Tauer perfumes Heraud Elixir

Heraud Parfum Elixir by Tauer Perfumes is a unisex Chocolate fragrance launched in 2024. The nose behind this fragrance is Andy Tauer.

Notes of Bourbon bergamot oil, bitter cocoa, fruits, dried dates, milky cocoa, clean white florals. Dry timber, cedarwood, planifolia vanilla, clean powdery musk, ambergris.

One of the central pillars in the perfume formula is the double distilled extract of COCOA beans from the Ivory coast. Very hard to get, not available every year, produced in smaller batches: HERAUD might not be available all the time. This is the sacrifice we have to pay for quality. This extraordinary cocoa bean absolute is overdosed in the perfume formula and radiates lovely throughout the entire perfume. I crafted a perfume that is not merely a chocolate scent; it is a rich, balanced blend of sweet and bitter, featuring dried sweet dates, bitter-sweet floral delicacies, wonderfully spicy dry woods, and a musky amber base.

REVIEWS

Fragrantica - Sweetness of dates, bergamot and white florals give this a little bit of a bubblegum scent at the beginning. The date note is very noticeable throughout for me, combined with milk chocolate/cocoa powder which somehow seems creamy and dry at the same time. Cocoa is prominent but more subtle than in for example feve gourmande. The cocoa is not the first thing you smell in this, but the note that stays in your mind, if that makes sense. Great gourmand leaning scent, it's subtle enough (not too gourmand) to be distinctly a Tauer, but very sweet compared to his other fragrances.

Fragrantica - WOW, I'm so glad I got this! It smells like chocolate all the way down. Not in a sweet, cloying way. I am easily overwhelmed by sweet scents, but this is more of a dry chocolate with a hint of sweetness. Initially it opens like a burst of sweet cocoa, then it dries down to a more cedar vanilla base. The dry down is a bit similar to Atelier Vanilla Incensee. Not that it smells the same but it has the same dry vanilla sense to it. I think this stands out from other perfumes that Tauer has done, so even if you don't usually like his style I would give it a try. If you don't like the smell of chocolate though, I wouldn't go for it! Thank you so much Tauer! Another gem. 

Fragrantica - Bitter dusty chocolate and warm creamy milky/vanilla background: together they give a beautiful rendition of milk chocolate. The scent is mid to base heavy, no real high notes, this wears similar to the brand's other offerings with the  haracteristic dry Tauer ambergris accord but the extreme dryness is somewhat offset by the vanilla. Dries down to a more dusty cocoa with spicy woody notes. Very Gourmand, very unisex, wearable and not cloying.  Sticks out from the rest of Andy's creations, very different!