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Oh, Lolita, how I love thee! In the imp Lolita is a sweet haze of wet fruity candy. Once it is on, it lightens up and evens out so that I smell like pixie stix, which I'm surprised I really really like. Lolita is the only scent so far that actually improves my mood just by wearing it. I feel upbeat and pretty happy. The funny thing is that I'm not remotely a candy person anymore, but I did like it as a kid, and I think this has a good association for me. This might be an anti-depressant this winter. I plan on getting myself a nice big bottle...winters are long.

In the imp: The tea and musk give this a bit of a piney scent with some good bright lemon shot through. It also had something in it that reminded me of a type of insense used at my church when I was a kid. Wet: Light and lemony but not like cleaner. Dry down: Light citrus still smelling like church insense. Not bad at all, and lasts about half the day. Very light and unobtrusive. Think I'll use it on occasion, but it's probably not a big bottle purchase.

I had heard so many good things about Dorian that I was really looking forward to trying it. Got my wish fairly quickly in my imp gathering, so I was psyched. In the imp: A smokey sweet vanilla Wet: Warm on the skin and creamy smelling Dry down: More musk now over the vanilla and already becoming faint--white and powdery sweet. Not long before I began to itch and the headache kicked in. Washed it off and put into the future swap pile.

In the imp: Sweet-tart mixed with laundry detergent (the fresh smelling kind—not the soapy kind). Don't know that I'd want to eat that combo, but the smell is is both comforting and refreshing. Wet: It still smells like candy (like many of the fresh scents seem to turn to eventually). Not unappealing, just not wowed (like I am with Lolita). Drydown: Wore off within a few hours so that I couldn't smell anything (nor could the handful of friends I asked to take a whiff of me). A nice scent, but I'd rather have something that stuck around longer.

In the imp: Mint chocolate chip ice-cream...mmmmm.... Wet: Lots of juniper. Still has a creamy mint base but the juniper definitely is dominant. Drydown: Very clear, yet creamy (I'm going to assume that's the lotus because I don't know that I've ever smelled lotus on it's own enough times to have it for recall). It's the kind of scent you wish you could lick to taste it. I really like the level of cool mint. I suspect I'll wear it occasionally, but I don't see a larger bottle of it in my future.

In the imp: In my mind, it brings up dark blue and green swirls. I can smell a layer of something citrus under that cooling humidity post rain smell. Wet: Smells like rain—cool and a steely, blue green color. Very light. I think I smell some orange under there. Like it very much right now. Drydown: Very watery, very clean. A little soapy, but a soap I would like to use. Also, the citrus is gone now, and replaced with white floral scent. Not over sweet, but fresh. After several hours I can still smell faint traces of it. I don't know that I'd get a bottle of it, but I will definitely go through the imp.

I had to try this twice because the first time it gave me a slight headache. I'm glad I did. In the imp: It reminded me of a Christmas candle. Definitely green—evergreen and smokey with ripe purple berries. Wet: The evergreen is prominent but the berries are pushing their way up. Drydown: A drier, lighter scent--more berry now, not at all over-powering. Still reminds me of a candle, but not as much as before. Now it's wet, sugary berries with a lovely undercurrent of the tea which is coming out and keeps the berry smell from getting out of hand. It's lasting a good long time now, with no headache to be had. I think it makes a wonderful fall/winter scent and I plan to use it often in the next couple months.