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  1. Elspethdixon
    So many imps, so very many.

    GC Imps - Keepers:
    All Night Long
    Antikythera Mechanism (travel imp)*
    Bastet
    Bensiabel
    The Chicken-Legged Hut
    Chimera (travel imp)*
    The Deep Ones
    Eclipse
    Elf
    Half-Elf
    Haunted (2)
    Jack
    Jezebel orange blossom honey & okay-ish rose on hair. Will trying it on skin produce bad!rose sorrow? ETA: No! Is also okay on skin.
    Miskatonic University
    No. 93 Engine (2)
    Obatala*
    Paris
    Red Rider (2)
    Redoul Honey*
    Skuld
    Smokestack
    Tamora
    Tenochtitlan
    Tezcatlipoca
    Titus Andronicus

    GC Imps - To Test
    Anathema (tested - honeysuckle & vetiver take a while to play nice together)
    Centzon Totochtin
    Chokecherry Honey
    Daphne Honey
    Dragon's Milk (sweet & cloying, must re-test)
    Grog
    Harlot
    Hedylogos - alas, Hedylogos is the bad rose
    Scarecrow
    Snake Oil (re-test after aging)

    LE Imps - Keepers:
    Mars Ultor
    Two Old Men*
    The Avenue*
    Beanman and Beanwoman*
    The Gift*
    Hidden Pearls*
    Priala the Human Phoenix
    Saw-Scaled Viper
    Boomslang (must test on wife)
    Australian Copperhead
    Western Diamondback
    Death Adder (maybe will improve with age?)

    LE Imps - Not keepers
    Impressions of the Floating World
    Faiza the Lady of Serpents
    Behemoth

    GC Imps - Not Keepers
    Alice^ (gone)
    Al-Shairan^
    Beer from the Marsh Woman's Brewery
    Bewitched
    Black Rider^ (aged)
    Blood Rose
    Bon Vivant
    Brown Jenkins^
    Calico Jack^
    Cheshire Cat
    The Coiled Serpent
    A Countenance Forboding Evil
    Dana O'Shee^ (gone)
    Death Cap^
    Deep in Earth^
    Defututa
    Destroying Angel (aged)
    Dragon's Heart^ (aged) (gone)
    Dragon's Musk (aged)
    Embalming Fluid (aged) (gone)
    Endymion
    Evil
    Fire for thy Stepmother's Daughters^
    Gaueko
    The Ghost
    Gomorrah
    Hedylogos^
    Kali
    Laudanum
    Mary Shelley (gone)
    Masquerade
    Mata Hari (2)
    Neutral (2)
    The Night-Raven
    Nyx
    Queen Alice
    Queen Gertrude
    The Raven
    Satyr
    Sherlock Holmes (gone)
    Sin
    Squirting Cucumber
    Somnus
    Sybaris (gone)
    Vial of Holy Water (aged) (gone)
    Wicked (aged)

    *Also have bottle
    ^Tested/Used
  2. Elspethdixon
    All bottles bought from the lab unless otherwise specified. Pink text for faves.

    Bottles Owned:
    GC:
    O (aged 4 years)
    Tombstone (aged 3 years)
    - Tombstone backup (aged 6 months, BNNU)
    Velvet (aged 3 years, nearly empty) empty
    Black Pearl (aged 2 years, nearly empty)
    - Black Pearl backup (aged 6 months, full-to-shoulder)
    Chimera
    Drink Me
    Antikythera Mechanism (aged 1.5 years, 1/4 bottle)
    Light of Men's Lives
    - Light of Men's Lives (back-up)
    Redoul Honey
    Cockaigne
    Obatala (2016, full-to-shoulder)
    Mouse Circus (2016, BNNU)

    LE:
    Pumpkin II 2014
    She Perishes That She May Live (burns skin)
    El Dia de Los Reyes 2014 (1/4 bottle left)
    - El Dia de Los Reyes 2015 (backup, BNNU)
    Lovers and a Fan ('15 Lupers)
    Mars Ultor ('15 Lupers)
    Clement I's Phoenix
    Bartholomaeus Angelicus's Phoenix
    Dead Leaves, Vanilla, and Myrrh (triggers asthma, must get rid of) Gone!
    Frosted Pumpkin Spice Cookie ('15 Weenies)
    Satan Summoning His Legions ('15 Pickman's Gallery)
    Thirteen (13) November 2015 (TOL)
    Palmyra
    Channukiyh 2015
    Giljagaur ('15 Yules, TOL)
    - Giljagaur backup (BNNU)
    Stekkjarstaur ('15 Yules, TOL)
    Adrastea (Moons of Jupiter Jan '16, TOL)
    - Adrastea backup (full, bought from forumite)
    Love's Philosophy ('16 Lupers, TOL)
    - Love's Philosophy backup (BNNU)
    Dark Chocolate, Black Tobacco, and Vetiver ('16 Lupers, TOL)
    - Dark Chocolate, Black Tobacco, and Vetiver backup (BNNU)
    Beanman and Beanwoman Climb Genital Mountains ('16 Lupers, full-to-shoulder)
    - Beanman and Beanwoman Climb Genital Mountains backup (full, bought from forumite)
    Volcano in Springtime ('16 Lupers, full)
    Blossoming Vulva ('16 Lupers, full-to-shoulder)
    Hidden Pearls ('16 Lupers, full-to-shoulder)
    The Avenue ('16 Lupers, TOL)
    The Initiation ('16 Lupers, full-to-shoulder, like but don't love)
    The Bride ('16 Lupers, full)
    The Two Old Men ('16 Lupers, full)
    Bunraku Theater ('16 Lupers, full-to-shoulder)
    Pumpkin V (2012 Weenie, half bottle, bought from forumite)
    Wooden Bullet (OLLA line, 1/3rd full, bought from forumite)
    Mommy Fortuna (Last Unicorn, age unknown, just below top of label, bought from forumite)
    Fresh and Blooming as a Rose (Trading Post 2015 Yule, full) - turns into soap on skin, swap/sell
    The Strange Old Woman (Trading Post 2015 Yule, full)
    Bulgarian Tobacco single note (full)
    Thirteen (13) May 2016 (full)
    Europa (Moons of Jupiter, May '16) BNNU
    Ganymede (Moons of Jupiter, June '16) Full-to-shoulder
    Guatemalan Coffee Bean single note BNNU
    Amicitia (Liliths '14, bought from forumite)
    Callisto (Moons of Jupiter, July '16) top-of-label
    Meshkenet the Vulture Maiden (Carnival Diabolique '16, 1/4 bottle, from forumite) swapped
    SN: Haitian Vetiver (1/2 bottle, bought from forumite)
    The Malignant Dreams of Cthulhu in Love (1/4 bottle, from forumite)
    Giant Vulva (2009 Lupers, TOL, from forumite) swapped
    Priala the Human Phoenix (Carnival Diabolique '16, full-to-shoulder)
    SN: French Vanilla
    De Vos's Unicorn (Unicorns '16, BNNU)
    St. Clare (Unicorns '16 BNNU) vanishes in minutes on me, need to swap swapped
    Allegory of Chastity (Unicorns '16 BNNU)
    Wulric the Wolfman (Carnival Diabolique '16, full-to-shoulder)
    Lilith and the Four Sons of Horus (Liliths '16, full-to-shoulder)
    Honeyed Apple ('16 Weenies, full-to-shoulder)
    Caramel Apple Cookie ('16 Weenies, full-to-shoulder)
    Samhain ('16 Weenies, full-to-shoulder)

    Disc. GCs:
    Tobacco Honey (partial, age unknown, bought from forumite - chemical/cleaning fluid smell, not the honeyed tobacco of my dreams)

    GC Bottles Needed:
    Antikythera Mechanism backup
    Bensiabel?
    Velvet
    Mouse's Long and Sad Tale? (Delicious vanilla & sandalwood)
    Bow & Crown of Conquest (snuggly vanilla-leather) bought!

    CD bottles Needed:
    Wulric the Wolfman bought!


    Unicorns Needed:
    Allegory of Chastity bought!

    GC Imps Needed:
    Tested, need more, contemplating bottle-
    - Moar Jack
    - Moar Miskatonic University
    - Moar Titus Andronicus
    - Moar Paris (is fresh as good as 4-year-aged? Will it last longer than 1 hour? fresh not as good as aged, still short-lived)
    - Moar Smokestack (do Black Tobacco & Vetiver, Priala, and the new 13 fill the smoky resin spot enough for me, or do I need more?)
    -Moar The Lotus Tree
    - Moar Bow & Crown of Conquest (delicious but do I need a bottle or do Tombstone & Blood & Judgement suffice?)
    - Another Old Demons of the First Class(why did I give it away to my cousin before retesting?)
    Never tested, want to try -
    Brown Jenkins (coconut husk) No coconut on me, only musk
    Shub-Niggurath ("evil gingerbread")
    Shoggoth (coconut & lime) Too much lemongrass. Gave to my mother.
    Robotic Scarab & Galvanic Goggles (because there seems to be no Steamworks blend that isn't amazing except Aeliopile)
    Hellfire (tobacco & leather)
    Hellcat (gourmand to end all gourmands, apparently) All almond, all the time
    Bordello (plum, currant, wine) cherry musk and bakewell tarts, like but don't love
    Intrigue (black palm, cocoa, wood) inexplicably smells like stale sweat
    Athens (honey, wine, flowers)
    Eden (honey, almond, fig, coconut) cloying - damn you, almond, you do this every time
    Dragon's Milk (vanilla/milk,but will the dragon's blood ruin it?) tested unsure about
    Bard (cousin scent to Antikythera Mech?)
    Gnome (ginger ale/rootbeer, nutmeg, machine oil?) tested - mostly ginger ale, effervescent and crisp but not for me
    Halfling (pastry) oatmeal raisin cookies!
    Good (sugar/honey/vanilla, but reviews mention baby powder, also worrying mentions of lemon)
    Faustus (frankincense & cinnamon - GC cousin to Priala?)
    Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds (will it be the good rose, or the bad rose?) (good rose)
    How Doth the Little Crocodile (chocolate and mint, for wife)
    Mouse's Long and Sad Tale (vanilla) Delicious vanilla & sandalwood. Bottle-worthy?
    Tlazolteotl (cacao, copal, maize)
    Kurukulla (rose & lotus, is it the good rose or the bad rose?)
    Lawful (fruity oak, tried at NYCC but need to get imp for full-day test)
    Katarina (apricot)

    GC Imps - To Test:
    Eat Me(cake!)
    Centzon Totochtin (chocolate & wine)
    Perversion (rum/tobacco/leather/champagne/tonka) - tested, leather takes over
    Penitence (frankincense & myrrh) - tested, starts off funky but becomes soft/powdery sweet and comforting (but similar to Clement I's Phoenix which I already have)
    Baron Samedi (bay rum)

    GC Imps Tested (Liked but don't need bottle):
    Bengal (glorious but burns skin)
    Elegba
    Eclipse
    Kill-Devil (meh when fresh, improves with age)
    Bastet
    Red Rider (leather single note)
    Jezebel (good/okay-ish rose & orange-blossom honey, glorious on hair)
    Tezcatlipoca
    Tenochtitlan
    Tamora
    Haunted
    Fighter (harsh, new leather)
    Halfling (delicious oatmeal raisin cookies)
    Chicken Legged-Hut (horse feed/hay/sweet feed)
    No. 93 Engine
    Hunter (Neverwhere) half dry grass and dusty-warm cat in the sun, half lovechild of The Lion and Bow & Crown of Conquest


    GC Imps Tested (Okay, but not *great*):
    Queen Alice
    Black Rider
    The Lion
    Al-Azif
    Elf
    Half-Elf
    Dragon's Heart
    Dragon's Milk
    Morocco
    The Deep Ones - an aquatic I can actually wear!
    Azathoth - weird combo of orange & vetiver. Not sure I like it but can't stop sniffing it.
    Antony - amazing when wet, vanishes within half-hour
    Bordello - half sexy leather-tinged berry wine, half bakewell tart
    Penitence - morphs from weird stale/funkiness through decent church incense and into cozy soft/warm powder
    Perversion - leather with hints of rum and tonka, dry-down is entirely leather
    Door (Neverwhere) - gentle honey-chamomile-scented LUSH bathmelt

    GC Imps tested (Disliked)
    Aeliopile (orange-scented dish detergant/floor cleaner)
    Alice
    Endymion
    Dana O'Shee (too cloyingly sweet even for me)
    Spellbound (the bad rose)
    Defututa (jasmine ruins everything)
    Al-Shairan
    Dragon's Bone
    Calico Jack (aquatics = not for me)
    skekNa the Slave Master (harsh leather)
    Sudha Segara (raw, fresh-sliced ginger, no milk)
    Fire for thy Stepmother's Daughters (starts out lovely fruity white musk, ends up dryer sheets)
    Intrigue (smells weirdly like sweat)
    Shoggoth (lemongrass too strong))
    Y'ha-nthlei (soap and dryer sheets)
    Great Sword of War (citrus and red musk take over everything, avoids floor-cleaner effect but still not great)

    LE Imps Tested - liked:
    My Baby and a Baby Goat (wonderful! Snuggly fur musk and honey!)
    The Vine (smells like fresh, juicy pear when wet, turns into delicious sweet/sticky BPAl honey as it dries)
    Boo (vanilla cream and clean laundry)
    Mother Shub's Spiced Lait de Chevre (goes on tangy yogurt, dries to warm milk with clove syrup, gentle and soft)
    A King Pursued By a Unicorn
    Good Morning London (lavender & amber)
    My Little Grotesque (sweet/creamy cardamom SN)
    O the Joy of My Spirit (hazelnut/tonka/pine)
    First Cry of the Warbler on the Plum (wisteria, plum, and honeyed green tea, lovely spring floral)
    Poor Monkey (pleasant creamy fig/lotus/ylang-ylang that almost smells like there's coconut in it, but bad during shark week)

    LE Imps Tested - (Okay, but not *great*):
    Joyful Dalliance in the Underworld - dead ringer for pit barbecue
    Faiza - surprisingly pleasant for a white floral-type scent but burns my skin
    Australian Copperhead (all acia-berry, all the time)
    Leda (like a less complex De Vos with strawberry instead of apricot & more white musk)
    St. Clare (too faint & fades too quickly, not as sweet as I'd hoped)
    Himalia (like a less-sweet Chicken-Legged Hut)
    Spiced Apple Cider ('16 Weenie)
    A Commentary (apricot and vetiver and red musk, like a less-barbecue-ish Joyful Dalliance)

    LEs Tested - Disaster:
    Delight and Consternation - horrible floor cleaner/cleaning solvent scent
    The Unicorn Rushing... - Lovely in the imp, turned feces-like on my skin (first jasmine to do so)
    LEs and Discontinueds I'm Curious About:
    Blood and Judgement so Well Commedled (really nice and pleasant)
    Avunculus
    Apple I
    In the Time of Plague (buy before it's out of stock or be strong?)
    All That I Possess (buy before it's out of stock or be strong?)
    Amicita (everything sounds good except the carnation) - glorious!
    Tarantula Fascinator
    Captain Cully
    The Lilac Wood
    The Last Unicorn
    Mommy Fortuna (The sexiest BPAL I've ever worn. Sticky honey & salty gunpowder)
    Aristocratic Couple
    Arana
    Haloes (as a Dark Delicacies blend, might as well be a disc./LE for me) (like the lighter, spring/summer version of Antikythera Mechanism!)
    Adante con Fantasia (why did I not order a decant when I could?)
    Ivory Vulva/Glowing Vulva (haha, good luck!)
    Katrina van Tassel (yeah, like that's gonna happen)
    Question Mark
    Atlas Moth
    Gypsy Moth
    Grievous Swarm - wonderful gritty vetiver/myrrh, my holy grail vetiver scent
    Bjugnakraekir
    Perilous Parlor

    Notes that ruin things:
    Jasmine (star jasmine is apparently a different plant)
    Dead Leaves note/accord
    Carnation (except in Bow & Crown of Conquest)
    Ozone/aquatic notes
    Narcissus (the most cloying white floral of them all)
    Lily of the Valley (except in Audumla)
    Patchouli (very occasionally okay if the other notes drown it out/you can't smell it in the blend)
    Nag Champa (bad "headshop" associations)
    Hemp accord/Weed (reeeeaally bad associations)
    Lemon verbena (horrible lemon cleaning solvent of doom)

    Notes that are iffy:
    Rose (wonderful in Adrastea and Lush's Rose Jam, okay in Jezebel, Roses, Pearls & Diamonds, and Allegory of Chastity, awful in Hedylogos, Harlot, The Rose, and some other rose blends)
    Ylang-Ylang (sometimes okay, sometime too white floral-y)
    Orange Blossom (same as Ylang-Ylang)
    Champaca (will it be too reminiscent of Nag Champa?)
    Lily (high risk of soap)
    Lavender (will it remind me too much of my mother's bath products?)
    Dragon's Blood (was this the note that rendered Dragon's Heart too perfume-y?)
    Red Musk (or was it this one?)
    White Musk (high risk of dryer sheets)
    Black Musk (possibly what turned Black Rider into baby powder?)
    Basically all musks except "skin musk" nope, all musks
    White sandalwood (similar effect to white musk)
    Most florals
    "Dirt"/"Loam" etc.
    All citrus notes
    Oude/oud (can smell sour/fecal)


    Notes of Win:
    Vanilla
    Marshmallow
    Honey
    Coconut
    Tobacco
    Myrrh
    Amber (black, golden)
    Teak
    Benzoin
    Cream/milk
    Goats Milk
    Nutmeg

    Notes of Like:
    Leather (like but amp)
    Vetiver (would be under "love" if Joyful Dalliances in the Underworld hadn't smelled like pit barbecue and Death Adder hadn't been... weirdly and inexplicably unpleasant)
    Cocoa (love but can vanish or be cloying)
    Almond (like but can be cloying)
    Cake
    Cinnamon (love but amp liek woah)
    Clove (love but amp)
    Coffee
    Pumpkin
    Peach (like but skin eats it)
    Pear (hard to find, often paired with icky florals)
    Lilac
    Frankincense (like but skin eats it)
    "Resin"
    "Smoke"
    "Spices"
    "woods"
    Beeswax
    Hazelnut
    Orris/orris root + coconut
    Sage
    Fig
    Oak
    Lotus (possibly the glorious crisp, fruity note in the wet phase of Paris, possibly also what caused Paris to vanish off my skin in under an hour) - confirmed, Lotus is the wonderful crisp/juicy sweet fruit note from wet/freshly applied Paris.


    Notes I Amp:
    Leather
    Cinnamon
    Possibly Rose
    Possibly Clove
    Possibly Honey?
    Possibly Jasmine (or maybe I just hate it enough that any jasmine is too much jasmine)
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