chocolateaurora

I loved my aged imp of satyr. It was spicy and warm and mellow, and just absolutely wonderful. My fresh bottle on the other hand, was just an explosion of spices. And not the nice sitting in the kitchen on a warm summer day spices, no. This was a slap in the face, jab up the nose king of spice. Cinnamon isn't the overwhelming presence, although it's there. Mine is full of an anise like scent, not sure if it is actually anise of some similar note. After half and hour or so, some of that mellowness came back, but it just didn't have the depth of my imp. Guess I'll have to return to this in a few months. I'm crossing my fingers that it's an aging issue, and not just a batch thing.

In the bottle, it definitely smells cologney, with a dry waxiness in the background. Wet, it's similar, but the the cologne scent fades a bit. It's still not evocative of libraries or parchment though. As it dries down, I am getting a bit of sweetness (wax note maybe), but no great morph. It's like Dee, with less personality. Pleasant, but not much else.