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Imaginary Authors

Cape Heartache

  • Vegan
  • Cruelty Free

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

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Woody

Smells like

FirPine ResinHemlockVanilla LeafStrawberryMountain Fog

$115

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The Story

when to wear this fragrance:
For any new adventure including, but not limited to, beach bonfires, first dates, party crashing, or simply barhopping alone on a rainy night. Like a scarf, wear the Cape Heartache scent in the fall and winter and observe how people gravitate to your warmth.

Pine Resin
Western Hemlock
Vanilla Leaf
Strawberry
Old Growth
Mountain Fog

SYNOPSIS: Cape Heartache is the lone American contribution to Philip Sava’s wildly popular series of exploration novels. It is based loosely on an expedition he made to the Pacific Northwest as a teenager in 1881 and is generally regarded as the most candid of his works. Revolving around a homestead he built in a coastal grove of old growth trees, the novel documents his romance with a young woman who was a descendent of the Nehalem Tribe. Its themes of leaving the familiar and finding comfort and solace in a new place still resonate today.

NOTES
Douglas Fir

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