I am so excited about this I couldn't wait to come in here and post. Y'all know I'm a HUGE fan of Imaginary Authors. I joined their loyalty program when it was created in 2024 and I've been buying their fragrances exclusively on the website to get into higher and higher levels. Each level has better and better perks. At level 3 you get access to their Rare Books Room which has some of their discontinued and sold out fragrances available. At level 4, they offer an exclusive fragrance available only to people who have reached that level. Level 5 - the highest, which I have not yet reached - gives insider access to fragrances in development and a $200 loyalty reward on your birthday. They have teased the Level 4 exclusive fragrance for about a year now, showing the name, Hall of Hallucination, but also showing it as unavailable. It finally released last week, and I used some of my tax return to jump on it. I've been waiting like a kid on Christmas for it to show up in my mailbox, and it arrived today, two days early! It's now the most expensive fragrance that I've paid full price for in my collection. Doing the initial out of box test spray, I am overjoyed. It's beautiful. Funky, kind of weird, and lives up to the name. It just popped up on Fragrantica, and I got to be the first one to click "I Have." I'm so happy right now I could burst. I'll do a full review in a couple of weeks when I've had some time to wear it for a bit and get to know it better, but so far I'm absolutely chuffed. :D The samples that came with it were for Bull's Blood and Slow Explosions. It also came with a free tote bag.

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Dirty Melon is a really fun summer-style fragrance, but it is not just a basic sweet melon scent. The melon is there right away, but it has lime, red fruits, coconut, watery marine notes, and some green edges that keep it from smelling like cheap candy or body spray. To me, this comes across as a tropical, aquatic melon scent with a slightly dirtier, more natural backbone underneath. The name makes sense because it is fresh and fruity, but not completely clean or generic. The patchouli, moss, cedar, musk, and blue cypress give it some earthiness and texture, so it does not feel like just a poolside fruity freshie. I think this is more interesting than a normal melon fragrance because it has that green/floral/aquatic side with jasmine, violet leaf, and lily, then dries down softer and woodier. It still feels playful and casual, but there is enough structure to make it feel niche. For Arizona, I would wear this more in Summer / Spring weather, especially daytime, casual weekends, vacations, pool weather, or anytime you want something different from the usual citrus freshie. It is one of those scents that could be very easy to wear in the heat, as long as the floral and patchouli side does not get too heavy on your skin. Dirty Melon is a good one for someone who wants a melon fragrance that feels more grown-up and creative, rather than smelling like straight melon candy. It is fresh, fun, tropical, and a little weird in a good way. The fragrance features Australian Blue Cypress, Jasmine Sambac, Aquatic notes, Marine notes, Violet Leaf, Red Fruits, Patchouli, Coconut, Melon, Cedar, Amber, Musk, Lily, Lime, and Moss. DeskLab Parfums feels like an up-and-coming Puerto Rican indie house that is not trying to smell like everything else. They seem to take tropical fruit notes and give them a darker, dirtier, more niche backbone instead of making them smell like basic sweet summer scents. It feels creative, small-batch, and artistic, with a Caribbean identity but enough woods, florals, resins, and earthy notes to make the fragrances feel more grown up. I own all 6 of thier fragrances.