Violet Disguise

I layered a few sprays from a sample of Violet Disguise with The Black by Josh Meyer's other project, The Sum, for my wedding two years ago. Now I can't find any quantity of this anywhere, not on ebay, or Amazon, or sample/decant sellers or even shady, no-name international websites. If anyone has a sample or bottle, please let me know. I am very interested in striking a deal. It is nostalgic for obvious reasons. Edit: I did find a used bottle online! It was very expensive, so I wear it only on special occasions. It's something I'd wear regularly if it were easier to find, and cheaper. Performance is good, as is the case with most of the first-generation IAs.

Spring is approaching and I'm finally wearing and appreciating this scent. Unfortunately is discontinued!!! Message me if you are willing to sell. All I have is a small sample. Plummy and with soft powdery wood, there is just a hint of a fresh violet flower uprooted from the spring snow. It's perfect for a prematurely spring-like day in February.

Violet Disguise is amazing. I was expecting a deeper Violet, but this is different. The violet is there..... just disguised a bit, the plum and dried fruit mingle with the balsam and amber in a very surprising melody. This one lasted only about an hour, and then became a soft memory.

violet disguise is lovely, opens fruity and sweet! if you are a fan of violet you'll like it! To me once it drys down is a powdery woody violet scent. When I wear this fragrance I feel feminine , at the same time I get a cozy feeling. Moderate longevity and sillage on my skin!!

Violet flowers aroma as we know it from candied purple sweets and violet petals jam quite popular in France. As Imaginary Authors put it: “This is a versatile fragrance that will remind you of the simpler joys in life.” Very Amelie Poulain.

This is nice - not too fruity, not too floral...it is discontinued for whatever reason, but Olfactif still has it and Imaginary Authors Etsy shop still has it (both full size and travel size), I suspect until the last of it is gone...

If anyone is willing to sell me a decant, please message me. Or we can swap, I have hundreds of Niche and even discontinued rare perfumes to choose from. I miss Violet Disguise. I have almost nothing left.

This is probably the most "purple" fragrance I've ever smelled. It's like taking a bit of a bite of a juicy ripe plum during a warm evening in the late spring to mid fall, the bright smell of violets giving a bright fresh air like quality to this opening. Delicious. After this first fresh breath the air warms as the plum takes over this, but slowly the plum begins to be encased with slightly sweet and resinous amber. There is an extreme feeling of comfort, ease, and familiarity yet with an indistinguishable confidence. This scent is soooo smooth and just intoxicating to me. Just like the reviewer prior to me, I found a 5 mL sample of this decant and knew I had to get my nose on it. At first smell you can smell the DNA/tie to Yesterday's Haze, the second work by the perfumer who made this one. They both have this "warm summer air" accord to my nose that I really cannot explain, and it's intoxicating in both. I would agree with the reviewer below me, after that initial spray it can be a bit linear as that amber transition happens fairly quickly after the initial punch of violet and fresh plum. Then it kind of just sticks like that until the scent dies. Just like "Whiff of Wafflecone 2.0" and "The Soft Lawn 2.0," I hope this one can get a 2.0 version sometime soon. It leans a bit feminine to my nose, but wear what you like. 7/10 Moderate projection and performance.

I find the name quite fitting! At first spray all that is noticeable is sweet dried fruits, rather like a stew sans any violets. It reminds me of a traditional Jewish holiday food called tzimmes; a fruity stew of carrots, dried apricots, and prunes cooked in orange juice with honey. The apricots are the most prominent on my skin the prunes are definitely present. This stage lasts about 45 minutes before fading momentarily to the solo scent of honeyed apricot. Then all at once the fruity notes disappear entirely leaving only the strongly metallic, powdery scent of candied violets. Eventually the candied effect fades leaving woody notes. Disguised beneath the fruit and the candied violets are soft, delicate, fresh violet blossoms. They emerge subtly as the metallic aspect fades. The violets dominate the rest of the fragrance. Sillage is medium. I've been wearing this fragrance for a total of three hours now. It has all but completely faded from my wrists. Whatever traces remain are so soft I can only smell it when I bring my wrist directly to my nose. Though short lived it was a wonderful journey. I'm thankful for my small sample.

Violet Disguise is a pretty, classy, and a bit cheeky girl with a sense of humor. Violet Disguise opens with a prominent plum note that walks in with the violet firmly by its side. They definitely announce their prescence immediately after you spray it on. There is almost a sickly sweetness to the scent in the beginning. After it dries down a bit though, the warmth of the resin and amber notes mellow it out and there is only a light sweetness. I loved the drydown, when the powder of the violets hit. The dried fruits note left me stumped at first to place the note. After a few minutes, I realized that it reminded me vaguely of Womanity in that note. I believe that there is a fig type of smell behind the violet and plums. I am impressed by the longevity of Violet Disguise. It has been 12 hours since I sprayed it on, and I can still smell it. The silage was pretty good too, it felt like it projected for several hours before it wore down. Violet Disguise is not a love for me, but it is intruiging enough that I would still enjoy wearing it. There definitely feels like a lot of quality behind the fragrance.

This is very feminine in a reserved way with the main notes being plum and violet. It has a lot of associations to it like some of the ‘notes’ listed are Evening Air and the Month of May which I actually get. It brings to my mind a young lady from the 1800’s wearing a purple dress and sitting on a patio reading a book before retiring to the drawing room to converse with friends one late-afternoon/early evening on a Tuesday in May. I feel like I’m missing something in this perfume; I’ll take a deep sniff and somewhere far into it I’ll smell something that evokes a memory that I can’t quite place. I really want to place what it reminds me of but no matter how much I smell it can’t place...it’s something from my childhood. All of the Imaginary Authors perfumes have this same illusive feeling of evoking bygone memories.

Violet Disguise does not fit it's name, violets are so openly dominating the fragrance that none of the other notes can hide it. I thought I wouldn't like this one (not a fan of flowers in fragrances) and kept it the last to test. But wow, this is so yummy. The violet mixed with plum and some dried fruits give off a candy-like sweetness with a hint of sourness. Best suited for spring and autumn wear for casual events and some classier ones as well. Even though it is unisex, I find it leaning more feminine due to it's sweet flowery nature. It can fit a man as well, but that person would come off as a bit metrosexual, very masculine men could not pull this one off. My verdict is to try it before you buy it, but it is very enjoyable so do give it a try. It's got a plus in my books.

Another discontinued Josh Meyer fragrance that I found a sample of and couldn't pass up. Violet Disguise is a deep, almost royal fragrance of all things purple. The sweet plum takes center stage with amber and iris giving an opulent background. The only gripe that keeps this from being a "love" for me is the lack of dissonance, everything melds together and pushes the scent into only one direction, which can be overwhelming - I can see why walnut bitters were added to this perfume's spiritual successor Yesterday Haze. Still a shame that this one is no longer available to purchase through normal means. 7/10

This smells like the color violet to me. I smell plums, purple hues, violets, lot's of amber, and something very powdery. I usually strongly dislike ambery fragrances, but this one is different. It is very unique, dark, and mysterious. It is truly how I envision late May. It's juicy yet kind of dry at the same time. I can't tell if the plum in it is dried or fresh, maybe it's somewhere in between. I wish I smelled amber and resin less though. Sadly, it is discontinued so I will cherish it forever, as it reminds me of blooming spring mysteries and memories.

Depth, atmosphere, presence. Violet and amber. Herbal almost but that is not exactly the right word. This one reminds me of a room with the presence of a person I hoped would be there. Something mysterious mixed with something familiar. Thankfully not too sweet. In the background it does capture the essence of floral on the wind, which is one of the concepts from the press release. It is good. Not a love, but a like for me.

i found a 2ml vial sample of Violet Disguise which i'd put away in storage about 5 years ago. I remember not liking it when i first tried it. I don't know if it's because it has had time to macerate but it has become something so magical... The violet note in this is so vivid, and the scent has become so evocative of a warm rainy day somehow. 7.5/10

The fruits are dominating the opening and they're like a thick nectar. I am getting the powdery aspect of the violets and they work well with the sweet fruits. Not many changes happening, just a joyful fruity floral, mostly plum and violets. 6/10

I'm borderline dislike. I like what the Perfumer is trying to achieve but there is something out of kilter. The violet is powdery and backed by fruit which gives some sweetness but not much. Moderate silage and longevity

I went into testing this with a word from Josh himself, who told me that a.) the scent was more plum than violet and b.) it had the same dusty feeling as Yesterday Haze, which I had mentioned to him that I enjoy. I agree on all counts. This is rich, dark fruits that have been dried and left in an old wooden chest. If you're familiar with the depth of the fruit notes in Slumberhouse's Kiste, that's how these fruits felt to me. Now, I normally don't go near plum-heavy scents nor am I typically keen on dried fruit scents. However, the "dusty" accord absolutely makes this great. It takes away the cloying feeling, it tempers the sweetness to a more reasonable level, and it brings a cozy feeling, like antique wood. As for the violet, I really don't get any sort of typical violet smell form this. Perhaps the inherent powdery-ness of violet lends itself to the dustiness of this scent, but I get no real violet. And I actually quite like that. I can absolutely see this being an amazing fall of winter fragrance. I own Yesterday Haze and find them similar enough that I don't necessarily need both, but I will be happy to use my sample of Violet Disguise again. Like all Imaginary Authors scents, this is a try-before-you-buy kind of scents. It's hard to grasp the scent from looking at the notes alone. All in all, I'm pleasantly surprised with this one.

They should have named this Violet Disgust. I know that is harsh, but.....WOW. This is SO SOUR....chemical sour on my skin and to my nose. I see I am not alone in my displeasure for this fragrance. Today was test day for me and this was the last one that I tried. I thought that maybe my nose wasn't smelling this right. I thought that maybe it was just the opening and that it would dry down to the beautiful fragrance this should have been with the notes listed. They are DELICIOUS! I thought, hopefully, that it would then dry down and smooth out after an hour or so. Negatory. 8 hours later....it was still just as strong and just as atrocious. I scrubbed down my arm with unscented, exfoliating soap for a good 2 minutes to hopefully and thoroughly relieve myself of this test spot! NOW....it is a divine, soft and sweet floral fragrance. I MAY have spritzed two since it was the first time I had tried the newly decanted sample. But it couldn't have turned this fragrance THAT bad.....could be, but for future testers....only ONE, little spritz. I know a negative review of this length is frowned upon by some, but I was so affected by this that I had to warn others to never buy this because of everything stated above ^^^ Imaginary Authors Memoirs of a Trespasser was so beautifully created...I never thought something even close to this could come from them.