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Tauer L'air du Desert Marocain

I was immediately greeted then deserted by a date note. Date isnt listed but it is there to my nose, so maybe it is a combination of things tricking my nose or intentionally acting as it. Like it lasted 5-6 seconds. Really bizarre. I can still smell it in the back but it was the first thing that came to mind. I agree with the fragrantica assessment that amber is the main note/base. But there are so many spices going on it is just grounding, a base for everything else to sit on. Not an especially sweet or rich amber. It has a fecal note. Hyrax came to mind immediately. It is tolerable though, but it is "poopy" animalic. Not pissy or musky. This is actually a strange combination of camel and hyrax in my mind. This is unmistakably a scent of the middle east. Lots of spice, almost like your spice cabinet at home if you are an adept cook. There is that stewed date and amber working to try to keep it somewhat sweet but the amber isnt rich, present but not loud. Or everything else is just louder. Kind of has a soapy floral to it not unlike kouros. Its not a fresh cut stem or green floral (carnal flower being an extreme example). The "woods" notes to my nose are mainly just vetiver. I would classify this as an oriental but there are some strangely fougere aspects to it. It is overall a dry desert smell, kind of how I expect lonestar memories to smell but without the leather. I dont want to embellish to try to write more than I am actually picking up so that is my first look. Not a safe blind buy. Challenging fragrance. Normies wont be complimenting this so coomers keep looking elsewhere. This is a fragrance for a real enthusiast of middle eastern orientals. Not a buy but glad I sampled, I do want to try lonestar memories.

Got a sample of this thing and wow, it's soo good. NIche quality and creativity but with designer accessibility. Then I looked up the price and expected it to be 2x higher. £99 for 50ml is damn good.