of my first order of imps from bpal, this is the one scent i definitely want a full bottle of. this wasn’t even one of my top choices given its description. i think it somehow feels like what i imagined the lights of mens lives to be like. i personally prefer strange, evocative perfumes, so coming from that perspective, this scent is dazzling! i’m not good at picking out notes, so bear with me...
it doesn’t smell like incense necessarily...it immediately smells somehow dirty (as in earth/soil)...like wandering through a somewhat moldy basement of an antique store or costume shop. there is a cigarette/cigar tinge to it that also reminds me of old buildings, or the smell of furniture in an old building or old bar. i suppose this is the incense. i actually find it nostalgic because it smells distinctly like a shampoo i used when i was little--i forget what it was called--but i remember it had some exotic ingredient and i loved the smell. well, it smells like that, but rubs into some rich soil. another image this evokes is a luxurious casket in fresh earth. i just find it evocative and sexy. i was actually looking for a scent that reminded me of the witch character Beatrice, from the visual novel Umineko, and this scent does it.
