Falling Into the Sea
Regular price $ 115.00The Story
At the age of nineteen Nica Galas published her first book, the autobiographical tome Falling into the Sea, which chronicled her short and torrid love affair among the hot beaches and lemon trees in the Gulf of Naples. The breathtaking story opens with Nica and her girlfriends picking bunches of jasmine flowers for boys while they cliff-jumped into the sea. An innocent first kiss erupts into an ardent summer entanglement which is cut short one moonlit night when her lover leaps into the dark abyss never to surface, leaving Nica naked on the cliffs screaming his name.
When to Wear
This scent is sunshine in a bottle. Wear on cloudy days to invoke the ardor of summer.
Perfumer
Josh Meyer
Notes
lemon, bergamot, grapefruit, lychee, tropical flowers, warm sand
Shipping & Fulfillment
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| Order type | Order total | Shipping method | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample-only & Sample Sets | N/A | USPS Ground Advantage* | $5 |
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Returns
We do not accept returns of perfumes, simply because perfumes can't be resold once they've been opened and used. We encourage you to order samples before purchasing full bottles of perfume. And here's the good news — with every sample purchased, we'll send you a coupon code that allows you to redeem the cost of the sample and sample shipping if you buy a full bottle of the fragrance you tried (in other words, you get $10 off).
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Smells like a wonderful sunny day with a lemon gelato in hand!
So feminine and dainty at the same time, light and refreshing. This scent simply makes me feel pretty.
Everything about this perfume hits home for me. The lemon, the bergamot; everything. It both brings me back to my early 2000s childhood while also ushering in an Italian beach vibe. I don't know what I would do if Imaginary Authors stops making it!
Another surprise scent. Smells spicy on initial spray but the scent deepens to a lovely fresh sea inspired scent.
The year is 1994, and I am squishing some bath oil beads that have been sitting in a dish for 2 years in my aunts bathroom. This one is so close to being something but after the initial citrus is gone, I cannot get the scent of those beads out of my head when I smell it on me - slightly plastic and generic. It is surely going somewhere interesting but the beach vibes I am getting from it are reminiscent of cheap and juvenile, not vintage comfort. Pass for me, unfortunately.