Imaginary Authors

Cape Heartache Fragrance

Regular price $115.00
🌲 CONIFEROUS | SWEET | MYSTERIOUS

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 and clearheaded 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.

Fragrance Notes:
  • Douglas Fir
  • Pine Resin
  • Western Hemlock
  • Vanilla Leaf
  • Strawberry
  • Old Growth
  • Mountain Fog
Memories this fragrance may conjure:
Being enveloped by the grandeur of the outdoors, lighting sticks on fire around the campfire, that time you had your heart broken (and everything you learned from that experience)

Memories this fragrance may create:
An autumn walk bundled in a scarf, a beach bonfire on the Oregon coast, cozying up under a flannel blanket with a classic rom-com
  • Size: 50ml
  • Unisex

Imaginary Authors is a creative fragrance house founded in Portland, Oregon, that blends scent with storytelling to make each perfume feel like a work of art. Rather than simply naming a scent, the brand imagines a fictional author and book behind every fragrance, inviting wearers to experience a narrative through smell. Each bottle is presented with a literary-inspired design and crafted to evoke emotion, memory, and imagination in a way that’s as distinctive as a favorite novel. Their whimsical, narrative-driven approach celebrates artistry and originality, making fragrances that are more than just scents - they’re stories you can wear.