An Air of Despair from Imaginary Authors

by: Elena Knezhevich

American perfume house Imaginary Authors, founded by perfumer Josh Meyer, announced a new perfume and a new intriguing story—An Air of Despair. The house is known for its very interesting concept, its perfumes that tell the stories of non-existent authors, and for its very unusual accords which are very true to the real-life objects that inspired them, like tennis balls, asphalt, evening air and the month of May, for example.

"An Air of Despair" is a Limited Edition and will only be available this Summer/Fall '15. Sadness is a leitmotif of its composition.

"When Vivian Gwyn's parents mysteriously disappear one month before her eighteenth birthday it foils an elaborate plan she had to kill them herself. In her search for clues as to their whereabouts she finds an elegant mink coat and a safe full of valuables in her mother's cedar closet. Keeping the coat but selling everything else, she embarks on a glamorous adventure that takes her from the small Tennessee town where she grew up to luxurious penthouses in Manhattan, runways in Milan, and finally the castle in Switzerland from which she learns she is a descendant. No expense is spared in Viv's valiant quest to shake the sadness that plagued her upbringing and she quickly learns it's not riches that bring happiness but happiness that brings riches."
 

NOTES: Cedar, Saffron, Musk & Sadness

ABOUT IMAGINARY AUTHORS:

"Imaginary Authors is born from the concept of scent as art and art as provocation. Like a good book, these scents are meant to inspire you. In these bottles are layered narratives that are sure to generate stirring conversation, fragrances that might be capable of changing the course of your own personal story. The hope is that they not only invigorate and intoxicate, but also take you to new places."

Source: Imaginary Authors Press Release