hint of tobacco in there. From start to finish, I did smell the Tauer base. The Tauer base isn't in your face like some of Andy Tauer's offerings and Vanilla Flash does need something to make it as something recognizable to be Mr. Tauer's work. A whopping dose of Tauerade would have rendered this as kind of bad. I was really impressed with the lasting power of Vanilla Flash. I had applied this one at 11am and by 10pm, the last of Vanilla Flash disappeared.

If you find that SDV is too burnt, boozy and expensive or Havana Vanille to be too hard to find and expensive, this is for you. What make this perfume even better, for a niche perfume, this is practically free. Luckyscent is selling the largest bottle available (30ml) for $63 and that it free for niche perfume. This is going on my wish list because it might be quite a while before I can get a bottle. Unless it gets discontinued like Ingrid did.