Tauer Discovery set (Page 1 of 5)

Yes, it is worth every penny. When mine is used up, I plan to order another one.

The size of the glass spray vials is 1.5 ML each for all samples, except 0.75 ML for Une Rose Chypree or Une Rose Vermeille or Carillon pour un ange, because those 3 are more expensive scents.  The vials are 3/4 full and that is because of shipping reasons by air mail.  He said at one time in his blog that he fills both his full bottles and his samples generously measured, so

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

http://www.tauerperfumes.com/discovery-set.html

I think that this is a good honest deal, and when I compared costs with other places like LuckyScent and ThePerfumedCourt and did the math, the little covered tin box won.

Disclaimer: This User is not affiliated with Tauer Perfumes.

My choices will be:

Incense Rose

Orange Star

Le Maroc Pour Elle

Une Rose Chypree

Une Rose Vermeille

But, SuperPokie, you should get up the website www.LuckyScent.com

where the Tauer Perfumes are described in great detail, and then decide what is BEST FOR YOU.

Good luck from one Andy Tauer fan to another.

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I have edited this post this afternoon to make it more complete re: the issue of not quite full vials.

Last edited by Udaria (2012-03-29 16:46:59)

$34 for the discovery set is expensive for what you get because some of the perfumes are only sent in 1/2 filled vials.

Yes, they may be quality perfumes that are pricey to make, but considering how much the full bottles retail for, I feel that getting a full vial is not asking for too much.

Saying this, they are power bombs so a little goes a long way.

With regards to the advantage of getting the Tauer set, well, you receive it in a pretty little tin with cards inside, describing each scent in your selection.

If you can find cheaper elsewhere, go for it, because you may not wish to get 5 fragrances and I guess some of the money with the official set goes towards packaging.

Erm, the vials look half full because they ARE half full.

As for "drenching" yourself with 1/2 a vial of perfume, well 

Totally! I haven't ordered them, but I am about to. They ship to Mexico (while many won't) all the way from Switzerland for free, so that's really awesome!

Why reorder and not go for a bottle?

Buying the sample set costs you 7$ per vial, which in turn means that the

1.5ml vial = 4.6$ per ml = 230$ per 50ml – as opposed to 113$ for a bottle.

And the

0.7ml vial = 9.2$ per ml = 276$ per 30ml – as opposed to 130$ for a bottle.

Yep, that makes perfect sense … not.

If you don’t have the money there and then, just save for it because as shown above, buying samples costs you more than DOUBLE what you would pay for ml for ml if you went for a bottle.

As I said: Not worth it and certainly not good value once you know which you like.

Me thinks, and my nose knows, that I love my TAUERS and that is why I shall reorder when this set is used up.

This is what I do to  . If I find one that I adore I will save up for a full size bottle otherwise I mostly just stick to samples of the really pricey scents.

Well, you lot obviously have money to burn by reordering something that costs you TWICE as much ml for ml as what a bottle does.

Each to their own as the other one says. 

I watched today on Esxense Live Streaming a discussion that the retailers have to make shelf space for the small niche perfume houses.  They have to get a mutual understanding:  The Perfume House has to provide Testers and Samples.  Some Perfume House were not willing to do this for free, and the Retailer/Shop should pay for the testers and samples AND DO THE WORK OF ADVERTISING AND SELLING ?

So, it does come down to business considerations.  For a small niche house to remain in business, it is necessary to produce samples.  Those cannot be emanated into the public for free.  When I followed Andy Tauer's blog, he spends time filling bottles, and he spends time filling samples.  The bottles bring, of course, a larger profit margin.  So, all things considered, the little tin box brings the perfumer/manufacturer a very small mark-up and yet, the consumer/customer can use the samples/sprays for a reasonable price.

So, peeps, do what you want ... I know a good deal when I see one.

Regarding the samples, I think that when you could buy them in a store, many more people would enjoy perfume and wear it than they do now.. not sure whether more full bottles would be sold as it would make an end to best selling perfumes that smell great on paper or in the store  but not anymore later on.

Was hypothesizing/speculating what may happen when samples are actually sold in a perfume shop.. as there's been quite a few threads I saw here in which it was mentioned that getting samples was next to impossible.

Since samples HERE are only given when you purchase a full bottle and then mostly at random (random for me that is), I didn't want to go that route and opted for the ones I do want to have..

So.. I wonder what would happen when sample buying in a store becomes mainstream.

That's what I gather from Udaria's post on niche houses not wanting to give out samples for free.When you imagine that samples from niche producers would be going at the same rate as the big perfume houses , yet the full bottles are sold at a much smaller amount, you can see that the cost of samples quickly adds up.

Which is why I have no problem BUYING samples from niche/vintage brands.

That is a very good point.

We, the trained perfumistas with experience, could buy SAMPLES - if they were sold in a brick and mortar store, instead of The Perfumed Court with shipping charges. We could then assemble the favorite samples and one or two may turn into a full bottle. That would be an informed choice, underpinned by the experience of the perfumista.

Non-trained would-be customers will also enter the brick-and-mortar store, start sampling, and be more or less resisting the sales talk that the eager-to-sell clerk will rain upon them. They will then buy a few samples which will help them evaluate at home, in peace. Thus, no IMPULSE BUYING.

MEDIOCRE PERFUMES WILL REMAIN ON THE SHELVES. This reminds me of Darwin: The survival of the fittest.

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Update:

I am actually very happy about the Internet and this discussion - which provides me the possibility to cleverly examine all sorts of choices.

It was stated before that some small niche businesses are vulnerable of going out of business, and I see it as a "labor of love" to support them, when I truly love their fragrances.

Last edited by Udaria (2012-03-31 06:05:45)