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Bottle (Imp): Sharp, like lavender always is to me. Just On: Sharp, like lavender usually does to my nose. An hour or two later: It's settled into a skin scent on me. Around 6 hours: It's pretty much gone now, which isn't a surprise. 12 hours: Uh yeah, so it's still gone. Amazing, isn't it? Overall: Lavender always starts out sharp to me, but I never worry about that, as I know it mellows into a nice scent. However, it also fades pretty quickly on me, so I'd have to go through the sharp stage over and over. After reading other reviews: Not a whole lot to add.

The Living Flame is sheerly flowers on me. FLowers *I* can wear, but still. Tarot: The Sun for fire maybe? Chimera? Hamadryad?

Bottle (Imp): Whoa, pine! Just On: Still pretty much pine. An hour or two later: It's disappeared already. Around 6 hours: Uh, yeah, it's still gone. 12 hours: Hellooo, why even have this section when it was gone ten hours ago? Yeah, so I'm a dork and keep it anyway. Overall: This is all pine to my nose, and not something I can really wear. Off to swaps. After reading other reviews: I'm very sad that I got nothing but pine from this. I want the salty sea breezes dammit.

Bottle (Imp): Smells like roses. Just On: Still smells like roses. Let's see how long it takes my skin to ruin it. An hour or two later: Wow, it's not soap yet, I'm amazed. Could this be? A rose scent that works on me? I'm still unsure, but so far, so good. Around 6 hours: Rats, there's the soap. Not as much as I'm used to getting, but it's there. Stupid skin. 12 hours: Yup, my skin totally ruined yet another beautiful scent. It's all soap now. Overall: Started out beautiful, and I almost got my hopes up. Luckily, I didn't get them too high, since my dumb skin ruined it. After reading other reviews: Yep, it's a rose scent. Too bad my skin is so mean to flowers.

Bottle (Imp): Very fresh and herby. Just On: Fresh, breezy, and herby. An hour or two later: It's fading some, but still the same scent. Around 6 hours: Leaning slightly towards dryer sheets, but still pretty close to the same scent. Starting to fade. 12 hours: Gone bye bye. Overall: This isn't my type of scent, but it's very nice. After reading other reviews: Boy, I really didn't get mint out of this one. How odd.

Bottle (Imp): Sweet with a little spice. Just On: Oh yummy, sweet cinnamon candy scent. I am loving this. An hour or two later: Oh, this is a lovely sweet cinnamon spicy beautiful scent. Even if it were to turn rancid now, I think I'd buy 10 ML just because it's so freaking wonderful. Around 6 hours: Drying down to an even more beautiful sweet bit of spice. 12 hours: Barely there sweet beautiful goodness. Overall: I'm loving this scent. Cinnamon, sweet, some spice, it's perfect. Hit the high bottle list almost immediately, and stayed there. After reading other reviews: Hmmm, so the honeysuckle is what sweetened this up so much? I did get a hint of redness in the cleavage, but I slathered this on right out of the shower, so duh. I was in a hurry, getting ready for an interview, or I would never have put it on directly after getting out of shower or bath, I *know* better, especially with my ultra sensitive skin. But I'm still getting more of this one!

Bottle (Imp): Sweet herbs. Just On: Fresh, pretty, sweet herbs. An hour or two later: Light fresh herbs. Around 6 hours: Light fresh and sweet herbs. 12 hours: The last bits and pieces of herbs. Overall: This is a very nice blend, and everything melds together so well I can't really pick out any specific note. Very nice, all around. After reading other reviews: I certainly got the herbs, but really didn't get much woodsiness out of this one.

Bottle (Imp): Oooh, dark foreboding, and earthy. Just On: Just like in the imp. I can't pick out any notes in this one. An hour or two later: Mmmm, this is very earthy, dark graveyard crypt soil. Around 6 hours: Faded, but still very much similar. I really like it as far as a dirt scent goes. 12 hours: Pretty much gone, the last vestiges of earthiness. Overall: This is nice. This is probably what I thought Graveyard Dirt would smell like (not that GD isn't wonderful on it's own). Another astonishing blend. After reading other reviews: I really didn't get the juniper, but I did get the dirt scent. And I liked it. Maybe not enough to hoard it, but I can see buying a big bottle of it at some point.

Bottle (Imp): That's different. I have NO idea what it is. Just On: I dunno what this is, but I kinda like, and I kinda don't know what to make of it. An hour or two later: Oh! This is myrrh. Okay, I recognize it now that it's warmed up on my skin. Around 6 hours: I think I like this one, but not as much as say Gluttony, or Wrath. 12 hours: It's pretty much gone now. Overall: This is nice. It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally did. After reading other reviews: Wow, the vetiver never really came out on me in this one. It was definitely a nice scent, but probably not something I'll hoard.

Base and earthy, yet glittering with golden notes: patchouli, heliotrope, copal and oakmoss. Bottle (Imp): Maybe patchouli. Just On: Yes, I do believe it's patchouli. An hour or two later: This is very well blended and it's hard to pick out what is mixed in there with patchouli. Around 6 hours: I love the way this dries down on me. It's fading, but still there. 12 hours: I still have it, and it's turned to a bit of powder, which I LOVE. Overall: I wasn't sure I was smelling patchouli, but I am pretty sure now that's what it was. I really like this one. After reading other reviews: I'd have to say that golden fits this.

Bottle (Imp): Hmm, musky. Just On: Musky and sweet. An hour or two later: Mostly kinda musky. Around 6 hours: This is musky, not necessarily a bad musk, but also not something I would wear often. 12 hours: It's pretty much gone now. Overall: Not something I would wear often, but not that bad all in all. After reading other reviews: The narcissus is probably the sweet, and the rose is what gets musky. I think. I don't mind musky roses, it's the ones that go soapy that I don't care for.

Bottle (Imp): Oooh, dryer sheet breezes. So fresh and pretty. Just On: Yummm, fresh and slightly sweet dryer sheet breeziness. An hour or two later: Mmmm, this is fresh. Just a hint of sweet. Not so much dryer sheets, now, which is okay, but I did like that part too. Around 6 hours: Pretty much the same, but much softer, quieter, if you will. 12 hours: This is totally gone. Overall: I like this more than I expected to. I tend to lean more towards foody and sweet, but this is really fresh and nice. After reading other reviews: Yes, I got the breeziness. The dryer sheet part was nice, and the barely sweet freshness was great.

This is a second review.. because I've gotten an imp of the original, and reviewed it all on it's own. It's way different than the one out now. Bottle (Imp): OMFG! I *know* why Penance is going so nuts to get this! It's freaking awesome! Buttery sweet yummyness. Just On: Oh gods, it's so smooth, buttery and creamy. This is *so* different from the new formulation. An hour or two later: Oooh, this is delicious. It's starting to fade into a creamy sweet butter, and it's wafting beautifully when I move my arm. Around 6 hours: Oooooh, this is sooo wonderful sweet creamy beautiful buttery gorgeous. 12 hours: It's finally starting to fade down a lot, and I'm going to miss it terribly. Overall: This is drop dead beautifully gorgeous.

Bottle (Imp): Hmm. Very well blended, and I can't pick out any notes. A bit sweet, a tiny bit tart, and somewhat smooth. Just On: Maybe the sweetness and smoothness is honey? An hour or two later: Wahhhh. Soap! My skin has turned this to soap! Around 6 hours: Sweet soap. My skin wrecks some of the best scents. 12 hours: It's quite faded, but still soapy. Overall: Again, I find that flowers just don't work so well except in special cases. After reading other reviews: Not much to say. It's soap because of my skin. I never got apple from it at all.

Bottle (Imp): Deep, dark, and rich. Just On: Mmm, kind of a smoky sweet thing going on. An hour or two later: A deep dark smoky scent, starting to fade. Around 6 hours: It's getting quite faded, but still the same smoky sweet darkness. 12 hours: It's all gone now. Overall: This is a nice scent, and I can see using it when I'm feeling a bit broody. After reading other reviews: Okay, narcissus, orange blossoms, and vanilla. Those add up to smoky dark sweetness on me. I like.

Bottle (Imp): WHAH! MINT!! Just On: This is very much mint, and that's the only thing I can smell. An hour or two later: Wow, it's nearly gone, and I can just smell a little mint now. It's a hint watery as well. Around 6 hours: The faintest hint of mint. 12 hours: It all went away. Overall: Wow, I really only got mint out of this. After reading other reviews: Aha, pennyroyal. That's the mint. I never really got the lavender at all. It's interesting, but maybe not something I"ll wear often enough to buy a big bottle of.

Bottle (Imp): Whoa, very pine-y. Just On: Overwhelming pine-sol type scent. An hour or two later: Wow, my nose and skin don't like this one. It's not pine sol any more, but it is pine, for sure. Around 6 hours: It's mostly gone, with faint whiffs of pine left. 12 hours: It is all gone. Overall: Whew, I pretty much got pine out of this, and it just isn't my type. After reading other reviews: I really got nothing but pine out of this, and that's just not a scent for me. It's interesting, but not something I'll wear.

Bottle (Imp): Dragon's blood, flowers, and something aquatic. Just On: Dragon's blood, something watery, and flowers. An hour or two later: Mostly dragon's blood. Around 6 hours: It's almost gone now, so I get the last vestiges of dragon's blood. 12 hours: It's pretty much disappeared now. Overall: I really like this. Yet another Ars Draconis scent I like, and now I only have two left to try before I've finished out the group. If I were rich, I'd likely buy the whole set, even the one that doesn't work on me, just to have it. Since I can't I'll settle for using my imps. After reading other reviews: Hmm, aquatic is probably lily. This is a nice scent, and I like it.

Bottle (Imp): This smells dry and a little sweet. Just On: Yes, it's very dry, and just a bit sweet. An hour or two later: This is a very dry scent. I'm actually reminded of bones. Around 6 hours: Quite dry, and more sweetness is peeking out. 12 hours: It's gotten much sweeter though still dry. Overall: I *really* like this one. It goes on the big bottle list. After reading other reviews: I think the sandalwood is what was so dry about this. I like it a lot.

Powerful, commanding, blazing with strength. Bottle (Imp): Dragon's blood and flowers. Just On: It's dragon's blood and flowers to me. An hour or two later: Soapy dragon's blood. Around 6 hours: It's now faded soapy dragon's blood. Not too bad, but I'd rather not deal with the soap. 12 hours: Just a little bit of soap is all that's left now. Overall: Apparently this has the flowers(s) that my skin hates. I won't be ordering a big bottle of this one. After reading other reviews: What flowers there are turned into soap, so I agree with those who get flowers. I don't think I'll be after more of this one.

Bottle (Imp): I have two imps, one is darker than the other. The lighter one smells more like different scents together, and the darker one smells like it's a touch better blended, mixed more. Just On: They are very similar (duh, huh?) but the lighter one seems to be newer to me. An hour or two later: The darker one is very faded, and a little foreboding. The lighter one is a bit sweet. Around 6 hours: They have both faded quite a bit, but I can still smell them both just a little. The lighter one is lighter smelling to me. 12 hours: This fades down to nothing at the end, although I think I get a slight whiff of the lighter one. I don't know if one is a lot older than the other, or what, but it was interesting trying two from different batches of the same scent (or so I assume). Overall: I think I would wear this once in a while, although not as often as my must haves. After reading other reviews: Hmmmm fig and black currant. That's probably the sweet. Well, it's nice, but probably not as likely to be worn as others, so I'm probably not buying more.

Bottle (Imp): Oooh! Sweet, spicy, and quite interesting. Just On: Wow, it's very well blended, and I really like it. An hour or two later: OOh, this has amber in it. It's pretty well blended, so I can't pick much out, and I rather like it. Around 6 hours: I still can't pick much out. Two of my cats are adoring this. Looks like I'll be needing more of it. 12 hours: I get a bit of powderiness. Not a bad bit, and it's faded a lot. Overall: This is a very nice blend, and since a couple of my cats adored it, I think I may have to have some more. After reading other reviews: I never could pick out any of the notes, other than a whiff of the amber peeking out, everything just stayed SO well blended. Between a couple of the cats slobbering on me, and me liking it, it's going on the big bottle list.

Bottle (Imp): Hmm, it's a bit sweet, and there's something else tickling my nose. Just On: Yes, it's definitely sweet, and there's in it. I think. An hour or two later: Oh, this has berries, that's what I'm smelling. Sun-ripened berries. Around 6 hours: It's tart. 12 hours: There is that last bit of tartness left. Overall: This is the last of the Stations I've tried, and I do like them all. This is probably my least favorite, and I think I'd buy a bottle, so they are an overwhelming success. After reading other reviews: Ahhhhhhh, it was the grapes that must have been berry scented to me. SO, a hint of sour grapes... but all in all I like it.

Bottle (Imp): Cinnamon? Just On: Yes, I'd have to say there's cinnamon in here. An hour or two later: This has dried down into a carnation amber scent. Around 6 hours: It's almost totally gone. 12 hours: It's all gone now. Overall: I really like this, but it fades faster than the other two stations. Again, I am impressed with it, so that makes three of the Stations I like a lot. After reading other reviews: I didn't get any citrus of any kind out of this one. But it's pretty spot on for the midday sun in my mind.

Bottle (Imp): Hmm. I'm not sure what to make of this. Just On: It's got a little spice to it, and seems pretty fresh. Maybe some sweetness peeking out of it. An hour or two later: This is a sweet spicy scent, very light and airy. Around 6 hours: Yum, light spices, a bit of sweetness, and beautifully airy. 12 hours: The last bit of sweet spices is still here. Overall: This is a beautiful scent. It's the second of the Stations I've tried, and I'm impressed with both. I'm trying the others tomorrow. After reading other reviews: Hmm, amber, and other yummy stuff. I can smell those. This is an excellent scent, and very evocative of it's name.