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When I was little, I used to go to a romanic cathedral in my grandparent's village. I remember very vividly the smell of incense and the sound of the steps in the stone floor... I have been trying for ages to find a scent for it, without luck (even buying incense directly from the church). So I had to give cathedral a try. Impressions : On imp: PENCIL SHAVINGS O_O !!... very literal. Wet: I do get the cathedral impression now. It's quite warm and luminous though: a cathedral at daylight iluminated by both natural light and oil lamps. The pencil shavings are still loud, but now I can smell resins as well. There's something warm: it's not amber, but similar. I don't get the frankincense very clearly... it might be there, but it dissapears before I can pin it down Dry: It still reminds me of something sacral, but no longer the cathedral per se. There's goodness in it: this is not a scary scent associated to a gothic church, it's something nicer. I'm agreeing with Sayaka on it being light and not severe. Sweetness remains, and the pencil shavings are still flloating around. Conclusion: Unfortunately not the smell from my childhood, and not a incense that I think works for me. I am slowly learning that I amp sweetness (maybe that's why I tend towards fresh scents). Maybe that's why I like masculine incense (e.g. Jo Malone) because i can balance it, but Cathedral is too sugarly. However i cannot stop smelling my arm in search of those pencil smells. I won't get a big bottle, but I am sure i will sniff the imp so much that at some point i might need to order a new one.

I got this as a frimp in my first (yay!) order and at first I wasn't too excited because I HATE the smell of new leather. I was pleasantly surpised though: while I do smell something leather-ish in it, it's more the leather or an old (clean) book... a leather that has been used so much it has lost any reminiscence of dead skin. Impressions in order or appearance: Green Leaves... Sweet Green Leaves, if it makes sense A refreshing lukewarm drink... something comforting Old leather, somehow "friendly": If this is a Rogue, he is more the mischievous one, not a violent rogue. Very nice scent. I like it a lot, but maybe more for a room, not body. Complex warm/fresh impression: I'd say 75% fresh, 25% warm It's morphing and getting warmer and sweeter. Still keeping the "green" theme though, but now it's a muddier green. SKI WAX SMELL. I'm officially loving this now It has settled to something very comforting (hemp does this to me) and sweet. Incredibly nice, and now it's fully appropiate for body as well. It keeps a certain musky smell, which helps with the "comforting" quality. If it was a house, this would be a small wooden cabin, very comfortable and well taken care of, but in no way luxurious nor sterile. Despite the "green", it's not a "fresh out of the shower" smell. Conclusion: THANK YOU LAB ELVES ! I love it soo much... I would like a big bottle of this, but depending on how the other scents go, I might need to sacrifice it for something a little bit more wearable at the beginning. But it is really gorgeous...