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2022 Edition. 

In the imp I get the wine grape, it reminds me of Bon Vivant but minus all the fizziness, and with a good coat of vanilla. On my skin I get the incense first, then the grape and vanilla over top. There is a bright, sparkling sort of note (but not fizzy like the champagne note). It's really lifting the resins. A beautiful incense blend! 

In the imp all I got was fresh, fresh leather. But on my skin the beeswax takes right over! It eventually settles down a bit, letting the smoked vanilla come out along with the tobacco and the leather. The leather retains a bit of that 'fresh', sort of chemical scent that threatens to give me a headache, but the beeswax keeps it in check. It's a really interesting scent, and I bet a bit of aging would do wonders. 

This is a beautiful breezy scent. Gauzy incense and bright bergamot. The ambergris is in the background, just a hazy muskiness. I'd kill for this as an atmo! 

In the imp this is sweet but snappy ozone and blue musk. The blue musk is charged, it almost has a fruitiness to it. When it hits my skin I think of blue cotton candy for a moment, before the sweetness starts to simmer down. The resins start to peak out giving the scent more of a base. As it wears I get a bit of tobacco. Overall sweeter and less ozoney than I anticipated, but still a very interesting very blue scent! 

In the imp I get a dark leathery patchouli, punctured by a steak of pomegranate. On the skin the pumpkin comes out, and the blend gets more floaty and incensey at the edges.  Beautiful, dark but not heavy. 

Unsettling is exactly the right word. Vaguely fruity candy with an eerie green note. More candy on the skin, really fun! 

This smells expensive. In the imp I get lots of rich musk, vanillic notes, incense (I think oudh??). On my skin it is similar, but there is a funk. Usually oudh doesn't give funk on my skin, even if it is a funky variety in the imp/bottle.  Luckily it does not take very long for the funk to subside. This scent is gorgeous but I feel like it is wearing me, you know? Like it takes a bad bitch to wear this. I am not rich enough or well-connected enough. I do not have the cajones to back this scent. 

This is really elegant. Gorgeous creamy rice milk and sandalwood, brightened by bergamot. It gets sweeter on the skin, slightly more woody and less creamy. 

Sometimes I will look at the notes for a decant and struggle to understand why I picked it, while lovely sounding this is the sort of scent that doesn't usually work on me. However this scent is more about the tea and amber, with a light lovely backing of woods and a tiny bit of earth. The amber is pale, lightly sweet. With the tea it reminds me of weak autumn sun, so absolutely perfect for evoking the inspiration. It's earthy and somewhat in that dead leaves space without being intense. 

Oooh this is delicious! A gorgeous spicy chocolate scent, but not very foodie somehow despite being all food notes! The chocolate is on the drier, more cocoa-y side. The spice from the cinnamon and chipotle (despite being chipotle honey) keep it from being very sweet. The chipotle adds a bit of smoke as well. Cozy but not too cute! 

Beautiful fir and a deep, fresh blue musk. Makes me think of stargazing in a forest. I catch a whiff of peony in the imp, but struggle to find it on my skin until a ways into the dry down. Even then it flutters gently around the fir needles. 

From the reboot.

A chilly, creamy floral. Ethereal, but grounded somewhat by the white chocolate. Absolutely gorgeous! 

From the reboot. 

I was not expecting to like this so much! I get a super smooth myrrh roughed up a bit with a slightly gnarly patch in the imp. Just a touch of a grassy vetiver. On my skin it is more about the myrrh, and a little bit about the vetiver but it is behaving very nicely on my skin. The clove creeps out a bit as it dries, and I catch hints of a deep green that I think are the balsam and maybe the horseradish? It's a dark, earthy scent, but not as raucous and harsh as I anticipated (particularly with how vetiver tends to go on my skin). 

This is from the reboot.

The base of this scent for me is the rice flower. A wispy, creamy floral. The sesame and hazelnut meld in, and a bit of dried fig peaks out. The spices are very light on me. This is a cozy, creamy scent. Very homey and comforting.

Reboot version.

This one starts out very fresh-musky in the imp and wet. I want to say it's a blue musk, there's a freshness that makes me think of a sea breeze but without coming across as salty. A bit of soft leather hangs in the back but doesn't bloom until it hits my skin. As it dries it is much more about the soft, warm leather. Some woods and I think I catch a toasty grain note that's the porter but I couldn't say for certain. A beautiful cozy leather scent!

This is the reboot version.

In the imp this is all clove, but dusky and low. It doesn't come off as baking spice or Christmas decoration. Just a sultry, dark spice. On my skin the clove stays strong, but now with a fruity undertone. It smooths it a bit, and adds a touch of sweetness. I really love this, it is a mysterious and murky scent, a with a bit of a bite. 

In the imp I get a very sugary apple, and a smidge of musk. On my skin the apple is a bit fresher, juicier. It stills has a sugary coating, like biting into a candied apple with lots of musk swirling around.

This one stays pretty much the same on me from the imp to skin. There's a fuzzy, musky, vanillic cotton as the base, with some fruity tones. It doesn't read as a 'clean laundry cotton' to me (and I love those) as the fruity note(s) come off as dark to me, though I can sort of see how it reads laundry to others, but it's just soft and fuzzy to me. There's something deeply familiar about the blend, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I think it is that eyeliner/makeup scent others are referencing. Really fun! 

In the imp I get a soft dead leaves enveloped by a gauzy, lacy vanilla. On my skin the dead leaves go weird for a little bit, thought this was going to be a dud for me but after 10-15 minutes it settled out beautiful. A soft true dead leaves, warmed and sweetened by nutty praline and gauzy vanilla. They are beautifully in balance, and each time I come back to sniff my wrist one of the components shuffles up to the front. One sniff is a slightly more vanilla forward, the next is slightly more dead leaves, etc.

In the bottle this is very green and camphorous. Almost fizzy. On my skin I get a bunch of herbal notes pretty sure I get lemon grass or lemon verbena or something of the sort, and maybe fennel or something else anisey. Mint??  It's very bracing, a sharp green and sort of citrussy. As it dries I get a bit of resin underneath, I think frankincense. I could definitely see myself wearing this in the summer. 

ETA: papyrus?? I think I might be getting the papyrus note in the dry down as well? 

In the bottle this smells like a lighter October without the chilly breeze. Leafy. On my skin the wool comes out, followed by amber and cream which really smooth out the blend. I can't pick out tea specifically but I find it to not stand out on my skin very well. This is a very wearable dead leaves scent on me, they are very much in the background once dry. A lovely autumnal blend. 

Rich spicy Snake Oil and crisp red apple! Absolutely delicious and has the perfect balance between the two on my skin. 

In the bottle I get a smooth, slightly musky resinous sort of scent, with a fresh (green or maybe floral?) facet. On my skin it's more distinctly floral, slightly waxy like a lily. It reminds me slightly of Black Lily. The floral note is backed softly by the warm, resinous scent. Really pretty! 

In the bottle this was very much neroli with a sappy greeness to it. On my skin it's more incensey and perfumery, in particular I get the rose musk. The wood comes out a bit more as it dries (pretty sure I get sandalwood too). It's *almost* dusty. Makes me think of a gorgeous wood-panelled study with lots of incense sitting around, and little bottles of fine oils about. 

Gorgeous! A deep, purple-blue plummy incense. The opium gives that deep but bottomless/sheer effect. Dark but not heavy. It is dirtied up slightly by the tobacco on the skin.