# Imaginary Authors — The Abandoned Mansion

> The Abandoned Mansion adapts one of Imaginary Authors' best-known home scents into a wearable eau de parfum. It is a dry, dusty manor fragrance: cedar, old paperback pages, oakmoss, ambreine, pimento 

## Essence
The Abandoned Mansion adapts one of Imaginary Authors' best-known home scents into a wearable eau de parfum. It is a dry, dusty manor fragrance: cedar, old paperback pages, oakmoss, ambreine, pimento berry, quince, and petitgrain arranged as a quiet library rather than a sweet cozy room.
## Scent Profile
The opening is cedar and papery dust, with quince and petitgrain adding only a small bitter-fruity lift. The immediate image is aged wood, yellowed pages, and an untouched archive.
Pimento berry gives the heart a peppery spark, while oakmoss and ambreine make the base earthy, dry, and slightly damp. The old-paperback accord is the defining feature: more brittle paper and wood shelves than vanilla bookshop candle.
Perception varies. Some wearers get the intended dusty library; others find campfire smoke, cedar closet, or bitter herbal liqueur. In every case it stays unsweet, atmospheric, and fairly steady.
## Performance
Performance is moderate and intimate. Expect average longevity with a close, atmospheric trail rather than a projector. That restraint fits the concept, though some buyers may question value if they expect stronger diffusion.
## Wearing Context
This is an autumn and winter mood scent for libraries, reading, indoor evenings, and quiet daytime wear. It is unisex and bookish rather than conventionally seductive. Office use is possible because projection is soft, but its dusty paper realism is niche.
## Comparisons & DNA
O, Unknown! is the closest house reference through dust and introspection, though The Abandoned Mansion is drier and more literal about paper. Amouage Purpose is a useful high-concept comparison for incense-wood architecture. It also sits near indie library and parchment scents, but with Imaginary Authors' cleaner wearable frame.
## Reception
Early reception says the concept lands: people who want old books, dry cedar, and atmosphere tend to admire it. Criticism focuses on moderate performance, value, and the mismatch between warm marketing language and a cooler, more distant scent. It is not a safe blind buy unless dry paper and cedar are the goal.
## Versions & Reformulation
Single 2025 eau de parfum, with no known reformulation. The important version note is format: it originated as an Abandoned Mansion candle and soap before becoming a perfume.
## Acquisition Notes
It is sold in the house's accessible indie-niche tier, with 50 ml, travel, and sample formats. Sampling is wise because the old-paper accord is the point and also the risk. Counterfeiting is not a documented concern; availability through the house or authorized stockists is the cleaner route.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- The perfume adapts one of the house's best-selling candles.
- Its fictional story follows Calvin and Millie hiding in an Adirondack mansion.
- The old-paperback accord is a narrative fantasy note rather than a standard material listing.
- The candle's popularity helped create demand for a wearable version.
- Its appeal is place-based: a dusty manor and library more than a normal perfume mood.