‘Tis said that when
The hands of men
Tamed this primeval wood,
And hoary trees with groans of woe,
Like warriors by an unknown foe,
Were in their strength subdued,
The virgin Earth Gave instant birth
To springs that ne’er did flow
That in the sun Did rivulets run,
And all around rare flowers did blow
The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale
And the queenly lily adown the dale
(Whom the sun and the dew
And the winds did woo),
With the gourd and the grape luxuriant grew.
So when in tears
The love of years
Is wasted like the snow,
And the fine fibrils of its life
By the rude wrong of instant strife
Are broken at a blow
Within the heart
Do springs upstart
Of which it doth now know,
And strange, sweet dreams,
Like silent streams
That from new fountains overflow,
With the earlier tide
Of rivers glide
Deep in the heart whose hope has died —
Quenching the fires its ashes hide, —
Its ashes, whence will spring and grow
Sweet flowers, ere long,
The rare and radiant flowers of song!
A sunlit ancient forest, dotted with wild roses, grape vine, and queenly lilies, clothed in swirls of opium smoke.
Melissa –
I got the Imp, and now I’m hooked. It’s a sweet and clean smell, and the honeyed ginger stands out prominently.
Of course I’m hooked just in time for it to be out of stock…
gmr2broadway –
As others have noted, the description of the fragrance notes does NOT capture this smell. It’s like… a piece of candied ginger between the lips of a heavily powdered woman holding Play Doh and wearing an Arabian perfume. There is ginger, and a touch of sweet. There is powder, but it wasn’t overwhelming on my skin. There is that… salty and floury scent of, yes, Play Doh. And the slightest undernote of something exotic.
Honestly, I liked it, a lot. It sat well on my skin, and I had the faintest notes still there 10mhours later. That said, you had to press your nose to my wrist to smell it, even 5 minutes after applying. It is not a perfume that travels to others, which might make it perfect for work.
james_the_saint –
I got this as a sample and I have to say I’m really surprised by the description. I vaguely smell milk in this after it was pointed out, but my first thought was this smells like a gin cocktail, maybe a gimlet. I might be crazy, but it’s still a nice fragrance. I won’t wear it myself so I don’t know about the staying power.