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- ITI: Maiden is a balmy white tea and rose out of the bottle. It reminds me ever so slightly of a garden party in mid June.
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- ITI: Okay, this is really strange, but I initially picked up wood and green, but that quickly changed into shredded carrot and sawdust.
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- ITI: The herbs here are soft and slightly medicinal when paired with the iris and olibanum. I was expecting something a bit more regal and slightly haughty, perhaps with an orchid or even a jasmine note, but this is a bit watery and unassuming. Hopefully this develops a bit more on my skin.
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- ITI: Dragon's blood resin and salt. The salt note is rather distinct, but it actually tempers the resin, which can be quite overpowering at times.
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- ITI: Lovely teakwood and dusky rose otto and oudh create and old, pained, but hauntingly lovely scent that fits the name well.
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- ITI: The cherry here is a gorgeously dark cherry, like maraschino cherry, only with the Rainier variety. There is something that reminds me of amaretto as well, and the chocolate note is more of a chocolate liquor rather than the overtly sugar chocolate note I've smelled before from the lab. So far, this is very nice.
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- ITI: Calla lilies and roses - the first notes out of the imp - strike me as imperious, pure, and lovely.
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- ITI: It reminds me of Trappist monk holiday cake - very sweet, almost candied orange, with a heady floral and resin, but combined to read almost bread-like.
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- ITI: The cypress and pine pitch make the scent initially very astringent, but useful for a stuffy nose. However, second sniff reveals a sub-layer of resins and spices that tone down the astringency and add some lovely exotic undertones.
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- ITI: It's sweet from the apple blossom, while being deliciously refreshing from the heavy melon note.
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- ITI: It's lightly floral and strongly herbal with chamomile, thistle, ginger, and carnation being the strongest notes on first sniff.
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- ITI: Oh, that's a deliciously seductive scent there. The lilac cologne is sophisticated, slightly haughty, yet alluring and charged when paired with the vanilla, leather, , lemon remind, and mahogany.
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- ITI: It's very perfume-y: strong indigo musk, jasmine, and cereus resonate with the patchouli and dark olibanum. I'm not getting any spiciness from the Ceylong cinnamon, which I think would make the scent more appealing as a whole.
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- ITI: It's foody, but I feel like I've smelled this before. It's thick, cloying vanilla cream infused with gobs of juicy, ripe cherries and currants. Ah, that's it! It's very similar to Isle of Eden's "Can't Sleep, The Clowns Will Eat Me."
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- ITI: I'd call this a round scent. I pick up on the cotton and lavender immediately, but there's a slightly denser note that keeps the scent from beeing too buyoant. Granted, the top notes are really rather pleasant on their own.
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- ITI: Sweet and inviting almond lures me closer while rose subtly emerges just in time for the dragon's blood to pounce on the false sense of innocence fostered by the other notes. I like it!
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- ITI: On first sniff, the scent is rather smoky - opium poppy and wafting vetiver overwhelm the other notes completely. After some time, I can tease out the indigo, musk, and plum, but not much else.
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- ITI: The scent is bright and golden. The citrus reminds me of kumquat, but the harshness of it is tampered by the fragrant roses and jasmine. The amber and orris both add a sumptuous and powdery tone to the scent as a whole, which reminds me of the quaffed wigs indicative of the era.
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- ITI: This 's deliciously woodsy (a nice, full-bodied wood) with an overlay of cinnamon. It's warm and comforting.
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- ITI: It's a nice, subtle lavender, rosemary, with a creaminess underneath, like an oatmeal.
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- ITI: Oh wow, that's sweet, but not cloying; gentle, but seductive. The red musk is nearly candied, but infuses a delightful warming into the sandalwood and lilac that it is nearly brimming with delicate desire. Goodness, this is nice.
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Seething with passion, yet utterly cold-blooded. Dragon’s blood, vetivert and spice.- ITI: It's much different than I expected. I pick up on the resin, but the spices are very intriguing here - cinnamon for sure, but there's also a woodsy quality to it along with something that reads faintly like mint.
- Wet: The woodsy note is a bit stronger on my skin. Only enough, this might be the vetiver interacting with the dragon's blood resin and cinnamon. On me it's deeply spicy, brooding, and reads more as hot and seething (Red Hots candies) than cold-blooded.
- Dry: While still decidedly present, the cinnamon settles some and plays nicely with the dragon's blood resin, the woodsy quality of the vetiver, and the almost green spice I can't place. I really like this one and I'm rather sad it was discontinued.
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- ITI: The lily of the valley is very strong, almost bordering on the strength of jasmine notes for me, but at least I can smell the gentle purple lilac poking through set against the dragon's blood resin and galbanum. It's a much more floral version of the Ars Draconis when compared to the others I have tested.
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- ITI: Wow, that's clear your sinuses strong. I get lots of lavender, perhaps some rosemary and pungent jasmine. There are other herbal notes in there, but I'm having trouble teasing them out thanks to the strength of the other notes.
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