mymymai

ITI: It's oddly sweet like cough syrup - I think this might be from the red musk, honey and elemi. Wet: Yea, it's the Honeybucket honey again. I can't smell much else beside it on my skin. Dry: The honey is much less offensive (thank goodness), and now I can pick out the cedar incense, the patchouli, and the champaca. It's so much better dried.

ITI: It's dark and incense-laden, which I love. I can pick up a little of the violet and leather, which adds some complexity to the scent overall. Wet: The lavender is strong on my skin, overshadowing the incense a little, but enough enough so that I cannot make out the myrrh and copal. Dry: The lavender has softened and sweetened, as has the incense It reminds me of an apothecary shop with a breeze blowing though it while beeswax candles burn in the back. Delicious and soothing!

ITI: Oh yeah, that's fresh, dewy rose with a little green in there. It's a light green, like grass. Wet: That's very much grass to my nose with rose and perhaps honeysuckle. It's pleasant, but it is rather green and floral. Dry: It stays pretty consistent here. I'm still getting grass, rose, and the lighter floral of honeysuckle.

ITI: It's a flight, white floral with something sweet - perhaps coconut or white sandalwood. Wet: For me, it smells it smells like faint chocolate, gardenia, coconut meat, and powder (maybe sandalwood, certainly not the honey powder note I get). Dry: This faded too quickly on my skin. After some dry time, I can pick up super faint coconut and vanilla.

ITI: It's certainly hemlock, but I get a bit of astringent pine, like juniper, in there as well. Wet: It's a little more smoky than I would have expected on my skin. It's just a faint impression, but enough to surprise me. It's still very herbal but now I get lemon rind also. Dry: After a 16 hour work day. only a faintly soft, slightly powdery scent remains. It's significantly different than wet or even dry earlier in the day, but it's still rather nice.

ITI: It's sweet and uplifting from the combination of the orange blossom, honey, and sandalwood. I just hope the honey behaves on my skin. Wet: Well, there's the honey getting all weird on me. At least it's a little more of a powdery honey than A Thought from Propertius. I can also pick up some rose and orange blossom as the honey begins to calm down a few minutes in. Dry: It's gone rather powdery with soft rose, sandalwood, and orange blossom making a pleasant and feminine scent.

ITI: Ah, that's better. It's resinous and lightly floral from the geranium patchouli, benzoin, and musk. There is a slight hint of cedar that adds some depth here. Wet: It's wet and earthy from the patchouli, slightly astringently woody from the cedar, and floral from the bourbon geranium. So far, it's a beautiful scent to my nose. Dry: It's soft patchouli flanked by resinous benzoin, sweet musk, and light geranium It's gorgeous!

ITI: The honey is super sweet here, like honey infused with sugar. I go get a little apricot, but no cayenne. I'm hoping that comes through on my skin because it is otherwise too sweet for me. Wet: Oh, yea. That's still really sweet honey. It almost reminds me of the over-scented bathroom stall deodorizers. I'm fighting the urge to wash this off immediately. On second application, it smells better - more cayenne and apricot, but I'm still weary of that honey note. Dry: I still get bathroom deodorizers, so it's in the trade pile for this imp.

ITI: It's sweet, astringently piney, but slightly soapy at the same time. My interest is piqued. Wet: It's somewhat pine-like (cedar note), with musky animal scent (ambergris), opium tar, and tobacco with sage. It's an interesting combination and I wouldn't have normally associated it with a butterfly. Dry: After 14 hours, it's sweetly lemongrass centered with hits of wild plum and ambergris accord.

ITI: Super sweet, almost foody. It's like myrrh, cherry syrup, and hairspray. It certainly is dark, but I'm confused by the sweetness. Wet: When I first put the scent on my wrist, I was struck by how sweet it was. I was hoping it would shift on my skin - more floral or otherwise. Dry: After it dries, the sweetness dissipates some. I can finally pick out the narcissus and myrrh, which is nice, but a little cold.

ITI: Interesting. The frankincense, oakmoss, and cypress are evident and nicely green while still being pleasingly resinous. Wet: Oooh, strong cypress franked by swirling oude, oakmoss, and frankincense. I don't get the hazelnut distinctly, but there is a dry, warm quality to the scent which might be from it. Dry: It's a balanced combination of woodsy green and incense from the frankincense and oude. It's dry, complex, and could be used as a unisex scent.

ITI: It's more airy than I hand anticipated. I was dreading the spikenard, but the frankincense and galangal seem to take the show at this point. Wet: There is a little bit of spikenard up front, but at least it isn't doing odd things yet with the frankincense and galangal. There is just a touch of hyssop and olive, but they are undertones at best. Dry: I wish the frankincense was more prominent, but the hyssop has emerged and melded with the galangal and spikenard to form something that reminds me of grandma's perfume.

ITI: Lily or gardenia, dragon's blood resin, and something that reads as a little fruity to me. Wet: It's exotic, slightly resinous, while still being a heady floral - either lily or gardenia, although I'm leaning more toward gardenia. There is a slight baby oil quality to it, but it's nice. Yep, that's gardenia. Dry: Faintly vanilla'd dragon's blood infused gardenia. It's pretty and alluring, but not overpowering.

Blood orange, night-blooming jasmine, vanilla bean, bog wood, Spanish moss, benzoin, and oudh. ITI: It smells like blood orange rind, jasmine, and a touch of oudh. I wish it was a little fuzzier, like with tonka and fig, but it's a pretty scent so far. Wet: It's softer on my skin, but blood orange is still dominant, although I am getting vanilla bean and lighter jasmine. Dry: The jasmine reemerges as a strong top note, followed by light orange blossom and super faint vanilla bean. It's pretty, but it's not as warm as I would have liked for this moth.

ITI: Powdery orris root with jasmine sambac are the most dominant notes in the imp. It's a bit perfumey here, but that may change on application. Wet: It's similar to the ITI impression, but there is a little roundness now, I think from the amber. Dry: This really doesn't change much on me. It's still orris root and jasmine sambac with a hint of amber.

ITI: Slightly fruity and sugary tobacco. It's much sweeter than I had anticipated. Wet: There's a bit more caramel to the tobacco, but the earthiness of thickness of smoking tobacco is very much center stage on my skin. Dry: Earthy, vanilla-infused caramel-y, thick, and heady. It's a wonderful tobacco scent and I wish I would have picked up a bottle of it before it went dark.

ITI: It's soft while being slightly naughty from the honeysuckle French vanilla, patchouli, and sarsaparilla. Wet: It has this interesting green and papery smell to it, but the French vanilla, patchouli, honeysuckle and sarsaparilla are still very similar to the imp. Dry: As it dries, the leather begins to peak out of the papery and slightly green foreground. It is a soft, supple leather and intertwines beautifully with the patchouli. It gets sweeter and more patchouli-centric after a few hours. There is an impression of leather, but not much else.

ITI: It's sweet and floral, like a Sunday mimosa sitting on the garden veranda. Wet: It's light, innocent, and airy. The peach is certainly ripe, and it's framed beautifully by the peony and the carnation. The freesia sits behind the other notes adding a little soapiness, but mostly tamed by the amber. Dry: I'm surprised that such a light scent would still be detectable after 12 hours, but I can still make out the peach and the peony.

ITI: The orris root is clearly the top note in the imp, but I get something that reminds me of crushed ant smell, which might be the muguet since I'm familiar with the other notes. Wet: Yeah, it still smells like orris root, musk, and crushed ant. Not a fan. Dry: After it dries, the ant smell is lest pronounced, but it's still overtly perfumey and does not please my nose.

ITI: Faint tea rose and white sandalwood. It's actually very proper. Wet: Pink tea roses that smell freshly bloomed followed by warm sandalwood. Dry: After a while, all I get is tea rose. It is pleasant, but not complex.

ITI: Oh, that's fizzy and sweet, like ice wine infused with fresh ginger and eucalyptus This might get a little soapy as I get that impression from the notes, but I really hope not. Wet: It's still sweetly icy with spicy ginger and eucalyptus It's fizzy and exuberant. Dry: It does get just a touch soapy, but honestly, the combination of ice, ginger, and eucalyptus and now hints of tea are just a wonderful combination. I'm sad that I didn't pick up a bottle of this.

ITI: It's aquatic, but I'm not repulsed by it. The sea spray and leather are well balanced, and the bay rum brings a much-needed sweetness to the scent. Wet: Salty wood, rum, and well-worn leather. It's not bad, but I don't think I'd reach for this that often. Dry: The sweetness of the bay rum soothes over the salty aquatic qualities and balances everything out into an attractive unisex scent.

ITI: The scents are pretty true to the list. The sandalwood is soft and golden, the rose is faint in the background, and the amber sweetens and mellows everything out. Wet: More sandalwood, a little green for some reasons, and sweeter roses emerge once the scent is applied to my skin. Dry: The sandalwood warms up to a golden quality once dried while the rose fades into the middle ground to let the sultry amber shine. It's lovely in its simplicity.

ITI: Since this one doesn't have any notes listed, I will try to tease out what I can. Well, it certainly is musky, like blue musk, but part of it is a little off-putting as the scent reminds me a little of acetone. There is also a fake cherry note somewhere in there. Wet: I get strong musk, resin, artificial cherry, and coconut air freshener. Dry: As it dries, I start picking up an almond note and a vanilla note. However, the scent is really sweet, to the extent that it gives me a headache.

ITI: It certainly is bright and highly polished. I also get a whiff of copal resin, but there is an odd men's cologne quality to this. Wet: It's a bit more like men's cologne wet, but there is still a strong impression of gold and clearly defined copal. Dry: I now get powder and men's cologne with a hint of something golden. I'm sure it'd smell great on a male, but this isn't one for me.