O, Unknown! Imaginary Authors 2017

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A perfume by Imaginary Authors for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is powdery-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Powdery

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Floral

Fragrance Notes

Orris butter

Black tea

Lapsang Souchong tea Musk

Musk

Sandalwood

Kyoto moss

Perfumer

Josh Meyer

Ratings

Scent

7.0150 Ratings

Longevity

6.7111 Ratings

Sillage

6.0113 Ratings

Bottle

7.2107 Ratings

Value for money

6.444 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 07/31/2025.

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/12/2024

9
Scent

Deja1sabel
338 Reviews

Deja1sabel

Helpful Review 1

bookish orris

this scent is definitely not for everyone but I really love this! It’s simple and non complex but I think it works for what it conveys. This opens very powdery and earthy. You get the black tea but this is unsweetened and natural, like straight from a tea bag before it’s been brewed. The orris here is very earthy too almost like a dirt scent? but I like it and I think it works here. There’s a paper like accord here that feels like the pages of a book, it’s musky and woody and comforting. This feels like you’re sitting down to read a book on a rainy spring afternoon while sipping a cup of lapsang tea no sugar. I think a lot of ppl enjoy sweeter tea fragrances and this is not that. This is tea at its bare bones with an earthy oakmoss and powdery soft sandalwood. This is perfectly unisex with a moderate sillage and longevity of about 5-6 hrs.

01/10/2025

6
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 4
Scent

Banjeekundt
103 Reviews

Banjeekundt

2

Nothing but violet

I'm sampling all of Imaginary Authors through their discovery collection and I figured I really wouldn't like this but decided to try it anyway for the love of the game.

At first spray, it's orris butter, some musk and maybe a little sandalwood—a very sharp, powdery and aromatic violet smell with a hint of woods. This has a relatively dry and paper-like scent though, which was interesting. It remained this way for the entirety of the wear, only gaining a slight earthiness around hour three or four from the moss. This lasted on my skin for about ten hours.

I was disappointed that I couldn't pick up on any of the tea notes at all since that was the main reason I didn't skip sampling this entirely. The orris was simply overpowering for me since I don't like violet-like notes. All I could smell were the older ladies at church with their headache-inducing perfumes that hug you too tight for too long.

Overall, this was exactly as I expected. Sorry for the rather brief and nondescript review, but it took everything in me not to just write "hate" and keep it pushing. If you like orris/violet, you'll love this but otherwise I do not recommend it.

12/23/2023

Stacia
134 Reviews

Stacia

2

What an odd duck!

Well, the drydown is definitely reminiscent of some of the other Imaginary Authors base notes. I've seen reviews saying lipstick, face powder, old paper, glue, playdough.... I can smell all of those which is typical for orris-centered fragrances. Dry smelling like warm wax and dust. Candles left in a wooden drawer. I mean, it's interesting but I don't see wanting to walk around smelling like paper dust.

12/14/2023

8
Pricing 5
Bottle 4
Sillage 5
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Emto
5 Reviews

Emto

2

Gone too soon

Though I find the performance mediocre at best, this scent is a love for me.

It's getting up early on a rainy morning to read in a comfy chair before you have to start your day. There's the signature IA musty-ness - a nuance of dusty attic in an old house. The tea is earthy, bitter, smoking, and grounded. Floating over it is orris that announces itself as shortbread cookies: buttery, flaky, dense, rich. Sandalwood is present as a sweet creaminess that lingers among moss in the drydown. This is the most comforting scent I own, and I bring it out exclusively for cold and rainy days.

Unfortunately, the longevity is seriously lacking. It becomes a skin scent after an hour or two.

01/22/2024

4
Pricing 3
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

LastWonder
483 Reviews

LastWonder

1

Gentle Tea Skin Fragrance

When I first spray this, I get a light leather, slightly woody, tea scent. A little bit powdery and floral. It lasts about 3 hours on my skin and at the end I was only getting the tea scent. Originally, I thought it was boring but I keep going back to sniff my wrist and the smell keeps developing over time. This isn't something you want to wear when you are looking to turn heads but it would make a great skin scent.

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