All these Aged Imps!
Alice's Evidence (aged) - Fruitastic! I like the gingery spicyness and there's throw like whoa, but there's something that makes my eyes water and flutter in a self protective way when I raise my wrist to sniff. It seems to be mellowing on my wrist but it's still so strong!!! Oh. I think i got it on my nose. Later: It's a yankee candle with incredible throw. Yee gods.
Al-Shairan (aged) - huh. Spicy but overly sweet and a little band-aidy. Not my jam, I think
Anne Bonny - Mostly wood with some musk, Quite dry and very close to the skin. Another imp that may be too old for testing.
Aureus - Wood and amber. Close to the skin and nice. Not knocking me over, but nice.
Baneberry - Green, fresh, floral with a background of dark berries. Berry soap. Might be headachy.
Bathsheba - Carnation and musk and... plum? Mostly a feminine carnation, but plum may have mellowed over time. I'd love a new imp.
Bewitched - Well, that's pretty. That could be a lovely summer scent.
Black Lotus - River demons smell like bubblegum and nail polish remover. That is not what I thought river demons would smell like.
Cairo - On me: a burst of lemony brightness followed by incense and nail polish remover. Great throw. Ick. On the husband: Meh. Away ye go!
Cathedral - Dry woods and a kiss of incense. Boy did my skin eat that fast.
The Caterpillar - Have some fucking FLOWERS why don't you? Smoky after a while, maybe.
Christmas Eve in the Counting House - Creaky wood, thick fog, and dying embers. Wha? Is there an aquatic note that doesn't hate me? Maaaaybe?
Come to Me - Sexual attractant smells like pretty soap?
Cthulu - Dapper little old man cologne. Aquatic notes are a shitshow on me except, apparently THESE aquatic notes. On dry down this got pretty rad. I'm not buying a bottle of this. Even if I kind of like it.
Czernobog - Such a dark, thick oil! Animalian and musky. I wonder if aging has mellowed this significantly. This imp is a keeper, it's really quite rich.
Dance of Death - Aged out all interesting notes I guess. This is nice but it's sort of the basic bitch of patchouli and myrhh blends. I might have been really excited about this before sniffing The Grave Pig or Death Adder.
Deadly Nightshade Honey - Honey and flowers. Not a bad flower but I like some of the honeys more.
Deep in Earth - Shares a note with Zombi, that my nose refuses to acknowledge as dirt.
Devil's Claw - Pretty much like Malediction. Vetiver party!
Dracul - masculine. I catch no mint. Very nice gentleman's sexy cologne. Probably too normal for husband.
Dragon's Claw - Dragon's blood and three sandalwoods too many. Blar!
Dragon's Tears - Geez, soap. It's okay on dry-down but super light and not fabulous on me the way so many BPAL perfumes appear to be.
Envy (sigh. aged) - I suspect aging has really mellowed this. It's herbal and green but very light. I like it. I need to try it fresher, but I suspect after I do, I'll be buying a bottle. Or not. I slathered and it faded rather quickly to a faint... nail polish remover smell.
French Love - ooooooooh. Oh, goodness, that's surprisingly lovely. Beautiful floral with a tangy something and probably dragon's blood. Husband approves emphatically. Emphatically.
Gamorrah (again with the aged) What begins with fig is abruptly flattened with a slightly scorched wooden paddle. Someone spanked mah figs! And then it's a very very dry wood. Whatever sweetness is there appears to be from the Mitzvah Gororet Mitzvah I was wearing earlier today. Woody with dry fig way in the background.
Greed - I think I found a truly dead imp. Almost undetectable. Woods at a great distance - I need a new imp.
Hades - Dreaded narcissus is actually well tempered here with woody, incensy notes. I don't think it's a "me" scent, but it's surprisingly beautiful. (try on the husband! fleurs!)
Harlequin and Columbine - French vanilla, red currant, sage, balsam, rosewood, mandarin, lemon peel, pomegranate, and cedar. Ooooo! Yummy!
Hellfire (aged) - Gentleman's club, for sure. The notes don't pop out at me, just blend into a distinguished gentleman's cologne.
Hunger - Well. Maybe narcissus is not the death note I thought it was. Black narcissus, orange blossom and vanilla. I'm betting part of the OMFG deliciousness of this one is that it's over 5 years old. Super dark, thick oil. Spicy orange amazeballs. I'm thinking about going dancing tonight in this one.
Jolly Roger - Aquatic cologne.
Kabuki (aged) - Cherry punch to the face! The anise and musk make a nice accompaniment but that doesn't make the initial cherry sweet/tart all over my wrists any less weird. Boom! I smell like Twizzlers. It's not bad but it is not my usual style. After a little more time it's cherry cola! Days later I find myself reaching for this imp. I guess... I like smelling like Twizzlers and/or cherry cola. The imps a keeper and a bottle is under consideration.
Kill-Devil - That is really sweet, which I guess is not a surprise since the notes listed are molasses and honey. It makes me think of the honey in Defututa which I'm not so sure is good on me. My husband just gave me a stink face and and icky sound over it. That's confirmation enough for me. No bueno on me.
Kubla Kahn - Smoky sweet and gently floral. Complex as hell. Maybe quite nice. Try on the man! He was meh on it, though.
The LIghts of Men's Lives - Lit candles. No really, sweet lit candles. Retest this one. Hours later it's unlit candles. Jeeebus
Mad Hatter (omg so many aged imps) - What the? *scrambles to read notes* - okay, then. Minty, herbal musk it is. I think I want to compare a new imp to an old imp. Also, that is quite pleasant, if initially very weird. Another also, I think my skin's a tad dry because it's eating scent today.
Magdalene - Uh. That can't be right. I mean, that really... bitter with a background of rose. Nope.
Malediction - Oh, it has vetiver in it? Gosh, I'd never have guessed. Hay-oh! Honestly, I kind of like it, even though it's really really intense. The aged stuff is the consistency of molasses. I think it would be good for layering with the stuff that's too sweet.
Midnight Bell (aged) - How the heck does Beth actually do "crumbling stone"?? Dirt, clay, rock. The incense is there too. Is church incense different from head shop incense? It's lighter and cleaner smelling than, say, nag champa. That's sort of magical. I wouldn't mind smelling of this, but finding a bottle is probably more work that it's worth. I might... keep an eye out though. Oh, durrr. I guess I can order it from a store. Hmmm. Might be nice for amping up th.e dirt note in Zombi...
Moonshine and Mist (disc) - At first a surprisingly gentle, clean floral. Ethereal is right. And then I saw a review that called it "Dove soap". Oh. Yeah. That's totally Dove soap.
O (just as aged as all of 'em) - Okay, okay. I know I tested this imp, uh, 5 years ago or so. If I recall, it was awful on me. So... is this lovely because I've changed or because this imp is at least five years old and has become liquid gold? I'm going to give this today... and if it's still amazing I'm buying a bottle to put in the closet for a couple of years. LATER: sweet and baby powder. Uh... so... no on that bottle.
Old Scratch - I think the lavender fougere has aged out. Amber and patch and faint herbal cologne. Nice but not me.
The Obsidian Widow - Oh my stars and garters does that start out with some jasmine. After a few minutes I get some incense and dry rose. It may be turning soapy (sandalwood, you cad). No wine whatsoever. After a while I had to wash it off.
Phantom - Myrrh, dark musk, attar of rose and ylang ylang Oooh. Oh that's kind of lovely. Man oh man that's some lovely incensy rose. Goddamn! .... oh. uh... soap.
Phoenix Steamworks (aged)- geez, that's sort of nice. Golden for sure. Definitely a cologny scent. I wonder how it would be on my husband... oh nope nope nope. Just nose tickling cologne.
Rapture - JAAAAAASMIN! And then a little rose and incense ... and then soap. Yup. I'd love to wash with that soap.
Red Lace (aged) - Red musk is turning out to be a winner for me, but I get anxious when I see tobacco as a note - as an ex-smoker I find it can either make me disgusted or set up with little echo of longings past. This gives me just a hint of that longing, making it not viable to wear this regularly. And since I have plenty of red musk plus other lovely in my collection and since I don't get any other notes... I'm not in the least bit sad that this would be hard to get ahold of now.
Red Lantern - Oh, this to me is a brown, not red aroma. Golden and furred and rich and... celery? Celery??? Yeah. Incense, tobacco and celery.
Redoul Honey (aged)- Juicy and tart fruity sweetness. It makes me want candy. It's delicious and cheerful and smells very nice on me in a way that doesn't fit my self image at all. I keep sniffing my wrist, though! No bottle, but I'll keep the imp around. 4 Hours later and it's faded but instead of morphing into something cloying or headache inducing, it has continued to be tart and juicy. Oh, dear. I didn't wan't to like it but I think I do.
Rumpelstilzchen - For the notes, suprisingly light and soapy. I am less sad that this is dc'd.
Shub-Niggurath - I have no idea how old this is. I think it harkens back to when it was LE. Warm, brown, mildly spicy. Resiny. Nice nice. And then it mellows to something a little masculine and not too exciting.
Slippery Poppy Tincture - Oh, yummy! Floral with tart berries and honey. That's really delightful!
Squirting Cucumber- Cucumber. That's totally a spa day. Dude, I'd love some lime in there.
Sri Lanka (dc) - Indian sandalwood and cedar, and the dry incense smoke of olibanum, gum mastic, patchouli and myrrh. Wooood. Dry woods. Nice though. But the skin is *eating* it fast.
Three Brides - Rose and orange, very nice but then the lurking cala lillies start stomping around. I *almost* really like this. Almost.
Umbra (dc) - patchouli and wood. It's nice!
Voodoo Lily - Lily and then nailpolish remover. Nope.
Wanton - Sandalwood and palmarosa seem to be duking it out over rose and patchouli's lifeless forms. No,
Whitechapel (aged)- A burst of lime and rind over clean with a faint herbal lavender and sweetness. The lime calms down (too quickly!) and then it's just a freshly washed sort of sweet, but a nice one. A very nice summer fragrance for light hearted moods. Probably should avoid while headachy.
Whoso List to Hunt (dc) - Another incensy rose - a good one on me though.
Wilde - Okay, so... I really should sniff this one less aged. I'd love to get the full impact of the herbal notes which I suspect have mellowed here. That being said, it starts very masculine cologne and then *poof*! It's lovely. A little sweet, a little herbal, a little tart, just an echo of citrus (Ah, bergamot). It's pretty nice. It seems clean and sophisticated to me.
Womb Furie (2011?) - I didn't like this when I first tried it but...it's sort of nice now. I dabbed the tiniest bit (it was powerful once upon a time) and none of the stages so far have been headachy and now it's a sweet, slightly fruity powder. It would at least be worth getting another decant to age and wear once every so often.
