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In the imp: Ginger and lavender. Very fresh and herbal, both garden-y (not floral), and foody. Wet: The lavender is stronger, plum coming out a bit. Dry: Ooh, mostly ginger and lavender, but there are nice fruity notes in there too. It's bright and sparkly, tart without sour. I really like it, but I wore it to work and was gone within a few hours, so I think I'll pass on a bottle.

In the imp: Champaca dominant. Quite smokey and incensey, but also fairly floral. Nice, hippyish. Wet: Smoky, soapy, powdery mix of woods and incense. Dry: Just a bit of a hippyish soap, really. Nice but not my thing.

WHY ISN'T THIS MORE POPULAR?? In the imp: Amazing, like omg I'm going to die. Sweet orange, spicy bay and smoky tobacco. Wet: Like in the bottle, but moreso. Orange dominant, and there's a note that smells like clove. Dry: Sweet, lovely, spicy, amazing. I need a bottle.

In the imp: Talcum powdery aftershave. Wet: Is that supposed to be cat? IDK, something's funky with this one. Dry: A manly funk aftershave thing. Not a fan.

I: Sweet, coconutty butterscotch. Wet: The same sweet coconut but with strong tropical booziness coming through. Dry: Yup. Very sweet and foody coconut rum. Nice enough, but too boozy for me.

I'm reviewing the 2012 version! In the imp: Oof. Sharp, fresh pine with hints of sweet clove underneath. Wet: That's really lovely. Sweet clove dominating quite quickly, with pine just underneath. Dry: Just what I was hoping for with this scent! Clove sharpened by pine, which I'm very happy with, as pine usually dominates on me. Would not be adverse to a bottle, particularly for use as a room scent.

I: Spicy woods with bay and clove. Wet: Amazing spices with hints of leather and lime. Dry: Sour manly lime, what a pity!

In the imp: Like pumpkin dish soap, pumpkin and booze. An interesting night perhaps! But not something I care to smell like. Wet: I don't want to be disgusting, but this is like pumpkin vomit and soap. Dry: There's a creamy sweetness that I feel could be nice, but it's drowned out by the aforementioned vom/soap combo. Groce.

In the imp: Kind of like orris, actually. Some floral. And incense. Wet: Yeah. Sweet florals and incense. Dry: It's just a white floral on me. Not terribl exciting. An hour and a half later: Dried into something quite sweet and smoky. Nice enough.

In the imp: Kind of like sweet, cinnamonny olive oil? Wet: Cinnamon and sandalwood soap. Dry: Yeah. A nice, tasteful, spice scent.

In the imp: Intensely sweet creaminess. Wet: Yup, like sugar and linen. I'm imagining this as a cloud of pink sparkles emenating from my wrists. Dry: Sweet linen and cream. I can't decide if I like this or if it's sour saccrahine.

In the imp: I'm getting the Hana-Kimi theme going around my head. PEEEE-AAACH! Wet: Peach and amber. Dry: Pretty much just sweet peach on me. Quite a lot like Jack but without the spices. It's very pretty, but just not ~me. Highly recommended to anyone looking for a peach scent!

In the imp: Mint? Maybe some woods. Wet: Kind of smells like flyspray :/ bu hao. Dry: Why did I buy this? IT HAS AMBERGRIS. Accordingly, this is ambergirs, flowers and coconut on me. Groce.

In the bottle: Fizzy ginger, more like ginger root that you'd put in a curry than like, the powdered ginger you'd use in baking. There's a foody 'biscuity' note in the background that I assume to be honey? Wet: Whoa. STRONG ginger. It's like, medicinal, and it's mixing weirdly with the honey and cream. Dry: Fizzy ginger root with spoiled cream and biscuits. I'm so bummed, 'cause I adore all the notes, but this just didn't work on me

In the imp: Sweet, slightly spiced pine. Wet: Sweet clove, cumin and basil with a sharp piney edge. Dry: The spices are lovely, but one note has gone all sour and oddly... fishy? on me. Ick. Also, my chest went all itchy as soon as I put this on my wrists. Trolled indeed.

In the imp: Sweet floraled honey with a hint of smoke. Wet: I'm getting that clean, almost linen-y, honey note, but there's spicy tobacco in there too. I sort of feel that this could be amazing, or it could end up smelling like a pile of laundry sitting in a smoker's bedsit :/ Dry: A clean honey with hints of smoke and spice. It's okay.

In the imp: We have this biscuit in NZ called Gingernuts - our most popular, apparently - and this smells just like them, mixed with lavender. Wet: Yup. Ginger-caramellised-sugary-biscuity lavender. Glorious. Dry: The combination of spice and sweetness makes this like a bubblegummy Eclipse with the barest hint of lavender. Wonderful! I need a bottle.

In the imp: Sweet, woody incense. Wet: Beeswax and frankincense with a citrussy edge. Surprisingly cologney. Dry: Sweet, spiced incense. Very christmassy. Merely 'ok' on me, but I could imagine it working well on a bloke.

In the imp: Woodsy wood-ness. Wet: Velviter and dragon's blood. Dry:... With a hint of the sea. Mostly just musky velviter. Meh.

In the imp: Dorian. This is seriously just Dorian. Wet: Sweet, manly, earl grey tea. Or, as some like to call it, Dorian. Dry: Yeah. It's Dorian. There's maybe the slightest hint of jasmine, but that aside, they're virtually identical. I do love the tea note - it's very true. When I was travelling recently, I stood near a lady in an airport who I'm pretty sure was wearing either this or Dorian and I was really jealous of how fresh and clean she smelled. Seriously contemplating buying a bottle for travelling!

In the imp: Pure melon! Wet: More honeyed and almost floralish. Dry: Kind of like melon with grasses and honey? Interesting.

In the imp: Apple, grasses, a hint of prickly tomato. Wet: Chapaca coming out a bit. The overall effect is quite soapy. Dry: A fresh and sweet apple with hints of grass. Not bad!

In the imp: MANLY pine. Wet: Much more fresh and sweet. The impression that I get is of ~bursts of sunlight filtering through dark trees~. Dry: Interesting and complex. I get hints of lemon and resins in with the pine. Alas, too manly for me.

In the imp: Brown sugar and spices. I want to eat this up! Wet: Sweet clove and anise. Just lovely. Dry: A beautiful gourmand and spice blend. Will be keeping my eyes peeled for a bottle!

In the imp: Lavender! Wet:... With something quite minty and zingy? This is not unlike Pain. Dry: Yeah, I was hoping for something like my beloved Gaueko - lavender and smoke, y'know - but this is a more tart and herbal lavender blend.