tauer pentachords Verdant review

sorry, I've only tried Pentachord Auburn.

IMO this is the most interesting among the Pentachords serie but honestly I didn't get much mint out of it. As far as I remember it was really earthy/incensey with soft leather undertones yet somehow transparent but I may need to revisit it...

Luckyscent included this as a sample in a recent purchase I made. Was very nice.

Do not blind buy this.
Smells earthy, minty, leathery, chemical..

I'll restate PaveLL's sentiments, "Do NOT blind buy this". The notes and reviews will not prepare you for this smell. I'm with Alfarom that this is probably the most "interesting" of the Pentachords, but I struggle to try and think of when I'll even use up the 1.5ml that I have, let alone ever considering going for 50ml.

If you've ever smelled the musty, earthy, soil like quality of split wood and dirt in a forest, or of a backwoods cabin that isn't often lived in after the rain, it will sort of give you an idea of what this smells like. Not really what I would consider either green or minty, and can't imagine the mint smell being prominent throughout it's development (other then the VERY first short blast you catch of it on your initial spray), unless those who mentioned it were looking at the other reviews and sort of searching for the mint, as it's most certainly not prominent. Well crafted for what it is, but I don't think I could ever wear it, or would appreciate the smell on anyone who decided to do so. I'm normally a pretty big advocate of the educated blind buy, but I would say in this case, definitely sample first IMHO.

Of the Pentachords, White was the only one that I found pleasant enough to maybe burn through my sample vial of, though I wouldn't buy it. I prefer Tauer's other work to this series.

Just wondering how the smokiness of Verdant stacks up to Lonestar Memories. A green version of Lonestar Memories sounds pretty, pretty, pretty good.

They're not similar at all. Verdant doesn't really even smell like a perfume so much as a scent. And to me I didn't find it particularly smokey, or all that green. It's earthy and literally "dirt"y, for lack of a better description.

I found it very green and somewhat earthy. I think Lierre is an apt comparison, though Verdant has a round, yeasty quality to it that differs from Lierre's straight up crisp dry green ivy. I didn't like that yeasty quality but some people could like it I bet. Definitely interesting and has more complexity than I would expect from just 5 odorants. Verdant is also very similar to Cartier Pasha, though more spare and transparent.

When I tested it, my notes read, "Menthol! Sweet, Resiny."

I initially was very intrigued by it. Dark green, earthy, some bitterness, a hint of sweetness (it's not much but reminds vaguely of cotton candy). Unfortunately that bitterness/sharpness is too much for me and makes the whole fragrance too pungent for me. I didn't notice much development.

yes, green resiny! and a little sweetness

I just tried Cartier Roadster and I'd say it's even more similar to Verdant than Pasha.

repeat. sorry.

Hmm. have to disagree with those not finding the green here. Having never heard of this scent in my life, an attendant at a boutique shop in Rome sprayed this on my arm and my first impression was "Wow... that is GREEEEN". I then immediately recognized the cut of the Flacon as being a Tauer, but knew nothing of the series and enthusiastically walked out with a bottle (after also trying the other pentachords).

This was in July (and it turns out that it was EXCLUSIVE to that particular shop in Rome - a lucky, premature find) It was gorgeous as a summer scent, but I wouldn't touch it too much in the cold of the winter. I think there is something incredibly fresh about this and yes, quite green. However it is not the most natural green I have smelled. (I am partial to the darker but more watercolor strains of Jo Malone's Wild Fig and Cassis for that honor, and I'm not subtle in my love for Amouage's Memoir Man.) The green of Verdant might be a touch synthetic. The mint is more menthol, but there is also some earthy smokiness which developing later here which keeps it from being the most organic and LIVING of green scents. (When I wanted my cool green a bit more wet, I layered it with L'Artisans Mon Numero 6 - being of the monsoon-soaked earth, rainforest soil, magnolia flower variety. The result was green, dripping wet, and beautiful.)

The tone of green Andy was shooting for here will be a little too bright for some, I fear. But I put this in the category of truly INTERESTING, experimental scents from one of the great noses of our time.

I like it. Have worn it 4 or 5 times. As the name implies it is very verdant and a necessary aspect of verdancy is greenness. The green may come from tomato leaf accord, but if not it sure has that striking stinging green sap quality but it is denser and has more depth than other very green fragrances such as Hilde Soliani Stecca or any of the CBIHP green garden series. Verdant has balance and some nice density, being upholstered with some mineral earth filler and leaf notes (tobacco?). I recommend it and think it is my favorite Pentachord and also one of Tauer's best fragrances. This will be great for spring.

The initial blast is pretty much unpleasant, I thought, euggh, get away from me!

It then settles into a barely sweet-ish, camphor, mint, and earth kinda smell. It is however, quite harsh, it reminds me of the smell of crushed plants/weeds...

I have to bump this thread, if only to gives this fragrance another endorsement. It's highly unusual, it's even a departure from the rest of the Tauer line. Most of the other scents in his line at least share that "Tauerade" base, or else the ambergris. This is a singular creation, and the most interesting of the pentachord series imho. Makes me wish he'd go out of his comfort zone more often.

Don't get me wrong, it's no "masterpiece", it's not "balanced" in the least. I actually find that attractive about the scent though, it's very insistent, linear. I get mint, soil, wet tall grass, black licorice sweetness, and tobacco. But the sharp, thin quality of fresh natural tobacco rather than the velvety, pungent quality of aromatic smoking tobacco. It also has this piercing tanginess I've only also smelled from mold. Not for everyone, but I'd at least encourage a sampling.

Sounds like a chaotic mess.

It's an odd one. Make no mistake about that.