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Imaginary Authors The Abandoned Mansion
Imaginary Authors

The Abandoned Mansion

yellow floral
green
tennis ball
earthy
aromatic
woody
fresh spicy
EDP · 2012 · unisex

Imaginary Authors is an indie fragrance house known for narrative-driven scents that read like short stories. Founded by Josh Meyer, the brand has built a devoted following by prioritizing distinctive storytelling and unconventional compositions over mainstream appeal.

The Abandoned Mansion opens with a crisp, green burst of fern, hay, and mint that immediately evokes the smell of an overgrown estate reclaimed by nature. There's a slightly unusual tennis ball accord in the top that adds a playful, slightly rubbery note amid the fresh greenery. The heart deepens with earthy oud, rosemary, and green tea, creating a contemplative, almost herbal character that sits somewhere between aromatic and woody. The base settles into a dense, mossy bed of cedar, oakmoss, and myrrh with lingering fern, grounding the composition in a cool, forest-like earthiness that persists for hours.

This is a fragrance for those drawn to moody, nature-inspired scents with genuine complexity and an unconventional edge. It works best in cooler months or as an intimate skin scent, rewarding close attention rather than commanding the room. If you gravitate toward The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Tactician, this belongs in your collection.

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Main Accordsreported by community
yellow floral
100%
green
100%
tennis ball
100%
earthy
100%
aromatic
100%
woody
100%
fresh spicy
100%
sweet
75%
mossy
75%
camphor
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
fern
fern
The note that created an entire fragrance family, 'fougère' (French for fern) is a constructed accord of lavender, oakmoss, and coumarin that has defined masculine perfumery since Houbigant's Fougère Royale (1882). Real fern has a cool, green, slightly earthy quality. The fougère accord built around it is simultaneously clean, woody, and warm.
green notes
green notes
hay
hay
Warm, sweet, and slightly smoky, the scent of dried grass and summer fields. Hay in perfumery reads as coumarin-adjacent: warm, powdery, and nostalgic, with an honest, agricultural quality that grounds sweeter notes. It adds the smell of the countryside to orientals and woods, making them feel warmer and more organic.
mint
mint
Cool, sharp, and immediately recognizable, mint adds a clean, almost medicinal freshness that cuts through heavier notes. Spearmint is sweeter; peppermint is sharper. Either way, mint gives fragrances a lively, brisk quality that reads as alert and outdoorsy. Best used as an accent rather than a lead to avoid smelling like toothpaste.
vetiver
vetiver
Earthy, smoky, and complex, vetiver root is extracted from a grass native to India and has a scent that is simultaneously rooty, woody, and slightly lemony. It's one of perfumery's great base notes: tenacious, unisex, and endlessly adaptable. A fragrance built around vetiver feels grounded and deeply confident.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
fir
fir
green tea
green tea
oud
oud
The most prized and expensive raw material in perfumery, a resinous wood produced by agarwood trees infected with a specific mold. Real oud is animalic, smoky, leathery, and sometimes medicinal, with enormous lasting power. It anchors the great Middle Eastern fragrances and has become the defining luxury note of contemporary perfumery.
rosemary
rosemary
Herbal, camphorous, and slightly pine-like, rosemary is a Mediterranean herb with a clean, almost medicinal crispness. It adds freshness and a culinary familiarity to fragrances, grounding more abstract notes in something real. A pillar of classic fougère (fern) fragrances and modern herbal compositions.
ylang ylang
ylang ylang
An exotic tropical flower with a dense, almost rubbery sweetness that can border on overwhelming, but in careful hands it adds an unmistakable lushness. It has banana-like and slightly medicinal facets that make it distinctive rather than generically pretty. A staple of heady oriental and vintage-style florals.
Base · 3–12 hrs
cedar
cedar
fern
fern
The note that created an entire fragrance family, 'fougère' (French for fern) is a constructed accord of lavender, oakmoss, and coumarin that has defined masculine perfumery since Houbigant's Fougère Royale (1882). Real fern has a cool, green, slightly earthy quality. The fougère accord built around it is simultaneously clean, woody, and warm.
moss
moss
Damp, green, and slightly bitter with a cool, shadowy quality, moss is nature's version of depth in perfumery. Oakmoss and tree moss both add a forest-floor complexity that anchors compositions in something real. Essential to classic chypre fragrances and the inspiration for countless green woody accords.
myrrh
myrrh
Deep, bittersweet, and slightly medicinal, myrrh is a resin with a complex, almost anise-like quality that sets it apart from frankincense. It adds a dark, almost sacred quality to oriental fragrances and is more challenging and assertive than its biblical companion. A note that rewards patience.
oakmoss
oakmoss
The defining ingredient of classic chypre perfumery, damp, forest-floor earthy with a faint bitterness and incredible complexity. Real oakmoss is now heavily restricted by IFRA regulations, which is why vintage chypres smell so different from modern ones. When present, it creates a raw, outdoorsy anchor that no synthetic fully replicates.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The HomesteaderBest match86% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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The Sensualist86% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

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The Tactician86% match
Precision over excess. Always.

Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.

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Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.
Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.
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Scent Profile
yellow floral100%
green100%
tennis ball100%
earthy100%
aromatic100%
Fragrance Family
Amber/Woody
EDP
Decants Available
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What does Imaginary Authors The Abandoned Mansion smell like? +
Imaginary Authors is an indie fragrance house known for narrative-driven scents that read like short stories. Founded by Josh Meyer, the brand has built a devoted following by prioritizing distinctive storytelling and unconventional compositions over mainstream appeal. The Abandoned Mansion opens with a crisp, green burst of fern, hay, and mint that immediately evokes the smell of an overgrown estate reclaimed by nature. There's a slightly unusual tennis ball accord in the top that adds a playful, slightly rubbery note amid the fresh greenery. The heart deepens with earthy oud, rosemary, and green tea, creating a contemplative, almost herbal character that sits somewhere between aromatic and woody. The base settles into a dense, mossy bed of cedar, oakmoss, and myrrh with lingering fern, grounding the composition in a cool, forest-like earthiness that persists for hours. This is a fragrance for those drawn to moody, nature-inspired scents with genuine complexity and an unconventional edge. It works best in cooler months or as an intimate skin scent, rewarding close attention rather than commanding the room. If you gravitate toward The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Tactician, this belongs in your collection.
What are the notes in Imaginary Authors The Abandoned Mansion? +
Top: fern, green notes, hay, mint, vetiver. Heart: fir, green tea, oud, rosemary, ylang ylang. Base: cedar, fern, moss, myrrh, oakmoss.
What fragrance family is The Abandoned Mansion? +
Imaginary Authors The Abandoned Mansion belongs to the Amber/Woody fragrance family. It is an EDP.
What is a grey market fragrance retailer? +
Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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