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hmm....toasty and not too sweet, definitely not heavy, just foody and yummy and....toasty. this smells warm! the vanilla doesnt take over and make the whole thing a sugary mess the way it usually does in other scents! a soft and pleasant scent.

this is the scent that made me realize that maybe I do like a bit of sweetness in my perfumes after all, not just cleanliness and florals wet, its a blast of cool eucalyptus, with a undercurrent that must be the violet...it only seems darker and deeper in comparison to the neroli and the mint I think. the coolness lasts a unusually long time for me considering that neroli + mint are both topnotes and disappear almost immediately on my dry skin. this is almost bitter. there is no sweetness at all for me, though the violet does get stronger and stronger on drydown. wintery and cool, not a favorite but I like!

to be completely honest I was a bit underwhelmed...there are so many rave reviews for this scent and I was so excited for this! it is very nice, a sweet vanilla tea, very warm and sweet and....thats it. its nice but not amazing. pleasant, wonderfully balanced between the sweetness of the vanilla and the savoryness of the tea, but not very exciting.

pretty much a fresh picked apple scent. not artificial or fake at all, it really does smell EXACTLY like a real apple....phenomenal. unfortunately it turns plasticky and gross on me on the drydown D: oh well!

EXACTLY like...stone. it smells like.... stone. I didn't even know rock had a smell! a vanilla-y, slightly creamy...stone. its a piece of rock with vanilla extract spilled over it. I don't know how else to put it! its surprisingly pleasant and very unusual. clean, pure, kind of faint, warm and sweet....very interesting, not a everyday wearable scent for me...definitely a standout special kind of scent.

hmmm...I got a thick, woody, earthy kind of scent with a strong whiff of alcohol and a hint of lightness that miiiiight be the mint that disappeared quickly. no likey. not me at all. perhaps I should have read more than the two first pages of the reviews for this scent. ah well.

got my latest order and this was one of the first I tried. the Mad Tea Party line is probably my favorite. from the moment I popped open the imp I all I got was a burst of candy, almost fruity sweetness. no rose at all! the rose came out after I put it on, but the sweetness remained strong and it stayed a very sweet rose scent...with that candy sugariness dominating. I don't know, I wasn't expecting this to be so sweet and....not rosy, though its very pleasant and lovely and I like it a lot. definitely a wearable scent. its that time of the month for me right now actually, and sweet/vanilla/honey scents tend to amplify on my skin during this period, so I'll try it a couple weeks later to see if the rose will come out more then. I really really like this! its just that it wasn't what I was expecting at all, lol.

wet: ozone-y. sharp, maybe citrussy. dry: loses a bit of the sharpness. definite salty edge. mm. kind of boring.

sharp, pungent pennyroyal over lavender wet, lavender over pennyroyal dry. not very interesting or 'perfumey' but it smells nice. I use it as insect repellent! a floral ish insect repellent to layer with other scents when I don't want to get bit or want a bit of sharpness.

a somewhat boring sweet floral blend. the violet is rather dark and strong, or the vanilla is just boosting it too much--sweet foody notes are usually overpowering on me. ehhh

the sweetness of the chocolate is overpowering the orange blossom. this was actually my first imp, so being inexperienced as I was I just kept on slathering more and more on hoping to get more of that floral to balance the chocolate! I had to wash my arms to the elbow at least 10 times to get the smell out. (I was 16/17, the age of stupidity.) too sweet for me!

violet, with the neroli keeping it 'high' while the musk is stronger and darker way below it. and then, powder!

sweetly red. this is a red scent. kind of cinnamony but sharper, though it never bites. eventually the sharpness gets fainter and fainter and I'm just left with spicy sweetness. nice, but not really what I'd wear. it did have a herbal tinge that made it interesting. edit: oooooh then nothing but powder. definitely not for me!

nothing but coffee in the bottle and wet on the skin. the rose comes out strong later on, but never manages to come on center stage and its just an amalgam of floral coffee dark sweetness. the other notes darken the scent more than it sweetens. the coffeeness goes down significantly but never disappears. I liked the cofffee though! it was sweet! probably the fig and tonka? very nice.

cloying thick honey tinged sweetness. ginger, where are you? not liking the milk. gets even more sickly sweet during drydown. and then, powder! nuh uh.

minty minty mint. the mosses and the ambergris come out more on drydown. distinctly masculine. like it.

honey. just honey. straight-up honey, that aquires a slight film of powder from the amber on drydown. and its not a good powder! I could do without.

urghh, this is very biting and definitely bitter! this has a sharp green sweetish chemical cleaning bitterness thats actually making me a bit nauseous going on. not sure but might be the yuzu and sakura combo? its too green to be grapefruit. I dunno but the floral + fruit is very unpleasant in this blend! lots and lots of throw that I'm not sure I want. the black tea is way, waay in the background, theres just a hint darkening the whole scent. and its not very sweet at all! just a little increase on the drydown. black tea comes out a bit more as does the sakura and the absence of the citrus fruits make it more bearable. very sharp still. I don't know! very interesting, definitely unique, so I'll use the imp but not bottleworthy.

musky honey with smoldering layer of clove-cinnamon-ginger layer on top of it. I'm not catching that peppery sharpness. I just put on a little though. the cinnamon is def the standout spice, and its not HOT hot, just a nice simmery smoldery spiciness, without a sharp bite---still very spicy though! the honey is a bit too cloying and thick for me, so its not a favorite, but sometimes I want a bit of thickness, and bengal is really nice for that. a winter scent that can keep me warm.

OMG I REALLY LOVE THIS. I am a relative n00b but this is curently my #1 bpal scent. okay, review time. sweetly minty in the bottle, with a alcoholic tinge. WOOO sweet apple-mintiness with a beautifully subtle floral and that "squish of lime" right behind it! the aquatic notes and the vodka aren't really "present" but lend a lightness/water to the scent overall. the floral gains strength in the drydown, as well as the aquatic notes, and it still retains that appley sweetness--I think its the aqua/vodka that keeps the sweetness from being gross and cloying and ugh("coughwhiterabbitcough*). ITS JUST...that PERFECT level of sweetness that I really like....I don't dislike vanilla or fruitiness but they're usually too overpowering and nauseating for me. BUT MOCK TURTLE IS SOOOO PERFECT, IT EVEN HAS MINT AND LIME AND I REALLY REALLY LIKE MINT. AND. THAT WHITE FLORAL, OMG! yes, all caps are necessary in this context! um so I really loev Mock Turtle guyz. I just wish it lasted longer, but the top notes(well, this is pretty much just made out of top notes only) last longer than they do in other scents and o man did I mention the LOEV I have for this?

whoa, this stuff is STRONG. good throw. goes on thickly sweet, with strong tea notes and gingery sharpness. I'm a little about the cloying, sugary sweetness, the tea is just giving it a weird tone instead of tempering it, and there a slightly unpleasant film blanketing the whole scent thats probably the milk. the ginger goes quick and the tea gets weaker and weaker during drydown, though it never goes away completely. all thats left is the honey/vanilla. interesting. I don't hate it but not really loving it. the strong tea note with the sweetness was...intriguing.

A gentlemen's lavender-citron cologne unhinged by the feral pungence of black musk and a paroxysm of pennyroyal. ooooh! starts out a perfect lavender-citrus-minty blend with a very attractive deeper, darker undertone. individual notes are clearly distinguishable but so well blended and complementary! unfortunately the pennyroyal is gone within seconds....literally.....and I'm left with just black musk with a whiff of lavender. then, powder! which I feel a little "uhhhh" about. still nice, very masculine, I might grow to like it. maybe. very little throw, and dries up like anything, though thats probably my normal/dry skin. hmmmm. Villian has lavender and citrus in it also, might try that next...

this had a 'oily' sweet-not-exactly-citrus scent that didn't change much from the bottle to my skin. its...gross. reminds me of coconut, which I am not a fan of. I'm thinking its the kumquat. the tea note is definitely there, but its not helping. arghh, this is very unpleasant. def not a scent for me. and I was sooooo excited about this one!