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    When I was little, I used to go to a romanic cathedral in my grandparent's village. I remember very vividly the smell of incense and the sound of the steps in the stone floor... I have been trying for ages to find a scent for it, without luck (even buying incense directly from the church). So I had to give cathedral a try.

     

    Impressions :

     

    On imp:

    • PENCIL SHAVINGS O_O !!... very literal.

    Wet:

    • I do get the cathedral impression now. It's quite warm and luminous though: a cathedral at daylight iluminated by both natural light and oil lamps.
    • The pencil shavings are still loud, but now I can smell resins as well. There's something warm: it's not amber, but similar.
    • I don't get the frankincense very clearly... it might be there, but it dissapears before I can pin it down

     

    Dry:

    • It still reminds me of something sacral, but no longer the cathedral per se.
    • There's goodness in it: this is not a scary scent associated to a gothic church, it's something nicer. I'm agreeing with Sayaka on it being light and not severe.
    • Sweetness remains, and the pencil shavings are still flloating around.

    Conclusion: Unfortunately not the smell from my childhood, and not a incense that I think works for me. I am slowly learning that I amp sweetness (maybe that's why I tend towards fresh scents). Maybe that's why I like masculine incense (e.g. Jo Malone) because i can balance it, but Cathedral is too sugarly.

    However i cannot stop smelling my arm in search of those pencil smells. I won't get a big bottle, but I am sure i will sniff the imp so much that at some point i might need to order a new one.

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    I got this as a frimp in my first (yay!) order and at first I wasn't too excited because I HATE the smell of new leather.

    I was pleasantly surpised though: while I do smell something leather-ish in it, it's more the leather or an old (clean) book... a leather that has been used so much it has lost any reminiscence of dead skin.

     

    Impressions in order or appearance:

    • Green Leaves... Sweet Green Leaves, if it makes sense
    • A refreshing lukewarm drink... something comforting
    • Old leather, somehow "friendly": If this is a Rogue, he is more the mischievous one, not a violent rogue.
    • Very nice scent. I like it a lot, but maybe more for a room, not body.
    • Complex warm/fresh impression: I'd say 75% fresh, 25% warm
    • It's morphing and getting warmer and sweeter. Still keeping the "green" theme though, but now it's a muddier green.
    • SKI WAX SMELL. I'm officially loving this now
    • It has settled to something very comforting (hemp does this to me) and sweet. Incredibly nice, and now it's fully appropiate for body as well.
    • It keeps a certain musky smell, which helps with the "comforting" quality. If it was a house, this would be a small wooden cabin, very comfortable and well taken care of, but in no way luxurious nor sterile. Despite the "green", it's not a "fresh out of the shower" smell.

    Conclusion: THANK YOU LAB ELVES ! I love it soo much... I would like a big bottle of this, but depending on how the other scents go, I might need to sacrifice it for something a little bit more wearable at the beginning. But it is really gorgeous...

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