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imp: light florals with musk.
wet: jasmine and musk. i keep thinking i'm catching a hint of some other florals but, whenever i go in for a closer sniff, it's all jasmine.
dry: the jasmine wins out over the musk and is what remains on my skin for hours. this is really a nice jasmine, soft and sweet.
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imp: warm, spicy, citrusy plums. this reminds me of canning day when i'm pouring the spiced syrup over plums that have a touch of lemon juice on them.
wet: oh lovely! the amber warms up to it's creamy, wonderful best and blends with the citrus beautifully. this is golden sunlight coming in the windows at an angle on a nice, lazy autumn afternoon. the plums have all been gobbled up.
dry: still creamy amber and citrus. lovely and relaxing.
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imp: after one sniff i find myself yearning for honeydews. i wonder why?
wet: i'm sure someone is going to think i've just gorged on melons if i walk around with this scent on. but who cares? this puts a smile on my face every single time i sniff it.
dry: the melon here is ripe and sweet and juicy. i think htere might be some other fruit here but it's all melon on me. added for the bottle list!
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imp: i smell amber, vetiver and cedar. the vertiver is sharp but it's not knocking me back like it does in some of the other scents.
wet: smoky pines. the amber is quite faint. there is nothing to suggest tangerine when i sniff this scent.
dry: this dries to a faint, soft pine.
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imp: strong, almost bitter, citrus with some florals.
wet: very bright, crisp citrus. i'm not even getting a hint of jasmine or lavender.
dry: there is a faint floral here but i can't pinpoint it. the citrus smoothed out to be a bit more sweet and fruity.
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imp: aquatic lavender.
wet: much more aquatic once on but it mixes with the lavender in a most pleasant way.
dry: the lavender fades away leaving only the aquatic note which is soft and mellow.
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imp: kind of a spicy, tangy, watery gardenia.
wet: it's gardenia and some other florals, perhaps lilac or jasmine. very sweet and aquatic.
dry: this dries to a lovely sweet, soft floral with just a bare hint of the aquatic note. this feels shimmery and clean.
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imp: this smells quite bitter in the imp. bitter fruits with bitter flowers.
wet: this still has a sharpness to it that doesn't smell sweet at all. i can sorta catch a hint of orange but it's either the musk or the sandalwood (or both) that is turning this all strong and bitter.
dry: i'm finally getting a bit more sweetness here. it smells both like orange and mango, sweet and juicy. there is still a bit of the sharpness present but it has faded enough to be enjoyable.
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imp: this smells like musk and rose with maybe a little bit of dragon's blood.
wet: i think there must be some sandalwood in here because that's what i get as soon as it hits my skin. sandalwood, light rose, a bit of musk.
dry: more musky with the rose on the verge of soapiness. there is still a faint sandalwood and dragon's blood touch but it is indistinct.
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imp: i smell pine and something tart-sweet.
wet: very piney! this puts me in mind of fresh-cut firewood with sap still oozing.
dry: the tart-sweet scent is back with the pine scent. this smells very crisp and refreshing.
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imp: sweet vanilla and honey muffins. or like a rich vanilla poundcake. very sugary and sweet.
wet: buttery, lightly spiced, vanilla cake. jewelbug mentioned this being jack without the pumpkin, that is exactly what i thought when i smelled this.
dry: this is sugar skull, dipped in butter and slathered on a cupcake. i normally do not go for scents like this so i'm surprised by how often i keep sniffing my arm and making yummy noises to myself. very sweet, satisfies my sweet tooth without eating anything.
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imp: faint apples with a woody/herby note. not getting any amber yet.
wet: herbed apples. this is not as woodsy an apple as the hesperides nor as virulent an apple as poisoned apple. very nice!
dry: this reminds me of poisoned apple... but a more tame, less sharp scent. why do i still only have an imp of this? added to the bottle list!
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imp: lavender is most prominent but i'm catching hints of the lime and mint and other herby goodness.
wet: this reminds me of the stems of lavender. certainly it smells like lavender but there is also a woody, herby scent to it. also, there is a scent that reminds me of little chamomile plants basking in the sunlight. it's such a cheerful, happy scent.
dry: okay, this dries down to something that smells nothing like lavender but is definitely a green scent. a soft, yet lasting, sweet herbal scent.
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Swarthy and vibrant! An elegant, full-bodied scent that ignites all the darkest passions. Bold red wine, mimosa, and a trickle of clove.
imp: oh my god! i'm having a flashbask to medicines taken in childhood! this is some weird "cherry-flavoured" concoction that i must take twice per day.
wet: this is like some sort of cherry soft drink or a cherry italian soda with extra syrup. maybe a cherry lollipop sitting a glass of cherry kool-aid. cherry.
dry: this finally dries down to a lightly spiced cherry wine but boy was it a syrupy, sugary ride getting here! i don't know if i can take that much super-sweet cherry just to get to this part of the scent. it is lovely though, like a nice, deep-red mulled wine. -
imp: cherry-scented flowers. the cherry is a bit faint and the florals are not distinct.
wet: there's a lemony note with the cherry florals. this has gone a touch soapy on me but it's not as bad as it could be.
dry: the lemony scent has faded but so has the cherry. i'm left with that vague floral scent that must be lily but doesn't really smell like it to me.
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imp: rose, rose and more rose.
wet: there is a nice spiciness here. roses and rose-hips and spice is what this sorta smells like.
dry: this did not go too soapy on me (there's a faint bit of soapiness but i can manage) and that little bit of spiciness stays put. this is one of the nicer rose blends.
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bodello and the raven seem to most purple to me so far.
everytime i open my bottle of bordello i sound just like homer simpson: "mmmm... purple."
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ladon seems like the most appley scent to me, followed by the hesperides and poisoned apple. xanthe smells like apples & fruit while cupid complaining to venus smells like apples & fruit & honey. coral snake smells like apples and snake oil. shango is a weird one. i almost never gat apple out of it. that being said, it's tied with imp for my all-time favourite scent.
and, of course, sugar-slathered candied apple smells just like it's name.
most of the other apple scents are so faint in the apple department that i don't wear them frequently (like bilquis which smells like spicy almonds and somewhere in the back is maybe a little piece of apple). maybe i'll go back through my apple stash and see if my opinions are different now.
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currently, i love coral snake more than snake oil. i love apple scents and they love me right back. and even the name gets me all worked up: coral snake. i just love the way that sounds. normally, snake oil is so strong on me it will give me a headache if i do more than put the tiniest dot on myself. but it is a lovely, alluring scent.
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i'm just assembling this image of a librarian wearing a scent like penny dreadful.
i worked in a library a while back and we weren't allowed to wear scents either.
think most of us did anyway but we kept it light and low-key.
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imp: this smells almost just like ferns and cottonwood trees to me. an extremely green scent.
wet: this is such a shrubby tree-like scent i just can't put my finger on it. there's almost a faint aquatic note at the very back that reminds me of quiet little brooks running beneath a canopy of trees in late summer dusk. it's a lovely scent.
dry: it just fades to a softer green scent. this is a quite amazing blend. much like zombi, it is exactly like the description. i'm really impressed.
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imp: this smells just like tiger balm to me.
wet: whoa! really spicy, really tangy tiger balm! this smells incredible!
dry: i will always think of this scent as tiger balm without the medicine. luckily, i love tiger balm and since i use it pretty often after kendo practice, it's the scent of happy exhaustion.
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imp: wet greenery. this is very aquatic to me but without the sharpness. this feels more like rainwater dripping off of leaves in early spring. that sort of aquatic.
wet: i don't really get berry from this scent, it's green aquatic all the way.
dry: this ends up smelling like soap, true it's very clean, good-smelling soap, but still soap. i'm almost certain it's the aquatic note that makes me think of soap.
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imp: spicy, creamy cherries. i'm noticing that almost all almont scents smell like cherries to me.
wet: now it's more almondy, a very spicy almond with a sort of toasted, carmelized scent. this smells very much like a dessert.
dry: the musk and amber warm up a bit more and mix perfectly with the almond. and there's still just a bare whiff of spiciness.
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imp: musk and patchouli. the musk is definitely strongest here.
wet: gah! musk! that is... proabably... the most musk i've ever inhaled at once. i don't think i'll ever be the same.
dry: well... i'm sure i'll smell like musk for the next week after this test. and i think everything in the house will smell like musk too. this is for serious musk-lovers and i'm not sure i'm enough into musk to get a bottle of this. i might try layering it with other scnets though.