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bottle: strong patchouli, lots of old woods and interesting spices.

wet: very woody, but also spicy sweet. this is like a very woody patchouli with something syrupy sweet behind it. this is certainly one of my more unusual scents but i am lovin' it.

dry: dry, sweet woods with just a hint of patchouli. i have a new favourite!

imp: lavender and musk.

 

wet: very thick musk with a hint of berries. even though the musk is quite strong it still has a "light" feel if that makes any sense.

 

dry: this dries to a pleasant musk scent. there is still a hint of the juicy berries but it's mostly all musk.

imp: honeyed rose and carnation.

wet: rose and carnation and that milky scent which always smells slightly spicy to me. this isn't bad but rose and carnation are not my two best notes. after only a minute the rose has already started to turn soapy.

dry: pure soapy rose. oh well.

imp: vanilla with the faintest trace of musk and... cologne?

 

wet: very musky with something like a lightly floral men's cologne. a very unusual scent to be sure.

 

dry: this dries to a quite lovely men's cologne that is far less harsh than most and has a playful, sweet quality.

imp: bright, crisp grapefruit.

 

wet: lavender and grapefruit, though the grapefruit is fading fast into the realm of vague citrus.

 

dry: lavender citrus. i wish the currant had come out at all, i think it might have been bottle-worthy if it had.

imp: this deosn't really smell like chocolate to me. perhaps an artificially flavoured chocolate-hazelnut powdered cocoa mix but not milk chocolate like when you dump a bag of chocolate chips into a recipe and then stop because you're too busy huffing the bag (not that i've ever done that).

 

wet: this does smell more chocolate hazelnut or chocolate caramel than straight chocolate, what it most reminds me of the chocolate scented scratch 'n' sniff stickers i had in grade school. this smells exactly the same. it actually does smell a lot better once applied than in the imp.

 

dry: faint chocolate hazelnut caramel. sort of all three but the chocolate is faintest.

imp: lemon and something else that is quite herby (perhaps it is just straight lemongrass).

 

wet: smells much more like lemongrass once applied but there still a hint of some other herbiness here.

 

dry: still that lemon-herby scent.

imp: frankincense, sandalwood, myrrh... this smells fantastic!

 

wet: i'm getting sandalwood and a touch if lavender most strongly, but there is that slight bubblegum aroma of lotus as well.

 

dry: the myrrh has come out most strongly with that sweet lotus scent lightly mixing.

imp: rose and jasmine and a touch of coffee.

 

wet: rose. a sort of bubblegum rose with a dousing of jasmine. i find myself wishing it was all coffee and fig and vanilla because this doesn't smell very good on me.

 

dry: the good news is that the rose did not go soapy on me. the bad news is that rose and jasmine just do not smell very good on me.

imp: spiced woods. this is a different sort of spice than usual, sort of creamy and sweet as well.

 

wet: sweet spiced cedar and sandalwood. theres also a menthol sort of scent as well.

 

dry: this dries to a simple spiced cedar. sort of like the inside of a cedar chest that's got all the christmas sweaters in it.

wet: a musky coconut incense..

 

wet: the sandalwood comes out beautifully when applied and the way it mixes with the coconut is simply lovely.

 

dry: this dries to an absolutely divine sandalwood scent. the coconut is not distinct but i can smell where it's blended with the sandalwood to make this a truly wonderful blend.

imp: pure cinnamon. i'll have to try this someplace less lender than my inner arm.

 

wet: sort of a smokey, earthy cinnamon.

 

dry: this dries very smokey. there is a hint of spice but it's not nearly as strong as it was.

imp: anise and some sort of woodsy scent.

 

wet: anise and cedar with just a bit of sandalwood. there are other notes here but i can't quite pick them out.

 

dry: the anise is the most dominant scent in the end, there are other notes but they're too faint for me to name.

imp: lemon and... myrrh?

 

wet: much more lemony once on but i'm still getting a whiff of something like frankincense or myrrh (or both).

 

dry: this dries to a much sweeter lemon, probably the nicest bpal lemon i've tried yet. the other notes are all a backdrop to this lovely citrus.

i'm looking for the ultimate apple + mint scent. i can't decide what mint i would like most but i can't help dreaming about apple + pennyroyal.

imp: there is something intensely sweet in this blend but i can't pin it down.

 

wet: whatever the sweetness is from, it's being gobbled up by rose because i'm turning soapy.

 

dry: this is primarily soapy rose but there is still that faint hint of something else that is quite sweet.

imp: very sharply spicy with a thick waft of smoke.

 

wet: sharp spice with something terribly sweet all covered with a heavy layer of smoke. this has an almost regal feel to it.

 

dry: ths stays sharply spicy, terribly sweet and heavily smokey. it's not fading at all. this would make an interesting incense.

imp: smokey aquatic. this is quite an unusual scent.

 

wet: smoke. there's no aquatic on me at all, just smoke.

 

dry: sour smoke. this does not smell at all nice on me but i think it would be great for a mood scent, perhaps for a costume.

imp: sandalwood and... flowers? does dragon's blood always smell like flowers to me?

 

wet: lovely, rich sandalwoods. the floral feel of dragon's blood is there as well but the primary scent here is sandalwood.

 

dry: there's a bit more dragon's blood coming out to lightly mix with the sandalwood. this is a really lovely sandalwood scent.

imp: jasmine and lavender with some spicy/herbiness behind them.

 

wet: jasmine with rose? it's got a soapiness that only rose can attain.

 

dry: this has gone to soap on my skin and must be rose. whatever else was in this blend is eclipsed by the rose.

imp: sandalwood and ginger, a very warm sunny scent.

 

wet: there's a smoky scent here that can only be vetiver but i also smell spices like ginger and... cinnamon?

 

dry: i still get a hint of spices and vetiver but there's a nice bit of sandalwood and something herby.

imp: very green. there's a sort of eucalyptus pine scent here.

 

wet: there's a lemony, astringent note here along with the eucalyptus and pine.

 

dry: this dries to smelling like a very juicy herbaceous plant that one has split open the stems of for some medicinal use. unusual but pleasing.

bottle: sweet, candied plums. this reminds me of a more tame version of bordello.

 

wet: plum florals ahoy! this is very, very strong on me.

 

dry: i like this quite a bit more once it's dry. the plum florals are sweet and festive, i'm going to wear this to any parties i attend this year.

bottle: warm, fresh-baked spice cookies. fingers are crossed hoping the cinnamon doesn't burn me.

 

wet: this has a red-hot cinnamon scent, like... red hots or cinnamon chewing gum. there is just a hint of a vanill-like sweetness underneath.

 

dry: this blend did not burn me at all which is surprising because cinnamon is the strongest scent. it's qute nice to be able to wear a scent like this without pain. there is a bare hint of other spices and something sweet underneath. very yummy.

bottle: this reminds me a great deal of samhain at first sniff but then i notice the differences: more smoky, a bit less sweet.

 

wet: this is a smoky, wet autumn evening. and there is an almost unusual sweetness here that smells melancholy.

 

dry: still an unusual smoky sweetness. i had purchased this bottle for my husband and was just giving it a test but i think it may end up in my rotation.