mymymai

ITI: This is a pleasant scent - it does remind me of something shiny and bright, like armor, due in part to the sage, lavender fougere, and armor polish.

Wet: The lavender fougere here is brilliant - it's soft but assertive while still being appealing, and paired with the armor polish and sage and faint floral from the carnation, it yields a brilliant unisex scent.

Dry: It dries down to a gentle lavender fougere with a pleasant metallic undertone and just a touch of carnation.

ITI: It's a resinous floral scent, very much a mature woman's with a slightly haughty tone due to the purple musk and magnolia. I like it so far!

Wet: Oh, that's beautifully floral - magnolia, rose, gentle mimosa blossoms and a touch of patchouli make this a regal, feminine, and all around glorious scent.

Dry: It's very faint after nearly 12 hours. I can only pick up sweet red rose and magnolia, but I have to make sure my nose is right up on my wrist to detect it.

ITI: It's that strong gingerbread notes that overpowers almost everything. If I concentrate, I can pick up dried roses and earth.

Wet: Gingerbread and dried roses - that's it. It reads as a spicier than some of the other gingerbreads, but it doesn't have the same depth and complexity as the Villain counterpart.

Dry: Once it has dried for a few hours, the rose is much clearer, as is the rose-leaf and something that strikes me as a spicy brown musk, which might be all that remains of the gingerbread.

ITI: This one smells like gingerbread, although much lighter than Snake or Troll, framed by a paper-y and very light fougere and citrus musk. It's enough to change the tone of the gingerbread, which has a tendency to dominate.

Wet: It's very similar to its iteration in the imp, although I am also getting some of the lilac. It's actually a much prettier scent than some of the other gingerbreads, and honestly, a bit more wearable on a regular basis.

Dry: This is really a lovely scent. It's sugared lilac fougere with a subtle tones of lime that serve to ground the gingerbread note. In fact, I'd say the fougere is the dominant note in this scent ans the gingerbread serves as a mid tone to sweet the other notes.

ITI: Strong gingerbread note framed by Indonesian oils and granulated sugar. I'm a sucker for Snake Oil, so it stands to reason that I'd like this one as well.

Wet: Oh, the Indonesian oils are much stronger when applied to my skin, and I'm now getting some o the vanilla intertwined with the gingerbread. It's an enticing, alluring, foody scent so far and I'm kicking myself for not buying a bottle.

Dry: The Snake Oil is much more evident when dried as the Indonesian oils and sugared vanilla seem to meet the brash gingerbread note. It's a nice play together.

ITI: Gingerbread once again seems to be one of the few notes I can detect in the imp. Perhaps there is a touch of cinnamon, but I'm having trouble making much else out.

Wet: Okay, so this is much more "round" in scent than it's Troll counterpart. I get the Ceylon cinnamon, gingerbread, and both brown and red musks. I like this much better already.

Dry: It's much softer than I had anticipated due to the musts and faint cinnamon. There is just a touch of gingerbread, but it's just the faintest impression of a cookie baked hours ago.65

ITI: All I can make out right now is the lab's gingerbread note. It's super strong.

Wet: I get rich gingerbread, lots of clove, and cumin. Interesting.

Dry: The gingerbread does calm down some after a few hours, although it's still the most clear notes to the nose. I still get a little clove and a touch musk, but nothing else.

ITB: It reminds me of the Lick It Yules, but with more marzipan.

Wet: It's like mint ice cream, whipped cream, sugar, and marzipan. I'm not normally a fan of marzipan, but it works here.

Dry: The scent stays pretty true to itself. While foody, the mint, marzipan, sugar, and cream are nicely balanced and refreshing.

ITB: Gah, this is amazing! It's richly resinous but also musky in the best way from the cistus and myrrh combination.

Wet: Rich, thick myrrh and frankincense with tines of opoponax and cistus form something that is so resinous that it is decadent. The chamomile is present, but it's just an impression underneath the gorgeous top notes.

Dry: It dissipates quickly, but it still stays very true to it's wet form of rich, decadent resins. I've in love!

ITB: This is much more foody than I had anticipated. It strikes me as thick cocoa, beeswax, and a touch of aquatic patchouli.

Wet: On my skin, it's still sweet, but it's taken on more of a powdery tone.

Dry: It's like light, powdery patchouli, beeswax, and just a hint of chocolate and rose. It's interesting.

ITB:I get wet parchment, pimento

Wet: It's oddly watery and resinous, like cucumber wrapped in pimento leaf, wet paper, cold fig tea, and long burned-out sandalwood.

Dry: It gets sweeter as the fig warms up and mingles nicely with the sandalwood, ink, and parchment. It's rather pleasant.

ITB: It's musky with tones of aged dirt (not messy, but like dirt in an attic), and resinous wood.

Wet: There's a perfume-y aspect to the scent at first on my skin, but I an still detect a fragrant wood, red musk, a touch of dust, and now a nice leather note.

Dry: After a while, it's more of a nice, fragrant wood, a nice musk, and a faint impression of leather. It's pleasant, actually.

ITB: It's rich, warm cocoa made with whole milk. I can picture of sugar swirling on the surface and on the bottom of the cup. It's rich, warm, and very foody.

Wet: It's very much similar to the in-the-bottle sniff, but it smells like there are fluffy marshmallows melting on top of the hot cocoa with a dusting of cinnamon on top. Okay, this is making me really hungry.

Dry: It's now warm cocoa powder, sugar, and the lightest impression of cinnamon. It's still very wet, but it's a nice winter scent.

2013 Version

ITB: It's like a warm chocolate-laced pastry with a dusting of licorice. I'm a bit surprised at how foody (but pleasantly so) this smells.

Wet: Warm gaufrette with delicious black licorice, a touch of leather, but I don't get coal. It's more like coffee to me.

Dry: It's still nicely foody due to the guafrette and licorice. I get a little coal now, but it is a nice pairing with the other notes. It reminds me of a hearty winter meal (pastry, coffee) in the middle of winter, near a crackling fire.

ITB: I remember sniffing this the first time I opened it and falling in love, completely and instantly. It's a fabulously gorgeous snow note with a well-balanced grapefruit, underneath which is a faint, innocent white floral.

Wet: It's even better on my skin as the neroli and tones of mandarin peek out underneath the snow, the light florals, and grapefruit. I can't stop sniffing my own wrist.

Dry: There's now a warmness, perhaps a subtle vanilla, that I'm picking up under the pristine citrus and snow notes, but still made feminine with very faint freesia. If you don't have a bottle of this, you may want to consider getting one or five.

ITB: Strong black leather and very old, earthy patchouli. Interesting.

Wet: It's black leather, patchouli, cedar, and champaca, but it's rather cologne-y. I was hoping more of the resins and tea would come out, but not yet.

Dry: I tried this one and failed to write down my impressions. Leather, rose, cedar, and something of which I'm not fond. The note was unsettling once I applied it and I kept wondering if there was one my doom notes in here despite the really masculine black leather. Sure enough, there's petitgrain and I know now why I really dislike Leather Phoenix despite really, really wanting to love it.

ITB: I would expect the dark chocolate to be the top notes, but instead it's the pink pepper that is reminiscent of bubble gum, with the addition of light clove, a dark cherry tone from the daemonoropos, and then something faintly chocolate.

Wet: Yes, this one is interesting. The cherry quality of the daemonoropos is strong on my wrist, then the pepper, then the chocolate. I don't really pick up the myrrh or labdanum, but there is a faint spice to it, which might be from the clove.

Dry: As the scent settled, the myrrh became apparent. In fact, even after 7 hours of wear, I remember thinking that I smell wonderful - like myrrh and dark cherries with a light drizzle of chocolate.

ITB: It's delicately musky over the strong resins and styrax. I really like this so far.

Wet: Wow, it's really interesting. I get absinthe-quality wormwood, styrax, light amber, a drizzle of bergamot, and faint vanilla. It's complex but equally beautiful.

Dry: It's a soft musk and sweet vanilla that bring a subtle vulnerability to a scent is not something I'd classify as overtly feminine in the delicate sense due to the the styrax, labdanum, and wormwood. I like it.

ITB: It strikes me as slightly masculine on first sniff from the bourbon vanilla, I think. There's also a note that's a bit disquieting underneath the bourbon vanilla, but I'm not sure what it is yet.

Wet: Ah, it's it pikaki that I'm not responding well too, which is a top note on my skin. I remember it from the sampaguita single note that came out a couple of months ago. Under that, I can pick up the pink pepper, some tuberose, and the bourbon. Overall, it's a bit too strongly white floral for me.

Dry: It's pikaki (jasmine) and faint amber,but the jasmine completely overpowers anything else. Sadly, in the swap pile this one goes.

ITB: Wow, it's really, really rich cheesecake with gobs of sugar and a faint lemon glaze. It's rather foody, but the lemon makes me really intrigued.

Wet: There's more lemon and some thyme on my skin. In fact, the sugar takes on a flight Fresh's Brown Sugar quality to it with a subtle hint of cheesecake and graham-cracker crust.

Dry: After several hours, I get lemon-tinged creme brulee with a hint of graham cracker. It's nice, even for a foody scent.

ITB: It's a sweet, lightly resinous scent with a pleasant undertone of warm leather.

Wet: Warm Ceylon cinnamon tea with fragrant balsam underneath and a deliciously supple brown leather, which provides a harmonious base for both of these two scents. It reminds me a light leather-adorned male clerk in a tea and spice shop during late afternoon.

Dry: It's soft, pleasantly spicy with some faint fragrant wood and leather underneath. This is most certainly a keeper!

ITB: Soft and sensuous - the Indonesian oils and frankincense pair beautifully together, while the vanilla and orris seem to layer over everything like an ephemeral veil.

Wet: The Snake Oil are much clearer with the scent. It seems to enhance the oil, sugar, and vanilla notes even more with resinous and slightly sweet tones of frankincense, orris, and a touch of copal.

Dry: It's gorgeous when dried as well with its Indonesian oils, vanilla, and softy enticing resins. I'm a little worried I might not have enough of it.

ITB: It's rather sweet and floral - sugared blood orange, gardenia, fragrant plumeria, some lemon, ripe red apple, and vanilla-infused Indonesian oils.

Wet: Yum - juicy red apple covered in vanilla, heady Indonesian oils makes a gorgeously sweet base for the lemon peel, faint blood orange, and sugared plumeria. Delish!

Dry: It's sweetly floral with a lightly candied citrus and apple tone underneath the vanilla and sugar. Once dried, it's gorgeous!

ITB: Indonesian oil, sweet, almond-coated myrrh with faint marzipan undertones. I'm not getting any mandarin, though.

Wet: Strong almond/marzipan with vanilla and a hint of sugar. Under all of this, I get the mandarin paired with the Indonesian oil, lending a slightly citrusy (but not citrus sweet) tone to the heady oil.

Dry: I echo the impression that this is a much softer Snake Oil due to the addition of the almond and myrrh. It's sweet and slightly foody without being too juvenile.

ITB: It reminds me of white sage and soap suds for some reason.

Wet: I still get something else along with the white sage. Now, it's rather floral, but it still has a "clean" tone about it. There is also something that reads slightly like musk. I wasn't anticipating this much complexity from a single note.

Dry: t dries slightly more herbal, but there is the white floral aspect that still is relatively strong.