Yesterday Haze

So I had to rewrite my review on this because my opinion on this has changed drastically since my original review back in August. Originally, I wrote this off as smelling like whipped cream flavored vodka with a subtle tonka note to it. After wearing it multiple times through the fall and almost being out of my vial, I can say confidently it’s much much more than that. Yesterday Haze is the epitome of a classy gourmand. It’s a sweet fig fragrance with a very subtle (and I meant VERY subtle) powdery iris note that is undercut by subtle woodsy, fruity tonka bean notes. The tonka bean is what MAKES this, it helps cut down all the sweetness from the fig and fruity notes, and without out this would be unbearable for me but it truly helps give it that sophisticated feel it has. Yesterday Haze has SO much going for it. It’s long lasting, and I could still smell traces of it a couple days after wearing something that this was sprayed on, and let me tell you that leftover trace of it is pure tonka bean with the subtle trace of fig and it’s beautiful, it takes my breath away every time. It’s complicated in a way gourmands wish they could be, whereas A Whiff of Wafflecone (v1.0) is a straight forward sweet, caramel that is trying to emulate food, this is a very complicated, multilayered fragrance that changes with time, much like the character in the story the fragrance is based off’s life experiences. This is what I imagine your older, very charming, funny older coworker who happens to be more open minded than most women her age smelling like, especially after making her entrance into work with a very colorful scarf that gives with her more subtle toned down ensemble of an outfit on a regular Tuesday.

Summer night parties with your friends and strangers in a dusty field in god-knows-where. You don't know how you got here, or where you are for that matter, but you you know you're along for the ride. Life is good. I have had a 10 mL of this fragrance for about a year and a half now, and now that I've nearly used it all up I want to review this masterpiece. The opening of this fragrance is a slap of juicy, ripe fig with this super creamy whipped cream like quality and a sprinkling of freshly crumbled walnuts. I hesitate to call it gourmand and more gourmand-adjacent, as it never truly feels edible but certainly is very sweet and approachable. Then as it dries down, the whipped cream, slightly sweet yet nutty tonka, smooth iris, and dusty woods combine to create this creamy, dreamy, and somehow dusty wood that rides together with the fig. In other terms, it gains both the dusty wood shavings and creamy quality that sandalwood has without it being sandalwood, and it's addicting. The fragrance becomes this cocktail of creamy/dusty woods, ripe and sweet fig, and this wonderful walnut nuttiness. This has been and will be one of my favorite summer night/fall fragrances ever. If you enjoy creamy fig or woody fig fragrances AT ALL, this is one to check out. Great performance (8-10 hours on me), moderate sillage for the first half, intimate for the second half. This is a fragrance for someone who knows they look good, and feel good, and doesn't need a screaming good fragrance to let others know they feel that way. It is evocative and nostalgic for me, and I will sometimes spray myself with this during the winter to remind me of the summer nights to come. 9/10. A masterpiece.

My first review on here although it seems like I've been here forever. I bought this back in October totally blind because I loved the name, the brand sounded interesting (I'm such a bookworm) and I like fig fragrances. I looked it up on their website and was kind of scared that it's labelled as a gourmand because I genuinely hate overly sweet scents. BUT .. I ended up loving this at first sniff!! This is what cocooning feels like. It's warm, enveloping, feels like a genuine, gentle and comforting hug. It's sweet but in the best way possible for someone who doesn't like sweet scents. Very well balanced so that it's not cloying or headache-inducing and it doesn't make my stomach turn like most gourmand fragrances do. Perfect fall and winter scent but I can see myself wearing it through spring at night. The fig is very subtle and rather syrupy than green or fruity, creamy in a sophisticated elegant way, subtly nutty and woody. I'm so glad it's tonka not vanilla; I think that's what's making the sweetness grounded and tolerable/realistic and not synthetic. And although I can hardly get the iris in its traditional sense, I think it's pulling the sweetness back and balancing everything out somehow in the background. Sillage and longevity are SO there. I can still smell this in my room the next day like beyond 12hrs and it's on my clothes since Friday (it's now Tuesday). If only all gourmands are done this way, I'd then be able to call myself a gourmand girly like the girlies on TikTok. Lol

I got a bunch of samples from this brand and didn't expect this one to be anything special, but it ended up being my favorite! This starts out creamy and nutty - the walnut and tonka really pop on my skin - with a light, airy fruitiness from the fig that keeps it from getting too "warm" and makes me feel like it could be worn in any season. Very subtle sweet woody drydown that, while not particularly inventive, is really lovely. This feels like a gourmand for the woody fragrance girls who say they don't like gourmands. Like the signature scent of the witty misunderstood coming-of-age movie protagonist, or the young hip children's librarian you thought was the coolest person in the world when you were seven. The staying power and evolution on this is really impressive, 8-ish hours after applying I'm still smelling that drydown and I kept catching little whiffs of myself at work. Nothing crazy in terms of sillage - it's intimate, but it sticks around and keeps revealing its layers. The brand seems very into the idea of storytelling with fragrance and this captures that better than anything else I've tried from them. Absolutely a try before you buy - my woody-and-musky-scent-loving roommate tried wearing it and described it as "grandma's apartment," so it definitely won't work for everyone, but this was a total win for me. Picking up a full bottle asap and I'm sure it will stay in my rotation.

Yesterday Haze was one of my first loves when I got into fragrance back during the pandemic. With the note breakdown, I was expecting something straightforward, fruity, and honestly, a little basic, but this thankfully veers quite left of center for me. It's still an easy wear, but it's stranger and certainly more interesting that I thought it'd be. When smelling it for the first time, I thought of an old casino or motel where pleasant-smelling air fresheners are pumped into a space to cover up the scent of mustiness and stale cigarette smoke. I understand that sounds deeply off-putting to most people, but I found it so evocative and interesting. I didn't know perfumes really "went" there when I first starting sampling fragrances. It's probably the first wearable scent that gave me a profound (lovely) feeling of melancholy. Smelling it now, I definitely get the whipped cream; not like a sugary juvenile body spray, overly sticky and sweet, but truly like whipped milk. There's an almost human-like muskiness here that makes this super wearable and sexy to me, with the fig adding a touch of sweetness. The walnut and iris gives YH a dry, softly woody nuttiness that balances the whipped cream & fig. It's so nice. I've since sold off my FB of YH, but I still keep a sample nearby and sniff often.

Opening this scent is... a bit of a rough start. Right away, there’s this synthetic, plasticky sweetness, reminding a glossy, artificial coat. It clings to the fig like cheap candy glaze a little too sticky-sweet, and not helping matters is the bitter, woody walnut shell undertone that feels oddly out of place with its stale dryness. But here’s the plot twist. Give it about ten minutes, and the entire mood shifts. That initial harshness softens into something unexpectedly soft and creamy. It blooms into this lush, mellow blend of fruit nectar swirled with coconut milk. Sweet but smooth, rich without being cloying, and utterly delectable. There’s a mellow whisper of nutty sandalwood and glazed pecan weaving through, adding cohesiveness and depth. It’s not powdery at all, which I appreciate. Instead, it leans into a wonderfully lactonic creaminess, like sipping on a tropical milkshake with your lover under soft autumn daylight. It may have started off a little unbalanced, but it finds its rhythm in the drydown, and honestly, it’s quite lovely once it settles.

Hands down, my absolute favorite IA frag! IA fave / fave purchase in a long while. Blown away, knew literally the minute I tried, NEED a FB like IMMEDIATELY!!! lol - and it just got better the longer I wore! Literally One of the absolute best from the house and if you enjoy the notes described and only get one IA frag, this should be it! THE most realistic whipped cream note I’ve ever smelled in a frag! And the fig... Omg, the fig (LOVE fig: womanity, JM, philosykos etc) Such a great pairing of notes, & well blended. The powdery iris rounds everything beautifully, the sweet Tonka, woody & nutty notes, add such beautiful complex creamy & sweet, gourmand layers to the fig. omg I want to roll in it and become it. I LOVE it! diff from anything I have, gorgeous! Wearable, day/night any time of year. Def feminine but could be unisex Sophisticated sexy. NEED A FB RN!(Update: got it! Still gorgeous! I’d buy multiple back ups of this lol, like already have anxiety abt if they ever quit making it... I’ll be so upset lol). It’s that good.

First time reviewing a perfume, and I felt compelled to since I couldn't find my experience of this perfume anywhere in the reviews below! I received a sample of YH from a friend who didn't like it, and I had zero expectations. But - WOW! Not only did I love it on first spray, I couldn't stop sniffing my wrist for the rest of the day. Creamy, buttery fig, with a light dusting of walnut. Nuanced, but not too rich or sour. I don't get much Iris or Fruit from YH, nor any smoke (luckily, as smoky notes give me headaches). Just a gorgeous, slightly richer than skin scent. I've gotten positive comments from people if I've hugged them or sat close to them, but YH doesn't announce itself more than that. YH is present ALL day, without being overpowering or inappropriate. I caved after a few months of hoarding samples and ordered a full size. I've been wearing it constantly and it is just as appropriate and delicious as a daytime/office scent, as it is in the evening.

Mmm! This is an edible fragrance in the best way. It's not a straight gourmand, as it's got a slight bitter edge and is very woody, but the lactonic, sweet, and fruity notes make this one of the most delicious things I've smelled. It deserves the best compliment you can give a gourmand-esque fragrance from me - not too sweet. It's perfectly hazy and well blended - it's so smooth it's almost hard to pick out notes. It's dreamy and alluring - I crave this fragrance constantly. It's a perfect late summer through fall fragrance, though I could see myself wearing it in winter and spring too. It's my first full bottle from imaginary authors and it is absolutely amazing. Abstractly, the fragrance reminds me of sitting out in an orchard in a late summer evening. When I first smelled it, my first thought was that it smells like the last night of a vacation that you never want to end. Slightly melancholic but deeply beautiful.

Wow. So, I grew up in the heart of San Joaquin Valley, the setting upon which this fragrance is based. In my 40s now, I was probably the last generation of that place to "go to the figs" (meaning go to the fig orchards) as a teenager to do what teenagers do (before the fig orchards gave way to tract homes and almond orchards). This fragrance nailed it. Absolutely nailed it. This is hot dusty summer orchard, the length of the lazy day endless before you, a sweet waft of desire and then a hop into whatever car will carry you to the cover of the craggy boughs of the fig orchard. Perhaps you catch a whiff of walnut orchard along the way. Outside smells - dry dusty dirt, fig flesh - and sweet skin all mingled up, a furtive and carefree encounter captured in this bottle. Wow, just wow. What nostalgia! Without that point of reference, this is still a lovely sweetish fig-based fragrance.

I hate this fragrance because at first scent, I became so obsessed with it that I got into fragrances and spent hundreds of dollars and am now typing out this review. Silage and Longevity are okay at best, but the smell itself is exactly what I would want to smell like, and exactly what I want want someone I meet to smell like. I'm convinced if I smelled anyone at all wearing Yesterday Haze I would instantly develop a crush on them regardless of all other factors. This is warm, nostalgic, bittersweet, like a last glance at someone dear to you as their train is pulling out while you're left behind, and the feeling of expectation about seeing them again. This is like being transported to a farmhouse in fall as a child or teenager and feeling the crunch of the leaves beneath your feet as the sun starts to set, without any real care or responsibility in the world.

Strangely addictive. The first twenty seconds are pure dessert, not my thing at all, but then the dusty quality puts a healthy damper on the sweetness and you’re left with a striking and inviting figgy-woody warmth. Like an old cabinet full of baking supplies, or a costume storage room behind a high school stage. Definitely autumnal and a bit powdery/stale, but in a charming way. You’re on a field trip, you open a closed door, catch a whiff of still, dry air infused with some long-forgotten bowl of potpourri, and your tour guide says “Yeah, we don’t really use this room for anything.” Plays incredibly with skin’s natural heat and goes crazy on clothes, half the fun of this is picking up whatever shirt I wore it with a few days later and immediately burying my nose in it.

I remember finding out about this perfume through a tiktok (of course) the creator associated with the movie "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind," and I HAD to get a sample. it immediately turned into my favorite fragrance that I had to get a full bottle. It's so nutty and creamy, reminiscent of being in a dusty attic filled with forgotten furniture and trinkets, bringing on a sense of nostalgia. It's almost like that old paperback book you can't stop smelling when you open the pages. It's not overly strong but does last a good while on the skin, especially the clothes. At the end I can admit it does tend to smell a bit sour (I'm sure it's the whipped cream note, milky notes don't like me sigh) but I still immensely enjoy it nonetheless. An absolute love.

First impressions: I do not get creaminess or anything dessert like so thats why i am dissapointed. I get mainly dusty and woody notes and iris. It smells old and vintage. Leans more feminine to me. Not bad, but not what i would like to wear often. For special museum train ride occasions maybe. I have gut feeling that my mind on this one can change for better. Edit. And so it did, now i can detect that creaminess, sweetness and fig note too and it makes this really comforting. Comforting in a melancholic and wistful way. Captures the supposed mood very well in my opinion. Unique and one of favorites, tough still considering a full bottle, becouse while being person prone to melancholy not sure if i want to emphasize that kind of emotional state.

Yesterday Haze reminds me of those fancy inedible looking cakes on pinterest. Single tiered, barely more than a crumb coats worth of white buttercream, topped with freshly picked chamomile, fat quartered sticky ripe figs and maybe like...twigs or something for more visual interest. I love the walnut note in this. Slightly buttery and harmonizes well with the soft woods and tonka bean. The opening has something like a burst of vanilla. So confectionary and milky and bright. It holds powdery and light on the skin for a good long while and projects well. This is nice. I could see myself growing sick of it though the longer I wear it. But that's how powdery sweet things can be for me. I'll love it while I can.

This is lovely. I dont know how Imaginary Authors managed to get this scent profile so airy or "hazy". This stuff sings off the skin and a tester strip doesnt do it justice. With Yesterday Haze, the main smell I get is a dense fruit mixed with nuts and shaving cream. Not the fougere harsh shaving cream, like a shaving cream youd find in a 5 star hotel. The woods in here aren't taking over and they provide a nice backbone. Unfortunately, my mom had some sort of fig/plum body mist from B&BW that smelled very cheap and didnt smell like this but my brain automatically made the correlation. So, I'm not sure if I could shake that and get a full bottle, although this is gorgeous perfumery objectively 8/10

It's 10pm on a warm day at the very end of summer. You had a wonderful day with your best friends, but they had to go home. You don't feel like going home yet, you hate the feeling of end. Kids are starting school tomorrow and people are slowly shifting back in to their regular lives after summer break. You're walking at the beach, not too close to the ocean but at the far end. You stare at the sun setting behind the water, everything looks orange. You feel the warmth of the sun on your skin, the hot sand under your feet, and the warm wind on your face. You appreciate the view and the nice peaceful evening, but you can't help but feel a bit wistful. The summer is ending, so is the beautiful night.

This is beautiful, especially on a cooler, even rainy summer or fall days. Initially it’s slightly woody, but then the cream comes in and sweetens, next I get fig added to the cream. It’s spicy fruity creamy goodness. There’s just enough woodiness from the tonka, tree bark, and walnut to keep it from being overly sweet. These base notes linger for around 5 hours on my skin, which is great because my skin usually drinks up all of my scents. I’ve received several compliments wearing this. I will say that this isn’t ideal for super sunny and hot days, as it makes the sweet notes too sweet and cloying. Overall, this is very beautiful and I’m so glad I have it in my collection.

Another blind-buy win! This one is a gorgeous unisex scent that leans a bit feminine. The fig note here is stunning, especially when it melts into that velvety whipped cream and earthy walnut - it’s cozy, slightly dusty, and gives the most creamy and warm vibe without going into full sugar-overload. As a girl who loves Father Figure's sweet fig, this takes fig in a totally different, ultra-snuggly direction. It's practically screaming to be worn with a chunky sweater in the autumn. The performance on my skin and clothes is fantastic, I can easily smell it all day long, the sillage is moderate. So happy I took the gamble on a full bottle of this!

Probably my favorite scent from this house. It is stunning. I am always complemented when I wear it. Last quite a while. Not a green fig scent like philosykos at all, a much deeper and darker experience. I think it is perfect for cooler days, say 65 degrees F and lower, but it might play well in the heat too, I’ll have to try it out. IA has a way with incense and smoke so if you get a chance to grab one of those scents (except City on fire) do it. I also have whispered Myths (love) , O’unknown (love), wife of wafflecone (like ), in love with everything ( not my favorite), memoirs of a trespasser (like a lot).