This scent is the celebration of an age-old pastime: polished wood, well-loved leather, and olive oil.

In bottle: wood and olive oil, with creamy leather in the end.

Wet on skin: this is actually surprisingly light, even with the wood and leather--and I'm getting both. A really nice wood scent, although I can't really tell what kind of wood it is ( Read more... )

Mania, Roman Goddess of the Dead, Matron of Madness, Governess of the Ancestral Spirits, Bestower of Divine Frenzy. Her scent swirls with a high-pitched tumult of laurel, stargazer lily, splintered woods, peony, mandarin and white musk, and is spiked with pale pepper.

In imp: pink and sweet, with a faintly citrusy note from the mandarin blending ( Read more... )

Luminescent, glowing, and otherworldly: green mandarin, neroli, honeydew, white amber, guava, freesia, white and green musks hovering over desert scrub, smashed wood, and the dry, biting scent of night air over the Groom Lake salt flats.

In imp: this is fruity and sweet, a clean, bright, and citrusy blend. The notes are well blended together, I can ( Read more... )

Water-logged and rotting wood, fallen chestnuts, oak leaf, bog laurel, and Virginia creeper.

In imp: ugh, rotting wood indeed. My stomach is complaining here. It's kind of powdery-spicy to my nose, and there's a slight sweetness. I want to skip testing, but I'll give it a try.

Wet on skin: mostly the same, but...it's turning cleaner and brighter, ( Read more... )