Imaginary Authors was founded by Josh Meyer in Portland, Oregon, after he quite his job in real estate to pursue niche perfumery in 2012. The fragrance house formulate wildly unique fragrances born from the concept of scent as art and art as provocation. Like a good book, these scents are designed to inspire.
Contains 2ml of eight fragrances: Cape Heartache, Every Storm a Serenade, Falling Into The Sea, In Love With Everything, Memoirs of a Trespasser, Saint Julep, Slow Explosions, & Yesterday Haze.
Coniferous, sweet, and mysterious. Drape Cape Heartache like a scarf and observe those around you gravitate to your warmth.
Fresh citrus, radiant lychee, and warm sand. This scent is sunshine in a bottle. Wear on cloudy days to invoke the ardor of summer.
Juicy and electric raspberry & coconut sugar – a blast of energy ideal for whenever you’re feeling low or looking for a little boost of bliss to keep your body moving and your lungs laughing long into the night.
Warm, boozy, with enveloping woody vanilla – a fragrance for adventuring.
With pops of rose and hits of saffron, this scent explodes on the skin and awakens the senses. Every inhale will open you up to the idea of escape, push you to take risks, and embolden you to get truly lost.
A great leisure fragrance, wear The Soft Lawn on weekends or anytime you wish it were the weekend.
The seductive, dreamlike quality of this scent works like a magnet. Use it liberally during the day and, as it lingers into the night, watch as those around you are lured into your sphere.
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Contains 2ml of eight fragrances: Cape Heartache, Every Storm a Serenade, Falling Into The Sea, In Love With Everything, Memoirs of a Trespasser, Saint Julep, Slow Explosions, & Yesterday Haze.
Each bottle houses a layered narrative that are sure to generate stirring conversation, and perhaps even change the course of your own personal story. They not only invigorate and intoxicate, but also take the wearer to new places. Each Imaginary Authors fragrance follows a compelling storyline peppered with intriguing twists. Every scent comes with its own fictional synopsis, but it’s left to the wearer bring the story to life.
“I wanted to create something that bled fun—as opposed to the business world, which simply wasn’t fun to me anymore. I want the folks experiencing Imaginary Authors to be able to see the fun in every single aspect that comes out of the line.“
— Josh Meyer, founder
These are scents to curl up with, to share with friends, to take with you wherever you go, and to return to again and again for a uniquely transcendent olfactory experience. Imaginary Authors’ fragrances are composed using a harmonious blend of essential oils, absolutes, isolated molecules, safe synthetic molecules and resins. Free of parabens and phthalates, they abstain from animal testing and are entirely vegan. Designed to be worn by anyone and everyone, their fragrances are genderless.
Imaginary Authors passionately believes that creativity is the best tool we have to solve systemic problems in an industry, a community, and the world at large. They also believe in the importance of amplifying historically muted voices, advocating for equality for all people, believing there is much work to be done, and dedicating themselves to meeting that challenge with creativity and heart. Simply put, they believe in beautiful things and that a beautiful future is within our reach.
