Tauer Orange Star (Andy Tauer; 2010) & More Thoughts On Persolaise 12th Anniversary
Persolaise Video to mark 12th anniversary of Persolaise.com + Tauer Orange Star review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Andy Tauer, 2010)
Best Perfumes For Autumn 2019 – Keeping An Open Mind
Best perfumes for autumn 2019 by award-winning critic Persolaise (featuring Tom Ford, Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, Tauer, Cartier, Etat Libre D'Orange)
Persolaise Review: Eau De Mandarine Ambrée from Hermès (Jean-Claude Ellena; 2013)
You can’t blame me for getting excited by the prospect of two new colognes from Jean-Claude Ellena. If there’s one thing the man knows how to do well, it’s producing…
Orange Star Wins At The FiFis + It’s Official: Persolaise Is Sexy
I’m sure you all know this by now, but please, just indulge me, because I’m going to get a real kick out of typing the following words: Tauer Perfumes’ Orange…
Top Tens
This entry is intended to be a polite nudge… or three nudges, to be precise. Nudge #1: You’ve only got until the end of today to enter my give-away draw…
Let Me Whisper In Your Ear + Orange Star Give-Away
It’s been a while since I’ve written in any meaningful detail about my own perfume making. Paradoxically, this isn’t because I haven’t been doing any, but because I’ve actually been…
NEWS – Voting Open For UK FiFi & Basenotes Awards
The shortlist for this year’s FiFi UK Best Niche Perfume award has just been revealed on Basenotes and it features a few of my favourite releases of 2010. Here’s the…
I Owe Andy An Apology
For the last few days, a mysterious smell has been bugging me in my study. Most of the time, it’s been totally undetectable, but every now and then, as I’ve…
Smelly ABCs
When people are learning a new skill or craft, you quite often hear them complaining about the fact that they’re forced to spend hours mastering the basics. Budding pianists can’t…
Scent Gathering With Andy Tauer
I recently had the good fortune to attend one of Ronny Geller‘s Scent Gatherings and spend several hours in the company of Andy Tauer, creator of, amongst others, L’Air Du…
Review: Orange Star by Tauer Perfumes (2010)
Confession time: over the last two weeks, I’ve made several failed attempts to write this review. It’s one thing to put down your thoughts on a fragrance whose maker is…
Andy Tauer Back In London
Some of you may already be aware that Andy Tauer, the creator of several well-loved niche scents, including Lonestar Memories and Orange Star (soon to be reviewed here on Persolaise)…
Orange Star London Launch
Please click here to be redirected to my Basenotes article about the recent launch of Andy Tauer’s Orange Star in London. Thanks, Persolaise.
Launching The Past
I think excitement is always made more electric when it carries a crackle of nostalgia, like the anticipation of meeting up with a dear friend you haven’t seen for over…
All Greened Out
The words ‘outdoorsy, ‘practical’ and ‘green fingered’ are never, ever used to describe me, which is why today was something of a trial. A sizeable patch of our garden has…