mymymai

ITB: Parchment, ink, and thick leather. I don't get burning as much as I do wonderfully bound literature.

Wet: Ah, now I get the burning part. It does smell like burning parchment and thick, smoldering brown leather. Oh, this is great!

Dry: The scent is thick with smoke and leather, although faint impressions of parchment and perhaps a little ink remain.

ITB: It's resinous and leathery, like incense smoldering on black leather - myrrh, opoponax, a dab of patchouli on damp skin. Oh, this could be dangerous!

Wet: Latex oddly enough comes out as the stronger note on my skin, followed by opoponax, then leather, then myrrh. Skin musk starts to come through as the scent begins to dry.

Dry: Leather, latex, myrrh, opoponax, myrrh and musk. It's sweet, resinous, and darkly alluring. Yummy!

ITB: It smells like old musk, light floral perfume, but it is ephemeral as I can't seem to pine down the notes with any certainty.

Wet: Okay, I've nailed down must, which is almost civet-like, something slightly powdery...it's so confusing. There are no florals, no fruits. It does remind me of air when trying to describe it.

Dry: It's clean like Ivory soap and airy but with the same tones of musk as when it was wet. How intriguing.

ITB: Salt and kelp and sea-foam with a touch of something perfume-like.

Wet: It's aquatic, but pleasantly so (which is amazing for my nose). I get oceanic plants, musk, maybe even faint ambergris and salt.

Dry: It's still perfume-y and aquatic, but faintly so. It's not bad.

ITB: Slightly tart strawberry, lightly green raspberry leaf, fuzzy pink musk, and a faint peach.

Wet: Pink, almost candied musk becomes the strongest note, followed by strawberry and raspberry leaf and then white peach. Too bad I just spilled it all over my desk, but at least it smells nice.

Dry: The pinkness of the must has died down slightly and coupled with the emergence of the pale wood, the scent has taken a little bit more of an adult aspect, although it is still rather "pink" and fruity from the strawberry and peach.

ITB: It's musky and reminds me of orange-infused cheesecake for some reason.

Wet: Gardenia, orange, warm and sensuous amber along with a hint of spice.

Dry: After 15 hours, it's still lovely - orange flower, amber, and a dash of super fain gardenia and spice.

ITB: Glade-reminiscent "rain" scent, although it is rather artificial, paired with light florals and something that seems a little off, like quince.

Wet: The flowers are a little stronger still and the rain scent is still a bit fake, but the off note I was smelling earlier isn't nearly as prevalent.

Dry: Sadly, it dries down to smell like fabric softener dryer sheets.

ITB: I get bready spice, but faintly so, but that's it as far as what I can smell out of the bottle.

Wet: Fruit cake spices, more nutmeg and clove, and scented black tea with a subtle hint of rose. Oh, how lovely!

Dry: The only difference between its wet state and now is that the rosewater is a little more clear to the nose. Otherwise, it's spicy and makes my mouth water.

ITB: Cacao, vanilla, grains of paradise, and red sandalwood. It's interesting so far. It has a paper-y quality to the scent.

Wet: It's strangely woodsy and papery on my skin. The cacao becomes nearly invisible to my nose whereas the sandalwood, caraway, cubeb, grains of paradise, and faint rose otto become more dominant. However, the scent is still rather light and is staying close to my skin. As it starts to dry, it takes on a lemony quality and then it begins to have throw.

Dry: It went through a stage during dry down when it became heavily incense-laden. Now, it's cacao, vanilla, ginseng, cardamom, light patchouli, honey, and saffron. IT's rather nice, actually - a solid blend.

ITB: Candied, bruised violets, vanilla orchids, and subtle green tea. Gorgeous!

Wet: Much the same with more subtle violet, although there is more green from the tea and the delicate musk has started to show.

Dry: After about 30 minutes, the violet, vanilla, and musk blend to make a beautifully introspective and feminine scent. I wish I had more than a couple imp's worth.

ITB: I get dry tea leaf and linden blossom from the initial sniff. It's already a bit haunting, but beautiful.

Wet: The linden blossom is a bit clearer here, but the tea leaf and papyrus are not far behind. There is a faint powderiness from the orris root, but I'm not picking up any of the coffin wood yet.

Dry: After a few hours, the orris root becomes more apparent, but it still contends with the linden blossoms and the dry tea leaf.

ITB: White chocolate, honey, basil flowers, heather, rose and some "blue" smelling flower of which I'm not sure.

Wet: White chocolate and strong wildflowers are the most evident - heather, basil chamomile, carnation, followed by sweet yellow rose, champaca flower, and tiare. It's certainly much more floral than any other 13 I have tested.

Dry: Now that the scent has had a few hours to settle, it's mellowed into white chocolate, honey, tiare, and wild flowers. It's pretty, actually.

ITB: It's cocoa, white chocolate, and vanilla with just a tad of fruitiness and a little floral. It seems much more feminine than the tentacle or black label 13's.

Wet: Cocoa, ginger, vanilla, honey, clove, and nutty massoia bark, although it starts to develop a little more fruit as it begins to dry.

Dry: White chocolate, faded ginger, massoia bark, vanilla, peach and starfruit. It dries much more fruity than I would have originally suspected.

ITB: Dark chocolate fudge is correct! There is also black incense, prune, vanilla, and just a little green (hemlock, I think) present so far.

Wet: Warm chocolate fudge, vanilla, incense, prune, faint tobacco smoke, and bluebell. It actually reminds me of a cafe next to an overgrown garden. Interesting.

Dry: The incense and herbal notes with touches of florals becomes more dominant than the fudge, although that is still apparent. The prune and vanilla are still there, which give it an interesting sweetness.

ITB: Warm, dark chocolate, allspice, thyme, and a dash of ginger. It certainly is more herbal than July 2012's 13.

Wet: It's very herbal on my skin. Heavy thyme and ginger start of the scent, which is then followed by the chocolate, nutmeg, allspice...and more ginger. I can pick up just a little bit of sugar, but none of the tonka or lucky hand root.

Dry: I thought this wasn't a ginger of doom scent, but alas, here comes the headache. If it wasn't for the ginger not agreeing with me, I'd like it. It reminds me of gingersnap cookies spices with nutmeg and all spice. It's really nice, but not for me.

ITB: The full force of the cacao assaults my nose. I'm having trouble getting past this on my initial sniff. After I spend some time, I can tease out the patchouli and the vanilla bean, but the cacao is rather intense.

Wet: Ah, here we go. Cacao, honey, vanilla, something that comes off as floral, and opoponax.

Dry: Now it's like fiery, resinous cacao from the dragon's blood. I can still pick up the vanilla, but now there is some saffron, frankincense, myrrh, and amber. It's delicious!

ITB: I get rum and thick patchouli with a little bit of salt. Attractive.

Wet: Thick, black patchouli steeped in bay rum surrounded by tobacco and red currants. As it dries, I get a bit more amber musk. It's lovely and dashing.

Dry: The salty wood reminds me of the shore along the Washington coast. After that, I can detect patchouli, light tobacco. It's a bit more manly and pirate like once dried.

ITB: IT's herbal and bright from the citrus. I can pick out the grapefruit, bitter orange, peppermint, and cumin, which smells really good together with the citrus notes.

Wet: The peppermint is a bit stronger on the skin, but it still does not overpower the bitter orange and pink grapefruit. As it starts to dry, the lemon becomes apparent as does the juniper berry, but only slightly slow. It does make me feel more invigorated, which is problematic as I'm testing this around my bedtime.

Dry: The citrus is more muddled here, but it is still pleasing and bright. I can pick out just a hint tuberose, like someone wearing that perfume who had walked past you 5 minutes ago. There's a little dustiness from the cumin as well and a hint of green astringency from the peppermint. I will be trying this one in the morning as well to see if it perks me up.

ITI: Sweetly blooming red roses, coconut, and faint cinnamon. It's lovely so far.

Wet: Roses, musk, tobacco, coconut, and gentle magnolia. As it starts to dry, I can pick up a little cinnamon, but the combination of the florals with the tobacco is exquisite.

Dry: Sweetened coconut and red roses that have been infused with light tobacco, musk, and magnolia. This is soft, complex, sweet without being foody, and feminine.

ITB: Hmm, cherry cough syrup, jasmine, and patchouli. Interesting, but not revolting.

Wet: I get more cherry pulp than artificial medicine, although there is still a slight nod to that quality here. Next, I pick up the patchouli, the jasmine, and the wild fruit gums. It's a bit sweet.

Dry: Now that it is dry, the patchouli, jasmine, and vetiver are strongest. There is just a hint of fruitiness (cherry), but not enough to make this overtly sweet or overtly fruity.

ITB: It's green, but not astringent, followed by the floral aspect of sweet pea...and there is also something pleasantly aquatic about it as well.

Wet: It's more floral on my skin, then green, although the aquatic undertone is interesting and adds some depth to this single note.

Dry: It reminds me of bath soap for some reason - I think it's because it's fresh, clean, and floral.

ITB: Resin-infused oil rubbed on rich, supple leather and the uplifting ephemeral scent of elemi wafting over everything.

Wet: Leather, olibanum and sandalwood smoldering in a censer, elemi and a hint of black pepper. It's gorgeous and reminds me of a family friend's house who lives in the Pacific Northwest wilderness in a rustic log house.

Dry: Once dried, the leather (and older. well-worn and supple leather note rather than something new) is most dominant, followed by the olibanum and sandalwood, black pepper, and finally, the elemi.

ITB: It's herbal and pleasing. Soft, white mind and a gentle spritz of lime. How refreshing!

Wet: As I sniff, it seems to open up my nose. This would be great if you had a cold with its strong mint, line, and piercing juniper. At the very end, I get the faint sweetness of champaca flower and perhaps just a smidgen of matcha.

Dry: As it is drying, it begins to remind me of Altoids. While it's still minty with tones of lime and juniper, it's more green from the khus, warm from the tea, and slightly floral from the champaca flower.

ITI: With a name like Red Devil, I was expecting something heavy on the cinnamon, which is not the case at all here. I think there's orange here, perhaps a touch of ginger, something fizzy, and a very light floral, like carnation or peony.

Wet: Orange, ginger, lotus I think (slightly bubblegum on my skin, which lotus tends to do), a bit of spice, and still a fizzy note. It's interesting.

Dry: The ginger and spices are much stronger now, but they compliment the orange well. There still is a floral in there, and I do think it's carnation. As far as its impact, I get chills after smelling it, but all I want to do is nap.

ITB: That tickles me nose! It's effervescent like so many of BPAL's champagne scents, except this is most clearly mandarin champagne. After that, I can pick out the honeysuckle and apple blossom with the vanilla cream making everything absolutely delicious.

Wet: While on the skin, I still get the bubbly mandarin champagne, honeysuckle, and apple blossom, but its much more fruity at this stage. Middle notes include very lightly caramelized tobacco, vanilla cream, and a splash of cognac.

Dry: After some time, the scent loses its effervescence, but I can still pick up the fruity nature of the mandarin and apple blossom. Now, the cognac, opium, vanilla cream, and caramelized tobacco are more dominant, which reminds me much more of other Lace scents. I would love to have my house smell like this. In fact, I think I need lotion, soap, and a candle all in Summer Lace.