Reverie au Jardin by Tauer Perfumes

kittykati

an interesting take on lavender, which is very balmy in the opening, but somehow lacks the sense of freshness & lightness that i, for some reason, expected to find. after a few minutes, the whole composition turns too milky/creamy and suffocating on my skin & i had to scrub it off.
no matter how curious i was about the dry-down, which mr. tauer does like nobody else out there, i couldn't possibly get past the musty, over-sweet, cloying part.
for me, this is a disappointment.

Dixie

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.

memechose

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.

cbstarker

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.

Tama

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.

Montie_M

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..