mymymai

ITI: I get calla lilies very strongly on the first sniff, although the jasmine is not far behind. There is something sweet, like currant, that I can’t place yet. The ambrette seed follows, lending the scent a muskiness that I imagine would be fitting for a knavishly appointed room in which an oil painting would be created. Wet: Hmm, there is still something here that reads overtly sweet and a little like cough medicine. I get more musk on my skin and I can finally detect a little vanilla. The flowers have taken center stage to this medicinal, sweet, musky conglomeration that this scent has become. Dry: It’s much better when dry, although there is still a bit of that odd sweetness peaking through the muskiness of the ambrette and the vanilla. However, I welcome the presence of the honeysuckle, yum!

In the Imp (ITI): While I get amber, it’s a fig, clove, and nutmeg amber. I hope it doesn’t turn powdery on me. Wet: The amber is just a touch sour on my skin, and there is an odd dry grass note in there in addition to the nutmeg. What an odd scent. Dry: Dry, spicy nutmeg and pastry-like amber, although I do get something a little more foody but that I can’t place. Odd.

In the Imp (ITI): Wow, that reminds me of being out in the woods. I get thick labdanum and smoky tobacco. I’m intrigued. Wet: Sticky, resinous labdanum, hints of lavender fields, tobacco, and a hint of nag champa. This is definitely something I would wear again. Dry: It’s super spicy now – the nag champa is dominant with the sandalwood and labdanum followed up by the slightest hint of lavender.

In the Imp (ITI): I’m getting an odd reading. It smells like paper, a little cologne, and anise. Hmm, I’m not sure about this. Wet: Ok, good. The oddness is diminished some when it’s applied to my skin. I now can clearly get the anise and sandalwood (although it is an aged sandalwood), but the cherry blossom scent is still reading as “off.” Dry: After about 10 hours, all the oddness, like the paper note, has vanished. I just get sandalwood and a little cherry blossom. I like this much better dried and faded.

ITI: Pink! If color smelled to me, this is what pink would smell like. Pink pepper is very clearly the top note, followed shortly by the currant and cranberry. Wet: It does not change much when it hits my skin, although the currant and cranberry are stronger than the pink pepper now. It is a rather energetic scent, though. Dry: (20 minutes) It’s still delicious, although slightly candy-like in its currant and cranberry combination. The pink musk (and it is pink) is amping up a bit, which makes me think of cotton candy when I smell it.

ITI: It is a very clean scent. It reminds me of Downy for some reason; however, this is far prettier. The linden blossom with the vanilla make it feminine while still having that “freshly washed” association. Wet: Similar to ITI, but much more vanilla and a little bit of hard olive-oil based soap with oatmeal. Dry: After 8 hours and some time in front of a furnace, only light linden blossom remains.

In the Imp (ITI): The first notes out are gardenia and violet, blended beautifully in harmony. It reminds me of walking through a veil. After I inhale a little longer, can pick up the orris, which adds some nice complexity to the sweetness and innocence of the flowers. Wet: Ah, there is the lavender, although it’s a bit overpowering for the gardenia and violet upon initial application. The lavender yields a bit more greenness to the scent base. Dry: The lavender has calmed down, back to the original in the imp scent combination, although there are slight hints of lavender. I would love to make this into a room spray or a hair gloss. This will go on the “to buy” list.

ITI: It’s rather woodsy on first sniff. I can pick up the ebony, sandalwood, light tobacco and musk. It’s actually rather nice in the bottle. Hopefully the spikenard doesn’t make its debut on my skin. Wet: Tobacco, tonka, and vanilla come out as top scents, beautifully and sweetly combined. Under that is sandalwood and ebony. This is much nicer than I had anticipated. Dry: I get sandalwood, ebony, musk, tonka and tobacco. I don’t get any of the sharpness from the spikenard, wohoo!

ITI: I get something slightly astringent on first sniff, like lemon Pine Sol. When I sniff longer, I get amber and frankincense (heady incense / resin type scent). Wet: Resinous (Benzoin! That’s what it is) with a touch of lemon and hints of amber. I want to roll around in this scent for some reason. As it starts to dry, there might be just a little carnation as well. Apparently this is what playing in the cobwebs might be like for cats. Dry: Oh, it’s soft and sensuous with a sweet middle layer. I love it!

ITI: Rich coca, black coffee, and ripe orange. Oh wow, this makes my mouth water. Wet: There is now a cleaner aspect to the orange, but the coca and coffee remain dominant. I can barely make out the headiness from the tobacco. Dry: As it dries, the tobacco comes out as dominant, but couched in coca. There are still tones of orange and coffee. It is a rather invigorating scent to me.

Tenacity, force, strength, stability, and determination: Chinese musk and gleaming white metal with honeysuckle, rose mallow, verbena, and carnation. ITI: Oh, how pleasant. The honeysuckle is he first note out, and it has such a delightful quality. After second sniff, I can pick out the rose mallow, and it clearly is rose mallow. Wet: It is so pretty on – honeysuckle, carnation, and rose mallow. I think I can detect a little musk, but it’s softer than what I normally envision as musk. Dry: It’s a bit more perfumey now that it is dry. The musk and honeysuckle are foremost, followed by the rose mallow. Oddly enough, I don’t smell anything metallic at all.

ITI: I smell the mint, but it’s a candied mint, paired with the musk and cool cucumber. There might be a hint of juniper, but it is incredibly faint. Wet: I’m getting mint bubblegum, ozone, lots of delicious musk, and a seductive floral aspect from the orchid. Dry: This one fades fairly quickly, but after my third application in 12 hours, I at least have something left on my wrist to review. I get faint musk, juniper, and ozone. It reminds me of the velvet on butterfly wings – beautiful yet ephemeral.

In the Imp (ITI): It smells like Dimetapp (grapes and cherry cough medicine), some jasmine, and a little bubblegum (but softer). Wet: The bubblegum might be lotus, now that I smell it on my skin . There is still a sweet and flowery aspect to this, but there is also a slightly soapiness to this as well. Dry: It fades really quickly! I’ve applied twice and I can smell nothing, even after two hours. After 20 minutes, it smells like lotus and jasmine with a little spice that I can’t name. Too bad it fades so quickly.

In the Imp (ITI): It’s exotic and scintillation. The jasmine mingles perfectly with the heady Egyptian musk and the nearly feral quality of the red sandalwood. Delicious! Wet: It’s still sexy and slightly scary at the same item, although too powerful in its sensuality with the jasmine and musk as predominate notes. The sandalwood is like a bed upon which the aforementioned scents cling to the skin of a sultry figure. Dry: Once dry, it smells like smoldering sandalwood. I still like this quite a bit.

In the Imp (ITI): It’s not an overpowering Lily of the Valley that meets my nose upon first sniff, which is such a positive. After second sniff, I can tease out very light rose and just a touch of frankincense. I get the impression of thoughtfulness and purity. Wet: It’s still delightful with the frankincense and lily. It’s heady and but pure, just the way I like it. As it begins to settle down, the rose peaks out. Lovely! Dry: The frankincense is a bit stronger a bit stronger when dry, leaving just the faintest hint of lily. This is still something of which I would consider getting a larger bottle.

In the Imp (ITI): Papery, astringent, and a little disconcerting. Wet: It’s oddly perfumey, but it a green way. It reminds me of Baby Soft for some reason. Dry: It still smells like Baby Soft, but less so. There isn’t much of a scent shift here.

ITI: Hazelnut and sugar, followed by peach – it’s a strange first impression. Wet: Woods, dirty, earthy patchouli, a touch of peach, brown sugar, and caramel – wow, this is a dramatic change from in the bottle. Dry: Now, it smells like patchouli mixed with brown sugar and a little caramel. It’s sweet and foody, but that patchouli makes it much more bearable.

In the Imp (ITI): This is rather pretty. It certainly is fir, moss, and night, although I get a little juniper and juniper berries as well. Wet: The fir is very present, but I’m still getting a heavy juniper and berry presence with a cool wafting of night. Dry: The berry aspect, even though it’s technically not present in the note section, is very clear, underneath which is soft, slightly soapy fir. It is still lovely and makes me feel relaxed when I sniff it.

In the Imp (ITI): The red wine is very clear, but it doesn’t come off as candy or cough drops, thankfully. Underneath, there certainly is just a dash of earth and herbs, like rosemary. Wet: It’s like air freshener as soon as it touches my skin, which is unfortunate. Dry: The freshener aspect dies down, while the herb and earth notes come forward and the wine adds just a bit of sweetness. I’m still not terribly found of wine scents, so I think I shall pass.

In the Imp (ITI): Well, cinnamon is clearly there. It’s less the herb and more the cinnamon hot candies. There also might be peppermint underneath this, but it’s hard to tell due to the cinnamon. Wet: Much more cinnamon, maybe a little orange blossom, and perhaps clove (something a little earthier). Dry: Lighter, less hot cinnamon, but now I get a creamy note that softens everything up. I like this, but it is a fairly intense scent.

In the Imp (ITI): I can smell the oak and the sugar/molasses, but it ends up reading like wood and cough syrup to me. Wet: The molasses is much stronger on my skin, but the oak is giving it a slightly blue scent, as in it is colder and less warm than I expected. Dry: After half a say, I get slightly candied molasses. I like this much better dried and with some time to settle down.

In the Imp (ITI): Deliciously resinous and inexplicably sinister and foreboding. The blood musk is clearly just that, musk with overtones of dragon’s blood resin. This charges the incense and the pimento, both of which waft comfortably over the white pepper, lurking just beneath the middle notes. Wet: Now with the addition of cypress on my skin, the concoction makes on a green quality, like some secluded temple hidden deep within the untamed wilds. The incense along with the musk and pimento are still very clear, while the pepper seems to harmonize with the cypress. Dry: Thick resin with subtle hints of musk, chamomile, and just an impression of leather. This is wonderful!

ITI: It smells like damp loam with a little bit of perfume. This isn’t the putrid mess I expected from the notes. Wet: It still smells very similar on my skin, although the moss is more present, as are the lunar oils. I’m starting to like this, actually. Dry: The sense of dirt has disappeared and I’m left with lunar oil, lilies, and other funeral flowers. I’m impressed with the dry-down, as it is a complete morpher and it changes into something I like.

ITI: Super sweet - cake, cream, and candied strawberries. Yikes! Wet: Okay, at least the grapefruit comes out on my skin, thank goodness. However, the creamy, cakey, sugary sweetness is still there, making me feel like I'm about to go into a sugar coma. Dry: After an hour dry, I get sugar and strawberry glaze. It's rather sweet and girly, but if I wanted to give that impression, I would reach for this.

In the Imp (ITI): Aquatic perfume and salted celery. Yep, this is going to be… interesting. I hope this is a morpher. Wet: The deep, black waters are reminiscent of dryer sheets a little, but the tears still smell like salty celery to me. Dry: The dryer sheet smell has lessened, but I still get salty celery. This really isn’t something that I’d want to wear, especially during a warm summer.