Each Imaginary Authors fragrance is inspired by a novel, and this one, Yesterday Haze by Lenora Blumberg, takes us on a journey of adultery on the west coast, San Joaquin Valley to be exact.

We love Fig when it is done right and we think that this fragrance has just the right touch, it must be the Tonka and the Iris that rounds it out perfectly.

“Yesterday Haze,” the subtly sinister follow-up to Lenora Blumberg’s acclaimed debut “Violet Disguise,” tells the story of a farmer’s wife who, after maintaining a decades-long affair with a crop duster pilot, decides to come clean to her husband (who also happens to be her lover’s employer).

“The memory of him is a rifle in my mouth,” Blumberg wrote, “and the scent of fig its trigger.” Set in California’s tranquil and dusty San Joaquin Valley, the elaborate tale unfolds like a dream, delicately shifting perceptions like the colors of a dimming dusk.

Notes: Fig, Iris, Cream Tonka, Tree Bark, Walnut Bitters & Orchard Dust