A Rifled Jewelry Case

[Aviatrix]

"Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst., abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle. James Ryder, upper-attendant at the hotel, gave his evidence to the effect that he had shown Horner up to the dressing-room of the Countess of Morcar upon the day of the robbery in order that he might solder the second bar of the grate, which was loose. He had remained with Horner some little time, but had finally been called away. On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared, that the bureau had been forced open, and that the small morocco casket in which, as it afterwards transpired, the Countess was accustomed to keep her jewel, was lying empty upon the dressing-table. Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was arrested the same evening; but the stone could not be found either upon his person or in his rooms. Catherine Cusack, maid to the Countess, deposed to having heard Ryder's cry of dismay on discovering the robbery, and to having rushed into the room, where she found matters as described by the last witness. Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest of Horner, who struggled frantically, and protested his innocence in the strongest terms. Evidence of a previous conviction for robbery having been given against the prisoner, the magistrate refused to deal summarily with the offence, but referred it to the Assizes. Horner, who had shown signs of intense emotion during the proceedings, fainted away at the conclusion and was carried out of court."

Gilded cypress wood, padded silk, and a hint of perfume.

This is mainly cypress on me, and very elegant cypress at that. It definitely feels "gilded", somehow.
If you are scared that the perfume note will be soapy or floral, I can say that at least on me I get very little floral, if any. There is a touch of something sweet to keep the woody notes in check.

I like this one and I look forward to seeing how it will age!

[annemathematics]

A scent with beautiful wood at the heart of it. I wouldn't be able to guess easily that it's cypress if the notes hadn't told me. There's a pretty brightness over the wood, an almost mint-like coolness to the nose (but not on the skin; it's not actually mint but that's what the bright/cool reminds me of). There's just a touch of sweetness.

 

Very pretty!

[kakiphony]

In the imp: Not as deep as I would have expected from cypress. Light, with something like mint that I think may actually be birch?

 

Wet on skin: Total amping here. This was a quiet scent in the imp and is a LOUD scent on me at first application. It's exactly what the title says: The inside of a box where jewelry worn close to perfumed skin has been stored. A little wood (I tend to read almost all wood as "cedar" because it smells like my cedar chest!), a little powder, some florals, and maybe a touch of dry spice.

 

Early dry down (10 minutes): The amping mellows, but the scent remains large unchanged from first application. This is not (at least on me) an early morpher. Again, it's what it says on the label: The inside of the jewelry box of a rich, perfumed lady.

 

Late dry down (about 45 minutes to an hour): This is really a very stable scent on me. The only real change was from imp to skin. Wood, subtle perfume (more cologne than perfume -- it has some resins and spice and sin't overtly floral) and a little dry spice. It's golden yet deep, resinous, yet heady. Very pretty.

[Soupy Twist]

Yikes! No idea what happened here. I must've gotten the "broke open the jewelry case with a circular saw" batch, because all I smell is friction-burned treated-wood sawdust.

[LizziesLuck]

Wet: Cypress. Tobacco, strangely. The really thick, chewy, almost caramelly kind. Those two notes are at war on my wrist. Tobacco is winning, I think. Smells more like a rifled cigar case than a jewelry box, but it's nice.

 

 

Dry: This dried very light. It's woody, a bit sweet. The tobacco has faded a lot, but is still barely detectable. It's pleasant, but not wowing me.

[zankoku_zen]

Gilded silk, perfume, and a touch of wood. Honestly, this smells like a Victorian perfume - in the sense that you get perfume, wood, and something that smells old and sophisticated. In some ways, the vibe reminds me to some of Edith's perfumes for Crimson Peak. Good throw and wear length.

 

Sophisticated, mysterious, delightful.

[Teaotter]

If I stick my nose right against my hand, I get dusty wood and warm velvet with a hint of some old-school sultry perfume.

 

The throw, on the other hand, is a shifted version of those notes -- sultry opium perfume with a woody base and a hint of body-warmed velvet.

 

A beautifully elegant, old-fashioned feminine scent with an unexpected twist. I love Beth's 'perfume-plus' scents, and this is no exception. So lovely!