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In the imp this is all dry, sharpish, spice. I get mostly the cinnamon and clove. It's the nice soft, sweet cinnamon. On my skin the clove calms down a bit and I can pick out some of the other spices, namely allspice and nutmeg and I get a little sandalwood. Overall the blend gets softer (not in terms of strength!) and a bit sweeter. As it dries further I get tobacco, it's not the dominant note but definitely giving a round base for all the spice to play on. Really delicious.

Glassy. It's a clean, sharp (in a pleasant way), aquatic. There's just a hint of chill, not screaming mint but definitely a coolness. In the imp it's hard to pull apart the notes, but I can detect some bitterness from the grapefruit though if I didn't know it was there I'm not sure I could identify it. On my skin it opens up a bit more, I get a little more mint, though it is a soft mint still. I get a bit of that minerally sort of champagne note, not distinctly fizzy but clean and buoyant. Really lovely and refreshing scent.

I get a dark velvety myrrh beeswax with a cloud of ylang ylang around it. Maybe a bit of amber or black musk (I know those two are very different but I'm getting a hint of the dark snuggliness I get from Haunted but can't pinpoint why). Soft, sultry, and inviting. I didn't get an assosciation myself with O prior to reading reviews but I can sort of see the connection.

Welcome back! Some things off the top of my head you might look into: Beholder Optician (GC, impable): eucalyptus leaf, white amber, pink bergamot, strawberry, and sheer, crystalline vanilla musk. Zorya Polunochnaya (American Gods) : Pale amber and ambergris, gossamer vanilla, moonflower, and white tobacco petals. Eat the Strawberries (American Gods): Strawberries, fresh-picked. Ava (Only Lovers Left Alive): sheer vanilla musk with tuberose, red mandarin, and the sweet poison of white almond. Bawd (Independant Shakespeare): Raucous red velvet musk, sweet patchouli, billowing peony, bourbon vanilla, and a cascade of red rose petals. O Spirit of Love (Independant Shakespeare): Effervescent rose chypre and bourbon vanilla. Some LEs that could fit the bill but might require more hunting: Perfectly Normal Childhood: spun sugar, vanilla marshmallows, cardamom, and cake batter. 2004: Paper Phoenix : A memory of Antique Lace, Formula 54s pink pepper, and a splash of Dorian's white tea and lavender fougere. There's been several duets and menage a trois blends that have featured coconut in the past year or two that have coconut and might be worth tracking down! Ghost Faced Bat: Sugared coconut meat, vanilla pods, condensed milk, white honey, and benzoin. Libra 2016: The strawberries and roses of Venus gilded and polished into an urbane, elegant perfume by sheer white musk, mallow oudh, white incense, bourbon vanilla, red benzoin, and polished woods.

I was hoping to see a different side to lotus here but it still smells like bubblegum in the imp to me. I was also wondering why I was thinking of medicine and saw the amoxicillan reference above. On my skin however the bubblegum does die down. Still sweet and sort of waxy, the myrrh and amber make it more sultry.

Really chilly mintiness in the imp, with a softness underneath. On my skin it is more green and herbal, but still very chilly. As it dries the lavender creeps into view, but the pennyroyal is what I sniff first still. Very refreshing scent.

In the imp I get a super dry, woody incense. I think it might be a really dry sandalwood, like the Australian Sandalwood SN from sometime back. It's almost cedary. I get something bright at the edges, maybe lemon? On my skin it's smoother, less splintery wood. Still with a faint citrus edge. Reading other reviews I'm seeing almond, and I could see that. Not cherry-almond on me but a nuttier, creamier one. This aspect is well-melded into the woodiness for me. A really interesting and pleasant scent.

In the imp I get the delicate osmanthus blooms, breezy and a touch fruity, with a sheer dry vanilla and a touch of honey. On my skin the jasmine comes in and the scent gets more of a incensy base, I assume from the sandalwood and champaca (which isn't going sharp on me!). Still in the delicate realm. Incensy yet with a freshness from the osmanthus. The honey has a mellow sweetness and depth that with the vanilla really blends the two realms. Gorgeous.

In the imp I get a sweet, fresh aquatic. It's hard for me to pick out notes but it's clean in a soft way. On my skin it gets sweeter and less crisp, and more floral and fruity, and while I can pin black currant I can't identify the lavender. Something about the white musk and currant smells a bit like a light crisp apple as well, or there is a hint here. Really pleasant scent.

This stays pretty much the same from imp to skin. Thin wispy floral poppy with a light incensy opium. Mysterious and has a draws-you-in quality.

DBR normally amps on me, but this is wearing very close. It's sweet, sort of fruity. There's a soft floral and sort of bubblegum quality, with a hint of spice.

In the imp I get soft, creamy sandalwood. On my skin it's more like cocoa butter and sandalwood. A bit less creamy than it had been in the imp. The fig stays in the background for me, very difficult to pick it out. It's a quiet scent on me.

Layering The Lights of Men's Lives with Lorelei might be somewhere in the same realm!

This is about 100 years late but the only GC I can think of with a sweet lavender vibe is TKO. Doesn't have that paperback quality though.

In the imp I get super soft white musk and whispers of florals. On my skin a soft light sandalwood comes out, with some lavender and either lilac or wisteria (checks notes-oh yep lilac). As it dries a light violet comes out, and surprisingly doesn't go funky on skin. And neither does the orris! This is a really, really gentle scent. A cousin to Ode on Melancholy. A bit sweeter, much softer.

In the imp this is a really light, slightly waxy honey. On my skin it's mostly the light honey, with a bit of a light herbal floral which I assume is the hyssop and chamomile. Really breezy and clean but not in a soapy or white musk way. A sweet meadowy honey scent.

In the imp this is just spicy red fruit. I can't pin anything but it reminds of the holidays, I would guess cinnamon and clove. On my skin I get hot, sharp ginger overtop a more nuanced melange of fruits. Smooth and velvety but with a tartness, it reminds me a lot of the Black Pomegranate SN but with embellishments.

In the bottle I get toasty rice or grain scent, with a fuzzy brown musk and a bit of evergreen. A bit of an almond note as well I think. On my skin it's similar though that almondy note is harder to find and I get more evergreen. As it dries I get a bit more of the popcorn impression others had, but I also get a toasted rice vibe. This melds with the musk. Underneath the dark green scent I get a bit of tartness. This is a cozy, inviting forest scent, maybe a little glowing cottage just off in the distance.

In the imp, before looking at the notes I would have guessed red musk and patchouli. Sweet and musky with a dirty earthiness underneath. It is deeply familar to me in the imo, but I cannot pin it. On my skin the orange blossom comes out, smoothing out the gnarly earthiness of the patch and adding headiness. I get a streak of hot ginger running through it. I still get some musk, though not quite sure I would pin it as red at this stage. It's heady, hazy, and sexy in an undone sort of way.

In the imp I get mostly lilac, osthmanus, and oak, with cool minty edge. Despite being woody it feels very wispy and transparent. On my skin it gets a bit more chily, with the rose coming out as well. As it dries I get a smooth wood base, I can pick out teak as well now. The florals have blended together, lightly sweet and swirly. There's a bit of wintergreen behind it all. Very interesting, not quite what I expected but very lovely all the same.

In the imp I get mostly white chocoalate, then coconut, and then a swirl of cool florals. It's smells delicious and inviting, but at the same time something you know you should definitely not eat. Like a little fae cake. Wet it gets a little less gourmand. The iris and orris definitely come out, luckily not veering into musty territory as they tend to on my skin, at least not yet. But definitely adding some powdery edges to the scent. Getting a soft gardenia and lilac as well. Dry everything is really well balanced, and the notes seem to all blur together, though I can pick out a hint of green from the lettuce that I couldn't before. Ethereal, truly the scent of a unicorn.

In the decant this smells so fizzy, it has a bit of citrus and a smells like a really light cola. On my skin it is instantly less fizzy, more fuzzy. I get a deep base of amber with nutmeg and tonka. Sort of vanillic, and hay-like, with a soft glow of citrus around it. It's so gorgeous, very warm and inviting.

In the decant this is very crisp, and clean. But not soapy. It keeps this effect on the skin but it softens under the lilac. There's other elements here that I can't quite nail down. It's a soft ethereal floral, with a soft green element as well. It's an otherwordly meadow.

In the decant I get the warm, deep honey that I always think of as the Lab's 'thick honey'. It's a really rich honey and I think there's some amber underneath. A bit of herbs. On wet I'm almost certain there is some amber, and that honey seems tom just get thicker. It's gets maybe just the tiniest touch gourmand, I want to say I pick up on some sweet spices like cardamom. But just a tiny hint. As it dries the sweetness shifts from just honey, and reading the reviews above I really can't tell if it is caramel or maple. Maybe both? It's not overly sweet, it has a very inviting and kind of homey quality to it. Very smooth.

In the imp I get a very savoury foodie situation, with a fresh greeness underneath. I get what @Kefliss said about powdered soup mix. But on my skin it is much more of a dusty grassy scent than foody. Chamomile tends to have a soft, dusty quality on me (not in a bad way!). Very herbal. Sagey. I get a little sandalwood as it wears, a rather dry sandalwood.. My skin has pretty much turned this to a dry meadow, which isn't bad. It smells like a boutique cologne. After a half hour or so the sage fades a bit and the warm tobacco comes out. I still can't pick out caramel or sultanas however. It's quite a comforting scent.. I'll have to test it out on Mr. roseus.