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And yes, this is day ten of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s winner is of 4 samples (additionally to the Rose chyprĂ©e is Mark  (mark42@tpg
). Your chance, Mark, to pump up your stock of le maroc pour elle. Congratulations and please send me your address at: perfumer(at)tauerperfumes.com. And please tell me what samples you would like to get.

And here is the official solution:Yes, it was le Maroc pour elle. Now, that was easy….

Today, we make it a touch more difficult.  I was on the Swiss radio DRS2 yesterday. A full feature on fragrances and a Swiss perfumer. DRS2 is about the best place to be on the radio: If you are familiar with Swiss German you may want to listen to my voice here.  It takes about 20 min and on Thursday follows the next session with me and Vero and then Vero alone. Not to be missed. (I am not the woman…..I come in about 5 min after the intro by Patricia Moreno)

Now here’s the question of today and you can win again 4 samples extra to the Rose chyprĂ©e if you are lucky: Guess how many “aehhm” you hear:

a) less then 10

b) between 10 and 100

c) more then 100

aehmm .. just give ma a aehm… a guess…aehm don’t worry too much!

And yes, this is day nine of our advent calendar and your chances for winning increase daily it seems. Yesterday’s winner is  Jeff  (jeffjoellennox
). Lucky you. You were a winner in an earlier contest once, right? Congratulations and please send me your address at: perfumer(at)tauerperfumes.com.
And here is the official apology:Yes, it was too difficult. It was Vero, my perfumery friend.

And then it was Sands and Robin of course. These were the artists.

The hint about the two sinful men was…well, too complicated it seems. I was with Vero in Munich in November 2007. Together we attended  Sands’ art exhibition. While in Munich we visited the SĂŒndhaft Perfume boutique: Sinful = sĂŒndhaft in German= the perfumery where I am present with my products in Munich, and the two sinful men are the owners, Jan and Tom.

Today, you can win four samples additionally to the “Une rose chyprĂ©e” sample. Just tell me which fragrance I launched first, as the first fragrance from my line, 4 years ago, when everything started, in a little shop in Zurich. Easy, right?

And yes, this is day eight by now of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s winner is   GAZ ( monotomy…). Congratulations and please send me your address at: perfumer(at)tauerperfumes.com. And of course, it is me back a few years ago and some kilograms less
…

Today we make it short: We had 5 guests yesterday, two sinful men, two artists with a love for orris, and a woman who makes fragrances that are out of this world… name them, please ;-)
And the winner, picked again tomorrow by a random number on random.org will get as many samples as he/she tells the right men and woman (those attending the dinner yesterday). You name’m, you get’em….

Of course, you may -if picked and lucky and the winner- tell me which samples you would like to get.

And yes, this is day seven by now of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s winner is Dea (donadea). Congratulations and please send me your address at: perfumer(at)tauerperfumes.com. You wonder what Mr. Schmutli wears… I made a few comments here where I announce today’s winner.

Today is Sunday. I will jog in the woods and in the rain. Later today we will have guests and then this exciting weekend comes to an end.

Next week will see me prepare more samples, assemble the sample discovery sets for the shop in Zurich and beyond….

Thus, today you can win a sample discovery set. If you have the right answer: To whom belongs the torso on RĂȘverie au jardin?…

a hint tip: It is not Schmutzli ;-)

And yes, this is day six by now of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s winner is Eve (evutte….). Congratulations and please send me your address at: perfumer(at)tauerperfumes.com.

Today is December 6 and here in Switzerland Santa Claus comes by. In Switzerland, he comes with Schmutzli and a donkey. Schutzli is responsible for the heavy stuff . Donkey for the cuteness.  Schmutzli is carrying the bag with the presents and the bag where the children end up who where not following their parent’s rules, and in 2008 some bankers maybe. Heavy work for Schmutzli these days…

Any guess what fragrance Schmutzli might wear? I know it and will tell you tomorrow. You find it out and, comment  here, and if you pick the right fragrance, of course from the Tauer line, you have a chance of winning a bottle of it. I will pick one happy winner tomorrow morning.

Thus, your guess?

And yes, this is day five by now of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s winner is Hotlanda Linda. (please send me your address at: perfumer(at)tauerperfumes.com)  I thank you all for your comments, a big thank you to all of you. I appreciate a lot.

Today , I am a Boudoir kind of a sales event. A first, an experiment, all day, and it is a tie versus notie question thing. I say: T-shirt, no tie.
And today …well guess what: we celebrate the next 4 star fragrance in the newest newsletter from Perfumes, the guide: Incense extrĂȘme.
Thus, today I pick one out of you who leaves a comment and send the winner a bottle of Incense extrĂȘme. It got four star by Luca Turin who said among other things…..“Incense ExtrĂȘme is less incense and less extrĂȘme than you’d think. ”

And if you leave a comment here, you might win the Incense extrĂȘme and judge for yourself


And yes, this is day four already of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s winner is Patricia Schneider. Congratulations!
And today we celebrate without any questions the newest newsletter and perfume critics from Perfumes: The guide.

You can download -if you want and are willing to pay 10 $ US- the latest additions to the guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez as pdf. I did, because I was curious. And I am not disappointed.
Thus, today I pick one out of you who leaves a comment and send the winner a bottle of Incense rosĂ©. It is a four star fragrance by Luca Turin, who said among other things “The combination of rose, cardamom, and mandarin is so warm, so welcoming, you feel as if you’ve just heard a piece of good news you cannot quite remember.” The guide extension features some 129 additions and you can download it here on perfumes: the guide.

And if you leave a comment here, you might win the Incense rosĂ©…

And we have reached day 3 of our advent calender. And yesterday’s winner was Lucy2.
I thank you all for your participation and apologize for not answering to all of your comments. Unfortunately, I am a busy man these days…. and here is the next question telling you indirectly why I am busy:

a) Andy Tauer is working in Berne 1 day a week, in a regular office job, not perfumery related
b) Andy Tauer is working in Berne 3 days a week, in a regular office job, not perfumery related

c) Andy Tauer is working in Berne 2 days a week, in a regular office job , not perfumery related

Today you can win 4 different samples of your choice, together with the “une rose chyprĂ©e” sample. Thank you all  so much!

First, a big thank you to all who participated yesterday. This is great!

So this is day two of the advent calendar. And after yesterday’s frenetic and many comments, I come up with a little question.

Your comment counts under all circumstances. And -if picked randomly of course!- you will win a sample of the “une rose chyprĂ©e”. But if you answer the question correctly… then you can win additionally a sample discovery set. Again: One winner takes it all…
Thus, here is the question: L’air du dĂ©sert has a little bit of a flower line in its heart. Is it built around:

a) Jasmine absolute from Egypt? or
b) Lavender absolute from Bulgaria? or
c) Mimosa absolute from India?

Day one of the 2008 advent calendar.

Today I start give away samples and more until December 24. It is my pleasure to share with you, and I want to begin with a bang. Thus, today you can win a full bottle of l’air du dĂ©sert marocain, together with a sample of “une rose chyprĂ©e”, an exclusive  fragrance that you can get nowhere else! It is a rose on a chypre background. Elegant, rich, expensive and beyond the ordinary.

How can you win?

Please make sure to leave your comment below:  Don’t miss this chance to win. Daily. As this is an advent calendar, make sure to come back again tomorrow, for the next chance to win! I will draw one winner from the comments using random.org’s services.
More on the advent calendar you find here, following this link to the start page. I recommend visiting this page daily and start from there. This is the page, where I will announce the winners, too.

More on the “une rose chyprĂ©e” you find here, following to a short info page. Feel free to leave any comment on the fragrance there.