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sosed – :
One of the Top 5 patchouli fragrances I’ve explored so far. I want this one pretty badly, and I have a good feeling I’m going to end up with it before the year is over!
maaigrok – :
I had a friend in high school who would have been able to rock wearing this. Patchouli and booze both loved her.
As for me, it’s something I enjoy smelling even if I don’t feel at home in it. The sillage honestly smells like an old fashioned, one of my favourite drinks. Sweet, citrusy, boozy, a hint of wood like the whiskey’s cask, a hint of something sweet like a cherry.
Up close, the scent is more complex. It goes from woody to green to spicy to ambery with no pattern that I can find. That makes this one of the few scents that I can wear all day without getting bored.
I will say that I feel self conscious wearing this before 5pm, because I’m sure I smell like I’ve been drinking. This would be fantastic at a bar, though. Down to earth but classy, just like the drink.
P. S. I cannot wait to see how this ages.
KRASAVCHIK19 – :
I admit that Patch Flash is not an entry I expected to enjoy much. While I regularly enjoy patchouli as a heart and base note, as a component of a larger collection, I generally do not gravitate toward patchouli when wielded in dominating fashion by a perfumer. So in Patch Flash, as of now the latest entry in Andy Tauer’s more affordable Tauerville series, there is a mix of elements that renders the fragrance quite agreeable.
It’s some amalgam of fresh, green, spicy, woody, and even leather/animalic. As with the entire Tauerville series, a note breakdown is not provided so I can only speculate but it’s a pleasant expression of patchouli that is dense but not too dense nor too focused on patchouli.
Performance is solid and the price point is reasonable, $63 for 30ml EDP. Patch Flash leans slightly masculine but is still quite unisex. Worth a try for anyone. I can’t imagine most would dislike it but clearly the feedback is a bit mixed overall.
7 out of 10
viktor-vnov – :
straight up dry herbal patchouli and smoke with a bit of powder in the top; not a hippie/sweet vibe; dries down with an amber and dry leather in the middle that is creamy with the benzoin present and soapy in the base with an almost fruity waft
dopelniva – :
Patchouli is one of my very favorite notes. The opening of Patch Flash settles down within 15-20 minutes to a cozy and earthy patchouli with a layer of delicious gingerbread (this must be the spices in the official notes) that makes Patch Flash very cozy and wearable in cold weather especially. Super comfortable fragrance.
sat_n27 – :
Andy, I love your work, and I own quite of bit of your perfumes, but this one isn’t working for me. I am getting dark amber with just a hint of patch. Not getting much complexity. Bummer. Might go and layer with Vanilla Flash!
s–d.ru – :
My purchase of a full-bottle fragrance from the online Tauer store was followed, a few days later, by the arrival of, amongst other vial samples, a perfumed card of the recently introduced Tauerville Patch Flash. Let me preface by saying that when making my purchase, I consciously did not opt for receiving any free samples.
Patch Flash is like liquid wood, maybe due to the patchouli oil that is used in the manufacture. The card is no longer in my possession and yet the scent lingers to the point where I still smell it, not can smell it, but actually smelled it. That such a small sample evokes such a persistent memory is probably not due to the molecules’ longevity and silage, but rather due to the instant recognition that this fragrance created. I am drawn, in other fragrances, to spices and also amber and leather and they are present here. And I’m much surprised by the initial boozy note which underlines an addictive quality. All this is energizing.
I don’t know if I should say thank you for this unsolicited sample: I am seriously considering making an additional purchase, and I am not much of a patchouli fan. It’s that good.
tral – :
I have a confession to make: Once upon a time when I had a profile on OKCupid, I answered a question that read “Would you rather be normal or weird?” I’ll take “Weird” for 500 Alex!!! I don’t care if you’re black, white, spotted or dotted. If iconoclastic is your shtick, then you should enter the Patch Flash portal. Woo Doggie!!! This got some of that white lightning up in here!!! This is W-H-I-S-K-E-Y for sure!! Don’t get me wrong! This is earthy but it’s not HO HO HO Green Giant earthy(if you can catch my drift). Actually, i’d argue that the patchouli is embrowned towards the gourmand side of things…I said towards the gourmand side of things. I didn’t say this was a gourmand. 8hrs later and the warm spices are still talking to my skin. Honestly, I think Andy’s fanbase is annoying. With that being said, I’m a hypocrite of the highest order: I own 4 Tauer fragrances. Like they say in the dating milieu, “You can’t help who you like” but in this case, I can’t help WHAT I like. I use to think love was meant for two people feeling sorry for each other. Who’d ever knew one could love fragrances the same way we love humans. TWO THUMBS WAY UP!!
collen1 – :
Patch Flash opens with that ancient medicinal vibe that patchouli can have but in that special Andy Tauer way as if it were a cool mist in the early morning light. When it settles in it packs a powerful patchouli, it is neither the dank hippie sweat patch nor is it the fuzzy barbershop patch (thank goodness as so many patch centered fragrances do that on me!) – it the “pure essence” of patchouli – the green earthy/woody patchouli and just when most other patchouli fragrances would start to go dank – with Patch Flash this delightful leather note comes in to keep it dry and structured yet deep and woody. The leather note is accompanied by these peppery notes but to my nose this smells a bit smokey sitting next to the leather, the benzoin is humming in the background not really noticeable yet as a single note but rounding out the other notes. After about six or seven hours the benzoin and the patchouli combine and take the fragrance into a creamy green skin scent that is truly delicious. This is a modern patchouli but it has aspects that remind one of the grand perfumes of the past. Amazing sillage and very long lasting. I guess you can tell that I am planning on purchasing a full bottle. I LOVE this line – every single one of these Tauerville Flash fragrances resonates with me.