Sarah Baker Perfumes

Flame & Fortune

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Flame & Fortune, signed Sarah Baker Perfumes, is a dazzlingly fresh floral fragrance. It opens on orange blossom, pepper and apricot, reveals ginger, lily of the valley, tuberose and motor oil at its heart and rests on a base of labdanum, rum and wood smoke.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

  1. Opening First minutes

    Orange blossom · Pepper · Apricot

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Ginger · Lily of the valley · Tuberose · Motor oil

  3. Base Several hours

    Labdanum · Rum · Wood smoke

What its composition says

  • 10 materials declared, against 7.6 on average in the catalogue: the formula is fuller than usual.
  • 4 materials in the heart, against 3 on top and 3 in the base: the heart carries the composition.
  • Motor oil: no other perfume page lists it — of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue, Flame & Fortune is the only one to use this material.
  • Floral, spicy, amber, fruity and woody: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 10.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

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