Pentachords Verdant Tauer Perfumes for women and men

Tauer Perfumes Pentachord VERDANT is as eccentric as I have come to expect from this house. The perfume opens rather greenishly, reminding me a bit of CARILLON POUR UN ANGE, but then swiftly turns brown with lots of tobacco and, yes, dirt. The scent in the mid-stage (after the green opening but before the drydown) smelled vaguely familiar, but it took a few minutes for me to identify. Then I suddenly realized in a startling moment of recognition that I smelled like a smoker! There is no sweetness whatsoever in this perfume according to my nose.

VERDANT is very interesting, and I think that it is as good as some other masculine tobacco perfumes, but for myself, I prefer the rose perfumes from this house, which are simply exquisite and achieve new heights of perfumic art. This creation seems more like a novelty scent, although I suspect that it would work well for some men. It should definitely appeal to those who like and wear Hermès TERRE D'HERMES, given the marked soil note and, I presume, iso-E-super, which seems patent to me in the drydown.

As is usually the case with Tauer creations, VERDANT "eau de toilette" is nearly as strong as perfume, with great longevity and big sillage.

Verdant opens greeeeeeeen and weird with a destabilizing combo of leaves, wet earthy notes and something sweet that I would call cotton candy. Pretty bizarre. The fragrance stays linear for quite a while to then introduce a synthetic woody/ambery base enriched by the typical Tauer's incense note. A mentholated presence surrounds the area reinforcing the general green vibe. No leather to my nose...

IMO, the level of appreciation of Verdant is strongly related to one's personal grade of appreciation of synthetic woody/ambery bases. Me? I quite like it and find it to be pretty original but it somehow fails to coalesce into something outstanding.

No longevity issues. Nice projection.

Rating 6.5/10

I adore the smell of this in the sample I received. , Let me iterate that I do indeed love smelling the sample as you can smell how clean and lovely this is. Its quite green a bit grassy, and I even get the leather and soil notes. On my skin is something completely different.


My skin amplifies the mint in this to degrees which my eyes water and my nose hurt. I do get the soil, which I like but its so far in the background. I get no other notes on my skin, which is a real shame!


I'm still searching for the perfect Tauer, all smell great in the bottle but on my skin they're pretty disastrous.

On someone who's skin dosen't reject most of the notes, it would be one amazing scent.

LOVE IT!

Oh what a pitty , there is no positive review on verdant. I ve recently bought it and LOVE IT. all the green and minty mentioned is adorable on my skin, at the end there is something sweet ice creamy. I wish it was more lasting, just that, but Im very very happy with it. I have other samples By tauer, he is creating really interesting scents, lonestar memories, incense rose, carillion pour un ange, I agree with Yamba, anyone scent- curious and looking for originality should try tauer's perfumes!
Pd, english is not my first language, sorry for mistakes or strange writing.

minty, medicinal, like gas or car oil, something completely wrong on my skin. Very intensive opening, a scent was linear on my skin. I didn't dear to inhale it. I love leather in fragrances, but this time I pass. If it was a blind testing in no means I'd call it a fragrance. And it didn't pass my overnight test for longevity.

Tried my sample of "Pentachord: Verdant" today. Had to take the sample vial top off to get the product!

Once I dabbed some on, the immediate impression was of newly cut Green Peppers. Then Spearmint came through with the peppers. The impression was of "Green Radox" from my childhood baths. This is not unpleasant, by any means; a green open-air place, wooded but airy, would seem to be what the makers of "Radox" were aiming at, and it's still a gentle and fresh scent. Bit of a surprise but that's exactly what I got, consistently, for hours.

Well, my dear friend Yamba1 and I must agree to disagree about this one. Shame on Mr. Tauer in trying to pass this off as a fragrance. Instead - go and buy yourself a bottle of Listerine and pour it on - same effect. Cool and minty and quite medicinal and such a pity after reading the notes. I'm afraid I have to pass on this one. I'm really disappointed with all 3 Pentachords.

wearing this today. not grokking it. longevity was very short - 4 hours max? expected more out of a tauer in that department. i caught the soil and water thing. i didn't really catch the leather and incense though - other than there was "other stuff" in there and it could have been a mix of such things.

like most of tauer's scents, this is extremely distinctive. ya gotta give the guy credit for trying different stuff. kudos!!!! absolutely worth trying, imo. not something i'll go buy a bottle of, but it's damn intriguing!

As with all Tauer creations, Verdant is unusual, distinctive and complex. It opens with a confronting blast of green which is a combination of what seems like crushed leaves and mint. Underpinning this is fresh damp soil, giving a very earthy, cooling effect. Although incense and leather are listed as notes, they don't reveal themselves in the classical sense but merge seamlessly to create the illusion of a wet forest.
Mr Tauer has created an intriguing scent, leaning towards the masculine side IMHO. As with all his work, anyone interested in the craft of perfumery should at least experience this.

Tried this today and I can clearly smell the leather and the soil tincture which gives it a garden-like vibe, a garden which is wet from a recently ended rain. Also you can smell something minty in there (perhaps tobacco?) even if mint is not listed as a note and which offers you the connection between Verdant and Green.
A pleasant smell but not for me as I do not want to smell like I am picking something from my grandmother's garden with leather gloves.