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Received this imp from the lovely cyndaelle! Djinn is a blend that I've been curious about. I've never tried a smoke or fire blend before so I figured this would be a good first. In the imp, it was sweet smoke with an acrid tang, something sharp and lemony. Perhaps there was also a hint of ginger? And there was a quality reminiscent of citronella or Vicks VapoRub, which was not entirely unpleasant. There was also the suggestion of dead leaves. It was very complex and interesting. Wet it was at first very much like cool autumn air and leaves. Then the Vicks got amped but it morphed into something strongly sweet with a pleasant lemon tang. I couldn't stop huffing my wrist. Dry-down it was sweet and light and creamy, almost mouthwatering. There was some sort of hint of herb or spice but it was so smoothly blended that I couldn't pick anything out. Mint? Sage? Cinnamon? Not sure, but it was delightful. As it lingered on my skin it morphed quite a bit. It was like a kaleidoscope of pleasant scents and I was very surprised. I tested this at work today and I was taking notes throughout the day of how the scent morphed. My notes were: -Sweet incense wrapped in green. -A pine-needle-fed fire pit long after the flames have died down. -Sweet, creamy smoke wafting through a cedar forest. -Sweet grass dusted with vanilla sugar. -Pepper and eucalyptus and cinnamon. -Vanilla and sweet incense. I've never had a blend morph so much before. I didn't mind it one bit. Overall, through every stage, I found this blend to be very comforting and wistful. I never knew my skin chemistry amped sweet so much either but I have such a sweet tooth that it isn't too surprising that I have sweet skin, haha. As much as I adore this, I don't think I'll get a bottle. It's much too distracting- I barely got any work done today because I couldn't stop sniffing myself! I think I may horde a few imps, though, for those days when I have the leisure to go on a scent adventure.

Got an imp of the 2007 version from cyndaelle. (: All Souls has a warm, round sort of nutty sweetness in the imp. Wet on my skin the sweetness is predominant but there’s an unfortunate plasticy edge to it. I’m not sure if that’s from the incense or the currant note. Luckily, as it dries the plastic slowly fades and the sweetness becomes something like cake batter. Full dry it smells like cookies. It’s very light, however, so it isn't readily identifiable as such unless I put my nose close to my hand. From a distance it simply smells sweet. It’s a very pretty scent at this stage. I hope the plastic isn't a common occurrence because I really do like this blend overall.

Got an imp of this from cyndaelle! This is a blend I’ve always wanted to try since I love evocative blends. In the imp it’s spiced rum and wood and salt. Wet on my skin though the spice is amped to high heaven and it’s evocative, all right, but not of the Caribbean in the 17th century. Like others have noted, it smells like Christmas! It smells exactly like the place where we buy our Christmas tree every year. We pick out our tree and go to the little indoor shop to pay for it and there’s this lovely cinnamon-spice scent all around, mostly caused by the hot, homemade apple cider which they let their customers sample and the cinnamon incense sticks they have all around the counter. As it dries the spice is still front and center but light touches of wood and floral mellow it. There is also just a hint of salt air. It’s like passing by a port-side Christmas shop with its doors wide open in the evening. This wasn’t what I was expecting at all but I absolutely love it and definitely need a bottle of it in the future.