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madkiller – :
My favourite Tauer creation. Dark and smokey and spicy and just amazing. This is a masterpiece. I get the comparisons with LDDM but this is different. It has its own heart. I usually get annoyed with perfumes that have the word desert in their titles as they usually smell nothing like it. But this is fabulous. When I think of the desert I think of mystery, silence, vast distances, searing heat, dust, big skies… I spent two years in the Middle East and loved going into the desert. It was like a meditation after the madness of the cities. This perfume has captured that solitary stillness. The huge, unfathomable space… One of the best perfumes ever made.
gargar – :
العبقري أندي تاور.. جمع شتات الصحراء في هذه الزجاجه
العطران متشابهان قطعا.. لكن اللافت من وجهة نظري ان النسخه الجديده اختصرت القديمه.. قربت الرائحه وجعلتها اكثر وضوحا وبروزا
كنت في اطراف الصحراء فأصبحت في قلبها
9/10
kdaktv – :
Ok i test this fragrance during 1 month
And i want to tall you something this is one of the best extract perfume that i have ever seen
Wow totally masterpiece whenever i test i got compliment this is too creamy and dry Aslo
Woodsy and ambery i love it
Its dark and perfect for some cold season like winter and autumn but i wear it in spring too and i love it 🙂
There os some vibe that similar woth air du desert marocain but also lots of things are different and this is something like more smooth ، creamy and woodsy and lots of spices
Wow i love it
You should test it and see by yourself , you will see the quality of every note
But to me this is something masterpiece and very high quality and luxury
Wow i love it thank you for making this perfume Dr.Tauer
My rates : ( i give 10 out of 10 because this fragrance deserves it and love the way project and longevity is super amazing)
Scent : 10/10
Performances : 10/10
Longevity : 10/10
Projection : 10/10
Unique: 10/10
Value of money : 10/10
Overall : 10/10
Thumbs up
I can not wait to see autumn and wear this gem 🙂
NATAN128430 – :
How can a reputable fragrance website NOT list any of the basic notes ?
pussy_lover – :
Very similar to L’air du désert marocain, but lighter and more wearable I’d say.
It last longs, projects well.
Not my type of scent but it does smell pleasant and mature.
7/10
eve232Diobtetty – :
I can see why other people like this, but I prefer L’air du Desert Marocain. ACdD is more feminine and floral in a way, it’s true. It still has the sultry smoky vibe. It performs just as well. But there’s something about the floral that simply doesn’t suit me.
Definitely try this alongside LdDM though, because other people feel the exact opposite.
Edit: September. Wow does this bloom in cold weather! One spray fills the room with a sweet-smoky floral that I haven’t smelled anywhere else. There’s a tiny bit of cinnamon in there. Some incense too? Something that reminds me of Incense Flash anyways. Mmmn. The dry down one hour later is the powdery incense floral that I got before.
Pauli48Lip – :
This was at the top of my “to try” list for the longest time. I finally broke down and ordered from the Tauer site. After all the great reviews, I was surprised by how little difference there is between this and the original LADM. There are loads of reformulations out there that are more different to the originals than this one is. Honestly, if I didn’t know it was a new fragrance I would have just assumed it was LADM smelling a bit strange because of the weather.
But since I knew it was a different fragrance and was trying to pinpoint the change, this is what I got.
I would say this version has less of the uncompromising austerity of the original. It’s a bit rounder, maybe more rose-y, definitely less dry. Myself, a passionate lover of dry fragrances, I prefer the original.
If you love the original, it’s not necessary to try this one. Enjoy what you already have!
Aerohoplenerijui – :
★★★★★
L’Air Du Desert Marocain is the first I tried and immediately rolled my eyes up and inhaled the whole experience. It was an instant love. Au Coeur Du Desert might be very similar but it has a completely different character.
Au Coeur Du Desert is deeper, denser, less playful & definitely signature worthy. It’s a refined & elegant blend that persists on skin for the whole day (on clothes for days). It’s also present but never offensive in terms of projection, which makes it perfect to adjust with the number of sprays for any occasion.
I love it so much that I am planning to use it alongside my current signature, which is Hermes Rocabar (another masterpiece)
I won’t play the note guessing game here, this to me smells like an air full of dusty burnt wood and resins. A warm sweetness covered with a soft but dark woody blanket thats sprinkled with golden sand. An aroma that transports you into a mysterious region that is familiar yet unknown. It’s not just about the desert, let it get more personal than that, because the craftsmanship behind it has that kind of power.
Art is when your creation can trigger unique personal imagery to any individual, art is rare in today’s perfumery.
That being said, I’m not saying that this is superior to LADDM, but it has a different character with a similar blend and this character suits my personality best.
With releases like this I feel like there is still hope…
Reeppoess – :
A more summery version of “L’air du desert marocain”, probably with more accentuated citrus notes. Same great longevity, same beautiful fragrance, but does not add anything original.
gtl937Unlogrere – :
Great scent.Almost identical to L’air Du Desert Marocain.
In case you own this , my opinion is you should not buy L’air du Desert Marocain or vice versa.
лобан 13 – :
I absolutely love this! It’s the LADDM that I never even dared to dream of. Everything I love about the original, made more intense. If you like that astringent, dry, woodiness of the original, that is mostly what this fragrance contains. Truly the heart, for it seems to lack the citrus and even the spices of the original, and the ambered drydown is not as pronounced. Contrary to some other folks, I get more sweetness from the original version, which gets noticeably sweeter on me as it dries down. I don’t get sweetness nor much amber here. This version is all about woods.
It projects very well for many hours. Fairly beastly I’d say. I love all the Tauer fragrances I own, but this one immediately became my favorite.
I guess you probably don’t need both versions…unless you’re a die-hard LADDM fan…and, well, many of us are.
Awesome stuff, Andy. Thank you!
Madeline_fromAC – :
Blind bought from eBay with the L’Air du Desert Marocain. A worthy purchase on both!
pfm052speagoessenda – :
Update: Surprisingly I found “Ambe Absolutely br Fort an Manle” very similar to ACDD.
Demolition – :
So I bought a decant of this fragrance, and I must say it’s like the name rings.
You feel like the warmth and mystery of a desert. It’s an inbetween of ‘dark’ and ‘light’, you got a gloomy feeling wandering around as the typical Middle Eastern Jesus.
Yea let’s call it that, Jesus’ perfume.
First it overwhelms you passionately as a Tauerus, some people might pass away by its passion.
After 10-15 minutes it kinda settles and the well I don’t know the notes, but there’s still a faint whiff of a oozy smell around it.
Its second settlement is more of a innocent one, and then most people will like it: you will have a chocolate-ish vibe on your wrist (if you sprayed it there) and there’s where all magic begins.
8,5/10
denius – :
Update:-after wearing some more time I came to conclude that the inkish note with combination of some spices is one which is responsible for its mysterious take off. It is real head turner on behalf of its uniqueness and pushes the other into deep respect for you.
hhhhddddsss – :
I don’t think it is a fragrance as a whole, it is part fragrance and part wormhole. As a fragrance part, it has smooth, refined and serious character, well blended which renders dryness and bit alien feel. If the fragrances had the colors, it would have really blue color as of its bottle. And the feel of this blue color is actually responsible to construct the wormhole which immediately transports me many hundred year back to the Bazaar of old Baghdad, where the business of herbal medicine, spices and natural food is at its peak. I also met Ali baba Umro Ayar and sinbaad and then whiffed their bags full of mysterious stuff through this wormhole. really the wormhole part is so mesmerizing just to die for. For me it is 8/10 overall and 10/10 for its uniqueness.
zaurzaika – :
Magnificent? Yes. Necessary? Maybe. Au Coeur du Desert plays like a reunion between an artist and his magnum opus. I can imagine it was really fun for Andy Tauer to go back and revisit the scent that put him on the map many years ago. Nevertheless, it never feels like a cash grab or attempt to make a more user friendly L’Air Du Desert Marocain. It’s as genuine as you’d expect from a guy who includes hand written notes with his bottles. This time around the petitgrain citrus smell is much bigger in the opening, therefore Au Coeur is brighter, almost to the point of being juicy. The heady, sweat like cumin in the original has been tamed, and I’m finding more florals and more vanilla. Basically LADDM with a few tweaks. Beige sand dunes replace the dark brown ones but it’s still the gorgeous breath of Shai Hulud that blew so many people away. I was one of those who loved LADDM but found it so otherworldly and hard to wear. This one however, I could see myself spending a few nights with.
Bionnoninicky – :
Absolutely stunning, this is good stuff.
аленка_солнечная – :
if you like Interlude, you are gonna love this one 10/10
t6666 – :
Earthy like the desert, unique more than anything I have smelled in this category. Nice longevity and projection. More of a casual fragrance. Well done and I like metal box and the personal message from the perfumer, Andy Tauer.
dopelniva – :
The first thing I noticed when smelling Au coeur du desert is the clashing top notes. I mean this in a good way, because it is actually quite pleasant and interesting. It gives me the impression of a rough texture with sharp edges.
I got reminded of l’air du desert Marocain (also from Tauer) and Al Andalus by Moresque.
The sharp edges dissapear after having applied this on skin and ACDD immediately becomes soft and powdery. a little bit feminin, even. The amber predominates, accompanied by pepper and myrrh. I got a bit reminded of Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum (the first one, which also contains a lot of myrrh).
The downside is that I sometimes get a whiff of a chemical supporting note, something in the basenotes that doesn’t smell great. It’s not very noticeable, though.
Overall a very nice fragrance.
8/10
FLAER – :
Keeping in stead with Tauervilles Stories elsewhere, the most recognizable note here, after two hours or so, is rose. It reminds me of a woman’s perfume, Chloe. Le Maroc pour Elle includes rose and though L’Air du Desert Marocain does not, this reiteration shows that at the heart of this fragrance is a rose whose skin-like texture is particularly present and well developed. It’s how Chloe worn by someone else lingered in my mind. I agree with others that this is a more wearable scent than LDDM. The intimacy that this scent carries is challenging.
Tratlycrill – :
Well , I’ll start by copying a pyramid I saw online due to the official brand doesn´t declare any .
Citrus , Jasmine , Spices .
Geranium , Leather .
Patchouli , Ambergris , Vetiver , Cedar , Labdanum , Vanilla , Oakmoss .
To be honest , speak about price tag is always polemic . There are people who consider this rude and envious , anothers believe that any good can and should be judged independently of its acquisition cost. I understand the latters but the truth is that it´s difficult not to include the price in the equation of something when we are evaluating it. Obviously, it sounds strongly to try to make the golden eggs´s hen which LADDM is profitable , in an era where any brand without history charge similar prices . It´s difficult for me justify prices like this for a simple smell , even more in the industrial production and IFRA context .
All this negativism is probably influenced because really, it’s not my favourit perfume style .
I have to say that it has a marvelous performance , outdoor I didn´t feel it too much ( I only had 2 sprays ) but when I returned home I started to feel it very strong . It passes from 12 hours easily .
The scent seems to me the typical classified as masculine traditionally , more than its predecessor and thus they commented to me, like masculine fragrance .
Andy himself says that he toned down the spices in this creation and it´s true , I don´t notice at all so much coriander that bothered me before. The notes I perceive rather as a set , mixed together , I don´t highlight anything especially ; at the beginning it’s fresher , then it goes through a stage where it reminds me a lot of classic perfumes like Bogart , Esencia De Loewe … Please , before anyone gets excited , I’m not saying they are clones but they share that mature , green , mossy , leathery , patchouli tone . Probably yes , this lasts longer , doesn´t have aggressive edges , is more balsamic etc but for me it goes in the direction that I commented for many hours .
The final drywdown moves away from the previously-mentioned perfumes , I suppose due to the appearance of the touch of ambergris, labdanum … Here I feel it less green and more balsamic .
It´s doesn´t made in a old-fashioned way , the ingredients are from nowadays and with the same feeling that other niches transmit … with the reminiscence I mean rather the inspiration .
And nothing more to say hehe , those who fall in love with the odour , obviously will buy it if you can afford or if you´re able to find cheaper by other places , but , for me it´s totally unjustifiable .
svabis – :
The initial hit is a bit wow what was that.
After settling down, this is like bathing in Incense lit sunlight.
Andy
A request , could you do an Incense laced with licorice.
Fragristers: Any pointers to fragrances with these notes ?
With thanks.
George
pgj523Negeltzex – :
I’ve never been to a desert, but people say that the sand on Fuerteventura blows all the way from Sahara. And this is it, wet (red) sand and a sky full of stars and you sit down and drink a zesty and sweet-spizy Tea.
Well, this fragrance moves me, and thats rare.
Smell 9/10 (it’s unique)
Long. 6/10 (5h then skin to 10h)
Sillage 7/10 (within arms reach)
sauce – :
Very similar to LDDM which I am already in love with. I bought this as a replacement to LDDM instead of buying a second bottle of it. If you have one, you don’t really need the other is what I’m trying to say. Although ACDD is a softer more refined version of the original. Almost as though Tauer took a slight edge off of LDDM. This one is a hint sweeter as well. Love them both.
egd272speagoessenda – :
Andy Tauer rose to prominence within niche perfumery on the back of his masterful L’Air du Desert Marocain, so it’s little surprise he’s chosen to revisit his greatest hit a decade later. Like a band playing their most acclaimed album in its entirety, Au Coeur du Desert is both instantly familiar and subtly different to the original rendition.
I find Au Coeur sweeter, drier, woodier and smokier than LDDM. I detect a hint of the smoked leather of Lonestar Memories or Lonesome Rider, with a decent hit of incense, cedar and dry spice. It’s brighter and more legible than LDDM, and also easier to wear; LDDM is more ragged around the edges, as well as more unabashedly animalic, with its sweaty coriander note.
Overall, Au Coeur isn’t so much an improvement on LDDM as it is a tweaking of the original formula to highlight different facets. Ultimately, both are phenomenal scents, and whichever you prefer comes down to personal choice. I can see the appeal of Au Coeur’s more straightforward smokey incense accord, but personally I’m more draw to the raw, rough-hewn richness of LDDM. Or better yet, why not layer the two?
Xeroxehosm – :
Smokier, deeper, darker than LDDM, and with a remarkable leather twist.
I’m bewitched.
Endless longevity.
Longman – :
This stuff is fantastic! Great use of woods and spices. I do get some nice citruses blended into the spice, definitely not a citrus in any way.
I love Andy as a person and a perfumer. This guy is so laid back and down to earth. He appreciates nature and blends it into master pieces that will forever be at the top of the fragrance world. His creations are always remarkable.
Shady31 – :
LDDM 2.0 It’s a better composition, smoother and more coherent (not to say LDDM isn’t amazing). Dry Tauerade(tm), a little tart, but also sweet. Powerful, but soft and gentle like most Tauers. Everything he makes gives this feeling of joy and comfort I love it
Yellow – :
Questo e’ colui che spostava il vento secco nel deserto marocchino…
Apertura bomba arrabbiata di agrumi con coriandolo e lavanda in prima linea.
Sentori di pelle spessa come imbevuta nel lucido da scarpe.
da bruciare le narici.
tra un’ora dovrei uscire per un appuntamento.
Chiamo e dico che ritardo…
Finalmente si alza un po di aria dal deserto…
posso uscire.
Sorry Andy…
DrakuJIas – :
My first Tauer sample, and this beauty has totally captivated me…for hours. Now I want to reapply and experience it all again…truly addictive. It will be my next full bottle purchase. A masterpiece!
Светланка – :
The master strikes again. This is a bit like LDDM with more smoke/incense and leather. In the top, it reminded me of LDDM and Lonesome Rider Mixed together. Lasting, deep, delicious.
igor.litvinov – :
Absolutely beautiful! Styrax, incense and animalic ambergris notes lasting all day on my skin. The more I wear it, the more in love. Masterpiece!
mr_1992 – :
a wonderful scent with heavy duty performance, original and tridimensional, another special outing from this incredible Artist!
DrWizardZ – :
Clay. Red clay – this is how I would describe this scent if I have to describe it by the image (or memory?) it evokes.
It is indeed 90% similar to Desert Marocain, which I love despite of it occasionally giving whiffs of weird (urine-like to my nose) scent.
Au Coeur du Désert doesn’t have even hint of it, and is little less sweet, making it, in my opinion, better option for men. It definitely now is my favorite in Tauer line, and probably makes it in my top 10.
It is very safe buy. I can hardly imagine anyone disliking it. Definitely full bottle worthy too. As soon as I’m done with my 3rd tester vial, I’m buying full bottle. And the only reason I haven’t bought full bottle yet is because I need to test if I would be allergic to some if its ingredients (I had to give away 4 of 5 my fave Serge Lutens perfumes because of bad allergies they gave me).
I also think it is very versatile scent, that could be used all year long and on different occasions and various type of outfits.
Scent 10/10
Originality 9/10
Longevity 9/10
Projection 8/10
Sillage 8/10
Versatility 9/10
Bang for $ 8/10
nzj593JeomiWogkig – :
The common “desert” name of course suggests that Tauer Au Coeur du Desert is similar to L’Air du Desert Marocain, and it’s largely a safe bet that if you like one, you’d like the other, and vice versa.
I find ACDD a bit drier, a bit stronger (which makes sense, due to the increased concentration), and less sweet and a bit less inviting. Artistic and challenging, but less wearable, ACDD involves the same dry amber accord that dominates LDDM but applies more spices and woods, just not the exact same coriander accord that factors in so strongly into LDDM.
Performance seems fine–equal to if not better than LDDM–so it should definitely be tried by fans of LDDM, and most would benefit from trying it out if they could anyway as it’s an interesting composition even though, like LDDM, it’s not quite for me.
6 out of 10
GVV-81 – :
I like what Andy Tauer did with this one. The opening is definitely a bit different than L’ Air du Desert Marocain… I get a real nice dose of citrus in the opening – perhaps this is the more fruity-orange end of the spectrum with what petitgrain can smell like. I like that natural, earthy citrus smell mixed with the familiar top notes of LADDM.
After the top notes recede a bit, that’s where this scent becomes really interesting to my nose. Normally the terms “softening the edges” are like nails on a chalkboard to me when it comes to perfumery. Usually it means the scent is being dumbed down for mainstream consumption (hi Sycomore EDP!). But this is Tauer we’re talking about! You still get the magic of LADDM, but the amber, florals, and coriander are refined a bit more so I could see myself wearing a small spray of this in the office and feeling great about. This could never happen with my truest love of the Tauer line – Lonestar Memories… a scent to be appreciated by the wearer and the wearer only, in my honest opinion.
Once the base notes start to appear, my true appreciation for this scent kicks into full gear. The amber is just perfect. I honestly don’t know that i’ve smelled a better amber, although it is not typically a scent category I seek out often.
Two big thumbs up for this release. Fans of LADDM should try it with an open mind, but those of you who found LADDM to be more of an artistic expression and not wearable, please try this!
vovan351 – :
Hmmm. I was really hoping to love this and it’s older brother LDDM. But it’s turned out to be a respectable like and a pass on a purchase for me for both. I think it’s precisely the honied flower notes that I think I don’t like enough. The compositions are, no doubt, beautiful, they just don’t jibe with my aesthetic personality.
This is by definition a unisex phenomenon. Which seems to be en vogue culturally in the west. With some niche houses going completely unisex, abiding, gender fluidity notions which are to me, patently ridiculous. Or fine if that’s what you want, but this notion, that high art of perfume is better conceived of as genderless, I don’t agree with.
I understand that elemental naturally smelling scents are essentially genderless in concept. But still….strong honied flowers, is not something I want to slather myself in. It doesn’t amalgamate anything naturally expressive within myself, smelling like that.
I mean, call me a meathead, but I love a rich, masculine scent which doesn’t trifle with flowers or powdery sweetness.
If Dahab by min new york wasn’t so overpriced, I’d say it’s the perfect rendition of a desert-with-eastern-spices, smell that is solidly masculine and oceanic to boot. But they’re snobbishly priced. And I give it to Andy Tauer for making beautiful creations at a reasonable enough price.
So I remain, a fan of his work, but will not be purchasing these.
SergGun – :
I received a sample of this in the mail from Switzerland. It’s wayyy better than LADDM to my nose. I will be ordering a full bottle and adding to my collection for my winter evenings! It’s definitely ambery and sweet with some spices. 10/10 and I’m not a huge fan his fragrances but this one works VERY well! I’m also a fan of Orange Star.
hiphoperMan – :
The scent is mysterious. I think that the top of lavender is weaker than LDDM.It is similar to LDDM, but scents more creamy. it is slightly sweet and bright like flowers or honey. It is probably not the scent to choose the season. And it fits quietly in my life.
Deriswerh – :
I like this. To me it is a little brother to L’air du Desert. I get the Amber and or Ambergris with the Patchouli along with some woody probably cedar notes. This is airy and thin in comparison to L’air du Desert. When I first put this on it faintly reminded me of Loretta. Maybe it is the way Andy handles the Patch but most of his fragrances do have a certain sameness. If someone gives me a bottle of this I will certainly enjoy and wear but I prefer the L’air du Desert.
pantiuha44 – :
The amber drydown is rich and surreal.
антон – :
Haha. When Ona-K said “complex without being carnal, heavy, barnyard, sexual, or vulgar.” I thought crap…I was hoping it would be more carnal, heavy, animalic, sexual, and vulgar. I love the Air of the Moroccan Desert. But I was thinking if this one was less sweet, more, austere and dry….then i would love this one more.
Any others have comparative thoughts?
farcide – :
10/10
yukki971 – :
A spicy scent that is complex without being carnal, heavy, barnyard, sexual, or vulgar. Spices to the fore, woody notes in the back. Lacks in musk, lacks in leather–for a fragrance of its type, it is fairly top-heavy (yet without being floral, fruity, acrid, or TOO sharp), which makes it really stand out. It smells like a good oriental for day; like a spice market at sunriise, before anything has become pungent or begun to decay or get too ripe.
It’s a great harmony, not a one-note fragrance at all. It lacks animalic or skin qualitites that would make it a signature for me, and I feel like there are many similar fragrances on the market and that is is capitalizating on the trendiness of oud-type scents right now. It is unisex, and could even work well as a room or linen fragrance, if you are into oriental and spicy notes. It isn’t likely to make anybody retch or vomit, yet some might think it a trifle daring if, say, you scented your entire home with it and gave guests no warning (they would be lame guests for thinking so, however).
It isn’t memorable enough to want in my budding fragrance library, but I won’t toss the sampler bottle, either: if in years to come it is still around and I have not found fragrances of its type that surprass it in uniqueness or in being a plastonic ideal of their own true essence, then I might return to this.
The more I think about it, the more I think the idea of it as a room fragrance is on the head. I recall when I asked for it to be made up as a sample I had the same thought (I had since forgotten), and the Tigerlily boutique proprietress told me that one of her clients mists it on all her lampshades, and another on her couch cushions: I was the third person to immediately think of it thus.
Gesha-72 – :
(This review edited since original to reflect further testing.)
Got this in a Discovery Set direct from Andy Tauer. Took less than a week to come from Switzerland to my place on the East Coast of the U.S. It is astounding to me that Andy still personally signs a card that he includes with each shipment — even just for an inexpensive sample set!
This fragrance is quite similar to L’Air du Desert Marocain (LADDM), but with differences that I would summarize as follows:
LADDM = dusty spices + dry woods (mainly cedar) + sweet amber. The spice is most prominent in the opening, cedar in the heart and amber in the dry-down. For most of the life of the fragrance you get wood + amber with a slight residue of spices. Projects pretty well and lasts all day.
ACDD = LADDM minus the spices, with more petit grain up top. The spices are still detectable but way in the background. Instead, the petit grain is more prominent in the opening of ACDD. It remains prominent for about 30-45 minutes and gives way after about an hour to a woods-and-amber dry-down that is essentially indistinguishable from LADDM.
So compared to LADDM, with ACDD you get slightly better longevity, with a similar but more immediately accessible dry-down, and you get a subtler, cooler petit grain opening instead of LADDM’s warmer and more in-your-face spices. I think I still like LADDM better, but others may well prefer ACDD.
bocman005 – :
It’s actually kinda sweet and wearable (I don’t remember L’Air being sweet at all); I like this one better 🙂
ты кто – :
This is an extrait, I believe, and not sure LDDM is, so could explain the added strength.
kahraman1 – :
The idea of exotic expanse is captured lucidly in L’Air du Désert Marocain, and this desert narrative was demonstrated as perfect still life. Au Coeur du Désert zooms in on the very same picture, so you miss the expanse but a more intense and more intimate picture is received.
The fuzzy, ambery coriander seed hum at its edges are lost. Things are clearer and more defined, and the focus on the heart allows for more apparent modifications that would be lost in the expansive L’Air. The heart that is the scent in Au Coeur du Désert gives a drier, significantly austere perspective to the desert narrative, with firmer, persistent brushstrokes with greater detail up close. Thus, a denser, richer, and a tighter weave of fabric of the exotic carpet.
The most obvious difference: A light and slightly sour citrus note at the top liberates and gives momentum, advancing towards a slick of patchouli with wonderful leathery bounce and a seasoning of vetiver, with the Texan cedar note pulled deeper, still offering coolness to contrast the oriental warmth. The patchouli is elevated in this extract, moving into the pleasantly funky range of burning, woods, and rubber. This is mimicked with oakmoss, and cradled with vanilla. Au Coeur du Désert is a scent of slow burn, patiently intense and immediately familiar, but an equally new and metamorphosed scent able to sit amongst L’Air du Désert Marocain yet also move away from it. The flourishes are removed, and the body remains with a more serious gravity, far less fairytale and easily categorised into patchouli-leather (See: Patchouli 24 by Le Labo) with all of the spiced oriental components one would expect from such a pairing.
It’s the same Maghreb desert we all fell in love with, we can still close our eyes and find comfort in its incense-amber wash, but this time we’re closer to earth.
brenceorierve – :
This fragrance IS aptly named. Somehow the heart of LDDM has actually been captured and transferred into its own bottle. I LOVE LDDM and assumed I would feel the same about Au Coeur…I don’t. It is strong, dry and aggressive. It it the opening of LDDM…on crack! It never settles. It is a big, loud, roaring ball of LDDM that never relaxes, unwinds, or settles to meld with your skin. My sprayer of LDDM (after owning it for about 8 months) smells like this. Quite strong. Maybe this works better on a man. I am a pale, dry skinned woman and it is NOT for me. I’m not sure WHY A. Tauer decided to go this route. I’m not sure the HEART of LDDM IS its best part. I would have preferred he focus on the dry-down, if wanting to capture something from LDDM. I bought a 2ml sample for $12…glad I didn’t blind buy as I had initially planned.