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Brigtopser – :
Tauer – Lonestar Memories : I really love this a lot. It is so different than anything else that I own. It is woody, smoky, spicy, and resinous, with a rugged quality unlike anything I’ve ever smelled. The reactions of people that I’ve let smell this is usually one extreme or the other. They usually love it or hate it. This is one that when I walk by it I tend to pick it up, pop the top and smell it. In the last few months that I’ve owned it, it’s become one of my favorite ‘go to’ perfumes.
Nomad822 – :
I was convinced I’d like this perfume. It’s theoretically (according to the descriptions and reviews) right up my alley. Unfortunately, I can’t stand it. The notes are there but somehow they are the wrong kind of notes (for me): some leather (more velvety than anything), a strange liquorice quality (a bit stale) and some animalic quality and medicinal. I felt the need to scrub it the moment I put it on this morning but for gamesmanship I kept it on for review. It gets better and performance is excellent. I quite respect Tauer, but this one just didn’t work for me.
dimarik – :
Don’t really get any leather out of this one. to me this smells like a cough syrup, it is quite comforting and i like the scent but was expecting something else. it reminds me of ck obsession. the performance is decent.
Mezeb114InsuffBooni – :
This smells like the Playa. It’s a potent, smoky, aromatic, almost boozy smell, and it’s magical. However, it is *very* masculine, and I didn’t think I could pull it off. It’s a beautiful scent — for someone else. I’d love to be hugged by someone wearing it — it’s that kind of warm, intoxicating aroma.
Duargehearo – :
To my nose it has some accords that remind me of Burning Barbershop by D.S. & Durga. In both cases, I genuinely appreciate the artistry, they are amazing creations, but there is a pungent medicinal quality that I really don’t like after awhile. Still, this is absolutely worth a Luckyscent sample but to try it if you want a more rugged, tar and earth classy scent.
no name – :
Bought this as a blind buy – unfortunately, on me burnt rubber and bonfire smoke – a headache inducing mix…hate to dump it in the trash – but, 4 sprays in and will never ever use again…
wsc956Negeltzex – :
When I first started discovering perfumery beyond the regular Sephora shops (or, in the case of the Caucasus where I then lived, Ici Paris and Lutecia) I ordered samples from Andy Tauer. To my virgin nose, Lonestar Memories was ”difficult”, with a lot of leather and smoke. Fast forward a few years, I am now revisiting this lonely cowboy, riding towards the Texan horizon. This is a shock to me! I get sweet leather, whiffs of smoke and vetiver, and then lots of cozily clean sandalwood. The very sweetness of the composition is so unexpected and so far from what I remembered. It is extremely well-behaved leather, nothing ”difficult” at all. I keep wondering how our perceptions of a scent are shaped by the perfumers’ stories, the perfumes’ names and people’s reviews. Without these, I would not have pictured this as a cowboy at a campfire. Sweet leather, greenery and soap – someone newly washed riding through the forest in the evening, perhaps? It is a very comfortable, well-composed perfume with amazing longevity. Do try it!
zgh124Negeltzex – :
Tauer nos propone aquí una fragancia cuero con una partida de lo más original, el contrapunto lo ponen unos matices bastante rudos y animalicos, este aroma tan particular podría hacer que no gustara a una parte de posibles usuarios.
La apertura tiene un inicio muy aromático por la esclarea y las semillas de zanahoria, aquí ya se deja sentir un trasfondo muy balsámico de carácter cálido y dulce por el ámbar, el Tonka y la mirra.
El grosor del aroma se lo lleva el cuero, un cuero de carácter ahumado al que se le añade un punto floral animal por el jazmín y el correoso ladano que se deja ver con más intensidad, todo este combo, crea una sensación de un ambiente seco, especiado, suave, que evoluciona muy lentamente hacia un secado más dulce y ambarino, también más convencional que el extraño inicio.
Me recuerda al aroma que sientes cuando entras en una fábrica donde trabajan y encurten pieles aplicando sobre ellas calor.
La composición es buena, así como las calidades. Personalmente, me hubiera gustado un secado diferente.
Calificación: 7.5
gaiver2 – :
سلام به همگي
من اين عطرو بالاخره بعد ازكلي سختي گرفتم اين يك عطر كاملا خاص مردانست البته خانوم ها هم ميتونن استفاده كنن اما به نظر من مردانه است
موردي كه وجود داره اين عطر جز عطر هاي نيش و دست ساز هست پس ممكنه مورد پسند همه نباشه
اگه ميخك خشك شده را وقتي در دهان ميزارين. از بو هاي ابتدايي اين عطر است كه به دليل وجود سمغ اين بو احساس ميشه و كم كم صمغي بودن اين عطر خودش را كاملا شكوفا ميكنه و بعد بوي چرم غير آشنايي رو احساس ميكنيد اين بوي چرم رو من در كارهاي ديگه نديدم و اين بوي خيلي خاص تري به عطر ميبخشد
اين عطر و من خيلي دوست داشتم اما جهت پيشنهاد به دوستان بسيار پيشنهاد ميكنم كه قبل از خربد تست كنيد چون خيلي خيلي خاصه و شايد نپسندين
من عاشقشم
نمره ١٠٠ از ١٠٠
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Lots of incense with deep and very projection
When you smell it in first time you surrender by lots of myrrh and resins and lots of incense and after that the gorgeous leather is comes to make it better and replace it alittle bit and after 2 or 3 hours dry down with sandalwood
Actually nit just sandalwood alone but it change into something bew of everynote that i told you to me as my concern about this is amazing and love it.
To me:
Scent: 10/10
Projection 8/10
Long Lasting 9/10
Values 7/10
sashto – :
A lonely telegraph pole in the middle of the desert. The scent of creosote and tar pervades the hot air. Fortunately the sun is setting, the sky is passing through an orange phase before turning dark and making room for the forbearing stars. I can now rest in the softness of Myrrh and Labdanum, still with some harsh strokes from the torments of the hot day.
Another great job Andy!
within – :
amazing scent, absolutely love Tauers work. I get sweet tobacco, whiskey and leather,lovely smoky dry down to follow. would really recommend a bottle of this. On my wishlist now.
missdeschko – :
Lonestar Memories opens up really smokey (with some plastic-ey undertone) mixed with myrrh and loads of leather. After about half an hour in, the smokeyness subsides and you’re left with the same rugged leather as before, but in addition, the sweetness comes out (could be the tonka). This one lasts a long time, 10 hours+. The opening is very strong and fills the room, but about 1-2 hours in, it does not radiate further than an arms length. I feel like the drydown is quite similar to L’Air Du Desert Morocain. Sweet and gingerbread-like scent (I guess that is what people call Tauerade). Lovely fragrance, definitely worth the price, but personally I will stick with LDDM, because I like it’s opening more.
dmytroivanovych – :
After a two second campfire – smoky opening, what’s left is sage, a sweet powdery floral (geranium and jasmine, mostly geranium) and leather. There’s something retro about the floral note, but I can’t put my finger on what it is. Lonesom is not a dark scent, and it’s a lot softer / smoother than a lot of Tauer’s other scents. The sage gives it a bit of a pool chemical(?) sort of off note at times. In the drydown, it gets sweeter and warmer with tonka and myrrh. I’m glad to see a feminine geranium – heavy scent, and the leather is lovely. I just wish there was a touch more smoke and the sage didn’t go wonky on me. Ok overall.
andrej110875 – :
من از کجا می آیم ؟
من از کجا می آیم ؟
که اینچنین به بوی شب آغشته ام ؟
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where am i coming from?
where am i coming from?
that i’m saturated with such a night’s smell ?
Forugh Farrokhzad(1934-1967)
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Utkanos – :
This is a great scent and while more masculine than many unisex scents I think this could be worn equally well by either sex.
It’s all leather, to my nose, with faint hints of germanium and myrrh that play second fiddle. I get leather from first spray through dry down and while the description portrays the rough and tumble characteristics of a manly scent the fact is the leather I pickup in this fragrance is a soft and gentle leather that reminds me more of the smell of a new purse rather than that of a worn saddle.
I would imagine that this fragrance could be worn equally well during the day and the night. It has longevity and good sillage without being overpowering to those around you.
This also achieved my wife’s seal of approval so that’s a big plus all by itself!
111290 – :
Lonestar Memories by Andy Tauer
When I first smelled Lonestar Memories some years back, I thought too masculine, too smoky, what is this? Even the description scared me:
“The scent of a lonesome rider, wearing old jeans and leather jacket, after a long day on the horse in the dry woods, preparing his coffee on the open, smoky fire.”
It seemed far too manly for the ladies and I always considered it the most challenging Tauer, and one I would just have to envy others for appreciating.
(Insert screeching brakes sound effect and fast forward to fall of 2017)
….What??
Was I mad? It’s gorgeous! And now that my nose has become acclimated to unisex fragrances over the years and Andy’s style and “Tauerade”, I realize how I almost missed out on such a gorgeous fragrance. Smoky leather, resins, labdanum, sandalwood and florals. The dry down is beautiful and comforting and so “real”.
And no, it isn’t all just for cowboys. It’s for cowgirls, too. And even people who have never even been on a horse. It’s simply a beautiful fragrance. Saddle, campfire and Marlboro Man not required.
tonecreeromib – :
stregonza ha ragione 🙂 I think the vivid description of a cowboy is leading the imagination of people in one narrow direction when it could go in so many others just as easily. Forget the story, see where this scent leads you.
For me, this is the smell of my teachers — older men, worn soft by life and hardship, turning sweeter with age (as indeed this scent turns sweet).
It calls to my mind one of my final exams, an oral one. I sat in front of my teacher in an open tent on a camel farm. Why hold an exam on a camel farm? Because we were both attending a wedding taking place there and it was convenient.
The smell of the desert, of smoke, cooking somewhere further off, tired leather, my teacher worn out from travel but listening to me patiently. And suddenly it all turns into sweet myrrh, symbolising not success in the exam, but when we were interrupted in the flow of our discussion by the brides passing by, a vision of white surrounded by joyous song and dance. We were obligated by tradition to rise to our feet and go join them, swept along into their train.
To me that is Lonestar Memories. To you, who knows? The only key here is the theme of a traveller emerging from wilderness.
Wear it while taming Dothraki hordes.
Wear it while Enkidu interprets your dreams on the threshold of the cedar forest.
Wear it while gathering herbs for a wounded Frodo.
In the mundane world? Wear it for that incredibly elusive effect — grounded magic.
cabinasan – :
Dissento totalmente dall’immagine del cowboy nella prateria.
Per me questo profumo è anzitutto un’apertura balsamica, un filo canforata, che poi lascia strada a un cuoio fumoso fra volute di mirra dolce e di labdano intensi; resine che ardono danno il cambio a sentori di sandalo e fava tonka, il tutto armonizzato da un cuoio mai aspro e secco, molto morbido.
Dá il meglio di sé con temperature elevate, come LDDM i balsami resinosi prendono quasi vita e si accendono di sfaccettature diverse.
Nel fondo una nota ambrata e zuccherina lasciata dalla tonka persiste per ore.
Insieme a LDDM il migliore di tutti i Tauer.
ppd482speagoessenda – :
Leather bonfire on the prairie! It evokes images of a lone cowboy, hunkered down for the night. Leather chaps adorned with silver and turquoise conchos. Sleeping with his horse as his pillow, prairie grass collected as a mattress (and an equine snack!). The low burning of a campfire, making everything glow with a ruddy light in the dark endless expanse of an open starry sky. I lived in Texas for over 20 years, and this perfume is one that I wanted to try for the name alone. It didn’t disappoint. Spectacular Texas experience in a bottle!
madman08 – :
McCree from Overwatch. Really, it has that dry, leathery sage cowboy smell, reminiscent of places like Painted Hills Oregon, but it doesn’t stay dry. In fact it sweetens up real quick. Warm, but it’s like a bright summer day out West (which is actually east, since I’m towards the coast).
Edit: layer some sage oil under this for East Oregon Extreme
pzv230speagoessenda – :
Lovely smoke. Initially it appears it’d be overwhelmingly simple but wonders happen in the dry down.
егорка – :
سلام
رایحه عطر برپایه چرم و تا حدودی صمغ مر هست
چرم این کار خشک و دباغی شده دودی و با یه حالت فلفلی همراه است. شبیه وسایل چرمی قدیمی
انگار روی چرم ادویه پاشیدن و روی دود خشک اش کردن
حالت اسموکی و ادویه ایش من رو یاد عطر یویز د اسس از برند گودسیر میندازه
(Bois d’Ascese Naomi Goodsir)
عطر کاملا مردانه و اصلا نمیشه گفت یونی است ولی عطارها عادت کردن هر عطر
گرونی بسازن برای منفعت بیشتر یه کلمه یونی هم بهش اضافه کنند
به مرور از حالت چرم مقداری کم شده و به صمغی میل میکنه بعد از حدودا دو ساعت رگه های از رایحه های نرم و شیرین صندل و گل مانند خودش رو نشون میده .
میشه جزو خوب های این برند حسابش کرد و فعلا برای من بعد از شماره 02 و 12 در جای سوم قرار میگیره
ماندگاری و پخش هم حدود 5 ساعت داره
اگه عطر رو به قیمت دلاریش تهیه کنید می صرفه در غیر اینصورت باید عاشق این رایحه باشید تا ارزش هزینه اش رو داشته باشه.
همیشه عطرآگین باشید
nomashkar – :
Smoke,leather,incense, balsamic heaven right here!! The opening is straight up smoke and leather but the dry down is where the magic happens. The subtle sweetness of myrhh and labdanum make this much more enjoyable and wearable than other just straight smoke scents such as City On Fire,Fireside Intense etc. This is very creative from the mind of Tauer and is a masterpiece in my book. The drawback is that it does share some similarities to LDDM which is my all time favorite and leans more masculine IMO. Performance is top notch as expected from Tauer.
Aerohoplenerilnd – :
Wow it is so balsamic and leathery.It is more a piece of art than fragrance.Very deep, dark ,bitter and so beautiful.
I fall in love with this cologne but it is not very easywear.
It is No.1 in the leathery fragrances.
10/10
evrushka – :
از هر نظر اغراق شده
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Scent & Qualiy: 7/10
Longevity: 8/10
Sillage: 8/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 9/10
Affordability: 2/10
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Overall: 6.8/10
viotrekjon – :
THIS IS MORE THAN A PERFUME, IS ART, IS A MASTERPIECE, SUPERLATIVE ABSOLUTE, THIS REQUIRES PERSONALITY, INTELLIGENCE, ELEGANCE AND A NOSE VERY COSTUMED TO NICHE FRAGRANCES. IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DREAM OF A CREATOR OF NICHE PERFUMES THAT BECAME TRUE IN THE 21 CENTURY…100% MASCULINE.
P.S : TRY A SAMPLE FOR A FEW DAYS TO DISCOVER AND UNDERSTAND IT!
Amigos – :
Is this a TPC sample with the wrong liquid in it? I do get the “root beer” quality someone else mentioned, as well as a bit of a minty element. The smoky/meaty leather is hardly there and it’s a touch sweet. I also get some sparkling aspect, and overall I could see why some might say the drydown is “old lady perfume” (not that this would a “deal breaker” for me). I tried this years ago, from a different sample vial, and I thought it was a meaty leather with nasty chemicals, but that was when my sensitivity was high, whereas now it is low. I already have quite a few leather scents, including Bel Ami and vintage Knize Ten EdC, but if this is what I would get if I bought a full bottle I’m not sure I would even think of it as a leather scent! Other than the “root beer leather,” I’m getting another scent underneath it, so to speak, something like Ecusson or Intimate by Revlon (can’t remember which is closer to this). I think I prefer the leather scents I already have, and if I wanted something like LM, I’d just layer one of those other scents with a leather I’ve already got.
Lis:) – :
عطری هست کاملا متفاوت با 99% عطرهای موجود. بوی کاملا غریب و ناآشنایی داره. بویی شبیه به فراورده های نفتی؛ گازوییل؛ یا نفت خام میده. به نظر من که اصلا ارزشش رو نداره با این قیمت بالا که فقط بوی عجیبی داشته باشه و جلب توجه کنه. عطر از دیگاه من در درجه ی اول برای خود شخصی که میزنه باید جذاب باشه؛ نه اینکه عطر بزنیم که کس دیگه ای خوشش بیاد!! ا
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I think that it is different 99 percent from other perfumes. It have a odor of Petroleum or maybe gasoline.
polinkin – :
I’ve now been dabbling in the fragrance hobby for about a year. I haven’t smelled very many perfumes yet, but I have yet to smell a “leather” fragrance that, to my nose, resembles anything remotely like actual leather. For whatever reason, the component notes of leather accords just don’t come together as “leather” to my olfactory system. Often (as here), they hit me as a discordant mishmash of camphorous, medicinal and charred-sausage notes. Not mouth-watering sausage, but old sausage past its expiration date and soaked in sour vinegar before being charred to a crisp. The one exception, and the one “leather” that I actually like so far, is Chanel’s Antaeus, which I would describe as having leathery undertones rather than smelling like leather itself. (Whereas, e.g., I strongly dislike Chanel’s Cuir de Russie, which doesn’t strike me as leather at all.)
This is a long prelude to saying that, sadly, Lonestar Memories continues the trend of “leathers” that hit my nose as unpleasant and discordant, along the lines I have just described. Unlike others, I don’t sense any resemblance here to L’Air du Desert Marocain, which is absolutely one of my favorites. Instead, I just get a very loud and challenging opening, which gradually subsides, while myrrh picks up steam and eventually dominates the latter stages of the life of the fragrance. I do like myrrh, so I enjoy the drydown, but the top and heart don’t really agree with me.
OTOH, if you dig challenging, smokey leather scents, and you like myrrh, this might be right up your alley.
Longevity seems to be excellent.
jliya230896 – :
ok. very very nice and masculine.
baluhtinsergei – :
9/10
titels777 – :
Lonestar Memories is all about smokey leather. Think an old, worn, oiled leather saddle that has absorbed smoke from countless campfires. The effect is intense and photo-realistic – on me, Lonestar smells like a wood-fire barbecue.
Unfortunately, I struggle with smokey and incense notes, so although I admire the art that went into this fragrance – and believe me, it is art of the highest order – it doesn’t hold any personal appeal. Lonestar does get better as the resinous benzoin comes to the fore in the dry down, reminding me of Tauer’s previous creation, L’Air du Desert. But the smoke still dominates.
Lonestar is yet another masterpiece that sadly isn’t for me. If you like intensely smokey scents, however, you owe it to yourself to try it.
edvinsa – :
A perfect scent from heaven.
This is one of the most beautiful “Leather and Myrrh” base fragrance i have ever smelled.
spice and Smokey…
It is a good perfume for both genders.
This product is appropriate for cold weather.
The projection is very good.
The longevity is well…
smoky,dirty,oily and Lovely!
Prostik – :
I’m still using the tiny sample I got, because this is a HUGE scent that you only need to apply small amounts of. I’m liking it a little better each time I try it. To me it’s root beer, leather jacket (the ranch-hand kind, not the motorcycle kind, of course), smoke, and desert herbs. It’s kind of insane. But weirdly great.
minkin-tolik – :
More than any other fragrance in my collection, Lonestar Memories never fails to remind me why I am so passionate about fragrances. When I first smelled it, I was just beginning to move from designer scents to niche, independent, etc. type scents. I was blown away by how “non-commercial” this scent is. There is no freshness, no citrus opening, no musky dry down. Instead, there is resin, leather, grit, and passion. It smells like it was made with love… like the difference between a home-cooked meal and Applebee’s.
The fragrance opens with a somewhat harsh onslaught of herbal and floral notes. It relents a bit after 15 to 30 minutes and presents a transition to a relative smooth phase where the leather and myrrh kick in. This is where the scent gets as comfortable as any scent I’ve ever smelled. Any by comfortable I mean it induces a nearly narcotic-like sense of well-being in me… I’d say it comes close to producing euphoria. It must be lighting up just the right chemicals in my brain, because it has a way of melting away my troubles and brings me to a peaceful place.
This is a scent to be enjoyed by the wearer. I think it could be pleasing to others in the right setting, but that would be missing the point. This is art to be appreciated by experiencing it.
Not at all linear… as previously said the jarring opening becomes somewhat addictive, if for no other reason it provides such a great contrast to the beauty that comes next. Throughout the dry down, I get phases where I can detect Jasmine one minute and then have it disappear the very next minute.
Please don’t every bind buy… there are some notes here that will not sit well with everyone. Samples are inexpensive on LuckyScent. Try it out at least three times before judging.
The price is a bit high for 50 mL on first glance, but considering the potency of the fragrance, I’d argue it is no more expensive than any designer scent priced at $80 per 100 mL.
A true love for me. Thank you Andy Tauer for making this fragrance. It is just incredibly beautiful and such a singular scent and experience.
Maiklz – :
This juice will get you compliments.
My wife was sound asleep. It was 6:00 am and I was getting ready to head into the office. I had just shaved and put some Lonestar Memories on for the first time. When I came out of the bathroom my wife sat up in the bed eyes still closed and said: “I love that smell!”
That is the only time that has ever happened. That’s how good Lonestar Memories is.
5127649 – :
Not what I expected. I thought it might smell hard or harsh, like some other southwest/cowboy/old west-oriented fragrances. But LM expresses more of a sentimental masculinity, maybe lonesome but not bitter.
Also, this fragrance ages beautifully over the course of the day. On me, it generally begins somewhat rough, spicy and leathery, and ends sweet. During the course, each note seems to have a dominant moment.
A very nice, meditative experience for me.
cokSheaxiacax – :
Lonestar Memories is my favorite Tauer fragrance, similar to LDDM (but better), “Tauerade” defined. After the initial, intense blast, it settles down to a resinous, lightly smoky, aromatic composition with a minty, mentholated/medicinal accord that is somehow reminiscent of hot asphalt or creosote combined with dry spices, myrrh and a dash of licorice.
It is intriguing and beguiling, unlike anything else I’ve tried, except LDDM. It’s rough around the edges in a good way, a stronger and less polished version of Lonesome Rider, which takes LM into mossy chypre territory. It has great longevity and is fairly linear after it dries down. It’s Andy’s masterpiece and absolutely full bottle worthy. 9.5/10.
Дмитрий Белов – :
I LOVE Tauer.. LADDM has been my signature for roughly five years and what I love about it is that it reminds me of a place that is very familiar even though I’ve never been there. What I love about LM is that it reminds me of walking the train tracks as a kid, smelling the tar coming up from the hot wood during the Summer. For me, a truly nostalgic experience.
Goold2 – :
oh hell no.
this ain’t working for me. no way, no how. i’m getting the vibe i get from a*men, a really unpleasant accord. it’s the leather and myrrh, which makes it unwearable. it smells like the worst of resins, and makes me want to scrub my wrist…
i know perfume is personal but i just can’t see how people would like this one…
WhiteWOLF234 – :
Just when I thought I had decided on a bottle of PHI Une Rose de Kandahar, I checked my inner-elbow, which held the mysterious, earthy scent of Lonestar Memories. I would describe it as just barely smoky, leathery, resinous, woody, creamy, and minty-herbal. When I first sprayed, it was much darker, much more leathery and smoky, like a BBQ, but it settles down considerably if given some time. I sampled it despite knowing I don’t care for leather nor smoke, but I was still curious because, after all, it’s a Tauer. I didn’t have high hopes that it would become something I “needed” to own.
The thing is–Lonestar Memories’ drydown reminded me of something I had been searching high and low to find in a perfume. Several weeks ago, I was out walking when I noticed a blooming rosemary bush. While I very much dislike the scent and taste of rosemary, I love flowers of all sorts, and the precious, tiny blue flowers were calling to me. I picked a few to show to my little daughter, knowing she could eat the flowers and they wouldn’t harm her. Before giving them to her, I cupped my hand and inhaled, with full expectations that I would re-confirm my disdain for rosemary. Instead, I was amazed to find that the rosemary flower smells entirely different from the leaves. It was like the essence of the leaves mixed with cream and sugar. The flowers smelled so amazing, I could not stop inhaling their scent. That was my Jean Baptiste moment (if you’ve seen the movie “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”).
I soon realized that the scent was oddly familiar. Yes, I know it was rosemary, but it smelled like something else too. I started thinking about Mentholatum. I mentally added milk and sugar. And then my a-ha! moment. The scent was like Noxzema. I had always enjoyed the scent of Noxzema, before I stopped using the nasty chemical goup, but now I desperately wanted a perfume that smelled just like it.
To make a long story short, Lonestar Memories contains a note of clary sage, another scent I don’t like; however on my skin and in combination with the other notes, it plays out like a vague menthol scent. I wouldn’t have guessed clary sage in particular. Combined with a creamy element, I found the rosemary flower fragrance that I had been longing for, a scent that I assumed would just be my personal unicorn for many years to come, if not forever.
Despite my total adoration for PHI Une Rose de Kandahar, I bought a bottle of Lonestar Memories. I barely got to my car before ripping my box open and spraying with abandon. The next morning, I woke up and immediately hit the trigger–I’m obsessed with it! I prepared a cup of Earl Grey tea, added sugar and milk, and proceeded to take a sip. As I sipped my tea, the scent from my wrist drifted up to my nose, and I noticed that the scent of the perfume and the flavor of the tea blended together almost perfectly. Vetiver can present as black tea (hence Odin’s Seylon), and with a bright note mimicking bergamot as well as a creamy note that smells, well…creamy, it was a lot like a cup of Earl Grey with milk. So that is another reason I am falling for Lonestar Memories–I LOVE black tea perfumes.
I continued to examine the perfume on my skin. It is so beautifully blended that the notes just kind of tumble into one another, and it’s tough to pinpoint specific notes. I did however pinpoint the scent of jasmine. I almost wasn’t sure if it was really florals I was smelling, so I checked the Tauer website to confirm it is indeed “a hint of jasmine,” one of my favorite florals.
Keep in mind that all the things I have mentioned (Noxzema, Earl Grey, jasmine, BBQ) are all present, but none of them dominate the scent. In fact, at first the perfume dries down and then it may seem streamlined, natural, even flat. But upon examination, it has what seems like a million subtleties to explore. Please take the time to get to know it.
Every bit as masterfully crafted as L’Air du Desert.
Lonestar Memories absolutely contains Mr. Tauer’s fingerprints–his silky, ambery, cedar-like “Tauer-aide”, if you care for it. This perfume is his second masterpiece.
pompymaf761Diobtetty – :
Another odd, artistic creation from Tauer, Lonestar Memories certainly conjures the notion of leather, but is certainly not a leather-dominant fragrance on my skin, with leather being the key note among others: myrrh gives it an incense vibe, tonka gives it a nutty sweetness, and vetiver gives it an earthiness.
I get far more leather in the opening than in the dry down, which is greener and more tonka-laden. Still, the leather/myrhh combination resonates hours into the lifespan of the fragrance, and it is perhaps this particularly sharp combination that I regard as a bit off-putting. Not even the tonka is enough to sweeten it to the point I like the blend. I imagine many enjoy this blend, though, as it strikes me not as bad, but simply slightly different from something I would enjoy, perhaps in need of a few tweaks for me, but downright perfect for someone else.
Performance is good, with a very strong opening and initial hour, and decent longevity for an EDT.
6 out of 10
kurokaze – :
This is my second review because I remember that I went to big green forest with my friends in France for camping last summer and I had a sample of this perfume. We had a camp fire, barbecue, good vine and more. I put Lonestar Memories on my skin and I don’t know why I did it in the forest but I remember everybody talked about how my perfume smells was good. LM is very good and smooth but also creative and exciting. Love it!
Alexandru04 – :
In a couple of other reviews I have referenced the memories that fragrances bring. This one is in that vein for me. When I was a young boy, my dad worked for an auto parts dealer. Every once in a while I would visit him at work. When I wear Lonestar Memories, I am instantly transported to being a young boy at my dad’s work. The combination of oil. tar, leather, floor polish and baby oil takes me back there every time.
For me, this is a winner. Very much as causal scent though. Great in jeans, but it does not work well in a sports coat.
Bottom line, this is a great masculine scent that you should sample. But don’t wear it in a sports coat. Go causal.
stepnn77 – :
Scent – leather, myrrh & labdanum.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.
Projection – I did get noticed, it garners compliments.
Longevity – I get 8hrs consistently.
purtean – :
Leather saddle. Oily. Sage brush. I put my nose to my arm and close my eyes and I picture myself tying up a horse and easing into a campfire setting. This fragrance really will transport you to an idyllic western setting if you allow yourself to let go. It’s romantic in this sense but not in a slow dancing with your lover way. It’s a nice change of pace from the run-of-the-mill fragrances but at its price point not FBW for me. I do however completely respect what Tauer has done here with Lonestar Memories. Kudos.
Addition: The longevity on this is magnificent on me. I put it on this morning straight out of the shower and as I am typing this right now (10:40 PM) it is still going strong.
s.o.n.i.k. – :
Very good, very impressive, very creative perfume.I love Andy Tauer’s works and he must be daydreamer because his collection is very abstract. I can understand why some people finds his works too much! High art and very good quality. I have never been in America but I can imagine that I’m on trip in America valleys with Lonestar Memorise.
smobbyits – :
A beautiful thick old and battered leather, like the saddle from a horse.. mixed with the hot sandy air, a smokey campfire, and a gorgeous syrup like sweetness from the resin. Inst