Who got imps in the mail?
May. 5th, 2011 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragovianknightI GOT IMPS IN THE MAIL!
Straight up, I will tell you that sniffing from the imps, I haven't been able to pick out individual notes. However, I can tell you that Chaotic is less raw and, well, chaotic than I had hoped, and seems to have a persistent under-scent of...Pez candies. Evil smells vaguely like lemon cleaner. And, though it wounds my chaotic evil soul to admit it, straight Paladin smells wonderful and I would wear it all the time by itself.
Now, since these are layering scents, it's unfair to judge them individually (and especially without wearing them). But, alas, Chaotic Evil Paladin will have to wait until tomorrow, because The Obsidian Widow is getting first crack at my skin. (There was an initial...sourness, almost like very old lotion, when I first put it on, which I blame on the pinot noir in the absence of another suspect, and a powderiness I blame on the jasmine. After drydown, though, the attar of rose and sandalwood are stepping forward, and if the myrrh could just be coaxed out, this would be perfect. The patchouli is thus far AWOL.) Barring unforeseen morphing, or an overly aggressive rose (I have Kurukulla for days when I want in-your-face rose), this could be a bottle scent.
Edit: And the rose amped, and amped, and amped, and JUST as I was thinking, "Damn it, this is turning into a Kurukulla clone on me", sandalwood stepped up and gave it a sharp rap on the head, and brought myrrh along to play. So now I am sitting here attempting to inhale my wrist, and reminding myself that it would be silly to place an order before I have tested ALL the things.
Straight up, I will tell you that sniffing from the imps, I haven't been able to pick out individual notes. However, I can tell you that Chaotic is less raw and, well, chaotic than I had hoped, and seems to have a persistent under-scent of...Pez candies. Evil smells vaguely like lemon cleaner. And, though it wounds my chaotic evil soul to admit it, straight Paladin smells wonderful and I would wear it all the time by itself.
Now, since these are layering scents, it's unfair to judge them individually (and especially without wearing them). But, alas, Chaotic Evil Paladin will have to wait until tomorrow, because The Obsidian Widow is getting first crack at my skin. (There was an initial...sourness, almost like very old lotion, when I first put it on, which I blame on the pinot noir in the absence of another suspect, and a powderiness I blame on the jasmine. After drydown, though, the attar of rose and sandalwood are stepping forward, and if the myrrh could just be coaxed out, this would be perfect. The patchouli is thus far AWOL.) Barring unforeseen morphing, or an overly aggressive rose (I have Kurukulla for days when I want in-your-face rose), this could be a bottle scent.
Edit: And the rose amped, and amped, and amped, and JUST as I was thinking, "Damn it, this is turning into a Kurukulla clone on me", sandalwood stepped up and gave it a sharp rap on the head, and brought myrrh along to play. So now I am sitting here attempting to inhale my wrist, and reminding myself that it would be silly to place an order before I have tested ALL the things.
