“Bod,” said Silas. “This is Miss Lupescu.”
Miss Lupescu was not pretty. Her face was pinched and her expression was disapproving. Her hair was grey, although her face seemed too young for grey hair. Her front teeth were slightly crooked. She wore a bulky mackintosh, and a man’s tie around her neck.
“How do you do, Miss Lupescu?” said Bod.
Miss Lupescu said nothing. She sniffed. Then she looked at Silas and said, “So. This is the boy.” She got up from her seat and walked all around Bod, nostrils flared, as if she were sniffing him. When she had made a complete circuit, she said, “You will report to me on waking, and before you go to sleep. I have rented a room in a house over there.” She pointed to a roof just visible from where they stood. “However, I shall spend my time in this graveyard. I am here as a historian, researching the history of old graves. You understand, boy? Da?”
“Bod,” said Bod. “It’s Bod. Not boy.”
“Short for Nobody,” she said. “A foolish name. Also, Bod is a pet name. A nickname. I do not approve. I will call you ‘boy’. You will call me ‘Miss Lupescu’.”
Bod looked up at Silas, pleadingly, but there was no sympathy on Silas’s face. He picked up his bag and said, “You will be in good hands with Miss Lupescu, Bod. I am sure that the two of you will get on.”
“We won’t!” said Bod. “She’s horrible!”
“That,” said Silas, “Was a very rude thing to say. I think you should apologise, don’t you?”
Bod didn’t, but Silas was looking at him and he was carrying his black bag, and about to leave for no-one knew how long, so he said, “I’m sorry Miss Lupescu.”
At first she said nothing in reply. She merely sniffed. Then she said, “I have come a long way to look after you, boy. I hope you are worth it.”
Animalic musk, with amber, patchouli, ho wood, cypress, almond blossom, golden sandalwood, and strange spices.
cmloos11 –
Hekate is my favorite goddess and a goddess I plan to work with once I get a place of mine own so I was obligated to buy this. When I first applied this earlier this year (or late last year, I don’t really remember), I smelled like delicious almond paste, but I’m not a fan of gourmand scents very much so I was a little worried. My fears were unfounded.
After a while, the myrrh and musk came into the mix and blended beautifully with the almond, leaving me with a scent that was incredible. This scent is beautiful and really fits the goddess Hekate. I definitely plan on buying a full bottle.
lookingglass –
I wore this scent a lot years ago when my teens were babies. It’s sweet and gentle, yet incensey with, depth. It reminds me of making almond cake, babies in the backpack looking on, while having incense burning. I think I need another bottle. <3
Ari –
Just what I want the mother of witches to smell like! My nose is happy! The almond is blended so perfectly with the myrrh! And the musk comes in later, like a wonderful shadow. I get a beautilly dark, resinous thing after I wear it for a bit. I dig it! At first I was wondering if it would end up being a little foodie, but no way…it turns into one of the most amazingly magical scents I have ever experienced. One of my new favorites! )O(
PeacockBluey –
In the imp, I get the same rich all-almond-all-the-time scent that the other reviewer noted. VERY, very almondy and foody, though more on the golden and sensual end of the almond spectrum, rather than light and simply sweet–more Seraglio than Dana O’Shee.
But on my skin, this quickly becomes evolves, as the almond retreats and the dark musk and myrrh come out to play. The end result is not a foody one for me. Instead, it’s dark, complex, deep, spicy incense, with the three notes blending together pretty seamlessly into a sleek, elegant, womanly perfume. It actually smells like what I’d HOPED Salome would smell like on me (it definitely didn’t), so I’m pretty delighted. Your mileage obviously may vary, but for me, it’s well balanced between the gourmand note, the resin, and the musk, sexy but powerful. I feel like Maleficent would smell like this.
VetchVespers –
I was disappointed with this one because I was wanting something dark and incensey. This is not.
Wet, the almond is very strong, and it has a heady, foodie, almost bubblegum smell. On me, it stays pretty true to the bottle, it just lightens with time & lasts about 4 hours. I’ve had the imp about a year, and I do think the smell has gotten richer with age.
If you like foodie smells but want something more on the grown up side, you might try this.