mymymai

In the Imp (ITI): That certainly is chocolate, but a chocolate I like, similar to hot coco with a splash of mint liqueur. It's foody, but it's not offensive like other foody scents I've sniffed in the past. Wet: Warm vanilla, pungent peppermint, warm chocolate powder, and a touch of cedar to add to the complexity. It does remind me of an jewel-embellished crocodile mirage, actually. Dry: It's just light cocoa, whiffs of vanilla, and just an impression of peppermint. Lovely!

In the Imp (ITI): The berry aspect is sharp but enticing, but there is a green quality that reads as slightly aquatic...and makes me afraid to skin test it. Wet: More aquatic berry with a slight powdery undertone. Dry: The berry aspect becomes overtly powdery, but there is still that wild, green, possible-poisonous berry scent that is characteristic of baneberry.

In the Imp (ITI): It's oddly floral with something that reminds me of cucumber. Wet: Benzoin is the strongest note, followed by spices, red musk, and something that reads as a light floral. Dry: Red musk is flying its flag. I get honey after that, as well as caramel, but the musk steals the show.

ITI: This strikes me as a clean and fresh scent on first sniff. I can pick out the mint, thyme, and juicy cranberry. Wet: It's more round on my skin as the tobacco and teakwood show up. The mint and thyme are still dominant, although followed closely by the cranberry and currant. Dry: It's cranberries and currants, galore! There is some impression of thyme and teakwood, but I'm still really enjoying this scent.

ITI: IT's herby and slightly resinous. The lavender. opoponax, and spicy castoreum accord. It's brooding and attractive. Wet: It's sweeter on my skin, but still resinous and herby. The lavender is still rather dominant, although the opoponax and castoreum are close seconds. I get impressions of the rose and magnolia rounding out the scent. Dry: After 3 hours and some yard work, Misericordia smells like rose, labdanum, castoreum and musky opoponax. It's pleasant but still has some depth.

ITI: Oh, that was a rush of complex notes. The honey is the top note in the bottle, but the leather comes on strongly after a fraction of a second. There is a bit of sweetness under it all from the sandalwood and vanilla. It's certainly an attractive scent. Wet: On my skin, the woody and animalistic aspects are dominant. Rich leather and smoky sandalwood followed by patchouli, vanilla, and a smidgen of ginger. Dry: Dried, the scent is a simply feminine combination of sandalwood, honey dust (powder), musk, vanilla, and leather.

ITI: Drying red rose petals and frankincense. Oh, this is rather nice. Wet: Gorgeous rose petals, musky frankincense, and saffron with a bit of a heady tone. Dry: It's much sweeter now, although the rose is still apparent. The frankincense now smells like it has been sweetened by honey.

ITI: Oh yeah, that's brined fish with some copal and something else. My Wet: I'm getting wet kelp now with my brined fished. There is also a strange and unsettling dusty tone to the scent. Dry: It's more incense than anything else, but the wet scent is enough to scare me off.

ITI: Dewy snow, fresh lemon drops, and warm sandalwood. Wet: I still get the fresh snow, but I also pick up hints of vanilla along with the lemon and a lightly resinous tone from the sandalwood. It's rather pleasant, actually. Dry: It's still wonderfully light, luscious, and slightly citrusy. Beautiful!

ITI: Vanilla, spun sugar, nutmeg, and either dried lavender or eucalyptus. It's soothing and enticing thanks to the vanilla. Wet: Vanilla-spun sugar underneath eucalyptus, fresh lavender, and faint lemon, I think. Dry: As it starts to dry, it takes on a slightly medicinal quality. However, it still maintains a lovely softness from the vanilla and sugar. I can see why this would help someone fall asleep.

ITI: It's rather light in the bottle. I get green musk and sea buckthorn berry. Wet: Bright, green and clean. I get green musk and light nectarines along with buckthorn berry. I'm really enjoying the clean greenness of the scent. Dry: Nectarine zest, green musk, light oakmoss, and buckthorn berry. I really like the green quality of this scent that stays true from first sniff to the dry down.

ITI: Very strong night-blooming jasmine with a sweet sandalwood in the background. Wet: More jasmine, but I now get some of that vanilla bourbon paired with red sandalwood and some thick leather. It's a rather intriguing scent. Dry: Jasmine, leather, sandalwood, and bourbon. It ends up being similar to a jasmine plug-in, but a little sweeter.

ITI: While I go get mahogany it certainly isn't cracked. It smells finely polished to me. The blood is also somehow reading as chocolate. Wet: Herby, lemon-like musk, mahogany, and sandalwood. I love this even more on my skin. Dry: It's still deliciously herby and lemony while still maintaining the essence of well-oiled deeply rich wood.

ITI: Warm coconut, sultry musk, and sandalwood. It's a gorgeous combination of lightly resinous and sweet. Wet: Still light, dusty, and resinous, although now the ceremonial incense is creeping in, adding something more darkly complex. Dry: Coconut, dried, sandalwood, musk, and lots of rich ceremonial incense. It's a scent of which I'd love to have more.

In the Imp (ITI): It's surprisingly light when considering the scent notes. I get light clove, myrrh, pimento, tobacco, and just a touch of moss. Wet: I get spicer clove, opoponax, pepper (although this reads as pink, not black), pimento, thick clove, tobacco, and mandrake. It's certainly stronger on the skin. Dry: After 12 hours, the myrrh and clove with hints of mandrake are all faintly detectable. A rather enjoyable scent.

In the Imp (ITI): Wet rose, spicy cinnamon candy, and something that reminds me of civet just a little. Wet: Yep, there still is a civet quality just underneath the red, flowering roses. The cinnamon rests as an undertone on my skin while wet, which is surprising as I thought cinnamon should be dominant. Dry: Once dry, the scent smells like a bouquet of red roses with the faintest impression of cinnamon.

In the Imp (ITI): It's muskily sweet, followed by leather and smoke. Wet: Smoky and rich vetiver swirling around black leather with a touch of skin musk. Oh, this is dangerous and sexy. Dry: As it dries, the vetiver becomes a little more bitter, like sitting by a smoldering camp fire. The leather is still present, but the sweetness from the musk is incredibly when when compared to the two stronger notes. Honestly, I'd like to smell this one on my husband.

In the Imp (ITI): Strong red wine and leather. Eh...I just am not fine of wine notes, I think. Wet: Ugh, just too much wine. I get leather and roses underneath, which I enjoy. However, the entirety of the scent just isn't working well with my skin chemistry. Dry: The wine has faded considerably and provides just a tint to the crushed roses, violet, and musk. Much better dried.

ITI: I get vanilla, musk, light floral, and something that reads as a perfumy note. - a light a feminine higher-end perfume, though Wet: More vanilla musk with a slightly creamy mid-tone and something that smells like...daffodils, I think. It's rather feminine and sweet without smelling like a scent your 12-year old niece would wear. Dry: Now, there is a faint sandalwood quality to the vanilla musk - light and gently resinous. There is still a floral quality, but it is much lighter than before. I like it and I'm considering tracking more than this sniffie down!

ITI: Sharp, green, acerbic newly cut saplings and crushed insects. I do not like this at all based on the imp scent. Wet: Ok, it's still green and bitter, but I get something more resinous on my skin and something just a touch powdery. The green is now a crushed grass with dandelion stems. The resinous quality keeps developing to the extent that it rivals the intensity of the green, but does not overpower it. Dry: It's back to acerbic and green, but still resinous. It's taken on a slightly smoky and woodsy quality, but not enough to make me want to get anything more than the sniffie I have.

ITI: Ooey, goodey rum-infused cake. That's interesting, as I was expecting tonka. Wet: Heavy vanilla-infused rum with the smoky complexity of tonka. It's a little too much on the foody side for me. Dry: As it starts to dry, the more woodsy qualities of tonka come out, which mingles with the rum-sweetened vanilla. I want to taste it more than I want to wear it.

ITI: Wow, that's really clean and fresh. I get lavender, cucumber, sage, pine, and frankincense. Wet: Sage comes on more strongly on my skin, followed by the lavender, pine, and then the cucumber, which I adore. There is a floral tone to it now from the jasmine and violet. Gorgeous! Dry: Faint lavender, violet leaf, warm ambergris (super light though), and cucumber. It's rather lovely and I regret not getting a bottle.

ITI: I get strawberry cream and light smelling soap. The combination is sweet but enjoyable. Wet: Strawberry cream, soft and sweetly delicious, a touch of lavender, and light soap. It does remind me of a spring picnic sipping strawberry tea in a field of lavender. Dry: As it starts to dry, the lavender becomes more strongly apparent, but I enjoy that. Sadly, the lavender recedes as it dries down. Once dry, the strawberry becomes less creamy and more candy sweet as the honey emerges.

ITI: That's rather pretty. I get hibiscus, apple blossom, lemon verbena, and vetiver. Wet: First applied, the apple blossom is stronger than in the bottle. It mingles with the sweet cherry and hibiscus as the tomato leaf vetiver, and red rose settle as mid notes. Dry: Verbena, vetiver, apple blossom, , rose, and cherry are left after 30 minutes. The throw is somewhat weak, but it's a pleasant scent.

ITI: Hmm. It smells like the stuff people use to cure fake nails - acetone (I think) and something a little floral. Wet: It still has that acetone smell with bay, rose, and cinnamon mixed in. I'm still not very fond of it. Dry: The acetone scent has faded and I'm left with something far more pleasant. I now get cinnamon, rose, frankincense, bay, and a touch of pineapple and something that reads as vanilla.