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In Imp: Cherry red color. Cherry and smoke? Sweet.
Wet: Cherry Swisher Sweets. Yum!!
Dry: Cherry Swisher Sweets. Really Yum!!! Sweet Tobacco.
Later: I really like this. I love the note that lingers forever at the end.
Notes: I’m really surprised that this is listed as Sweet Pea instead of Cherry. Strange. I may need to test this again on another day.
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A classic Victorian men's cologne: a lavender fougere, with hints of lilac, lime, and citrus musk.In Imp: Clear. Sharp musk? Soap.
Wet: Soap with hints of cologne.
Dry: Cologne with hints of soap and musk. Smells really good, but more for a guy. Yeah, I can see Lex Luther wearing this. Too male of a smell for me to wear it all the time.
Later: I like it, but I need to find out this guy note so I can avoid it in the future. I think it’s the lavender fougere.
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In Imp: Light amber color. Musky with a hint of flower. Yum.
Wet: Violets? Yum. Sweet grass.
Dry: Violets? Lily? Something sweet and powdery. Like my old Liz Claiborne Vivid body powder. Powder – almost deodorant level, but like the good kind by Dove.
Later: LOVE!!! Surprisingly clean. Baby powder.
Even Later: Fully dries a bit too resiny. A bit of a sweet burning wood smell left.
Notes: I would definitely buy a bottle of this. I want to try it in a scent locket.
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In Imp: Clear with maybe a hint of yellow. Laundry detergent.
Wet: Sharp flower note on a clean scent background.
Dry: Laundry with a hint of grass.
Later: I really like this. I wish there was a hint of white musk too. Sweet pea?
Even Later: Keeps getting better.
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In Imp: Clear with hint of yellow. Coconut and sugar and something strange.
Wet: Maple syrup with coconut that’s like that note in old aphrodisiac oil.
Dry: Old coconut suntan lotion. Hint of poop smell? I wonder if that is Arabic Musk or maybe Labdanum? The last thing I smelled that had a “poop” note had those two things in it. The other one (Skuld) came directly from BPAL, so I don’t think it’s a handling issue. And I always make sure I'm perfectly clean before testing new scents.
Later: Milder coconut.
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In Imp: Red. Sweet and a bit serious. Citrus?
Wet: Citrus and perfume and hint of clean soap.
Dry: I actually really like this. Grapefruit? With some kind of musk? Smells like expensive perfume.
Later: Stronger perfume.
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In Imp: Clear with hint of yellow. Strong menthol.
Wet: Cold. Gross. Menthol mixed with Pine Sol.
Dry: The middle of a pine forest in winter while sucking on orange Ricola. Maybe a hint of flower. Ouch. Burning. I may be allergic. Damn. I smell the rose and rosemary and hint of orange and mint after reading the description.
Later: Rose is getting stronger with hint of lemon.
Even Later: Weird medicinal rose smell left.
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In Imp: Bright yellow. Honey.
Wet: Sweet powdery honey with hints of green leaves. Green leaves morph to fir which is overpowering.
Dry: Fir and smelly feet and a hint of earwax.
Later: Honey gets stronger, but still firry. Ick.
Even Later: Fire eventually fades and just left with honey. Better, but meh.
Still Later: Honey with just the barest hint of vanilla base.
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In Imp: Clear yellow. Sharp lemon musk? With a hint of sweet.
Wet: Lemon candy with vanilla, like a creamy lemon pudding cake or maybe creamy lemon Laffy Taffy
Dry: Sweet, creamy notes come forwards. Lemon turns to more of an orange Dreamcicle.
Later: Almost a creamy candy musk with a hit of floral. Beautiful!!
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In Imp: Light yellow. Sharp with hint of lemon?
Wet: Sassafras. Green-smelling lemon.
Dry: Green lemon. Turns greener. Smells like the woods. Except elevated. Like the woods without the dirt or the rotten floor of the forest. Hint of a band aide smell. That note turns into something I don’t like.
Later: Eventually settles into a cologne smell.
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In Imp: Bright yellow. Sweet cologne and sunflower seeds.
Wet: Sharp sweet lemon
Dry: Honeysuckle? And another flower. Jasmine? Gardenia.
Later: Fades to Egyptian musk
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In ATM: Bright urine yellow color. Peanut butter. With butter.
Wet: Peanut Butter
Dry: Peanut Butter Cookies
Later: Snickerdoodles.
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In Imp: Healthy urine yellow color. Sunflower seeds and some kind of citrus musk?
Wet: Sunflower seeds and some flower with a hint of something oily. A musk?
Dry: Outside in summer in a field of sunflower. Something deeper and more spicy.
Later: Spicy and more powdery. Resin? Amber?
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In Imp: Hint of yellow. Sweet, strong carnation with violets?
Wet: Paint thinner with carnations and hint of violets.
Dry: Strange. Reminds me of oil painting. The smell of the paints mixed with linseed oil and paint thinner. Then, hints of grass. Turns into a lovely, oily, sweet grass. Still reminds me of paining but without the paint thinner and with the windows open and a hint of powder. Hint of sweet, clean musk. Settles into something beautiful. Walking barefoot though the grass in a long flowing white skirt. Soft. White musk? Bit of Vanilla? What is this flower? Moonflower? I need more.
Later: Absolutely f’ing LOVE!!! I’m addicted to whatever combo is left on my skin. Can I find this without the starting crap? Is it carnation and Egyptian musk?
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In Imp: Light amber color. Cinnamon, sweetness
Wet: Cinnamon, powdery sweetness
Dry: Cinnamon, powdery sweetness. Like entering a tchotchke shop before
thanksgiving. I expect to see painted turkeys hanging on the wall with ribbons tied into bow-ties around their neck. Reminds me of fall with a hint of waxy soap.
Later: Cinnamon soap, but beautiful powder comes out (amber?) I really like this after it sits for an hour or so.
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In Imp: Clear. Chloraseptic throat spray mixed with water from a zinc-lined garden hose.
Wet: Burnt electrical wires with a bit of Red Hots.
Dry: More burnt electric wire and Red Hots, but the addition of sawdust. Ick.
Later: Second smell that I have now encountered that was just so gross that I had to wash off.
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In Imp: Light Amber color. Smoke, sweet something.
Wet: Pine or Cedar and smoke and some fruit.
Dry: Pine wood? And lemon? And Fingernail polish. Smells cold. Multiple floor cleaners mixed. Mixed with a stale ashtray. It’s like an old guy that still lives in the 70s and drives a van and works as a janitor at an elementary school.
Later: This just smells too creepy and gross for me. This is the first scent I have ever had to wash off.
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Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum.
In Imp: Amber color with red floaties. This is the first vial I have ever had that wasn’t clear. Grape sweet-tarts.
Wet: Grape nerds with a bit of a poop smell?
Dry: Poop smell is getting stronger. Then, hints of jasmine? Grape eventually turns musky, but I now smell sweet tarts.
Later: Ends on a chocolate note.
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In Imp: Pale yellow. Grassy male fragrance. Aquatic. Astringent.
Wet: Smoky male. Cool Water cologne? A touch of spice.
Dry: A bit like Irish Springs soap, but with a deep manly note. This is how I would imagine a British-born soccer player to smell after a shower. It’s almost a grassy musk. It’s polite but has muscles. I wouldn’t mind this on my guy.
Later: Astringent note and a bit more musk. Reminds me a bit of a note in the Rumeur perfume.
Even Later: Glue?
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In Bottle: Light, powdery, sweet men’s musk.
Wet: Smells like really good men’s cologne. Myrrh? Green musk? Something sharp and aquatic?
Dry: This smells like a man that wears a button-up shirt to work and pants that have been ironed. No jean here. His desk is always clean. He reads old books – maybe has an old copy of Proust’s “Guermantes Way” on a table next to his reading chair. Yes, he has a reading chair. But he doesn’t smoke in it. It’s only for reading. He uses satin bookmarks.
Later: Amazing!!! I love it!!! Lightly powdery, still a clean cologne with sweet musk.
Even Later: Dries to a light musk... eventually.
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In Imp: Bright yellow. Musk with lemon.
Wet: Musk with lemon and a light floral note. Honeysuckle?
Dry: Reminds me of outside, of clothes hanging out on the line in summer when I was younger. Lemon is more sassafras than lemon. It’s a leafy-green lemon. This would make a wonderful summer scent because bugs don’t like citrus and it just smells so light and clean.
Later: A hint of a deeper flower. Rose? I’m not exactly sure what a peony smells like, but this is kind of how I would imagine it. Maybe. Every now and again it remind me of floor cleaner, but then the musk draws me back in. I’ve smelled a perfume similar to this. Pleasures?
Even Later: Still a light floral, clean perfume smell. Eventually it relaxes into a light musk. I really like this.
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In Imp: Iodine-amber color. Spicy wood. Dirt. Deep musk.
Wet: Brothel with hint of imitation grape. Sweet, powdery. Color could stain clothes from wrist.
Dry: Strong musk. Intoxicating. Sensual. Like a very expensive brothel – the kind with lots of red velvet.
Later: More powdery. Notes of old perfumes my grandmother wore with I was young. Hint of honey.
Even Later: Lotsa honey. Then that fades and is very powdery. A bit spicy.
Very End: A chocolate note that outlasts everything else.
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In Imp: Very light yellow. Light musky. Bit spicy?
Wet: Strong Wild Musk for Women smell like I used to wear when I was much younger. Beautiful. F-ing love!! I could wear this every day!!!
Dry: Light, sweet musk.
Later: A hint of Librarian glue? But still amazing. Now I want to try everything that has white musk in it.
Even Later: A hint of charred wood?
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