mymymai

In the Imp (ITI):I get clean iron, ozone, and a touch of oak. It isn't as off-putting as I had imagined it would have been.

 

Wet: The iron is certainly stronger on my skin, but here it’s cold and a little foreboding The oak underneath is sweet and adds a nice contrast with the iron.

 

Dry: It’s a perfumey scent now, as the combination has turned to a masculine by slightly aquatic and powdery version of iron and oak.

In the Imp (ITI): Thick chocolate, honey, pimento berries, and wine. It's an odd combination - not exactly something that is soothing, foody, or something I cannot easily classify.

 

Wet: Bitter 85% dark chocolate, pimento berry, thick honey, something that reminds me of clove, and some shark woodiness from the tolu balsam. There is also something in here that has a wine note to it, but I'm not sure what it is.

 

Dry: After a few hours, much of the scent had faded. What has lingered is pretty: chocolate, pimento berry, tobacco, and honey. I like this spades better when dried.

In the Bottle (ITB): It's a light, uplifting scent in its fruity cleanliness The white fig and tamarind together remind me a little of roasted apricot, although there is a subtle perfume note to the scent when I sniff deeper.

 

Wet: It's sweet while still being light - not overly foody, with a hint of floral and exotic notes due to the patchouli and perhaps the fig. As it starts to dry, there is a bit of stickiness to the scent quality, but the tamarind makes for an intriguing top note white the floral resins and fruit create a succulent quality that is rather enticing.

 

Dry: After a couple of hours, the scent is light, sweet, and slightly exotic from the tamarind. The most prominent notes are the tamarind, of course, the fig, the amber (which gives just a little powderiness to the scent once dried), and the complexity of tonka. It's an interesting scent and I'd reach for it when in the mood, but it isn't going to be a daily scent.

In the Imp (ITI): I can smell fir needles and vanilla snow, but not much else.

 

Wet: Wonderful astringent pine bark and pungent fir needles soaked in vanilla and citrus. It's gorgeous!

 

Dry: The staying power isn't optimum with this scent, but what is left after 4 hours is vanilla'ed fir needles with a touch of snow and citrus.

In the Imp (ITI): I'm so excited by the color that I'm abuzz with anticipation. It's clean, feminine, and icily floral. I can discern the violet leaf, white tea, myrrh (barely), saffron, and something that reminds me of frost.

 

Wet: The violet leaf and white tea are dominant on my skin, along with something that has a citrus edge. When I concentrate, I can get myrrh and olibanum along with that icy edge. It's gorgeous, and I'm more than a little tickled that the oil goes on bright pink.

 

Dry: It's faintly musky, and it's very much a red musk, white tones of myrrh, olibanum, violet, and white tea. This is just absolutely lovely and I am purchasing a bottle the second I tab out of this window.

In the Imp (ITI): Yep, that smells like damp, moldering cloth left abandoned in a forest.

 

Wet: Molding cloth, damp forest, a little fungus, and rich soil, freshly dug. This is so spot on for the scent's name.

 

Dry: Oddly enough, it gets a bit floral once dried, although the impression of fungus, moldering cloth, and dirt remain.

In the Imp (ITI): Oh, interesting. Spiced orange, specifically spiced with cinnamon and clove, surrounded by dark patchouli.

 

Wet: Deliciously thick with clove-infused peach, something that smells like heady florals (jasmine), and myrrh-based incense.

 

Dry: It's musky and slightly powdery from the incense, but the clove and patchouli keep it from being undesirable In fact, this is a rather pleasant blend.

In the Imp (ITI): While this is a clearly floral scent, I'm not overwhelmed by it. The frangipani mellows out the jasmine in the imp, and the rose combinations provides a sweetly subtle background.

 

Wet: The jasmine is much stronger on my skin, while the frangipani recedes into the background. Thankfully the rose keeps it from becoming a one-note show.

 

Dry: It's still deliciously floral as the frangipani reappeared, followed by the rose. Depth has been added by the jasmine base a base note once dry.

In the Imp (ITI): Interesting. Musk, both clean and a little animistic with a sweet green leafiness and just a touch of grapefruit.

 

Wet: I can smell both musks - one light and airy, the other seething and complex. The strawberry leaf actually smells like the leaf instead of fake berry, and the white grapefruit adds some tartness to the mix. What an agreeable scent.

 

Dry: It ends up being lightly musky with subtle, sweet fruit undertones. I'm impressed that anything is left given my 14 hour day.

In the Imp (ITI): I get olibanum and ozone with a delicate floral, but for some reason, I get tones of acetone.

 

Wet: The ozone is really strong here, but I can detect the cypress and some of the olibanum as secondary notes. It ends up reading a little aquatic, though.

 

Dry: It's much more floral when dried. While I still get cypress and olibanum clearly, the ozone has mellowed out and lent a floral aspect to the scent.

In the Imp (ITI): Sadly, this is only a sniffie, so I will do what I can with the review. It's lightly floral, but in a soft way, and there is a mildly astringent quality to the scent. There is an underlying greenness to the scent while the elemi lifts it up and gives it an ephemeral quality.

 

Wet: Wow, the elemi and the vetiver twist and blend with the orchids, palm wine, and fragrant florals that surround the other notes. It's beautifully complex, feminine, an d slightly foreboding.

 

Dry: It's distinctly floral and sweet from the palm wine and vetiver on final dry down.

ITI: It wreaks, in a positive way, of patchouli and myrrh. I can smell them when I pick up the imp without opening anything. When I open it, it's much sweeter from the vanilla and pimento berry, but I can also detect the subtlety of the saffron.

 

Wet: Myrrh, vanilla, pimento berry, hints of ginger and clove under a veil of patchouli swirl together to create an intoxicating scent.

 

Dry: Myrrh, labdanum, patchouli, hints of ginger and clove, and a lightly floral undertone. It fits the darkness aspect of this scent, but it isn't a frightening darkness...it's comforting and secure.

In the Imp (ITI): Cinnamon and clove - strong and delicious!

 

Wet: The cinnamon has calmed down a touch, but now the clove and mulling spices with touches of apple come to the forefront. This reminds me of the holidays a bit.

 

Dry: Clove, mulling spices, cinnamon and delightful Christmas joy. I think a bottle of this is in order, especially for the holiday season.

In the Imp (ITI): Super sweet - the strawberry leaf is really just strawberry with a touch of green. There is something that smells like cherry, but I don't get tart grapefruit at all. Granted, the red musk might be what I'm smelling here.

 

Wet: It smells like fake strawberry and sweetened grapefruit with a little musk. It is a little young on me.

 

Dry: It smells like strawberry soap, but not the harsh, overly sterile kind, but a moisturizing soap variety, like made out of goat's milk. The musk is still rather strong and there is just the lightest touch of something more acidic from the grapefruit. It's much prettier when dried.

In the Imp (ITI): Beautiful plum and daffodil with a darker floral, the orchid, underneath.

 

Wet: It's rather strong at this point as the plum and orchid combined are stealing the show and overwhelming my nostrils a little.

 

Dry: It's light and a little powdery with the musk, plum, and daffodil being the longer-lasting notes.

ITI: It's a bit of a soapy and astringent floral scent. I can make out the wisteria and delphinium with a mid note of oolong tea, but everything else is smothered by the floral top notes.

 

Wet: It's much more tame when applied to my skin. The lavender and oolong become dominant while the other florals take a back seat for now. There is a little bit of sheer, skin musk thrown into the mix as well.

 

Dry: It's musky and soft - lavender, lilac, fresh tea leaves and musk. I like this significantly more when dried.

In the Bottle (ITB): The first notes out of the bottle are pomegranate and honey. The pomegranate itself, as I have found with a few other scents with the same note, smells synthetic. The honey makes itself known strongly at first, but wavers and descends into middle note territory as I inhale deeply. Finally, the plum surges forward and rivals and overtakes the sweet artificiality of the pomegranate, which balances the scent into something more palatable for my nose.

Wet: The throw here is impressive! The rose now tries to steal the spotlight from the pomegranate, wrapping the artificiality in something that is more feminine, gently floral, and sophisticated. Following this nearly show-stopping entrance are the warmth of the myrrh and honey, yielding a sweet middle tone with a touch of exotic resin. After a minute, the plum swells again to the forefront, yielding a symphonic display of lush of fruits and florals trilling against the the rich tapestry created by the honey and myrrh

Dry: After 20-25 minutes, the fruit and florals have mellowed considerably. Now, I get a lovely blend of vanilla-infused honey coating pomegranate and plum, encircled lightly by a few rose petals. The myrrh and finally the olibanum round out the scent with a lovely resinous backbone, creating a scent that is sweet, festive, and intriguing at the same time.

ITI: Of, this is refreshingly pleasant with its lemon sugar, currant, and apricot.

 

Wet: Wow, the apricot here is such a lush, delicious note. When I inhale deeper, the lemon sugar and the vetiver become apparent, followed by the currant as it dries. It's lovely.

 

Dry: It's become more complex with the apricot and currant both vying for the top note. The vetiver adds considerable depth and the lemon sugar keeps the scent from doing too dark. This is simply brilliant and I think I need to find a bottle of this.

 

ITI: Toasted sugar and tropical coconut sunscreen. It smells like a fabulous Hawaiian vacation.

Wet: White most of the notes remain the same, the sugar becomes a little darker and there is more depth with the addition of black pepper. It now reminds me of the wings of the namesaked butterfly.

Dry: Coconut suntan lotion, like Hawaiian Tropics and burnt sugar. The pepper is gone once dry, so this is back to reminding me of a tropical summer vacation.

In the Imp (ITI): Cherry cough syrup, eww.

 

Wet: I still get cherry cough syrup, but there is the tiniest bit of musk.

 

Dry: This doesn't last too long, honestly. After 6 hours of dry time, I just get red musk.

 

In the Imp (ITI): I get dragon's blood first, followed by the darkest amber I've smelled lately, and then rose geranium

Wet: On my skin, dragon's blood and amber are still prominent but I get tones mandarin that surge over the rose geranium.
Dry: Darkly simmering in drangon's blood and velvety black amber.

In the Imp (ITI): That’s rather pretty. I get lemon verbena and orange blossom. It strikes me as innocent initially but the verbena makes it a little less innocent.

 

Wet: Honeysuckle and heliotrope are dominant, followed by orange blossoms and a touch of citrus from the verbena. It starts getting a little soapy as it begins to dry down.

 

Dry: It’s faint and lovely once dried - honeysuckle and orange blossom.

In the Imp (ITI): Hmm, that's an interesting blend. Violet and other heady florals are dominant, but I can pick up musk, sandalwood, and a touch of amber.

 

Wet: The amber and sandalwood are a bit stronger on my skin, but the violet and florals still try to steal the show.

 

Dry: After a few hours, violet, florals, vetiver, and sandalwood are all that faintly remain. I wish this had more staying power, but the throw when first applied is excellent.

ITI: Ohh, that's pleasantly woodsy. The frankincense and myrrh are rather noticeable, followed by thyme, a touch of juniper, and a smidge of holly.

 

Wet: Gosh, this is gorgeous! I'm loving the juniper and hemlock, which have both stepped up to rival the woodsy resins - myrrh and frankincense There is an undertone of sweet berries and just a blush of rose.

 

Dry: It doesn't have the staying power that some of my other scents do. I can still detect some impressions of rose, myrrh, and juniper, but it is super faint. I'm kicking myself that I only have an imp of this. Ah well.

ITI: It smells like lotus, which smells like bubblegum to me. However, this gum is lightly scented in that pink bubblegum flavor. When I inhale deeply, I finally get lovely hemlock and piercing juniper.

 

Wet: Juicy berries, juniper, cold but softly fallen snow, and dashes of hemlock. Lovely!

 

Dry: The snow aspect has dried to something powdery, but I still get juniper and hemlock notes, which makes me weight the scent as more positive than negative.