Each Imaginary Authors fragrance is inspired by a novel, and this one, A City on Fire by Machus, is a story of intrigue and love that takes place deep in the night.

The fragrance has all the trappings of a night by the fire: we smell the roaring flames, the spiciness and although it may be easy to say this is a winter fragrance, we think that the dark side lends itself to a hot summer night as well.

A brilliantly dark graphic novel, A City On Fire, is the story of two match-makers. Rupert literally fabricates matches in a factory on the waterfront while Frances writes a dating column for the city’s newspaper. Both are recluses who haunt the night’s shadows observing clandestine activities from afar but never partaking. That changes one fortuitous evening when they are both witness to the same high-profile murder and are forced to come together as an unlikely vigilante pair in order to save their own names.

Notes: Cade oil, Spikenard, Cardamom, Clearwood, Dark Berries, Labdanum & Burnt Match