04 Reverie au Jardin Tauer Perfumes for women

edit Oct 14: been trying this one again over the past few days, because there IS something in there that attracts me...it is still very smoky and I don't really get lavender or florals, and I never get the green, but it does soften and sweeten a bit on the later drydown, and I am starting to like the result. Once it mellows, there is practically no sillage. It ends up as kind of a warm comfort sense. Not at all what the name suggests.


original review: Wow, this one just isn't working for me. I don't get the lavender, which is what I really want. All I can smell is smoke. Nothing creamy or soft at all. Actually it is kind of bitter. I detect a little floral something underneath, but I think my chemistry is just totally rejecting all but this one particular note. Darn!!!

Can't share much of the enthusiasm expressed in other reviews - although I would have loved to join in... since I am an ardent lover of lavender. This is a decent interpretation of lavender in midst of a field of greenery, but I had very high expectations - and Reverie au Jardin can't meet them. Maybe I'm anosmic to this scent? It's just soft, greenish and pale on my skin - nothing to write home about at all, yet pleasant in its simplicity and clarity.

Tauer REVERIE AU JARDIN was not at all what I was expecting from the name, probably because the words 'reverie' and 'jardin' are replete with connotations, and particularly in the domain of perfume.

My first surprise was the ever-so-brief lavender-bergamot opening, which gave way in only a minute or so to a very dark and solid concentrated amalgam of a number of chypre elements conjoined with frankincense. The lavender appears so compact here that the overall effect on my nose is similar to that of a strong tallow soap.

Still, somehow I am drawn to REVERIE AU JARDIN, which, given its originality, no doubt takes some getting used to and may ultimately be an acquired taste. I do firmly believe, however, that this is not a feminine but a unisex or masculine composition.

For now, I take leave: on to another of the 13,000 perfumes in existence...

A nice combination of lavender and soft even gourmand notes, it's a creamy floral delicious lavender ;o)

I am so in love with this perfume. amazing, lovely lavander. very relaxed and calming.

As much as I love AT, I'm practically anosmic to this fragrance and can barely pick up the notes at all. I have a factory sample I received in a swap. I will try this later and update if it changes.

I am one of the few people who Love Reverie In fact people stop me on the street and ask what I am wearing. My skin doesn't pull lavender rather the lush rich floral notes. Every time I wear it, I feel like i am transported into nto one of Monet's gardens at Giverny paintings. Two well known noses smelled it on me, and was astonished by it rich , slightly seet floral beauty.

I am a big fan of Tauer fragrances and respect his singular approach. I have been lucky to test nearly all of his fragrances and I believe I could pick someone out in a crowd that was wearing one. I know I can tell a Tauer from anything else with my eyes closed!

Not so with Reverie au Jardin, which seems to depart from what one might expect from his line. Like Tauer, who says lavender is one of his favorite scents, I was expecting a burst similar to Antiheros but I never really experienced the lavender that I so much anticipated. Unfortunately, I found the opening floral notes screechy. The bombastic opening lingers forever it seems but does settle at little into something more enjoyable. The middle notes of iris and amber help tame this but all day long I thought about scrubbing. Out of nowhere, though, I got a burst of vetiver and a little incense, which at first I really enjoyed, but it only raised the pitch of the screech. It wasn't until late in the evening that I finally started enjoying this as it simmered down to the long-lasting mellow tonka/vanilla/amber accord.

All in all, not his best work and unlike his other scents, Reverie has low sillage and the only longevity came from his signature base, which I so enjoy. If you want a Tauer floral, try Rose Chypre or Maroc - they are incredible - but approach Reverie with caution.

This scent sneaked up on me. I had been luxuriating in the divine l'Air du Desert Marocain and Maroc Pour Elle, and this seemed like a poor cousin. Boy was I wrong. This scent goes straight to my heart and becomes a part of my body in moments. The lavender is like no other, and the whole scent relaxes quickly into something unusual, but very comforting. This will be my next purchase from Andy.

I have been being amazed. A perfume that is so creamy, sexy and way so sensuous than what I have expected from a lavender-based-fragrance. Now, I got an impression that I strolled along the housing-complex-garden, beneath the pine trees, capturing butterflies, with a glass of frothy-full-cream-milk in my right hand (and you could grow some milk moustache). Often I sat on low brick fence, panting after unsuccessfully chasing dragonfly, sipping my now-cool-milk, still growing moustache :-)

And all that coming from a person who even don't like lavender..