mymymai

ITI: It smells just a little artificial in the bottle, like coconut or tropical air freshener with plenty of vanilla-y tonka and some woodsiness.

Wet: Blackened coconut really is a good name for the initial note. Thankfully, the artificial note I got in the bottle translates into rich, authentic coconut on my skin. It reminds of roasted coconut with pepper, tempered with vanilla bean and tonka. There is also a slight astringent quality to the scent as an undertone, which I think is the vetiver and just a little woodiness from the oude.

Dry: While coconut is the the dominant quality, I get oude and tonka as the final supporting notes. It’s a nice, warm scent overall.

ITI: It smells strongly of light, almost powdery florals, like carnation and perhaps faint lily. On second sniff, there is a faint greenness to the scent, like fern or something along those lines.

Wet: Hmm, not what I was expecting. Carnation, daffodil, some heribness and just a touch of medicinal green notes. It’s rather pretty.

Dry: Sweet, light floral. There is nothing sinister or foreboding about this scent in my skin. Perhaps I would liken it to Ophelia’s flowers if I had to stretch, but the scent is innocent and unassuming.

In the Imp (ITI): Ooh, that’s horseradish right there. It reminds me a little of the wasabi scent in Velvet Cthulhu, which is one of my all-time favorite scents. There is also a lovely greenness underneath (from the vetiver I imagine) that makes me think of a jungle for some reason (or Lush’s Jungle)

Wet: I get chills when I sniff this. I think The Harpy Calaeno is the first scent since I started testing 149 days ago that has evoked a visceral, positive response such as this. The spiciness of the horseradish and the wonderful combination of bergamot, vetiver, and orange I guess make my nose extraordinarily happy. I tested out the wet scent again, and yes, I’m still getting chills every time

Dry: Yum! Spicy horseradish, patchouli, balsam, and clove-infused orange. After a couple hours, the horseradish calms down and I’m left with a wonderfully resiny scent of patchouli, clove, orange, and just a little vetiver.

ITI: Honeysuckle is very clear as the top note, but it isn’t impressively overpowering like orchid or lilac are. When I inhale deeply, the smell of teak creeps around the lemongrass, which is just under the honeysuckle. It’s a surprisingly soft and delicate scent.

Wet: On my skin, the lemongrass nearly meets the honeysuckle, reminding me a little of a hot toddy. There is a touch of fruitiness, I think this time it is the plum, and a very slight contribution fro the teak. However, when I reapply, the teak is much more prominent.

Dry: The scent is very close to the skin after 8 hours, so it doesn’t have the lasting power of the more resinous scents. However, what is left is a very charming combination of frankincense, lemongrass, and teak, although I get some plum on my other wrist.

In the Imp (ITI): On the initial sniff, it smells very much like men's cologne to me; very aquatic. On second sniff, I can smell verbena and perhaps ozone as well.

Wet: From a distance, it seems like there might be some cucumber here mixed in the the verbena and slightly metallic and aquatic notes.

Dry: After 15 hours of wear, there is s warm powderiness with a metallic tinge like tin foil with perhaps the slightest whiff of citrus.

ITI: Strong aquatic with an overarching note of salt. The undertone is a slightly more exotic floral.

Wet: I smell like salt and aquatics with florals underneath, like lily or iris. There is a little greenness to the aquatic, like a touch of juniper, but the salt really throws me off and makes me almost nauseous.

Dry: Salty sweat after 15 hours. That's a nope for me.

Other Impressions: Interesting is all I got from my husband. It's musky florals when I asked him if he could classify them. Then he mentioned something about flowers having certain pieces male anatomy.

ITI: Musky is my first impression. There is a little bit of the dragon’s blood underneath, but I can also smeall a lovely earthiness of fig.

Wet: So delicious! The dragon’s blood here is well balanced on my skin with the various musks. Fig and currant are pleasant as undertones underneath the resinous and musky overnotes. It’s just lovely and I feel elated to wear it.

Dry: After a 16 hour work day , the dragon’s blood has become mellow and merged with the musk. It’s beautiful and I would consider getting a bottle of this.

Other Impressions: This was the most complimented I have ever been on a scent. Pimrarily, the comments were from my male students who exclaimed anything from “soap” to “it smells good, like someone burnign scented candles.” Often, they mentioned something without me saying anything. The occured from about the time I applied it to four hours after.

ITI: Strong lily and rose are most prominent, although there is a dark undertone of the jasmine. All together it reminds me of the thick petals of a magnolia.

Wet: The rose is sweet and innocent and the amber melds nicely with it. There is an aspect of the amber and rose combination that turns just sweet enough to remind me a little of Loli.Goth. While Helena is warmer, there is the same “tone” to the scents. As it begins trying, the jasmine peeks out a little, but the lillies are oddly absent.

Dry: After 15 hours, a faint, powdery, slightly floral scent remains. It reminds of of lightly scented baby powder.

ITI: Green, just a little bright, but that is made much more subdued due to the earhty notes surrounding it.

Wet: Dark, earhty mandrake with thick loam underneath. There is also just a little spice that comes out as well.

Dry: It’s super faint, even after reapplying 4 hours ago. There is a faint, sweet greeness to it, but I have the strain to smell it.

ITI: Sharp white florals, either the angelica or white trumpt seem to dround out everything else.I can smell a little bit of the tea and oakmoss if I concentrate, but none of the resionous notes are apparent.

Wet: The sharp flowral has been replaced with an almost lemony quality. The tea and violet I think could make this combination, perhaps with a little oude. I can barely discern the sandalwood underneath the angel's tumpet and the angelica. It reminds me of a garden tea party with lemon curd treats.

Dry: It's gone a bit soapy now, but it's a floral soap with a bit of powder. However, it's not unpleasant and it does read as feminine.

ITI: Patchouli and fig are the most evident, although there is some faintly astringent greenness, which I think is the oakmoss. So far, I like it better than I thought I would as I wasn't sure how much mushroom there would be.

Wet: Strong fig and light patchouli now, and there is just a touch of earthiness is I inhale deeply from the oakmoss and the mushroom. It's still a very foresty scent with a bit of Fae due to the fig.

Dry: An equal blend of fig and patchouli with a hint of earthiness from the moss. It's rather pretty, actually.

ITB: The notes are thater clear here. The cocoa is a darker variety infused with rum and the winee is a dark almost merlot. I normally don’t like foody scents and wine notes are hit and miss, but this does smell promising.

Wet: Milder red wine and cocoa. It’s sweet and boozy.

Dry: The staying power of this scent is rather minimal. I applied it last 4 hours ago and I can barely smell slightly boozy chocolate, but I have to concentrate to really smell it.

Both my husband and my other guy friend responded very well to this scent. It may not be something I wear all the time, but it does seem to get a response.

ITB: Red roses, exotic lotus are both clearly here, but there is a warmness to the scent that I would not normally attributed to each note. It smells as if there might be amber in here somewhere.

Wet: It’s a bit overtly sweet here with the lotus, but I can smell both white and lush, red rose underneath. At this point, there is a hint of candy to the scent, which makes me a little unsure about whether or not I like it enough to keep it.

Dry: After a number of hours, rose holds on to my skin the most, but it is only a faint impression.

In the Imp (ITI): Yep, that’s hay and something that is overly perfumey, like car freshener scent.

Wet: On my skin, it smells like hay and carpet cleaner. Hmm, not what I was expecting.

Dry: The hay scent has vanished and all I’m left with is the light scent of used dryer sheets. That’s a nope for me.

In the Imp (ITI): Smoldering patchouli and olibanum sitting in a pile o f ash, brightened only bits of vetiver. I’m not smelling the moss at this point, but it may show up on my skin after I apply it.

Wet: The ash and smokiness is prevalent as the foremost note. Following is smoky olibanum and hints of earthy patchouli. However, the green notes are not present at all while wet. I’m not minding, through, because the scent is a lovely resinous scent.

Dry: After 14 hours, there is only a faint hint of something resinous. On second reapplication, the olibanum, patchouli, and ash are in harmony. I smell a touch of vetiver, but no moss.

In the Imp (ITI): i get a chemically smell, like machine oil, something slightly metallic and rust on top of a stiff black leather background. It’s rather masculine.

Wet: Machine oil with some sweetness from the opium tar and hints of tobacco. The leather starts to come through as it dries, and it’ s more of a well-worn and oiled leather smell.

Dry:After about 6 hours, I get machine oil, leather, and a hint of rust. It smells like my father’s vintage Mercedes.

In the Imp (ITI): Oooh, woody and resinous. This shall be good. I can pick out the earthy patchouli, the sandalwood, and the olibanum, flanked on all sides by older cedar.

Wet: Delicious resins burning in a wooden pagoda. Myrrh now is melding well with the sandalwood, incense, and the olibanum, while the cedar hangs on the periphery, enclosing everything in a lovely, well-rounded scent. Okay, I’m sad this was just discontinued.

Dry: It’s beautifully warm in its incense-based qualities. Sandalwood and myrrh harmonize with the patchouli and olibanum perfectly. The cedar isn’t evident anymore, but I’m okay with that. I wish I had a bottle!

In the Imp (ITI): I get the warmth of vanilla followed by the sharp, slightly cold floral of narcissus. Orange seems like a side scent, as I imagine the scent in 3 dimensions. I can smell it directly alongside the narcissus. This scent is womanly and father sensual.

Wet: The narcissus is now the top note, but it’s softened by the vanilla. There is a slightly spicy quality to this scent that I like. I almost want to slather it on my hands and smooth it through my hair.

Dry: Warm vanilla with a touch pf orange – an simplistically elegant scent even after 15 hours of wear. It does get a little powdery, but it is still something I would use on a regular basis.

In the Imp (ITI): Dark, mysterious green vines, with hints of pitch and pine, and perhaps a little juniper season the air. Delicious. If you are a fan of green scents, this way be a winner.

Wet: I still get the sharp green note reminiscent of pine and juniper, but there is now an earthy quality to the scent, which may be a soil note.

Dry: Early in the day, I noticed an odd, sweat-like or sour quality that seemed to be linked with the scent. When I retest it, it's there once the juniper calms down underneath everything. It could be that I'm not responding well to the soil note, though. I really want to like this, but that after note is a deal-breaker for me.

Other Impressions: Citronella and ammonia, which my husband finds odd. He does, however, think it's nice

In the Imp (ITI): Sweet, artificial red currant is all I smell on my skin. It's a bit too artificial for me at this point. It may just be that I have berry high expectations for my berry scent, but the artificiality makes me smell like candy.

Wet: Red currant candy drops, similar to the newly flavored cough drops. There is a little huckleberry there, but the neroli seems absent while wet.

Dry: Red currant with slightly more sour huckleberry and a hint of menthol and a little incense for some reason (that might be the neroli). It's still a bit too sweet for me, but it is a pleasant scent.

In the Imp (ITI): Mango is the first significant note that reveals itself as I sniff. The ester is a little overwhelming, but the tea seems to try to calm it down. There is just a touch of warmness underneath, which may be from the fig.

Wet: Strong mango with earthy fig. I can’t smell much of the tea now.

Dry: Figgy mango. What a strange scent.

In the Imp (ITI): Pungent rose at the start, followed by osmanthus and old wood paneling (I think that’s the oak) and just a touch of ozone. I get the image of green velvet tasseled drapes, wood-paneled walls, and well-worn Victorian floral upholstered furniture.

Wet: Rose, osmanthus, lilac, and just a dash of wood. I think my skin may amp rose.

Dry: Tea rose and lush, full rose with a dash of osmanthus remain after several hours and e long and brisk walk.

In the Imp (ITI): My first impression upon sniffing is is Oh Yeah!. I like the sensual and darkly oriental nature of the scent I'm getting on first sniff. It's intoxicating.

Wet: Earthy herbs with a slight soil tinge, luscious fig, some date, and ...odd...something with green quality that's slightly like juniper.

Dry: Fig, a hint of sweetness from the dates and currants, and some herbiness that tend toward a soil note along with that touch of green. Its' lovely and very subtle when dried.

In the Imp (ITI): This smells like those candied raspberries that are super sugary that you can get at specialty candy stores. It smells exactly like them, and I think without the wine, it would smell more like fresh berries, but there is an artificial quality about the scent. I suppose that is fitting for Lady Macbeth, though.

Wet: While I realize that the note is currant, it very clearly smells like the raspberry. Lush raspberries, some slight greenness from the thyme, and just an every so slight hint of wine. It makes the berry a little more mature.

Dry: Berries and faint wine. I didn’t think I would like it from it’s overly sweet smell in the bottle, but this is a nice scent.

In the Imp (ITI): It smells like the ocean (salty, deep water, and a little kelp) with…grapefruit? How odd.

Wet: Rolling waves, briny kelp, some oud, perhaps, and just a touch of citrus. I really enjoy this while wet. I would love to take a bath in it.

Dry: Slightly aquatic, but pleasantly so. There is still just a touch of sweetness, which makes this scent appealing to me. Finally, an aquatic I like!

Other Impressions: Specialized soap dish soap with something else according to Tony. When I explained to him about aquatics, he commented that he liked it – it smelled nice. Keep pile it is!