Yesterday Haze

"Yesterday Haze," the subtly sinister follow-up to Lenora Blumberg's acclaimed debut "Violet Disguise," tells the story of a farmer's wife who, after having a decades-long affair with a crop duster pilot, decides to confess it to her husband. (who also happens to be her lover's boss). "His memory is a rifle in my mouth," Blumberg wrote, "and the smell of figs its trigger." Set in California's quiet, dusty San Joaquin Valley, the elaborate story unfolds like a dream, delicately shifting perceptions like the colors of a dim twilight.

Grades

Fig
Iris
Cream
Tonka
Tree bark
Walnut bitters
garden dust

Perfumer