Imaginary Authors has teamed up with the world renown animation studio, Laika, to bottle "the tension, the excitement, and the magic" of the stop-motion film, Wildwood, based on the best-selling fantasy book series by Meloy and Carson Ellis. Impassable Wilderness is a fragrance steeped in the rich cinematic world of the movie's dark and impenetrable forest...

From Imaginary Authors:

The Story
Just beyond the city of Portland in the Pacific Northwest, there’s a place where people just don’t go. The forest is too deep. The hills are too steep. Overgrown and impassable, these woods have remained hidden for generations from the world outside. Prue McKeel, however, desperately needs to get inside. Her baby brother Mac has been snatched up by a murder of beady-eyed crows and carried away into the darkest depths of the forest, and she has to save him.

But what started out as a rescue mission becomes something much more.

This is the story of a girl who learns how far she must go to hold on to the ones she loves, and of a woman who never learned to let go. It is a tale of love, loss, sacrifice and secrets, and of the magic you can find on your doorstep, if you are willing to look for it.

Memories This Fragrance May Conjure
An enchanted forest wonderland of your youth, larger-than-life adolescent misadventures, the pay-off you felt when leaving your comfort zone for the first time.

Memories This Fragrance May Create
A long dreamed of trip to Portland, Oregon to experience the magic of Forest Park firsthand, the courage to go where no person was meant to go, the day you discovered the magic within yourself and became the hero of your own story.

About This Collab
Portland is a small town and we’re fortunate to have such a tight-knit creative community. Imaginary Authors has ties to many talented members of the LAIKA team, including the Production Designer of WILDWOOD, Nelson Lowry, who happens to be a big fan of niche fragrances from around the world and helped develop this fragrance with us. Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis who wrote and illustrated the original WILDWOOD books are also close personal friends (Ashod used to house sit for them at the house that inspired the trilogy!) We are honored to be a part of this ambitious project and this magical community. See WILDWOOD in theatres starting October 23. And for an especially immersive and truly wild cinematic experience, be sure to wear Impassable WIlderness when you do!

Notes
grand fir, scotch pine, resurrection fern, red cedar, oakmoss, petrichor, the ancient grove

Perfumer
Josh Meyer, in collaboration with the Wildwood team.