L'Air du Desert Marocain
by Tauer

I fully agree who with labels this scent as an assertive complex (spicy, incensey, creamy, rooty, aromatic and earthy at once) fragrance since the atmosphere it conjures is made of huge bare spaces and silence. This fragrance is honeyed smoke, incense, vetiver, balsams and  spices (mainly pepper and cumin but i smell also nutmeg and cinnamon) under my profane nose although the smell ends to turn out averagely dry and slightly cool-botanic. The mentioned tornado of elements manages to envelop your senses in a sort of dozy arabian exoticism made of dunes, minarets, oil lamps and hooded alleys. The smell is so edible, spicy, creamy and tasty that you wish almost to bite your wrist. The beginning is immediately ambery and honeyed with a weird, a bit medicinal-herbal, progressively rising marriage of citrus (mainly orange), cedar, herbs and smoke. The smoked effect is basically focused over some woods, incense and tobacco. While the citrus  keep on steady the level of fruity brightness, a starring smoky and sweet amber (benzoin?), on the side of dark vetiver and shadowy incense, start to darken the composition involving the previous in a sort of exotic, quiet and arcane aura. Some flowers are inserted in the blend but the salty-sweet and deep temperament of the fragrance turns it out basically like a masculine kind of concoction. The final outcome, in the same vein of some L'Artisan Parfumeur's, is a mysterious and evocative woody oriental very rich and spicy but with a cool undertone and a courageous projection at once. The olfactory transposition of an exotic dimension.

7th February, 2012. (Last Edited: 8th February, 2012.)

Piney, spicy, dry, smoky, deep & dark. As mentioned elsewhere here, this is one of those rare perfumes that is not just a perfume, but a whole experience, transporting you to another place & time, inspiring all kinds of fantasies in your head. Or maybe, because l first tried this on a hot & sultry summer evening, l am being seduced by the power of suggestion. But no matter, this really is a work of art, & a must-try for males & females alike.
ln the drydown, when the amber shows through along with a little incense, it reminds me a bit of Ambre Sultan without the herbal notes. The sillage is good, & it lasts an amazing 11 hours on my skin.
Not too long ago, l would have pegged this as far too "masculine" for me, & l also would have categorised it as a winter scent. l would have been wrong on both counts. l'm not sure l would wear this often, but it was certainly worth experiencing it to know that l *can* wear it, & l will be spending more time with my sample to experience it further.

29th January, 2012.

l'air du desert marocain was my first intstant love from Andy Tauers compositions. It is very warm and comforting thus ever so presant and pleasing. it evokes holidays in Malaysia (as i havn't been to marrocco yet). And still wearing it gives me a lot of sex appeal and confidence. wow!
Sillage is lush but not overpowering and tenecity is great. If I only had a sample vial, I would really rush to get a full bottle :-)

16th December, 2011.

The name is quite descriptive of what we will find.The perfum smells a little like Moroccan fruits, such dates, raisins and all that, with its slightly sweet touch, and also smells like incense, myrrh ...... and also leather, but the feature that makes it great is that it smells like all of this in a way extraordinarily well-balanced without being suffocating.
Particularly Stresses its dry incensed side, not smoking (nor sparkling) somehow mineralized ... maybe that's what the name of the l´air of desert want suggest.

6th December, 2011.

The love this fragrance receives and the superlatives used by reviewers in describing their reactions to it make it a must try. The opening is impressive. Smoke. Lemon. Minerals. Amber. Spices. Salt. All that and still it dries down to something dry and austere. As it continues drying down it mellows and improves and leaves something very nice smelling. Yes very nice. Very nice indeed. I think one previous reviewer hit the nail right on the head: "Carmex Lip Balm." Suffice it to say that my Arabian fantasy does not include smelling this perfume in my tent. Or sharing my lip balm.

6th December, 2011.

Well call me a sampler but I really didn't get the hype. It is nice, spicy and incensey, but I just can't keep myself comparing it with Jubilation XXV. If you have the king, you do not need this.

1st December, 2011.