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Imaginary Authors

A Little Secret

  • Vegan
  • Cruelty Free

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

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FruityGourmand

Smells like

Rainier CherryMarzipanPatchouliSaffronSugarRumTonkaPastry

$115

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The Story

MARZIPAN
PATCHOULI
SAFFRON
DEMERARA SUGAR
RUM-SOAKED TONKA
PASTRY CRUST

SYNOPSIS

Cleo Gordon doesn’t belong but she sees no way out. She’s too beautiful for the small mountain town where she’s spent her whole life, too educated to relate to the locals, and too curious for her own good. Her quest to find light in the encroaching darkness leads her to catalog everything in her life that brings joy, from a slice of cherry pie chased by a cup of black coffee to the sound of a roaring waterfall in the pitch-black night. Her observations of “Life’s Little Luxuries” redefine what it means to be rich in today’s world, but with affluence comes responsibility. How Cleo navigates this new abundance of wealth is seen as both foolish and brilliant, but which is it?

Memories this fragrance may conjure
Diners, truckstops, and dives of yore, candy-colored recollections of adolescent infatuations, Devouring a slice of Grandma’s cherry pie

Memories this fragrance may create
A pilgrimage to Central Washington, a marathon of magnificent television on the couch with your crush, a new tradition of doing something nice for yourself each and every day

FRAGRANCE NOTES
RAINIER CHERRY

The House

Imaginary Authors treats fragrance the way it treats books — it never made sense to own just one. The house conjures memory through scent, building a bookshelf of perfumes for any mood, occasion, or season. Each scent comes with its own title, year, and author — a piece of fiction you wear instead of read.

The Perfumer

Josh Meyer