mymymai

ITI: With a cold, these notes are harder to detect. I certainly get skin musk, tingly pepper, and just the faintest impression of balsam. For a scent that is charming and mischievous, I would expect something a little less subtle.

Wet: Ah, pepper, musk, and balsam trumpet their presence on my skin, yet honey, such my skin usually amps, fails to make any impression.

Dry: I get musk, pepper, and something rather soapy.

ITI: While the citrus note isn't present in the original description, it really does smell like satsuma and grapefruit with just a hint of lichen. It's gorgeous in the imp.

Wet: Still very citrus heavy as the top note, but I get both lichen and a touch of earthy mushroom surrounding light incense as middle and bottom notes.

Dry: It's faintly citrusy with soft herbiness and a little bit of very faint pitch. It's rather lovely, and worthy of a bottle, I think.

ITI: I smell black apple, some musk, and quince. It's rather sweet, actually.

Wet: Very sweet, almost candied apples, with tones of quince and dark musk. I'm not smelling the other notes, but it might because I have a cold.

Dry: Ah, now I get the myrrh and the opoponax, all of much smell with the apple, concealing the sweetness of earlier significantly. And now the tobacco absolute comes in after come concentration. Again, this is another scent I prefer dry.

ITI: Inky laudanum splashed upon worn, musky linen. This really does invoke Poe! I can just picture him in his study fervently writing under a blood moon.

Wet: Strong tobacco and musk, while laudanum takes up the middle territoriality I can still get ink and linen, although they are not as prominent at this stage.

Dry: It's gone slightly soapy with the resin, , but the linen, laudanum, musk, and tobacco still round out the scent to create something enticing while slightly foreboding.

ITI: Earthy butterscotch with a little anise seed and myrrh. It’s super sweet, but a little earthy at the same time. Odd.

Wet: Thick, sweet butterscotch candies (those round ones), dirt, and patchouli. It smells like one of those candies hand been dropped on the ground.

Dry: While my nose is stuff after finally succumbing to my cold, I can still detect faint butterscotch and myrrh. It’s rather pleasant when given time to dry sufficiently.

ITI: It’s warm, exotic and spicy. I can get the black pepper clearly paired with the white sandalwood and the greenness of the oakmoss, while just a touch of the sandalwood sweetens the scent ever so slightly.

Wet: Honey, sandalwood, oakmoss, and pepper.

Dry: I get pepper that tickles my nose embedded in soft honey musk and sandalwood.

ITI: Pink pepper and tea rose all the way. The pink pepper gives it a slightly bubblegum-tang to the scent as a whole.

Wet: Th pink pepper is much more subtle when on the skin, as is the tea rose. I get just a whiff of jasmine, but the patchouli and vanilla bourbon are oddly absent.

Dry: After 10 hours, I get tea rose and a little jasmine. The throw however, is very weak at this point. When I reapplied it, I as finally able to smell the vanilla bourbon with the tea rose, the pink pepper and jasmine. It’s rather pleasant but not something I’d reach for on a daily basis.

ITI: Freesia and water lily with a bit of pleasantly smelling driftwood. I expected something nasty and aquatic, but so far, it's rather feminine with some depth behind the floral.

Wet: Ah, now I get something more aquatic, but it's a clear lagoon rather than low tide. The freesia and water lily mellow out the sharp water notes, but the ambergris starts to appear and make the scent more enticing, more exotic.

Dry: Light freesia, ambergris accord, and water lily. I don't smell anything incredibly "fishy" or overtly aquatic in this scent now.

ITI: It the imp, I get mainly nectarine, musk, and perhaps ambrette.

Wet: Black tea, nectarine, something that smells like honeysuckle, voluptuous rose, and jasmine. Deliciously floral.

Dry: It's warmly floral with the rose and jasmine, but the black tea and the red musk create a wonderful symphony with paired with the shriller floral notes.

ITI: Ginger, cream, light orris root, and something a little woodsy.

Wet: Woodsy ginger and orris root with a serving of frankincense and just a hint of leather. It's slightly masculine, but nothing I'd shy away from wearing just because of that.

Dry: It's woodsy, musky, on supple riding leather, with frankincense and cream infused throughout. The ginger is gone once dried, which makes me ecstatic especially because ginger smells horribly off on my skin. Wonderful scent once dried!

ITI: It the imp, I get mainly nectarine, musk, and perhaps ambrette.

Wet: Black tea, nectarine, something that smells like honeysuckle, voluptuous rose, and jasmine. Deliciously floral.

Dry: It's warmly floral with the rose and jasmine, but the black tea and the red musk create a wonderful symphony with paired with the shriller floral notes.

ITI: Clean skin musk, orange blossom, and ylang ylang. It's somewhat floral, but soft and clean smelling.

Wet: The orange blossom and skin musk are more dominant but the ylang ylang adds a feminine tone to the scent, while the coconut evens everything out and provides a warm, sensuous base.

Dry: The ylang ylang has turned somewhat soapy, but the coconut milk and skin musk mellow everything down, making it a subtle, feminine scent that would be perfect for anyone.

In the Imp (ITI): Linen, verdant woods, and a hint of tobacco smoke.

Wet: I still get the linen and woods, but there is a sweet aspect to this. It might be from the leather, but I don't really get a leather note.

Dry: Ah, now I get the tobacco smoke and sweet leather paired with linen and just a touch of green. It's rather enjoyable.

In the Imp (ITI): I get cocoa and darkly masculine musk. Yummy.

Wet: Cocoa, something slightly boozy now, and thick tobacco.

Dry: It's sweeter now when dry, something like light cocoa powder, tobacco, and a touch of fruit. Very nice.

In the Imp (ITI): Soapy violets and some Spanish moss. While I'm generally not a fan of soapy, this might turn out to be a wearable scent.

Wet: At least on my skin, the scent is no longer soapy. It's violet, moss, and the faintest hint of patchouli.

Dry: Lemony violet, red currant, and faintly powdery patchouli. The lemony violet is rather overpowering, though.

In the Imp (ITI): musk, maybe civet, pine, patchouli, and something that is a little smoky.

Wet: Civet, pine, sarsaparilla, I think, light cinnamon and nutmeg. I like it, but civet isn't a note for everyone.

Dry: Civet, cinnamon, nutmeg and patchouli. It does remind me of its namesake, but the satyr happens to be a mythical creature of which I'm rather fond.

In the Imp (ITI): Strong patchouli muddled with musky orris.

Wet: I get moist earth from the patchouli with subtle complexity from the orris root. The myrrh is rather faint here.

Dry: The myrrh really comes out over the patchouli as it dries down. The musk mingles with the orris root to provide an exotically alluring scent.

In the Imp (ITI): The smoky aspect that follows the dragon's blood is intense. It reminds me of standing next to a cedar wood smoker.

Wet: Smoky black pepper, cinnamon, and dragon's blood. I like this despite the overt smokiness. In fact, I think I like it because of the smokiness.

Dry: Once dried, the clove and cinnamon combine beautifully with the Dragon's Blood resin and the smoky pepper. Wonderful!

In the Imp (ITI): I was expecting something more heady, but instead, I get sweet, juicy floral (peach blossom and back currant) with a bit of smoky musk (tobacco and red musk).

Wet: Peach blossom, black currant, clove, tobacco, redwood.

Dry: The longevity of this scent is limited. On second application and dry down, I get spiced clove, musk, peach blossom, black currant, and now tonka and tobacco, which rounds out this scent beautifully.

ITI: Wow, the brown sugar certainly is dominant. I have to tease through it in order to find the clove and the sassafras, both of which are usually strong notes.

Wet: Much more balanced on my skin - sassafras melds well with the sugar and the clove, lending itself to a warm, fuzzy image in my head. There is the hint of wild plum when one concentrates as well.

Dry: Warm, fuzzy clove and brown sugar with faint sassafras. The plum is no longer evident, but it is still a nice scent.

In the Imp (ITI): This actually has an odd floral aspect to it, which might be the hops. At first, it is all I can smell. After a little, I smell something like shale, soot, and a hint of leather. Interesting, but I little cave-like.

Wet: Floral hops is all I get on my skin. Amp city, here I come.

Dry: It's still rather perfume-y - hops and florals with a touch of leather. I like this much better when dried.

In the Imp (ITI): The strawberry is sickly sweet in that artificial way it can be, but the florals lend it some depth that makes me think it's worth a chance.

Wet: Sweet, overtly candy-like strawberry dominates above all, but the poppy and some orange seem to creep in after a couple seconds.

Dry: After 15 hours, There is only the faintest hint of strawberry and something faintly more dark.

In the Imp (ITI): Oh, I like it. The lime is bitter, yet sweet when paired with the white musk. I don't get anything other than those two notes.

Wet: Bright lime, sweet hibiscus, hints of dried green tea and musk. Oh, this may go in the "to buy" category.

Dry: I agree with my husband. It's a very clean, pure scent. I think it would be wonderful for summer or spring. I get hibiscus, gentle while still lightly fragrant, a touch of warmth from the white musk, and a round sweet quality from the matcha.

In the Imp (ITI): Oh yes, I do get bubblegum, some kind of wine, maybe a little orange rind. There is also a little something herby in there.

Wet: Yep, there's the tell-tale cherry-cough syrup of wine, followed by orange zest, light vanilla, and bubblegum.

Dry: Dried, I get mandarin berry, vanilla, and something that's a touch powdery. It isn't nearly as sticky-sweet as it is when wet or in the bottle.

In the Imp (ITI): Strong peppermint candy cane and a touch of vanilla.

Wet: The peppermint candy cane is so strong here. While I get vanilla, poor vanilla is sitting in the back of the scent classroom, too afraid to disturb the powerful litany of the dominant note.

Dry: Thick, gooey vanilla with flecks of peppermint candy gently folded it. It smells delicious!