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In the imp, I get tea and a breath of peony.

 

On my skin, the herbs come out, but they're very subtle - this is a light, very float-y scent.

 

When dry, it's very well-blended, very light, very clean - but almost undetectable after 30 mins.

In the imp, I get smoke - sweet vanilla smoke.

 

On my skin, it's smoke with a little cognac and vanilla - there's definitely a nice creaminess to it.

 

When it dries, it's mmm, smoky vanilla goodness. Definitely keeping!

In the imp, this is all soil and wood for me.

 

When I put it on my skin, I get soil, wood, and the overlay of cypress tree - it smells exactly like laying under a cypress tree after a rain.

 

This is amazing, artistic, but not how I want to smell.

In the imp, this is bright yet rich - there's the dryness of red wine with the fruitiness of the plum.

 

On my skin, it's all plum and flowers, with just a hint of the wine - it's a really full scent.

 

When it dries, it's sweet and boozy - but that spells success for me!

(Retail-only)

 

In the imp, this is not at all what I expected - the incense here is almost transparent, it's that light. And it's much the same when I put it on my skin. It's just very light - surprisingly light - but I need a little more to cut my incense with.

In the imp, all I can smell is patchouli.

 

On my skin, I still get the patchouli, with sandalwood and cardamom - it's very strong and spicy.

 

When it dries, it's still too much patchouli for me.

(Retail-only)

 

In the imp, I'm getting the dryness of the orris, with tea and wood backing it up.

 

On my skin, I really like this - there's something light and fresh, which is completely unexpected from a Poe scent.

 

When it's dry, it's very light, very subtle, very sweet - a real winner.

(Retail-only)

 

In the imp, I get cocoa and vetiver - it's an odd combo, but it has potential.

 

On my skin, it's odd - there's a bright sweetness that I would associate with fruit, but there's nothing listed here. It must be the vetiver.

 

When it dried, it calmed way down - it's really rich and velvety, and the dragon's blood resin comes out. Two thumbs up from me!

In imp, this is just sickly sweet.

 

On my skin, there's the brightness of the honeysuckle, and the lily lends a strange powder-y ness to it.

 

When it's dry, it's sharp, traditional - not quite what I like.

In the imp, this is an amazing, swirling scent - I'm finding it quite hard to get anything specific out of it.

 

On my skin, I can detect floral and amber and incense.

 

When it dries, it's very incense-heavy - I don't really get anything else out of it.

This is the retail-only version.

 

In the imp, it's orange and vanilla - very light and sweet.

 

On my skin, I get toasted vanilla and amber with a light overtone of the heliotrope and gardenia.

 

When it dries - mmm, really nice. The rose comes out and plays very well with the orange, the vanilla, and the amber. Keeper!

In the imp, I smell roses and decay.

 

On my skin, it's earthy, wet moss, and roses - like something dying and growing at the same time.

 

When it dries, it smells like decay - conceptually amazing, but not how I want to smell myself.

In the imp, I totally get lavender-lime cologne - it's weird.

 

The leather comes out on my skin, backed by the light fruity-flowerness of the lavender-lime cologne.

 

When it'd dry, it's very... heady - it's a little too sharp (with the cologne) and too much of the leather. I'll pass it along to someone who will love it.

In the imp, all I get is pine cleaner.

On my skin: woooo yeah - cleaner. It reminds me of my mom cleaning her linoleum floor. Which is a nice thought, but not necessarily a scent I want to carry around on my wrists with me.

And thirty minutes later ... it's gone. Not meant for me, obviously.

In imp: mmmm, a truly beautiful blend of jasmine & violet.

 

On my skin, it's warm and sweet - jasmine, violet, mimosa.

 

When it dries, the jasmine comes way out and turns to powder.

This is the new retail-only Lenore.

 

In imp, this is all smoke and patchouli.

 

On my skin - ooh, it's not good, like too-strong campfire smoke.

 

Nope, it doesn't get better when it'd dry. It's all smoke, patchouli, and vetiver. No go.

Madeline, in the imp, is earth, wood, and leaves.

 

On my skin, it's the smell of decaying wood and earth - so artfully done.

 

When it dries, there's a little floral overtone to the rotting leaves. An awesome piece of art, but not a good perfume for me.

Shub-Niggurath is all incense, all the time. In imp, there's just a touch of ginger burn, and it becomes more herbaceous as it's on my skin, but it's truly incense through and through, and just not my thing.

In the imp, it's molasses - not just molasses, but MOLASSES. I actually said "Whoa" out loud when I sniffed the imp.

 

On my skin, it calms WAY down; the honey and the oak come out. This is actually REALLY nice.

 

When it dries, it's a little more molasses-y, and spicy cinnamon-y. It's nice, but I miss the wet phase.

In imp, it's a light violet scent.

 

On my skin, it's a very traditional-smelling light floral - sort of closed-in and claustrophobic, like an old lady's living room.

 

When it dries, it's too traditional and musty for me - I'll pass.

In this imp, this is a very sweet, innocent floral - sort of lily-of-the-valley-ish.

 

It gets sort of woody on my skin, but when it dries, it's ultimately a sweet-ish traditional floral; it's light and lovely, but not quite my thing.

In imp, all I get is leather - it's sharp, and not quite pleasant.

 

On my skin, the rose comes out a little more - I have a very wary relationship with the leather note, but it's balanced nicely with the rose here.

 

When it's dry, I can't pick out the leather; it's just richly sexy, and surprisingly subtle.

In the imp, this is very clear and light - I can't identify anything, and it's nothing like what I expected.

 

On my skin, there's the orange and nectarine with just a hint of gardenia - quite pretty.

 

The olive blossom and the gardenia are the most present when the scent dries - there's a touch of lemongrass in the back. It's very clean, very light - I like it, but I don't love it.

In the imp, I smell amber, oil, and beeswax - it smells like an amber-scented candle.

 

On my skin, the pomegranate and the fig come out with the sweetness of the sufganiyot.

 

When it dries, it's a really beautiful blend of the oil and the wax and the amber, with the pomegranate and fig just wafting and floating over top. LOVE IT.

In imp, this is mostly mango.

 

On my skin, it's very well-blended, in that it's hard for me to pick out individual notes; it's very light, but warm. It's spicy, with a buttery-nutty undertone.

 

When it dries - mmmm, this is really nice. It's spicy-warm yet really light - it's an unusual combination of traits.