[changeling]

Ageless trees, everblooming flowers, brilliant grass, and soft shadows.

In the bottle: Strong lilac

Wet: Strong lilac

Dry: As it dries, the wood notes appear. By mid-day, this seemed to be a lovely green floral. It's spring here and I've worn this scent several times over the last two weeks. Over that time, the scent has stayed consistent: lilac, followed by a woody lilac, followed by a softer, green floral. It's lovely.

[calivianya]

In the imp, this reminds me strongly of Nothing Gold Can Stay. It has the same sort of freshly cut, juicy plant feel. It stays very similar to Nothing Gold Can Stay immediately on my skin, but starts to go in a slightly more floral direction as the lilac comes out. This is gorgeous! It is not the kind of scent I typically wear, but I might just have to make an exception because this is so lovely.

[lohengrin]

In the vial: Lilac with a touch of greenery.

On skin, wet: Greenery with lilac in the background. A bit of soap, but not too much.

On skin, dry: Pretty much straight up lilac. That hint of soap is still not too strong.

After an hour: And now it's soap. Lilac seems to fall into the same category as cherry blossom for me--very nice for a while, but eventually turning to soap. Sadness, as it's one of my favourite flowers.

[Doc M]

Age imp from unicorn horn set 2010.

In 2010: sophisticated lilac, floral but not cloying. A bit traditional. Dry grasses and something smooth, deep, and shadowy in the background. Pleasant but not really me. Will try again in 2012 and post updates to aging.

[chimera87]

I was really looking forward to this, and it failed on my skin so horribly. In the imp it was really fresh smelling and there wasn't as much lilac as I thought it would be. I'm always on the hunt for good lilac scents that aren't fake or overpowering. It smelled really nice in the imp even though it wasn't what I expected, but as soon as I put it on, the grass amped to extremes and then there was this soapy floral sharpness underneath that...and underneat THAT there was a nice bit of sweet lilac, but not enough to deal with the soapy smell, which lasts forever. So sad :( I have never really had such a soapy undertone come from any BPAL I've tried and this HAD to be the one it happened with. The upside - Someone will be getting this through swaps soon (and there seems to be quite a few fans of this) and I saved myself a good chunk of change as I nearly ordered the whole bottle before I decided on trying before buying :P

[Ajila]

In the bottle - Green, fresh cut leaves/stems and a hint of pepper

Wet on me - Softer, still green and pepper, but with a slight touch of something pepper

Dry on me - A soft powdery part floral/part musk scetn

Overall - Wet it's interesting and dry it's pretty, but neither stage is really me

[Leopard403]

Very strong lilac and something green, goes very soapy on the skin but I liked that. It's pretty lilac soap, the expensive French-milled kind.

[theredshoes]

I grew up in Santa Fe and our neighbour had a huge gorgeous lilac bush -- more like a wall of greenery and flowers -- and there were lilacs all over the city, so they really mean spring and happiness to me. Seattle has lots of lilacs too -- it might be my favourite flower to smell.

IN THE BOTTLE: Ohghod it was v green and sharp. I thought this was maybe another Two, Five, and Seven disaster where I just got blaring green and no florals at all! But, it was a bit more flowery than that (thank God). Even then, this scent had a certain something to it that drew me in.

WET: Still pretty sharp and green, but it settled down right away to a floral. As other people said, this really smells like actual fresh flowers -- not "perfumy" or soapy. There's some delicious note in there -- wood? musk? -- that seemed to be calming the green down. Usually I don't like the sort of high white sharp smells, especially with lots of grass, but this is converting me.

DRYDOWN: The lilac comes out more -- I was impatient for it! This has more staying power than I'd expect from such a light floral, and thankfully after a few hours the greens die way down and the musk comes out more. It's still pretty bright, but not in an unpleasant way. Nowhere near as sweet as actual lilacs, but that might be the green on my skin: for some reason it drowns out EVERYTHING else.

VERDICT: This kind of pretty gentle feminine floral is usually so not my thing, but it's delicate without fading, gentle yet strong, and is really sort of enchanting. It's definitely a wet, green, fresh flowery scent, like taking a walk in the Unicorn's wood after a spring rain. I find it energizing and clean -- it'd be a good morning perfume. Doubt I'll buy a bottle, but my skin usually amps grass LIKE WHOAH, and the sharp-but-delicate floral scents tend to give me headaches, so I'm delighted to find a grassy floral I can actually wear.

I agree that an aged bottle of this might be really beautiful -- one might be worth buying for that alone, to see what it turns into in a year or two. If it was just a bit more flowery/sweet I might get a bottle.

[mymymai]

In the Imp (ITI): Strong lilac, something slightly aquatic, and grass. It’s interesting, but there is the aquatic bit that keeps me from loving it.

Wet: Strong, aquatic notes swirl around the violets drowning out nearly everything else save the musky undertones.

Dry: I get more grass and some additional flowers, but lilac and the aquatic aspect are still the strongest notes. It’s not something I wear again, sadly.