The Cobra and the Canary, from Imaginary Authors was released in 2012. The perfumer behind this creation is Josh Meyer. The notes are Hay, Iris, Leather, Lemon.
This is the first fragrance I've tried from Imaginary authors and I have some preconceived ideas about what I'm going to get from them. Well TC&TC confirms them. Imediately I'm reminded of the strange but uniquely interesting fragrances from 4160 Tuesdays. I think it's the hippified 'hay' note in here but it makes me think of brown envelopes or that rough sugar paper you used to get as a kid in school. Coupled with that is top notes of sharp lemon and a smokey approximation of leather and woods. It seems like a balance is struck between them as it dries down but certainly not in the opening, that just serves to have gut punch impact. This gets better as it dries down to be fair, the lemon is less sharp the hay settles to a woody skin scent a bit like vetiver with hints of patchouli and tobacco (well more like ashtray) gently smoky and tar like. Personally I don't like it and can't really understand a desire to smell like this but... is it 'bad'? Well, not really. It's kinda okay and a odder composition just made for the sake of it. I look forward to trespasser and bulls blood.
This is the first fragrance I've tried from Imaginary authors and I have some preconceived ideas about what I'm going to get from them. Well TC&TC confirms them. Imediately I'm reminded of the strange but uniquely interesting fragrances from 4160 Tuesdays. I think it's the hippified 'hay' note in here but it makes me think of brown envelopes or that rough sugar paper you used to get as a kid in school. Coupled with that is top notes of sharp lemon and a smokey approximation of leather and woods. It seems like a balance is struck between them as it dries down but certainly not in the opening, that just serves to have gut punch impact. This gets better as it dries down to be fair, the lemon is less sharp the hay settles to a woody skin scent a bit like vetiver with hints of patchouli and tobacco (well more like ashtray) gently smoky and tar like. Personally I don't like it and can't really understand a desire to smell like this but... is it 'bad'? Well, not really. It's kinda okay and a odder composition just made for the sake of it. I look forward to trespasser and bulls blood.