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Sara Pezzini - played by Yancy Butler from the TV series - is one of my all-time heroes and role models - that may seem hokey, but I dont care.

 

I was shocked and thrilled when BPAL announced they were making these (ALTHO I firmly believe they MUST make a Nottingham, and I have the scent notes for them too!)

 

Sara is harsh, rich, musky, sweaty, leathery, and sweet, just like the character. She is honey, but with that tangy scent of LOTS of sweat that's soaked whatever is being worn. It's what I think of as a man-ish femininity, and suits me perfectly - its also a scent I forced myself to love - and it ended up growing on me. Much like her prickly character, first impressions make you think its too harsh, too strong. However, after resting, and after more exposure and hanging out together, it becomes like a second skin to me.

 

Thanks to the makers for this one. One of the best interpretations I could have imagined.

A long-shot, I figured with these strange notes blended together...

 

Wet, its sinus clearing...it made me smile right off the bat, The mint was a sweet breath mint, with an overpowering ozone-y freshness. I thought that was vetiver in the background, holding this down, and I loved it! ...HOWEVER!

 

...It continuously morphed for about an hour.

 

The stages it went through, in order:

 

sweet minty, sinus-clearing freshness

grounded vetiver holding down the mint

vetiver morphing to too-refreshing green notes

now its Irish Spring

now its some strange men's cologne, worn by a man I want nothing to do with...

finally, where in hell did the vetiver go??? That was its saving grace for this vetiver lover...it ended up completely reminiscent of the smell of hair mousse, the kind used so often in the 80's & 90's...too fresh, too clean soapy, nothing grounded, and really artificial.

 

How appropro!

It's tea-time! In an imp! Wow!

 

Im having tea with these cute folks from some other galaxy...we have a lovely earl grey, with MILK, we have some extremely buttery biscuits with butterscotch frosting...and we even have a lovely vase of spring flowers on the table. The cucumber sandwiches are off to the side, its the earl grey and milk that is fighting for control.

Lovely. wish the cucumber would stay away.

An interesting blend that brings strong visuals.

 

Wet, it's a musky scent with a bite that recalls Jean Nate in some strange way...I had high hopes at this point. However, within minutes it took on a poisonous smell, something made me think of Raid -I grew up in a house infested with black widows in the desert valley of California. People were always spraying Raid...everywhere. Sometimes a huge, black, shiny widow would be in my closet with my shoes, or in my toy box. Their hidden egg sacks would hatch, and then the whole area would be doused with Raid.

Perhaps thats why I have this disease today...anyway...

 

The image that came to me about this scent was similar to Greed (though nothing alike!) - something poisonous with power, something toxic, and metallic, and totally alien.

 

I MUST wash it off. It has a tiny undertone, nagging, that was in Troll or Event Horizon that made me nauseous.

 

Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for a hippie, vetiver-loving girl like me.

Smells so good in the imp...all foresty and delicious with pine and a hint of sweetness...but on my skin it immediately turned into one of those industrial floral room fresheners and gave me the beginning of a headache.

turns into thick powder and stays that way - headache! It must be the amber.

Just as stated, so lemony, very clean smelling, and makes me think of bathroom cleaner. Not for me. I enjoy lemon and verbena, but not when its also a sweet smell. This is very much like a very sour and very sweet lemon/orangeade.

A completely men's cologne scent. At first its an airy light citrusy scent, but turns to the spicy bay rum...Old Spice all the way, tho a more refined version.

 

Not for me...but definitely for a man.

I get sweetness at first, almost fruity, like melon or something else...then it slowly morphs to a wet, salty sweet floral, and its not killing me by any means like florals normally do, it just is turning into a single note of floral now and I wish I was catching some of the blood in there.

Just too floral and sweet and the dragon's blood is trying to turn powdery...must wash off!

Oh how I loved this one for the first 5 minutes... and then sadly the beautiful dark notes turned to the exact scent of that bad 1980's aerosol hairspray...and stayed like that until I had to scrub it off. I just couldnt wear something that reminds me of when I lacquered my hair with hair spray.

Daiyu is a light, sweet, vanilla-like scent that is just so-so on me. I think I go for something that makes a prominent statement. This is a more gentle, background scent.

Really enjoyed this one especially as it was the only imp in a pack of six I could stand without washing off!

 

Wet, it was much sweeter then drydown. It was all wine and darkness, somewhat complex, and on drydown the sweetness subsided a bit and was replaced with that faint sour tinge that dry wine leaves in your nose and on your taste buds.

 

It reminds me much of one of my favorites, Blood Kiss. It has that complexity. It may be too similar for me to buy a bottle though.

This smelled delicious wet - the cognac and leather and tobacco blended wonderfully. Very happy - however, after about 5 minutes it turned and stayed into the leather and it wasnt a pleasant one! The best thing I can think of is bandages you find in the hospital. Really acrid and sterile...would have loved it otherwise.

Really thought this would be wonderful, the complexity seemed to overpower the florals that tend to amp. However, after wearing it for a bit, (15 min+) the florals amped as usual killing all the rest of the wonderfulness. ( another big disappointment.

Received this on the Orphanage thread. I really was hoping it would show the spices and leather...wet and on dry down this is basically a refreshing men's cologne, and I cant recall which one. It seems anytime there is an aquatic or floral of any kind, they amp on my skin and I cant get anything else. (

 

I'll let it sit another 15 minutes, but then its getting washed off. I have plenty of men's scents I LOVE (like Bluebeard).

Wet, this smells like that pink penicillin medicine I had to take as a kid.

Of course, the florals are amping...of course!

It smells like there MIGHT be other things under those sickening florals, but what it is, I'll never know.

 

Another sweet floral mess on me. (

aaack I thought this floral might work because of the oakmoss, but the florals amped as did the red sandlewood and its now a sweet, powdery mess that just smells just like any other floral perfume and even slightly like a sweaty human

It's very herbal, deep, and green, sort of masculine-cologney, and the wine grapes provide a bit of fruity backdrop. More masculine than I was expecting. A tiny bit of sour-powdery-weirdness too.

 

I agree with this almost completely. I love the honey wine scent, but this has a sourness to it like mead that hasnt been fermented long enough. And a touch of acrid makeup powder in the background..

'Nuff said.

I was really hoping something good for this one, but none of the spices are coming out, which I think would offset the strong cedar chest smell.

Its not a nasty scent, its just rather boring at this point, and has a definite wintergreenish type zing in there...and I do not care for my perfume to smell like cleaner.

 

The best description for this is it smells just like those little log cabin incense houses...and the incense burned which was very much just plain cedar or hickory or other wood. I wish the vetiver or patchouli would come out and say hi. I would be happier with it.

This is doing exactly what Ogun did and its scary...maybe all these particular Excolo scents have a similar base? Anyway, its changing rapidly from a warm, sweet coconut to something with a tang. DO not care for it at this point.

 

Also, definitely getting a scalded milk scent in background....it helps, but not enough.

Ugh...so much sweet Dragon's Blood (amping like usual), and too much pepper...ugh...peppery incensey candy. Not for me.

I love this little scent...from the name to the gentle green notes and subtle berry underneath.

 

I am sad it fades so quickly, so its a melancholy scent for me as well. How appropro!

 

I re-applied it and the 2nd time just doused myself with it. It stayed quite awhile, but the over-applying brought on faint powdery tinges that I dislike...so I feel if I am to get a bottle of this subtle sweetness, i will expect to not have it stay very long after each application...

Really great staying power! It smells exactly like the description...and ends up with a nice green note after wearing awhile.

 

I think a little goes a long way on me though, so next time I try it, I will use way less!

 

All in all, nice. Good for warm weather.

Yuck.

It is dark, heavy, a cloying, thick smokiness and it almost had a similar effect as Troll. But I quickly washed it off before it would make me puke.