mymymai

ITI: While I go get mahogany it certainly isn't cracked. It smells finely polished to me. The blood is also somehow reading as chocolate.

Wet: Herby, lemon-like musk, mahogany, and sandalwood. I love this even more on my skin.

Dry: It's still deliciously herby and lemony while still maintaining the essence of well-oiled deeply rich wood.

ITI: Warm coconut, sultry musk, and sandalwood. It's a gorgeous combination of lightly resinous and sweet.

Wet: Still light, dusty, and resinous, although now the ceremonial incense is creeping in, adding something more darkly complex.

Dry: Coconut, dried, sandalwood, musk, and lots of rich ceremonial incense. It's a scent of which I'd love to have more.

In the Imp (ITI): It's surprisingly light when considering the scent notes. I get light clove, myrrh, pimento, tobacco, and just a touch of moss.

Wet: I get spicer clove, opoponax, pepper (although this reads as pink, not black), pimento, thick clove, tobacco, and mandrake. It's certainly stronger on the skin.

Dry: After 12 hours, the myrrh and clove with hints of mandrake are all faintly detectable. A rather enjoyable scent.

In the Imp (ITI): Wet rose, spicy cinnamon candy, and something that reminds me of civet just a little.

Wet: Yep, there still is a civet quality just underneath the red, flowering roses. The cinnamon rests as an undertone on my skin while wet, which is surprising as I thought cinnamon should be dominant.

Dry: Once dry, the scent smells like a bouquet of red roses with the faintest impression of cinnamon.

In the Imp (ITI): It's muskily sweet, followed by leather and smoke.

Wet: Smoky and rich vetiver swirling around black leather with a touch of skin musk. Oh, this is dangerous and sexy.

Dry: As it dries, the vetiver becomes a little more bitter, like sitting by a smoldering camp fire. The leather is still present, but the sweetness from the musk is incredibly when when compared to the two stronger notes. Honestly, I'd like to smell this one on my husband.

In the Imp (ITI): Strong red wine and leather. Eh...I just am not fine of wine notes, I think.

Wet: Ugh, just too much wine. I get leather and roses underneath, which I enjoy. However, the entirety of the scent just isn't working well with my skin chemistry.

Dry: The wine has faded considerably and provides just a tint to the crushed roses, violet, and musk. Much better dried.

ITI: I get vanilla, musk, light floral, and something that reads as a perfumy note. - a light a feminine higher-end perfume, though

Wet: More vanilla musk with a slightly creamy mid-tone and something that smells like...daffodils, I think. It's rather feminine and sweet without smelling like a scent your 12-year old niece would wear.

Dry: Now, there is a faint sandalwood quality to the vanilla musk - light and gently resinous. There is still a floral quality, but it is much lighter than before. I like it and I'm considering tracking more than this sniffie down!

ITI: Sharp, green, acerbic newly cut saplings and crushed insects. I do not like this at all based on the imp scent.

Wet: Ok, it's still green and bitter, but I get something more resinous on my skin and something just a touch powdery. The green is now a crushed grass with dandelion stems. The resinous quality keeps developing to the extent that it rivals the intensity of the green, but does not overpower it.

Dry: It's back to acerbic and green, but still resinous. It's taken on a slightly smoky and woodsy quality, but not enough to make me want to get anything more than the sniffie I have.

ITI: Ooey, goodey rum-infused cake. That's interesting, as I was expecting tonka.

Wet: Heavy vanilla-infused rum with the smoky complexity of tonka. It's a little too much on the foody side for me.

Dry: As it starts to dry, the more woodsy qualities of tonka come out, which mingles with the rum-sweetened vanilla. I want to taste it more than I want to wear it.

ITI: Wow, that's really clean and fresh. I get lavender, cucumber, sage, pine, and frankincense.

Wet: Sage comes on more strongly on my skin, followed by the lavender, pine, and then the cucumber, which I adore. There is a floral tone to it now from the jasmine and violet. Gorgeous!

Dry: Faint lavender, violet leaf, warm ambergris (super light though), and cucumber. It's rather lovely and I regret not getting a bottle.

ITI: I get strawberry cream and light smelling soap. The combination is sweet but enjoyable.

Wet: Strawberry cream, soft and sweetly delicious, a touch of lavender, and light soap. It does remind me of a spring picnic sipping strawberry tea in a field of lavender.

Dry: As it starts to dry, the lavender becomes more strongly apparent, but I enjoy that. Sadly, the lavender recedes as it dries down. Once dry, the strawberry becomes less creamy and more candy sweet as the honey emerges.

ITI: That's rather pretty. I get hibiscus, apple blossom, lemon verbena, and vetiver.

Wet: First applied, the apple blossom is stronger than in the bottle. It mingles with the sweet cherry and hibiscus as the tomato leaf vetiver, and red rose settle as mid notes.

Dry: Verbena, vetiver, apple blossom, , rose, and cherry are left after 30 minutes. The throw is somewhat weak, but it's a pleasant scent.

ITI: Hmm. It smells like the stuff people use to cure fake nails - acetone (I think) and something a little floral.

Wet: It still has that acetone smell with bay, rose, and cinnamon mixed in. I'm still not very fond of it.

Dry: The acetone scent has faded and I'm left with something far more pleasant. I now get cinnamon, rose, frankincense, bay, and a touch of pineapple and something that reads as vanilla.

ITI: The first note is rather sweet and floral, the clove and hyssop I'm assuming, but the juniper berries and pine quickly follow. I can't smell much else aside from those.

Wet: Clove, nutmeg, hyssop, pine, juniper, and a touch of sarsaparilla and the warmth of green tea. It's invigorating, really.

Dry: After 14 hours, I only get faint clove. After reapplication, the pine, juniper, clove, green tea, and sarsaparilla blend nicely together.

ITI: Lavender, lemongrass, and bergamot. It's a light and citrus-like combination.

Wet: It's very similar to the bottle, but I get something slightly earthy as well, which might be the angelica root.

Dry: This doesn't last as long as its previous counterpart, Martian Phoenix, so I have to reapply once I get home. Lemongrass is wholly dominant, followed by very faint lavender and angelica root. I think I would like this better if the lemongrass let a little more of the scent's complexity shine through.

ITI: It's a spicy, resinous blend. Dragon's blood is clear to my nose, as is the cumin, white pepper, thistle, and the opoponax.

Wet: Dragon's blood, pepper, opoponax, thistle, cumin, and peppermint. Yummy.

Dry: It's sweet and earthy (fig), resinous, and soft. It's lasted 13 hours and is wonderfully pleasant here. This is the stand-out scent for me so far among the Anniversary scents.

ITI: It's a pretty floral while still being somewhat astringent. The water lily and cypress are the most dominant notes followed by the opium poppy and the tamarind.

Wet: I get a good deal of cypress, myrrh, and tamarind upon application, but I get get a subtle floral undertone when I delve past the top notes.

Dry: Tamarind, opium poppy, myrrh, lily, and faint violet with a little fruit somewhere. It's an intriguing scent - soft while still being complex.

(2012 version)

ITI: Yuzu and bergamot. The yuzu, however, really dominates the scent in the bottle.

Wet: Why, hello there yuzu and lemon. I see you want to just jump off my skin today. Hanging on to the exuberant citrus, I get the bergamot, hints of eucalyptus, and the oleoresin.

Dry: Lemon, yuzu (still dominant), but not nearly as overpowering as the oleoresin and bergamot soften and deepent the scent. It's interesting, and something that I'd like to smell like more often.

ITI: I get very worn black leather and wood..perhaps a little musk as well.

Wet: I get wood, dusty rags for sure, and worn, musky leather. Oddly enough, it smells rather grumpy, but in an enticing way.

Dry: Spicy musk, worn leather, and just a little bit of wood.

ITI: Here, the pitch is the strongest note, followed by thick, verdant pine. I get just a touch of clove at the very end.

Wet: I get pine, pitch, and clove, but together, they smell like the most wonderful spiced drops in the world.

Dry: It's lighter and more powdery now, but I still can pick up on the clove and the pine.

ITI: I get cold, crisp snow, followed by pungent pine, and something wonderfully light for the floral aspect of the scent.

Wet: Yum, I still get the snow and pine, but the witchy herbs are becoming more pronounced as the ethereal flowers step back a little.

Dry: It really is a lovely scent. It reminds of of Cloth of Gold, but slightly more herby and floral.

ITI: Oh yeah, there is civet in there, paired with musk, catnip and something that smells like lemongrass...and perhaps some myrrh.

Wet: Strong musky civet with catnip, citrus, myrrh, and something a little sweeter, like amber or honey, underneath it all.

Dry: Catnip, a touch of something close to camphor, musk, something that's creamy, , and myrrh. I'm debating getting more of this.

ITI: This smells like lemon Pledge-polished wood and tarnished sterling silver. What a fascinating scent.

Wet: Lemon and perhaps orange pledge now, with silver and polished brass. Despite all the metallic overtones, I enjoy this scent.

Dry: Now I get warm wooden toys, some citrus, and warmed gold and bronze. It's a nice scent and something I'd reach for again.

ITI: Wow, it smells like marzipan drenched in rum.

Wet: Still more rum and marzipan, although now I can pick up on the candied orange, which is nice.

Dry: It's less marzipan once dried. Instead, I get a rum-infused pastry with small bits of candied orange - very much like a stollen.

ITI: Why, hello camphor and mugwort. These two notes are certainly forthcoming, but they crowd out the other notes of lily, orris root, and parsley that I can detect.

Wet: On my skin, the camphor and mugwort are still dominant but I can smell jasmine, lily. parsley, touches of lettuce and the bubblegum tell-tale sign of lotus. It's a complex, although overtly green scent.

Dry: Very herby, almost overpowering so even when dried for half an hour. Camphor is certainly a strong note, followed by parsley, mugwort, and narcissus. It's clean in its herbiness, though.