Description
Imaginary Authors The Cobra & the Canary Eau de Parfum is a sparkling scent of sweet liberation in which polished lemon notes are underlaid with decadent facets of leather and asphalt. All Imaginary Authors fragrances are based on fictitious works of literature and The Cobra and the Canary is a coming of age road novel along the lines of Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’.
Opening notes espouse a sense of freedom and possibility. Bright lemon free-floats with an unencumbered lightness and has the sparkly freshness of wood or car polish. Somehow Imaginary Authors The Cobra and the Canary has managed to capture perfectly in scent the joyful gleam of something brand new. The heady lemon top notes are sweetened and given even more bambi-eyed purity by the youthful glow of sun kissed hay. A refreshing hit of clean salty air tops of The Cobra and the Canary’s claim to being the scent of the innocents.
However, all this scented serenity is playfully sullied by the sensory decadence of leather and tobacco. The purity of youth is succumbing to early adulthood’s desire for adventure. Orris lends a powdery softness to the rebellious smoke and leather – a flirtatiously contrasting mix of goody-two-shoes and teenage delinquent. Despite its wholesome credentials, The Cobra and the Canary reveals itself to be a precociously seductive wild child.
No road novel would be complete without some road, and an earthy asphalt note in The Cobra & the Canary’s base brilliantly adds to the sense of open ended journey when life is stretched out before us. Imaginary Author The Cobra & the Canary’s unique contrasts between squeaky-clean lemon and sexy leather, aerosol highs and waxy depth will be profoundly resonant for anyone who wants to defy perfume conventions. The Cobra & the Canary is not just a fragrance for fledgling adventurers, this addictive and utterly wearable niche perfume allows us to explore the open road, or relieve all those routes of discovery long since taken.
Synopsis: ”When a tip from a clairvoyant leads 23-year-old Neal Orris to a rural Connecticut barn housing his deceased father’s secret obsession, a pristine 1964 Shelby Cobra Roadster, it is the getaway ticket he was desperately searching for. After liberating his best friend Ike from his dead-end job on the family farm, the two hit the open highway. Aiming for the Palm Springs race tracks, their journey is a blur of seedy motels, cool swimming pools, hot debutantes, cocktails, and cigarette smoke. Each stop finds the friends inventing new pseudonyms and personas for themselves, their innocent game hurtling into the depths of decadence and desolation.”
Notes: Lemon, Orris, Tobacco Flowers, Leather, Hay Fields, Asphalt
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