SarahScent44
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In the imp, I get a very outdoorsy, fresh smell - apple-y and woodsy. On my skin, the apple blends with the wheat, the leaves, and the woods - it's a perfect autumn scent. When it dries, it's a really beautiful blend - it's hard to pick out individual notes.
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In the imp, I smell shea and herbs - it's creamy, yet herbaceous. On my skin, it's very light and refreshing - herbs and wood backed up by a hint of shea. When it dries, it's light, herbaceous - I can see this working really well for someone, but not for me.
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In the imp, wow - something strong - and almost musty - sassafras? poppy? On my skin, it's very harsh and medicinal. When it dries, the nutmeg is there, but everything below that is too strong and harsh.
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In the imp, this is tea - very clean - with a hint of grass. On my skin, it's still very tea- and grass-prominent - almost something lemony here as well. When it dries, the herbal notes are the most prominent thing now; just barely any tea scent left. I loved the wet phase, but the dry phase is too subtle for me.
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In the imp, I get vetiver and lemon, over the woods. On my skin, it's still strongly vetiver, with sandalwood underneath. When it dries, it's all vetiver with a hit of lemon - vetiver's not my favorite thing in the whole wide world, so I'll pass this on.
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In the imp, it's hard to pick out anything - a little wood and a little sage is all I get. On my skin, I smell sage, heather, and ragwort. When it dries, there's herbs, wood - it's nice, but not for me.
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In the imp, I smell something warm & rich that I'm assuming is the shea butter. When it's on my skin, it's creamy and warm - I smell the shea, and a really subtle coconut-y undertone. When it dries, it's still just creamy and sort of shea-y - I can barely smell anything, truth be told.
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In the imp, this is harsh - something familiar that I can't place, but it is very medicinal. (Reading reviews, I see the magic words "incense" and "patchouli" - these are not my friends.) On my skin - yes, it's incense and patchouli - lighter on than in the imp, but still not really for me. When it dries - all patchouli - nope!
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In the imp, this is lemon verbena and lavender. On my skin, it's - mmm, lemon verbena - there's also just a hint of rosemary's herbalness there. When it dries, it's much lighter than I expected - the lemon verbena has faded, but it's still present, and the lavender and the rosemary have come up for a herbalness that's really nice.
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In the imp, this is sweet and buttery, with a hit of pineapple. On my skin, it's toffee-ish, with the pineapple wafting over it - actually, it smells almost exactly like pineapple upside-down cake!! (Which I love!) When it dries, the pineapple and toffee's faded quite a bit, now it's just buttery baked goods with a hint of cherry and pineapple - sort of a "poor man's Fruitcake". Definitely a keeper!
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In the imp, this is thick yet sharp - I smell the Snake Oil and the sugar cane with the frankincense & hyssop. On my skin, this is definitely frankcinsense, definitely Snake Oil. When it dries, it's too frankincense-y for me.
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In the imp, this is cocoa - all cocoa. On my skin, it's still just cocoa. When it dries, the Snake Oil comes out - there's almost no cocoa left. And Snake Oil doesn't work for me.
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In the imp, this is sweet - almost caramel-y, with hints of coffee and brown sugar. On my skin, it's sweet tobacco with brown sugar - really yummy. GAH - why do I always love the ones you can't get?!? When it dries - wow wow wow wow wow - it's carmelized brown sugar, with just a hint of the warm sexuality of Snake Oil behind it.
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In the imp, this is almost fruity. On my skin - I can't explain this - it's very light, and I don't get any sense of the woods; the foundation of the scent is almost chocolate-y. When it's dry, it's so interesting - I don't get any of the scents I'm expecting. I'm passing it along, but it's truly fascinating.
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In the imp, this is all Snake Oil and vetiver. On my skin, it's Snake Oil plus vetiver - two not-so-great tastes (for me) that don't go great together. When it's dry, it's Snake Oil plus vetiver plus a hint of vanilla of coconut. Definitely not for me.
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In the imp, this is strongly, sweetly minty with a touch of vanilla. On my skin, it's minty, sure, but complex - there's vanilla, and a hint of tea. Once it dries, the Indonesian oils from Snake Oil are definitely walking hand-in-hand with the mint - too strong for me.
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In the imp, this is spicy up front, and then - mmm, apple-y. On my skin, the apple comes up more, with the gardenia and plumeria in the back. When it dries, there's not as much fruit as I wanted - but very warm, sweet. This is almost a keeper.
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In the imp: mmmm, almond - both the cherry-esque almond oil smell and the nutty smell of actual whole almonds. On my skin, it's still almond, just a hint of myrrh and SO's "Indonesian oils" - so far, the best Snake-Oil-based scent yet. When it dries, it's warm and sweet - definitely almond-centric, with a hint of mandarin, but complex underneath. Nice, but not for me.
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In the imp, it's surprisingly light & fresh - the mosses float over the Snake Oil. On my skin, I like this quite a bit so far - the mosses and the olive leaf, but with the warmth of the Snake Oil. When it dries, it's really light and nice, but not for me.
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In the imp, this is rich, spicy - the frankincense is very much up front. On my skin, it's mostly frankincense - there's barely any Snake Oil. When it's dry, it's sweetened up and is more well-balanced, but not for me.
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In the imp, this is surprisingly light - the floral works really well with the Snake Oil. On my skin - this is going to sound strange, but this has an almost cola-ish scent that really works for me, a sort of sharp sweetness. When it's dry, I think this is the Snake-Oil-based scent that comes closest to working on me, but it's just not quite there.
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In the imp, this is sharp, leathery, with an almost medicinal overtone. On my skin, this calms down - the leather is much softer; the sage is still a strong herbal note in the back. When it's dry, the Snake Oil overwhelms everything - and Snake Oil does not love me. Too bad.
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In the imp, this is smoky and cinnamon-y - it's very strong, very unusual. On my skin, the vanilla from the Snake Oil comes out a little more, and it's quite weird with the cinnamon and the ginger. When it dries, warm, very warm with the cinnamon/ginger - but there's something strange about it that I can't quite pin down.