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In the imp: A spicy, warm sandalwood.

Wet: Possibly my beloved cajeput coming out and mingling with the sandalwood?

Dry: A mix of warm spices. Not bad, but idk, it feels too mature for me?

In the imp: Whoa, scent memory. This is just like the Elizabeth Arden Green Tea perfume that my mother wore when I was little. I was always fond of that, so yay! Green tea and verbena.

Wet: Quite a bit more lemony once on my skin.

Dry: A sweet and gentle green tea and citrus scent. It might be the associations I have with it, but I think it's absolutely lovely.

20 minutes later: Alas, it's gone all sour and ick on me

In the imp: Mmm... Sweet, tart, juicy berries.

Wet: Intensely sweet, almost bubblegummy blackberries. So lovely.

Dry: I agree that there's a slight greeness about this, though on me it's mostly a delicious mix of sweet, juicy berries and warm honey.

In the imp: Absinthe, lavender, something green that I take to be the ferns.
Wet: Lavender and absinthe. Oddly reminiscent of mushrooms.
Dry: Licorice and cat pee. Not a fan!

In the imp: A sweet, springy floral. Definitely getting the cherry blossom.

Wet: A mix of quite tart notes, that nice 'white florals' scent, a slight spicy sweetness. Really lovely.

Dry: Just wonderful. The best floral scent I've got from BPAL thus far. It's not really ~me~ (I'm more about foody/spicy scents), so I won't be getting a bottle, but those who can rock florals should asap!

In the imp: Sort of like sour strawberry lollies? Interesting!

Wet: Tart strawberries, but with a wisp of sweet incense in the background.

Dry: Strawberries and smoky champaca. I really like it!

In the imp: Kinda musky florals with orris particularly strong.

Wet: Rose coming out, mingling nicely.

Dry: Musky florals and yet also sunscreen on me? Odd.

In the imp: Apple, with a subtle, herby, and almost earthy sweetness.

Wet: Soapy, spicy, earthy apples. Nice, but a bit cleaning product-y.

Dry: Pretty much. Meh.

In the imp: Bitter, almost greenish cirtus.

Wet: A bit sweeter and incensey, so I guess that's the amber and copal coming out.

Dry: A complex and not-overly-sweet citrus blend. I like it!

In the imp: I swear this smells like peaches? Mixed with quite herby, foody lavender.

Wet: Spices coming out a bit. But yeah, lavender with a kind of gummy, peachy note. This isn't what lotus does on me normally, so idk.

Dry: Quite herby lavender with spices popping about. I was hoping for an approximation of that fabled pumpkin pie/lavender scent that's supposed to (as After School would put it) make the fellas go crazy, but I can't really decide if I like it or not. An odd one.

In the imp: This reminds me a lot of other spice/musk blends, particularly Morocco.

Wet: Sweet, musky, smoky clove. I like it!

Dry: The clove is nice, but it's kind of drowned out by the musk elements. Meh.

In the imp: Honeysuckle/jasmine with a hit of warm spice. I don't usually care for jasmine blends, but this is very pretty.

Wet: Lemon coming out, spices still prominent.

Dry: Mothballs (as jasmine always goes on me, woe!), but it's relatively nice mothballs, with lovely lemon and spice. It'd probably be really lovely on someone who doesn't have jasmine-destroying skin.

Ten mins later: ... And I'm having an allergic reaction. wtf body why are you so weird.

In the bottle: CLOVE CLOVE CLOVE. Lovely.

Wet: Seriously just like clove cigarettes.

Dry: Smoky cloves with a hint of cognac. I need more of this.

Half an hour later: Alas! The smoke and cloves vanished and all I get is sweet cognac. Bum!

In the imp: Surprisingly herby.

Wet: Roses and are coming out and the whole thing is working nicely.

Dry: A somber and pretty floral.

In the imp: Weirdly like licorice?

Wet: Frankincense and myrrh, leather, a bit musky.

Dry: It's powdery and reminiscent of ambergris. Not a fan.

In the imp: Peanutty wood? Not auspicious.

Wet: ... Yeah. Like, I get all the notes listed seperately, but combined on my skin they are (CAPTAIN PLANET!) dirty peanuts. Gross.

Dry: Dirty, woody peanuts I really wanted to like Lawful (I need more chamomile in my life!) but this just didn't work on me at all.

In the imp: Sweet licorice and cherry blossom.

Wet: Sandalwood and cherry blossom, but still dominated by liorice.

Dry: Yeah. I'd read that the star anise in this is a bit like clove (which I adore) for some, but on me it's just LICORICE LICORICE LICORICE. Oh well.

In the imp: A thick, sugary, boozy, sweetness.

Wet: Hints of lemon and woods coming out too.

Dry: Yup! Sweet and subtle, I like it.

In the imp: Interesting. Sort of a sweet, lollyish cucumber.

Wet: More floral, though the almost melon-y cucumber note is still prominent.

Dry: On me, a rather powdery and sweet cucumber/melon scent. Not bad at all!

In the bottle: Ooh, lovely. I get christmas spices mixed with something cold and vaguely outdoorsy.

Wet: Yeah, a mix of florals, herbs, snow and those pilfered pastries. Rich, deep and wonderful.

Dry: Alas! The flowers become much more prominent and gets that dreaded 'toilet-spray' smell. It does the same as a room scent too A shame, as it's so lovely wet, but I think I'll have to pass this on.

In the imp: Oooh, that's really lovely. Orange and honey with rosy sandalwood.

Wet: Mmmm. The same honey note as in Snake Oil, but with a spiced orange kick.

Dry: Gorgeous sweet honey with fizzy orange and rose. Bottle worthy.

In the imp: A rather cologney mix of mint and eucalyptus.

Wet: Yup - Kinda mothbally and cleaning product-y.

Dry: Yeah. Meh.

In the imp: Sweet honeyish pumpkin mixed with dusty, dusty tobacoo. Kind of turns my stomach, tbh - the sweetness is too sweet and the dust is too dusty.
Wet: Yup. The dusty-leather-tobacco note is stronger once on my skin.
Dry: The dusty element overpowers the sweet pumpkin on me ... and then it gave me an allerigc reaction. WTF, body? I wanted to be friends with Hoggle but it just isn't happening

In the imp: Pretty, sweet, somewhat musky carnations.

Wet: Yup. Sweet and spicy.

Dry: Creamy, spicy carnations. Almost foody. Very pretty.

In the imp: Cherryish almond.

Wet: Dr Pepper!

Dry: A cherryish musk thing. Meh.