Innocent, soft and pure: sweet pea, carnation and water lily.
Desdemona is my first BPAL imp. My first impression upon opening up the bubble-wrapped package was "This reminds me of something...maybe it'll come to me." So I open it and sniff it, and test it. At first, it smells just like it does in the bottle. After about 30 minutes, all you can smell is a spicy, sugary smell (from what I've read, I'd guess the spicy is the carnation). After an hour, this scent is completely gone. During the spicy/sugary phase on me, I realised what this reminds me of. I had an airbrushed t-shirt made when I was in Panama City, Florida last year, and the airbrush ink smells JUST like Desdemona did on me. Weird.