Vetiver Dance (2008)
by Tauer

For me. it's ionone dance - no vetiver, just cucumber-violet and a generic women's cosmetics smell. I see it on mature women in elegant, expensive clothes. Nice for what it is, but not vetiver and not really mine either.

21st January, 2012.

i liked l'air du desert as a scent, although it was a bit too sweet on my skin, so i expected a lot from this scent. i hoped for complexity, freshness and vetiver, of course. however when i tried the sample, all i got was just plain smell of home-made cucumber lotion my grandmother used to make (cucumber + some cheap cologne), which stayed the same, didn't develop at all (and even didn't last as long as some of the other tauer scents; but in this case i have to be grateful). i gave this perfume couple of tries in different weathers, but result is always the same.

1st December, 2011.

Umm...yuck.

Far too flowery for me. Where's the vetiver in this, very well hidden that's where. I ordered a sample via Les Scenteurs and eagerly popped it open for a smell, now wishing I had gone for something else.

Perhaps it is me rather the fragrance here. I love my vetiver and was hoping for the best and sadly it wasn't to be. I prefer the drier, rootier end of the vetiver spectrum. Should have read a few more reviews I guess.

29th October, 2011. (Last Edited: 31st October, 2011.)

Flowery vetiver with woody/resinous undertones. Interesting (challenging) opening where Tauer shows his incredible mastery in taking the distance from the usual initial accord of many vetivers introducing a weird green-herbaceous element that leans towards a salty/metallic feel, yet the fragrance is not completely satisfying. Powerful, solid and original but I prefer drier compositions when it comes to vetiver.

17th September, 2011. (Last Edited: 30th October, 2011.)

Vetiver dance is amazing! Unlike any other vetiver I have tried but still keeping itself grounded with the vetiver note. It moves with herbs and spices at the top with a touch of sweetness and as the hours go on you realize the sweetness is an ambrien accord like that in ambre narguile. Not as in your face and remaining soothing and comforting with soft vetiver dancing with the sweetness!

1st July, 2011.

Very green + grassy opening, longevity king, as traditionally with A. Tauers fragrances, projects nicely, and does not change much, more like "what you smell is what you get" I can definitely relate to why this frag. will appeal to so many people, for me, however it is just to herbal, it gave me the feeling that I have just trimmed the grass;-)

5th April, 2011.