Sometimes I would venture from my sepulchre to the jazz of night Paris, where having gathered the colours, I would think them over in front of the fire. I could be seen walking through a funeral corridor of my house and descending down a black spiral of steep stairs; rushing underground to Montmartre, all impatience to see the fiery rubies of the Moulin Rouge cross. I wondered thereabouts, then bought a ticket to watch frenzied delirium of feathers, vulgar painted lips and eyelashes of black and blue.
Naked feet, and thighs, and arms, and breasts were being flung on me from bloody-red foam of translucent clothes. The tuxedoed goatees and crooked noses in white vests and toppers would line the hall, with their hands posed on canes. Then I found myself in a pub, where the liqueurs were served on a coffin (not a table) by the nickering devil: “Drink it, you wretched!” Having drunk, I returned under the black sky split by the flaming vanes, which the radiant needles of my eyelashes cross-hatched. In front of my nose a stream of bowler hats and black veils was still pulsing, foamy with bluish green and warm orange of feathers worn by the night beauties: to me they were all one, as I had to narrow my eyes for insupportable radiance of electric lamps, whose hectic fires would be dancing beneath my nervous eyelids for many a night to come.
White gardenia, ambergris bouquet, lavender fougere, orange blossom, melissa, tobacco flower, coriander, ebony wood, ylang ylang, absinthe and aged whiskey.
fionnulaocahill –
I find this to be a very clean and ozonic scent. The sage and basil are very cool and refreshing. I think it would be great for men or women for daytime occasions.
dykekraken –
Definitely smells like a typical man’s cologne straight from the bottle, but on the skin it reveals the basil and sage. Very masculine, and like a previous reviewer has said, it’s very good if you are looking for something more mainstream.
Hellokoi –
I love most of bpal’s masculine leaning blends, but not this one. Something about it smells off and burnt, and I get a lot of herbal sage and basil. It’s strange, in a bad way.
Annie –
I was sent a free Imps Ear with my recent purchase, and I must say I love this scent.
As it promises it’s very masculine, and appealing to (and on) most men. I have converted the imps ear into a sort of cologne for a male friend and he’s gone from skeptical to enamored. We’re definitely going to be buying this one again.
Greatwhitenowhere –
Another great beginner or noob scent, warm and very manly. In the bottle it smells a bit like a typical mans cologne but worn has a complexity of scents that is often missed in products from “the perfume counter.” A great place to start of you’re looking for oils with “mainstream” scent appeal.
Rating of 4 only because it’s not a keeper for us, as the frankincense amps a bit much for preference.