Illessa

Wondering if you guys could help me help a friend? To quote her directly "Anyone know of any good oils or incense that smell like outdoors. by outdoors, i mean trees and damp and life (something that may perhaps remind me of Sequoia National Park?)" I was going to grab an imp for her to sample in my next purchase, but I'm not a big woodsy person (though I quite like Hamadryad and Dublin they're pretty floral on me), so I haven't tried much, I've also never been to Sequoia . I was thinking Black Forest, Yggdrasil, Loup Garou, Yew-Trees or Burial but I can't decide which, any suggestions as to what scent would be most suitable for her?

Ohh, my first review *eep* I'm a Lovecraft fanatic so I knew I needed to get at least one of the Arkham scents, and this one seemed like the most fun to me In the bottle: This is gorgeous, lovely sweet gingerbread, a little more foody and sweet than I tend go for but, mmm ... On wet: The gingery goodness is joined by a citrusy layer and some extra spices I can't really identify, it's very interesting, although I don't normally get on with lemon so I was quite glad when it started to fade Drydown: Woah, cinnamon to the face! My skin seems to have grabbed the cinnamon in the spicy mix and is amping it like no one's business, and the ginger is fading. I love cinnamon but this is a little strong. Dry: Hmm, I still smell very strongly of cinnamon, but there's an incensy note coming through which tempers it somewhat, this is really rather nice. Lasted around 4 hours although by the end I mostly smelled of faint patchouli which isn't my favourite scent. I rather like Shub-Niggurath but the overpowering drydown and rather dull patchouli at the end spoils it a little, add to that the fact that the disappointment from my skin just eating up all that lovely ginger and sadly I probably won't be buying a big bottle, although I'll certainly be trying the imp again!