WHAT I SMELL: Noontide Petals opens with seriously bright aldehydes and almost Pixy Stix like candied sweetened bergamot. Finally, that bright opening which feels to me like temporary blindness when the sun is caught in your car’s rear view mirror, gives way to a creamy florals with ylang-ylang in the forefront. After about 10 minutes or so, the various notes start to blend seamlessly with a warm sandalwood which deepens the fragrance into an all-encompassing well. Added to the warm blend is a slight powder which give this an old-fashioned and classic feel. In the end, Noontide Petals resides in this nice, even, warm and slightly powdered patchouli deliciousness.
From the Tauer Perfumes website:
Head Notes: A glittering opening: Bergamot, sparkling aldehydes softened by Bourbon geranium.
Heart Notes: A seductive chord of bright petals: Finest rose, ylang, tuberose, jasmine.
Body Notes: A supple and sensuous gleam: Patchouli, frankincense, vanilla, sandalwood, iris, with a hint of styrax and vetiver.
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: 1962
THREE ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE NOONTIDE PETALS: nostalgic, warm, classic
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT NOONTIDE PETALS: I Scent You a Day, Chemist in a Bottle, I Smell Therefore I Am
BOTTOM LINE: I was worried that I would never find an Andy Tauer fragrance that I liked. What I have sampled thus far has been challenging at best. Noontide Petals breaks that mold and I could seriously see myself with a full bottle in the future. Thanks Andy!
- Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 possible bones
- Scent: Floral Aldehyde
- Nose: Andy Tauer
- Classification: Unisex – but leans feminine
- Expense: $120 for 50ml EdT
The Scented Hound 
July 28, 2013 at 12:01 pm
I have a sample of this that is slated for review later in the week, and I must admit, I haven’t been looking forward to it given my issues with aldehydes. Your review somewhat reassures me (10 minutes), and somewhat adds to my trepidation as well. Hm. It will be interesting, that is for sure. But I’m glad you finally found a Tauer that works for you, Mr. Hound! 🙂
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July 28, 2013 at 5:23 pm
Dear K – I can’t wait to see what you think of this. My best guess is that you aren’t going to care for it at all. The aldehydes will blind you and it will be hard for you to come back from them!! Good Luck!
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July 28, 2013 at 6:56 pm
*gulp*
I am officially now terrified. 😉
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July 30, 2013 at 6:37 am
Actually, part of me wants it to go south on you because I love to read your scathing reviews!!!
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July 28, 2013 at 12:12 pm
It doesn’t sound like it is for me, but I’m glad to hear you found a Tauer you like!
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July 28, 2013 at 5:24 pm
Thanks my dear… I was pleasantly surprised for sure!
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July 28, 2013 at 12:30 pm
So wonderful you found a Tauer for you and that it’s Noontide Petals. It’s a great fragrance.
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July 28, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Me too Lucas!
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July 28, 2013 at 2:27 pm
I like a lot of the Tauer’s I have tried. Andy knows how to make perfumes that last. This doesn’t appear to be something I’d love but I’ve said that before about things and been wrong.
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July 28, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Poodle, I find that I am wrong so many times that I can’t count on anything. Well at least that means that I always am pleasantly (or miserably) surprised!
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July 28, 2013 at 2:29 pm
1962! Okay I am in. A wonderful year for fashion, before the Mod look came in and we all got sloppy…the last of the elegant years. I have to try this one!
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July 28, 2013 at 5:29 pm
I love the early 60s fashion. So neat with clean lines. I am a child of the 70s and for a chubby kid, clinging knits with stripes was not a good look! This was meant for you Lanier for sure!
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July 28, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Fab review Steve 😀
I bought my mum a full bottle of this recently as out of a huge sample batch she adored this the most.
You describe it perfectly! Glad you’ve found a Tauer you loved 😛 Would still love to read your thoughts on Miriam – even if it wasn’t so positive…
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July 28, 2013 at 5:22 pm
I adored Noontide Petals. The review took me ages because I found it hard to break down into notes and it was completely new. There was little I could compare it to (I smelled Miriam a few weeks later and found them similar). It’s the lovely chalky Bergamot that I love so much, plus the slightly prickly drydown with the Ambergris. It’s so different and new!
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July 28, 2013 at 5:55 pm
You’re right my dear. Very vintage in its feel, but with a slightly modern twist in the way that you can tell that it uses synthetics to create that old time presence.
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July 28, 2013 at 5:54 pm
Dearest Hound
Not sharing other’s issues with aldehydes – I really rather love them truth be told – I suspect I’d like the opening of this best, but might possibly lose interest if the sandalwood became to creamy custard…
The bone rating and how splendid some of Tauer’s scents have been lead me to try it though.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
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July 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Dearest Dandy – I have no problems with aldehydes as well, but this is a big ole dose if there ever was one. The sandalwood does not take over and is not for instance Guerlain’s Samsara. In Noontide Petals t’s there and just enough to make it warm and comforting.
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July 28, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Dearest Hound
I must confess I rather like a large dose… Liu, Nocturnes, Chanel 5, l’Aimant they are all close to my heart.
So if the sandalwood is as restrained as it is in some of those then this maybe one for me.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
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July 30, 2013 at 6:34 am
🙂
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July 28, 2013 at 6:02 pm
I guessed right…4 out of 5 bones. This was one of my unsniffed decant purchases lemminged from Lucas’ review earlier this year. It sounds very appealing…aldehydes and all. I have to go hunt down the decant and give it some skin time.
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July 30, 2013 at 6:34 am
I just managed to snag a used bottle on eBay.. yea!!!
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July 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
I guess this makes this a super lemming now?
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July 29, 2013 at 7:08 pm
I didn’t try Noontide Petals on skin but from the blotter it smelled almost exactly like Carillon pour un ange that isn’t my thing at all. I might eventually try it but since my skin doesn’t possess any magical powers I doubt it’ll change anything. But I’m glad you found a perfume that you like.
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July 30, 2013 at 6:40 am
LOL… now you make me want to have “magical power” skin!!!
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July 31, 2013 at 4:53 pm
I’ve heard that Birgit has it 😉
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August 1, 2013 at 6:24 am
🙂
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January 6, 2014 at 10:18 am
I too found this (to date) to be the only Tauer I wholeheartedly love. Interestingly, a friend recently donated a little sample of Clinique’s rare old aldehydic offering – Wrappings. I was utterly enraptured by it. Alike Noontide Petals it had a ‘nose fizz’ aldehyde at the opening spritz that was something like a pleasurable ice cream headache. The scent itself was truly chilly too. Chilly chilly woods. Delightful and slightly snooty stuff.
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January 7, 2014 at 5:23 am
I love your twist of words my dear!
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