Thanks so much for all the great replies, everyone! Also, as I mentioned, while I am a guy, I certainly don't need anything that is Man Scent or anything like that. In fact Cheshire Cat and The Dormouse are two of my favorites, and they don't strike me as particularly masculine. Anyway, on to the individual replies. But then again, Fenris Wolf might be my favorite, and that strikes me as a fairly masculine scent, though this could be dead wrong since I admittedly know nothing of scents or perfume/cologne.
The Lion looks FANTASTIC. I am definitely ordering one of those in my next imp order. Thanks for the rec!
Antikythera Mechanism looks quite nice and my GF (who I just introduced to BPAL after digging out my imps and surprising her by wearing Fenris Wolf to her first opera) loved the idea of steampunk-themed scents, so I might have to try this.
After doing a couple of swaps way back when I bought these, I have imps of:
White Rabbit
Kostnice
The Dormouse
Morocco
Viola
Tweedledum
Malice
The Jersey Devil
Magus
Cathedral
Chimera
Incantation
Bengal
Snake Oil
Fenris Wolf
Bon Vivant
and Cheshire Cat
I'm not really sure if any of these would go well with coffee though, except for maybe the spicy ones. As I said, I just dug them out so I haven't had a chance to test them all out yet. But they all still seem to smell about how I remember them except for Snake Oil which has gone slightly powdery/play-doh-y, and Morocco which seems to have completely lost all of its scent (though this may just be because I loved it and so used it the most, causing there to not be a whole lot left).
Thanks for the ideas! I already plan to buy both Dorian and Miskatonic U in my next imp batch!
I love Chimera and I don't have any problem with it's masculinity or possible lack thereof. And yeah, cinnamon seems like a potential winner in this case.
And a couple of unrelated questions if anyone would care to answer them related to the age of my imps. Do these scents change much with time? As I mentioned above they all seem to smell how I remember them, but I don't have the best nose or memory so who knows. Also do different oils tend to have different consistencies? I've noticed that some of my imps like Morocco or The Dormouse seem pretty flowy and not very viscous, whereas some like Snake Oil and Cathedral look like maple syrup in the bottle because of how thick they are. I wonder if this is just a natural difference in the oils or if it has something to do with their age.
Again thanks to everyone for your great replies and I would love to hear some more input as well! This really is a wonderful and helpful community!
EDIT: Another unrelated question that perhaps you guys could help me with: is there any place that has a description of what every individual note smells like? I am a total fragrance newbie and so when I read things like vetiver and civet and myrrh and I have no idea what they mean
