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I got this as a frimp, but I looked up the notes. All I can say is I must have weirdest skin chemistry.

 

In the imp: Wine and musk

 

Just applied: HONEY!

 

2 mins: Honey and caramel

 

5 mins: Honey with a hint of rose.

 

10 mins: Rose soap with a hint of honey.

 

15 mins: Stongly rose with a hint of wine.

 

1 hour: Overpowering rose with a musk undertone.

 

 

All in All a definite no. The honey is nice at first. But I really don't like any kind of rose scent.

Finally! A scent that works on me! More than 15 imps gone by and not a one worked until Nocnitsa.

 

In the imp: Pine and bitter herbs.

 

On wet: Bitter herbs (very green) and something warm and woodsy.

 

10 Mins: Still wet and with the same notes as before but adding in a spicy note.

 

15 Mins: Less spice now but maybe berry? Still very warm and inviting.

 

Dry: Herbs, Woods, and Berries. It's so very warm and foresty. I love it.

 

After 4 1/2 hours: Spicy notes and an dirt undertone.

 

All in All? I know what I want for my birthday.

In the vial: heavy magnolia, something green and bitter, and a hint of mandarin

 

Wet: mandarin and magnolia.

 

Dry: Creamy magnolia with a backdrop of mandarin

 

An hour later: magnolia, mandarin and something spicy?

 

Overall: I really like the mandarin, and I sort of like the magnolia, but I'm not so in love with the way the two blend together.

In the vial: heavy plum and a hint of musk.

 

Wet: Deep plum, carnation? and and a hint of musk.

 

Dry: PLUM, Plum, plum

 

An hour later: plum and nothing else.

 

Overall: The plum is pretty but I'm not so fond of the way the plum overshadows all the other notes.

In the vial: neroli with raspberry undertones.

 

On my skin wet: blood orange and neroli. Very sweet

 

Dry: the raspberry and blood orange are blending into something like bathroom air freshener.

 

30 minutes later: still very sweet but also very much like bathroom air freshener.

 

Overall: I like it wet but not dry. Another imp to go into the swap pile.

In the vial: a sweet but unplaceable scent. Really well blended.

 

On skin wet: still sweet but is that a hint of cat pee? Something doesn't seem to be liking my skin chemistry.

 

Dry: still sweet but now powdery

 

An hour later: powdery sweetness.

 

Overall impression: the sweetness is nice but I'm not loving the powder scent and the cat pee smell when wet is very off putting.

In the vial: a pleasant mix of pine and herbs.

On my skin wet: lots of pine with a hint of rosewood and juniper.

Still wet: now its morphed into something warmer with more rosewood, maybe the vanilla is coming through.

Dry on my skin: heavy on the vanilla with hints of rosewood and pine.

An hour later: heavy cloying vanilla with rosewood and a tiny hint of pine.


Overall impression: I love the woods but dislike the vanilla. I've been told however that to others it smells great on me. Still not one of my favorites.

In the vial: grapefruit.

 

On my skin wet: over powering grapefruit and a hint of ginger. Can't smell any tea yet.

 

On my skin dry: still amping the grapefruit but it's more mellow and the ginger is coming forward more as well as note that I think might be the tea.

 

About an 30 minutes later: less grapefruit and more ginger and tea.

 

About 45 minutes later: grapefruit seems to be gone in its place is something that smells watery for lack of a better word.

 

Overall impression: Nice scent but I'm never going to buy a 5 ml of it.