10 perfumes in similar style to Scandal Le Parfum by Jean Paul Gaultier

A unique collection of eight 2ml Imaginary Authors fragrance samples.

An epic montage of all the best bits from the indie kids of perfume at Imaginary Authors. Find all the blockbusters here, with all the notes we love, from the crazy to the cosy. This collection will take you on a sweeping scent filled journey through our favourite fragrant tales. Be gripped by a City on Fire, Fall In love in with Everything, get lost in a fantastical land with Memoirs of a Trespasser. With passion and flare this perfume house creates unique and indelible fragrances that will engage and inspire you.

Get acquainted with these stories:

1. Memoirs of a Trespasser
2. Cape Heartache
3. Saint Julep
4. Slow Explosions
5. Yesterday Haze
6. Fox in the Flowerbed
7. A Whiff of Waffle Cone
8. In Love with Everything

Perfumer: Alexandra Carlin

An ambery floral universe carefully put together with stunning night blooming flowers.

The formula features an accord of Galant de Nuit, also called night blooming jasmine (technically not a jasmine, but a plant closer related to potatoes). This gentle flower cannot be distilled, but its captivating fragrance has been recreated for Bloomastral with the help of a very specific jasmine variety. The perfumer used a particular jasmine which can only be harvested in Egypt within the space of two weeks in August. There is also a delicious, fruity and honeyed osmanthus theme. Finally, the oud oil adds extra mystery and darkness to the story.

Peek into the formula:

Verdello lemon 5%
Madagascar Mandarin 2%
Paraguay petitgrain 0.5%
Mandarin blossom 1%
Triplal (spring green floral nuance) 0.15%
Leafovert (fruity green nuance) 0.1%
Timur pepper 0.5%
Ethyl acetate (fruity odor) 0.5%
Osmanthus Guilin 0.5%
Ethyl decadienoate (pear odor) 0.5%
Davana 0.05%
Prunella base (dried-fruits odor) 0.5%
Bourgeonal (an aldehyde with odour similar to lily-of-the-valley) 0.5%
Florol (a fresh, soft and natural floral note similar to lily-of-the-valley) 7%
Ethyl linalool (bergamot like aroma) 7%
Linalool 5%
Night blooming jasmine accord 5%
Egyptian jasmine absolute 0.7%
Jasinthaflor (sensual jasmine/ylang-ylang aroma imitation) 0.5%
Benzyl acetate (an essential component in jasmine/gardenia notes) 2%
Hedione 14.4%
Jasmolactone (a milky fruity element of the jasmine aroma) 0.2%
Cis-jasmone (jasmine/tuberose element) 0.1%
Indole 0.1%
Madagascar ylang-ylang 0.2%
Citronellyl acetate (fruity, floral, fresh element) 0.5%
Geranyl acetate (fruity rose element) 1.5%
Damascenone 0.1%
Methyl-ionone alpha 0.5%
cis-3-hexenyl salicylate (a green floral nuance) 5%
Ethyl malthol (candy floss nuance) 0.1%
Madagascar vanilla absolute 0.15%
Vanillin 0.5%
Cashmeran 5%
Cedramber 8%
Iso-e-super 10%
Oud essence 0.1%
New Caledonian sandalwood 0.3%
Javanol 0.5%
Ambrocenide Cryst. 0.2%
Ambroxide 4%
Globalide 6%
Galaxalide 5%

Sunlight was commissioned by Brocard to Bertrand Duchaufour. It is their first experiment in the luxury segment and an approach to perfume making as conceptual art.

To understand this perfume you need to go back to those physics lessons at school when they explained the nature of light. That light is actually a wave of particles, a flow of energy and that we can only discern the separate colors of natural light with a prism.

The second thing to consider before you approach Sunlight is to think how we experience light and sunlight in particular. We register it around us, we can tell if there is more of it or less around but it’s a phenomenon on the verge of comprehension and conscious perception and in the past the Sun and its manifestations were worshiped as source of life and something divine bestowed on us.

In Sunlight the perfumer used exotic spices, juicy citruses, Mediterranean flowers, some gourmand accords such as marron glace and benzoin resin. However, they all merge into an omnipresent uniform wave of particles around you which you can only perceive as a whole perfume, same way we perceive sunlight. The perfume is also as pleasant as warm rays of the Sun thanks to the subtle gourmand touch, sweet citruses and gentle flowers.

The choice of materials is not random, the sun brings orchards to life, sweet aromas attracting busy bees, the golden round citruses resemble mini Suns and precious benzoin resin represents warmth earth might exude when heated with sun rays.

The bottle deserves a separate mention, it's heavy crystal with exactly 57 facets, the same number you have in the classic diamond cut, the perfect number to capture light inside the stone and make it pulse within.

You can actually spin the bottle (the base has been cut in a special way) to admire the play of light inside the amber coloured tincture.

Flapping of the wings, water splashing, white and soft dawn turning into silk and tulle and water drops becoming diamonds. It’s a fairy tale of a swan turning into a princess.

The logic of the perfume formula follows this beautiful magical transformation: wings splashing, soft down, precious fabric and tender skin all represented by perfume materials.

The perfume opens with notes of sea spray and fresh citruses. The heart is made of a feminine bouquet of white flowers and all is resting on notes of weightless marshmallow, sandalwood and white musks.

A new white floral perfume from Pierre Guillaume.

PG23.1 Jamsagonda is a dreamy crisp jasmine with dry woods cured in salt in the background (an illusion provided by the vetiver and Himalayan cedar mix).

There are many ways to interpret jasmine and in Jasmagonda Pierre made it translucent, musky and oceanic. As if it’s a variety that grows on the shores of some undiscovered rocky island somewhere in the Pacific where salty winds carry the aromas of driftwood, sweet ambergris  and blooming jasmine. Let’s call this island Jasmagonda.

A unique collection of eight 2ml Imaginary Authors fragrance samples.

Grab your deck chair, smooth in your sun lotion and reach for your paperback with this collection of sunshine scents from those creative folk at Imaginary Authors. Hear the ice clink in your glass with the boozy notes of Saint Julep. Wonder over to the ice cream van with A Whiff of Waffle Cone. And wrap yourself in a sun soaked towel after a swim with Falling into the Sea. With bright bergamot, warm sand accord and salted caramel, this selection highlights those notes we most associate with summer, but in the most inventive way.

Get acquainted with these stories:

1. Saint Julep
2. The Soft Lawn
3. Sundrunk
4. A Whiff of Waffle Cone
5. Yesterday Haze
6. In Love with Everything
7. Falling into the Sea
8. Fox in the Flowerbed

Inspired by the innovative use of materials that allowed 18th century clockmakers to construct the first truly accurate marine chronometers, Lignum Vitae combines elements of wood, metal and salt to produce a truly unique, transportive fragrance. Lignum vitae itself is an incredibly dense wood - the only wood which is guaranteed to sink in water - which is indigenous to the Caribbean and the north coast of South America. The brand’s nautical theme is enhanced wonderfully by caramel, a madeleine cake accord and a cool winter lemon note which provide a truly unique gourmand experience akin to smelling warm shortbread, muffins or cupcakes.

In combining unexpected and exotic raw materials, Beaufort London celebrates the innovative spirit which brought to an end the search for lost time, and permitted the safe passage of ships across the world.

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The Sniff on Lignum Vitae:

"An innovative gourmand fragrance with a masculine slant, Lignum Vitae by Beaufort London is something rather unexpected. And who doesn’t love a plot twist?"

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Perfumer: Margaux le Paih-Guérin

Technically tonka are nuts as they come from a tree (whereas a bean is a seed of a legume). ‘Tonka beans’ is a misnomer but also phrase used to refer to them in perfumery, cooking, etc. In Happy Nuts tonka is key note contributing to the delicious nuts roasted in caramel fragrant idea. The name could be a suggestive euphemism or just a reference to tonka being promoted to their accurate botanical rank – nuts.

A full-on fruity floral goumond. Radiant goosbury and ylang-ylang work in harmony for a delightfully delectible effect. Shavings of sweet woods is created by cedarwood and jasmine which are encased in honeyed amber. A background of vanilla enriches the oriental effect with hints of leather giving a rounded diffusion.

Perfumer: Sfean J.A.

Perfumer: Philippe Bousseton