Description
Imaginary Authors Saint Julep Eau de Parfum is a refreshingly boozy mint fragrance inspired by the contrasts of the Deep South. Like all Imaginary Authors fragrances, Saint Julep is playfully named after a piece of fictitious literature. In this case Saint Julep is a southern gothic novel in the vein of William Faulkner, where the intense heat of the Mississippi sun masks a shady darkness underneath.
Saint Julep opens with green, aromatic mint. The initial freshness is like a balmy breeze, tinged with wild growing mint, offering a reprieve from the oppressive heat of the American South. What’s so mouthwatering about Saint Julep is how it transforms its mint note into an olfactive cocktail. The mint here is licked with an aptly named ‘sugarcube’ accord making it a strikingly true to life evocation of the sweet kiss of a sugar rimmed glass on the lips. Just like mint julep, the classic southern cocktail and the perfume’s namesake, Saint Julep’s sweet mintiness is accompanied by a splash of seductively smooth bourbon. The rich and resonant boozy note highlights the kind of sensuality you only get in sultry, southern heat.
The honeyed, oak-barrel roundedness of aged liquor lingers from the opening into the heart, where Saint Julep’s lush core melds with the creamy caramel depth of magnolia – the state flower of Mississippi. With the unmistakably romance of the Deep South, Imaginary Authors Saint Julep feels like something straight out of a Tennessee Williams play as it conjures up images of mint juleps stirred up and knocked back on a porch after a long, steamy day. Saint Julep is a scent slathered in dixie decadence, where raucous energy erupts from languid heat.
The breezy smiles of Imaginery Authors Saint Julep’s opening generously coexist with elements of shrouded mystery. This is aided in no small part by the perfume molecule, grisalva, which shades the base with something not entirely knowable. With its dark, ambergris and wood tones, it seems to recreate the musty, hallowed air of an Antebellum wooden church, shading the sunlight with something hushed and mysterious. Saint Julep is a perfume of contrasts. It offers refreshment in intense heat, it is vivid brightness with a black spot, it is both saintly and salacious. Saint Julep is the perfect perfume for when you want both the sunny breeze of a summer’s day and the silent shade of all that is unspoken.
Synopsis: “On the outskirts of Clarksdale, Mississippi, at the end of a secluded dirt road sat a small ramshackle church. It was not a place of worship but rather where many went to seek refuge during impoverished times. Legend has it the structure was transported to the wild mint field by hand, hoisted on the shoulders of two dozen men. The outside remained simple and nondescript but the interior was aglow with pilfered neon signs, Christmas lights, and a jukebox donated by the sheriff’s son. It was a distinctly secular place where locals who knew where to find it could share moonshine, socialize, and dance their troubles away. They called their ramshackle juke joint Saint Julep and the oral histories compiled within paint a picture of that magical place where “the smiles are always free and salvation had the distinct smell of sweet mint.”
Notes: Sweet Mint, Tangerine, Southern Magnolia, Bourbon, Grisalva, Sugarcube
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