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This is very fruity on me, and I love it. It was a frimp from a lovely forumite and I tested blindly, without even looking up the notes first, and I'm glad I did. I typically don't enjoy red musk OR roses, so I probably would have skipped this one, and that would have been a shame, because I honestly don't get either of those notes. It's all patch and pomm on me, and I'm HUGE fan of patch mixed with fruits (A shadow in the Elevator, for example, or Hellion, as other reviewers mentioned, are in the same scent family as this one, to my nose anyway, and those are two of my favorite scents evarrrrr).

 

(5 minutes later, the rose starts to peek its head out, but it takes a backseat to the fruit, so it's not overwhelming. I hate roses, but can still wear and love this perfume, so if you've been avoiding it due to the rose, give it a shot! You might be surprised.)

 

Think it's time to upgrade to a bottle for this one!

Amping the cedar like whoa. I got yummy chocolate in the initial application, but once it dried, it was alllll cedar on me. Sadness! I'm allergic to cedars in real life, so I have a negative association with the scent, so into the swap pile it goes.

Ooooh, this is lovely. Smoke and cinnamon and amber, in that order. Mmmmhmmmm. I definitely need a bottle of this. I'm a sucker for cinnamon and feel fortunate that I'm not at all sensitive to it. I'm wearing this to bed tonight so I can drift off smelling its deliciousness.

As it was for many of the reviewers, apricot was definitely the most dominant note on me. It's a light, sweet, fruity, beautiful scent. It will be great in the spring and summer! I don't really get much of the cardamom or vanilla, but I'm not complaining -- this is lovely.

I enjoy the herbal, berry tea scent, but there is almost no throw (on me, anyway). I have to hold my hand literally touching my nose in order to smell it. Maybe I just have a head-cold today. ha ha I like my perfumes to have a little more of a presence, so I probably won't buy a bottle of this, but I might use this imp to make a body scrub or something! It's definitely lovely, just not strong enough for my preference.

It's all cedar on me, alas. I don't get any of the amber or incense that other reviewers mention. Smells like a cedar hope chest.

This one doesn't seem to be getting much love compared to the other CP blends, which is a shame, because this is gorgeous! When I first apply it, it's very cool and green -- like irridescent Elytra beetle wing green --a little sharp. Once it dries, however, the fruits and opoponax come out to sweeten it, and the black patch and neroli give it complexity. I agree with the comparisons to expensive Dior perfumes -- specifically, this reminds me of Poison, which was popular when I was in high school, although out of my budget. I think it might be the combination of fruits and opoponax. Apparently those are notes in Poison as well. However, I think this is much more complex and subtle than Poison. Insects sends shivers down my spine when I hold my wrists to my face. It's mysterious, a little scary, and oh-so-very-sexy.

 

It smells very feminine to me. I think I need a backup bottle.

I have to be honest, I bought this for the name. I'm reading Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales, and there's a bad Norse lady named Skade (alternative spelling of Skadi) in it, and so when I saw the name, I had to hunt down a bottle. :-)

 

Wet, it's all mint. Like, Double-mint gum mint. Luckily the mint calms its ass down in a few moments and the pine and berries come out to play, as well as the gorgeous snow. I live in Texas where it snows once a year, if that, so I can't speak as to this perfume's resemblance to a snowy forest, but I do know that it is delicious and I will wear it all winter, even if it is 80 degrees here today.

 

I agree with a reviewer above who said that the mint in this reminds them in some ways of Nuclear Winter. That comparison came to my mind as well, but the berries give it a sweetness to temper the biting cold of the mint.

 

This one is delicious! It's almost all plumeria on me, but I adore plumeria, so that's fine by me. Light, fruity, fizzy. It has decent throw, but I echo the other reviewers who have noted that its staying power is not the best. I applied at 7AM, and by noon I couldn't smell anything at all. But, it's not the end of the world to have to reapply frequently! Yummy scent!

Smoky leather, and oh-so-delicious. I would put this on the "masculine" end of the spectrum, but I still plan to rock it, as I do so many masculine oils. On my skin, it's mostly leather and oudh, and since those are two of my favorite notes, I couldn't be happier! Is this going to be released as a bottle? If so, gimme gimme gimme.

This smelled pretty similar to Snow Bunny on me, and I love it. I was expecting more clay, and wasn't sure I would like this, but it's all snow on me, and is a light, very pretty scent.

The vetiver was overpowering when wet, but this dried into the most lovely patch and plum. Dark, velvety, mysterious, sexy. So much depth and complexity. This isn't the type of scent I usually go for, but I think I may need a bottle!

 

I know you'll think I'm crazy, but the plum in this even puts me in mind of Bordello, but without the light playfulness of Bordello, obviously. Bordello's dark, gothy cousin.

 

ETA: oh man, half an hour later, the black plums and patchouli have mellowed into a very Hellion-esque scent, and I could not be happier, as I'm nearly out of Hellion. Sweet, juicy, incensey goodness. Oh so so so good. If you've been looking for a replacement for the lovely rare Hellion, give this a try. Seriously.

I really wanted to love this -- I adore Snake Oil, and also love berries, so the combination intrigued me. However, on my skin it mostly just smelled like Robitussin. Sadness! I envy all the people for whom this scent worked out. It sounds great, if only my picky body chemistry would cooperate. :-)

I may be dating myself by making this comparison, but do any of you remember the 80s/90s perfume Skin Musk? My older sister wore it and I would frequently sneak into her room to douse myself in it as a child, until she would yell at me for using all her perfume. ha ha I had completely forgotten this memory until I tried Edith Cushing today. Holy wow, this is like an updated, more subtle and nuanced Skin Musk, and I LOVE IT. The vanilla musk was a perfect choice for Edith. To me, it smells like sun-warmed hair and skin, just a little sweaty but not dirty -- a sexuality that is budding but not yet bloomed. It is gorgeous. I am ordering a second bottle immediately. I think this one will be a popular one.

 

My only complaint is that I'm not getting much throw. I probably look insane because I keep sniffing my wrists and elbows. ha ha But it has nice staying power, and when I was in a hot kitchen cooking breakfast, the scent really warmed on my skin and I kept getting delicious whiffs as I moved about the room.

 

Definitely a keeper.

I was really hoping that the vanilla amber and rosewood would be the dominant notes on my skin, but for me, it was all white rose. It reminds me of Parlement of Foules from Lupercalia 2006. It's a sweet, pretty, innocent, feminine scent. Fans of LUSH's Ro's Argan Body Conditioner or LUSH's Rose Jam fragrance will love this one.

Oooh, this is lovely.

In the bottle, I smell nothing but leather and clove.

Wet on skin: leather, leather, leather. I love the lab's leather note -- I will never stop kicking myself for selling my bottle of De Sade right before it was DC'ed. But some leathers can be a bit too sharp and masculine for me to actually use. As I applied to my skin and sniffed, I thought "Lovely scent, but far too manly for me. I'll pass this bottle along to my brother for his birthday next week."

Drydown: Well, guess what? My brother is out of luck. lol When this oil dried and mellowed on my skin, it turned into lovely soft, warm leather and the sandalwood came out to play. The sharpness of the cloves mellowed out and gave it a warmth. It reminds me a bit of Dee, one of my favorites on the more manly spectrum. It's a little masculine, but not in an aftershave kind of way. It just smells like a refined library filled with leather-bound books and perhaps some sandalwood trinkets from far-away lands.

Honestly, I don't get any amber from this at all, which is surprising, as my skin usually amps amber to the nth degree.

This one's a keeper!

Saffron and vanilla are my favorites, so I had such high hopes for this scent, but unfortunately, my skin amped the jasmine until that was all I could smell. I smell like an old lady at church now. Sadness!

I may be crazy, but to me, Scales of Deprivation smell as though Dee and Dorian had a love-child. I pick out notes I love in both oils in Scales of Deprivation. Perhaps it's the fougere. I don't know, but I love, love, love, love, love it. Will be procuring a bottle.

Wet: It smelled like lemon pledge and diaper rash ointment when I put it on. I instantly marked it down in the "tried and hated" category on my spreadsheet and was prepared to trade it immediately, but...

 

Dry: Even though I HATED it when I first applied it, I didn't wash it off, and I'm so happy I didn't, because thirty minutes after application, it had mellowed into the most scrumptious vanilla buttercream. So good! I haven't loved a vanilla blend this much since Underpants! I smell almost no lavender, it's all vanilla on me in the drydown, and I couldn't be happier.

 

Happy I gave it a chance after an initial unfavorable impression!

Wet: Floral and coffee. Not a fan. The orchid way amped on me. Sadness!

 

Drying: Oooh, now, this is nice. The orchid calms its ass down and finally takes a seat, and the champaca and amber get a chance to come out and play. As others have mentioned, it's a lovely, resinous incense-y scent. Heady and sexy, dark and mysterious.

 

Hour later: still very nice incense, but going a bit powdery on me now. Smells like a Hot Topic circa 1999. May sound like I'm insulting it, but my teenage self had very good times in Hot Topic in 1999, so this is pretty nostalgic for me. heh

 

Glad I got an imp, but probably won't seek out a bottle.

OMG, I'm in love. I had been wanting to try BPTP's HG for ages. However, none of the scents were catching my eye, but when this one was listed on etsy, I knew I had to try it, being a lover of all the peach dragoncon scents over the years. I mostly get peach and apricot, but there's something spicy under there that anchors the scent and makes it more complex than the fruity shampoo smell that peach and apricot alone would give. It's a truly gorgeous scent, and I say that as someone who is very picky about my fruits and florals. This scent reminds me of Fae, which is my absolute favorite summer perfume of all time.

 

I think this has a decent throw, not sure what people are talking about when they say they can't smell it at all. I keep tossing my hair like a moody teenager to catch a whiff of my gloriously scented hair. Mmmmmmmm. Do yourself a favor and track down a bottle of this. It's magnificent.

Bubblegum and fruity body lotion from Bath & Body Works. :-) But in the nicest possible way. This is a light, playful, innocent perfume. Would even be great for a child or teen. The fruit is dominant on my skin, but I get some floral too. Very nice! I prefer more sultry scents, so I probably won't be wearing this regularly, but it does smell lovely.

Mostly rose on me, but with enough sandalwood peeking through to keep it from being sickly sweet. It's a lovely feminine perfume that makes me think of ballgowns and rose corsages and tea roses tucked behind your ear or woven through your hair, but the sandalwood gives it a bit of a spicy kick, so it's not all sweetness and light. I'm not really one for florals or roses, so I probably wouldn't wear this on a daily basis, but I could see dabbing some behind my ears for a wedding, or a ball or some other special fairy tale occasion. :-)