SYNOPSIS: Claude LeCoq published his first book, The Soft Lawn, in 1916 while still attending Princeton University. A controversial portrait of adolescent upper-class rebellion in New England, the coming-of-age story follows Hampton Perry, a charmingly snotty college tennis champ who, after years of having everything handed to him on a silver platter, finds himself handing it all back.
A little-known fact about the author: Claude LeCoq wore only seersucker suits, known in that era as the wardrobe of the poor, and it was his gallant presence at high society dinners and prestigious sporting events that brought the fabric into popularity among the affluent in the ’20s.
NOTES
Linden Blossom
Grapefruit
Laurel & Ivy leaves
Vetiver
Oakmoss
Fresh Tennis Balls
PERFUMER
Josh Meyer
HOW IT WEARS
The Soft Lawn opens with bright grapefruit and and sweeter (yet still a little zesty) linden blossom, which paves the way for the greener notes to come – kind of like dewy grass first thing in the morning. As the fragrance develops, the laurel and ivy leaves add a green depth to the scent, grounded by vetiver and oakmoss. The tennis ball accord in this fragrance is super realistic as well! Gentle, green and airy, The Soft Lawn will last on the skin for 4-6 hours.
LORE LOVES
The Soft Lawn is 1920s high-class athleisure in fragrance form. We imagine a sprawling green Hamptons estate where teenagers play endless games of tennis to stave off boarding-school vacation boredom. A great leisure scent, wear The Soft Lawn on weekends or anytime you wish it were the weekend.
ABOUT THE BRAND
First launched in 2012, in Portland, Oregon, Imaginary Authors offers wildly unique fragrances, born from the concept of scent as art and art as provocation.
Like a good book, these scents are meant to inspire you. Inside each bottle is a layered narrative sure to generate stirring conversation, fragrance that might be capable of changing the course of your own personal story. They not only invigorate and intoxicate, but transport you to new, unexplored places… just follow your nose.
Imaginary Authors’ fragrances are composed using a harmonious blend of essential oils, absolutes, isolated molecules, safe synthetic molecules, C02 oils, and resins. Free of parabens and phthalates, they abstain from animal testing and are totally vegan. Designed to be worn by anyone and everyone, their fragrances are totally genderless.
Each Imaginary Authors fragrance follows a compelling storyline peppered with intriguing twists. Every scent comes with its own fictional synopsis, but it’s up to the wearer bring the story to life.
These are scents to curl up with, to share with friends, to take with you wherever you go, and to return to again and again for a uniquely transcendent olfactory experience.
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