05 Incense Extreme Tauer Perfumes for women and men

I smell the frankincense, the cedar, and the petit grain. Just doesn't smell all that pleasant to me together. Try before buy for sure.

So nice... this is all and more than I ever hoped for- and it works so well with my chemistry. Immediately it calms my mind and I can dream again.

To me this smells like LDDM (L`Air du Desert Marocain) from the same house. I would not buy this if I owned LDDM. Between the two fragrances, I prefer LDDM, thus making this one redundant. To me the Incense does not stand out. My untrained nose gives this one a thumbs down for redundancy. I would urge people considering to buy this one to first test LDDM. This fragrance is classy and turns heads.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ...... just read what everyone else says!

I still find CDG's Avignon slightly more reminiscence of the Mass for me as we used a slightly bitterer incense - but that all really depends on which incense the church uses and there are an awful lot to choose from (I know as I ordered them for the church I worked at) - this has a sweeter smell to my nose and reminds me of an incense I ordered in error and we had to use for a couple of weeks - priest hated it but everyone else loved it (just can't please all I guess!!!)

I love Andy's perfumes - I kind of visualise him similar to a mad-scientist sitting solitarily in a lab with lotions and potions bubbling around him and he doesn't emerge until he has his creation !!!!!!!

Methinks, along with others that this is a good unisex scent - however, and it's not in the notes, I am getting a sweet rose scent sitting underneath all of this and find it turns much sweeter over a period of time??? Could this be the powdery Iris and orange leaves notes?

I also read that this contains ambergris and not amber?

Another love of Mr Tauer's perfumes!

Just like so many people on here, I was looking for the perfect frankincense. After trying CdG's incense series, Montale's Full Incense and a few other fragrances composed around this note, my search is over: I found the one.

Incense Extreme is precisely that cold, sheer, woody frankincense that I remember as the highlight of the Catholic masses I had to attend as a child. I grew myself atheist since then, so to speak, but I've always remembered this smell as something that each and every time had a transgressive effect on me, as if it was providing me with an escape route from the Christian air of austerity to a world that was more vivid, full of real colours and smells and flavours.

Rather than reminding me of the church in our village, this makes me think of the churches (and old buildings in general) that I've visited while travelling - it accentuates the distant mysticism of the frankincense and also doesn't smell as musty as Avignon or Full Incense. While being strong and charmingly persistant, it is also wearable and unpretentious.

I'm working my way through a sample vial of this at the moment as I'm trying to find an incense-based fragrance that suits me. So far I love it - nothing too complicated, superb incense notes that leave a smoky trail even after the dry-down, and a slightly woody note. However, it does smell very masculine on me and that's the only thing (apart from the cost of the stuff, of course) that's stopping me rushing out and treating myself to a bottle.

Best incense I've ever had. Definitely could consider for a decant. CDG cannot even be compared with this.

Incense Extreme was presented here like a "only for women" perfume, but it's really mostly "FOR MEN" or at list unisex one. The information from Osmoz is much more reliable and then, don't you see the ingredients: Coriander, Petitgrain, Incense C02, Dry woods, Ambergris?

I asked Andy Tauer what does he think about. That what he response me on Facebook:

2 ore fa Andy Tauer

Hi Giora,
to be honest, I don not remember such a discussion with Fragrantica. Maybe it is all a misunderstanding. For me incense extreme is a Unisex fragrance. By the way: I anyway do not worry about gender when it comes to perfumes any thing goes...
I think Incense extreme does very well on man's skin and I WOULD NOT describe it as woman's only.

Fragrant greetings,
Andy.

Hope it will help to Fragrantica to change their mind.

Perfumes form people that really knows how to make them! Incense Extreme is an extremely solid composition. Modern, consistent and elegant but at the same time descreet (expecially during the drydown). One of the most minimal incense creations yet among the most versatile. If you ever thought that Avignon was one of the most realistic "churchy" incenses, then try this one. The opening is breathtaking with a blast of pungent frankincense and petit grain surrounded by a remarkable woody vibe. Dry, almost harsh (cedar), but magistrally orchestrated to result incredibly likeable. Green undertones paired off with coniferous hints add depth and charme.The drydown it's somehow "lighter", comfortable and close to the skin and it's when the Tauer's signature becomes unmistakeable. I still found Avignon to be much more original and emotional but Tauer's take on straight forward frankincense is surely a winner. Recommended.

Rating: 8/10

It's been 38 degrees, we're surrounded by floods and have had no power for two days. So...when the power came on I had a long, cool bath and wanted a VERY SPECIAL PERFUME to celebrate. Looked through my little baggie of stuff yet to try and out came this one. Ooooh yesssss. It is absolutely beautiful, haunting, an almost "sinister" incense smell in that if there was smell-o-vision in a theatre you could be watching an old Dracula movie, spooky organ music playing in an old damp crypt and ancient mouldy coffins and be smelling this. Not a scent I could wear every day; it has some elements which remind me of Borneo 1834 which is also an occasional perfume. I am going to have a love affair with this one. Second Tauer I have tried and now I want to try all the others. Highly recommended.

This is no doubt a very special fragrance. It opened sharp and I almost decided to scrub it of because of the fact that there were LOADS of coriander. After a while it settles to a lovely incense fragrance like the name states. It is a fantastic smell. It smells like an old wooden bench in old Catholic church. It would smell wonderful on a very special man, but on me, it does not. Well. Actually it smells lovely, but I don't think that there is an event possible where I could wear this fume. Anyway - bravo for capturing the old wooden bench scent. I've always enjoyed the smell on old churches.

Coca cola and cedar at the onset, drying into cumin sweat.Once the cumin stage passes (thankfully it is brief) it dries down into a lovely powdered wood incense scent, smoky and woody. Lovely,without sharp edges or nasty sour notes.

I like to dream that this is how "perfume" smelt in biblical times. I picture dry, hot, exotic lands; bazaars; fragrant basalm oils that were fit for a king; the legendary Cedars of Lebanon. Sigh.

Anyway, this perfume itself has made itself quite comfy on my skin. Cedar usually agrees with me and the incense here is spiritual in nature, not ritualistic as we would commonly imagine, more akin to the spirituality of plant-life itself. Beautiful.

It is very strong (hence the title Incense Extreme) so if you try this, don't exect a mainstream incense inclusion - this is all about celebrating the beauty of nature's gift of fragrant wood. And there is nothing shy about nature now is there?

Oooh wee, cedar punches you in the nose at first application. It does soften a bit after a few minutes but the tart of the note remains for a good bit. Ambergris comes forward and a bit of musk. I don't think the spices are really too noticeable - this is not a spicy fragrance at all so if that's what you're after, you'd be better served choosing something else. It's on the low end of like for me since I don't find cedar overly appealing. Definately unisex.

Smoky frankincense and wet sticky pine sap on a foggy November morning that cools the nose and penetrates the mind. Reverie of a mossy run in an evergreen forest: this is amazing juice.

It's incense and it IS extreme. Better sit down before you try it. Might knock you out easily - that stuff... Don't drive or perform tasks which require concertration while having this on. This perfume exlipses all other sences but the sense of smell with ease. Being a girl i'd wear it with a leather jacket and jeans and (important)adventurous mood.

PS Sorry I forgot to say that I love the clarity and linearity of this fragrance. On me it is incredibly clear, clean and not sweet like so many other incense fragrances which are infused with vanilla. It is better than the CdG incense fragrances in my opinion. One of my all time favourites.

I don't understand why this fragrance is listes as "for women". It is one of these truly unisex fragrances. Does Andy list it as a femine fragrance? Have to check...

I agree with Kurisu on every point. This stuff is wow, in your face strong....dry intense incense, ALOT of Cedar, waaaaay to much for me. I have a small sample and have tested it no less than three times in a vain attempt to find some redeeming quality....um, sillage is good, has great lasting power...(unfortunately)but thats about all I can come up with!

Good quality...good staying power,but this scents is not for me!I don't like the opening with a blast of coriander...it's just too much.Not recommend to someone who don't like intense spices notes.it's not for everyone,should try before buy.