On to Pieria he stepped from the upper air, and swooped down upon the sea, and then sped over the wave like a bird, the cormorant, which in quest of fish over the dread gulfs of the unresting sea wets its thick plumage in the brine. In such wise did Hermes ride upon the multitudinous waves. But when he had reached the island which lay afar, then forth from the violet sea he came to land, and went his way until he came to a great cave, wherein dwelt the fair-tressed nymph; and he found her within. A great fire was burning on the hearth, and from afar over the isle there was a fragrance of cleft cedar and juniper, as they burned; but she within was singing with a sweet voice as she went to and fro before the loom, weaving with a golden shuttle. Round about the cave grew a luxuriant wood, alder and poplar and sweet-smelling cypress, wherein birds long of wing were wont to nest, owls and falcons and sea-crows with chattering tongues, who ply their business on the sea. And right there about the hollow cave ran trailing a garden vine, in pride of its prime, richly laden with clusters. And fountains four in a row were flowing with bright water hard by one another, turned one this way, one that. And round about soft meadows of violets and parsley were blooming. There even an immortal, who chanced to come, might gaze and marvel, and delight his soul; and there the messenger Argeiphontes stood and marvelled.
Crisp sea air, kelp, and climbing vines, flame-singed cedarwood and juniper branches, cypress boughs, alder wood, violets, selino, parsley, glistritha, and white sage.
Quill –
On my skin this is pure, delicious, slightly bitter-medicinal root beer/sasparilla! I don’t personally get a lot of the wood notes until a few hours later on, but ymmv of course. Overall would recommend if you love the combination of sweet syrupy vanilla and bitter herbs!
tonylunar101 –
Now this scent I’m surprised that I like. It’s a very attractive scent to me. When I first put it on, I couldn’t stop smelling it. And normally I’m not a fan of things with wood in it. I’d say it’s sexy. I love how it almost smells like root beer but also woodsy like a hot outdoor stud.
gavingkane –
Wood is very strong at first, smelling a little like dead leaves on my skin, before turning sweet after a few hours. Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
princessofwails –
I received this as a bonus imp in a recent order and sent it to my beloved in a care package. His description: “It smells like a Black Sabbath tattoo.” Not as sweet as you’d think based on the other reviews here, but definitely taps into that rugged Old West/beautiful man on a motorcycle idea.
Amanda –
This scent is something marvelous. The cedar & sassafrass combine to be a casual, but very sexy scent.
Gloame –
I love this wet–smells so good. But the cedar note goes very ‘pencil shavings’ on me. Kathmandu does the same thing, but in a pleasant way. The cedar here just seems to overpower the rest on my skin and make me smell like an elementary school student.
Binku –
My girlfriend got this one with her first order of imps. She seems on the fence about this one so I’m giving it a go.
When placed on my skin i can really smell the root beer scent over all of the others (although the cedar starts to come through quickly). After a few minutes the Cedar becomes more dominate with a warm scent layered in the background.
I only gave this 3 stars as it seems very light and I feel i have to apply more than i would with the other scents i own.
Lowry –
This is one of my favorite BPAL scents. The rootbeer smell is stronger right out of the bottle, but after a few minutes it mellows into a wonderful vanilla scent that’s got just enough of the rootbeer and cedar to keep it from being too sweet. And it lasts well, too.
KMCoccia –
Tombstone was a huge surprise for me. I am not typically attracted to sweeter scents, especially not vanilla. However, when the scent is on the cedar and sassafras really come to the forefront reminding me of a childhood favorite: sarsaparilla soda. With that being said, it is not overly sweet either. I cannot stop dousing myself in it. Highly recommend.