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Sarah Baker Flame & Fortune
White flowers set alight in the desert
Flame & Fortune is the one Sarah Baker composed herself, an Extrait de Parfum from 2023 that the brand pictures as a desert highway. White flowers meet pink pepper, ginger, mezcal and embers, over labdanum and a motor-oil note. The brand calls it purity stained with smoke and desire.
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The composition
How it unfolds in notes
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On the skin
How it unfolds
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Orange blossom, apricot, pepper
The opening is sweet and bright: orange blossom and apricot, with pink pepper adding a dry spark right away. It reads as soft fruit and flower with a hint of heat, as if the match had already been struck and the rest was about to follow.
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The white flowers catch
In the heart, lily of the valley and tuberose provide the white flowers, creamy and slightly cool on their own. Ginger heats them from within, and the motor-oil note sets a dark, industrial contrast, which is where the desert-highway picture comes from.
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Labdanum, mezcal, embers
The base is labdanum, mezcal and embers: a resinous, smoky warmth with the dry edge of a strong spirit. The flowers do not vanish but stay inside the smoke. As an extrait it is dense and lingers, with a charred, amber-warm depth.
Wearing it
When, who and why
For nights and cooler weather
Flame & Fortune is made for evenings and cooler weather, when smoke and resin sit well. One or two sprays are enough; the flowers need a moment to settle before the smoke comes forward. It suits people who want a floral with a rough side.
Who it is for
Anyone who loves white florals but finds them too soft: tuberose fans, wearers of smoky or resinous scents, and people drawn to unusual notes such as mezcal and motor oil. If you want a clean, gentle floral, this will feel too dark.
Why choose Sarah Baker Flame & Fortune
Sarah Baker, an artist working in film, photography and installation, started the perfume line as an art project. Flame & Fortune is the one she composed herself instead of with a guest perfumer. The brand frames it as a character in its fantasy world: burning desire in the desert, flowers set aflame.
At a glance
- House
- Sarah Baker
- Perfumer
- Sarah Baker
- Year
- 2023
- Size
- 50 ml
Questions
Frequently asked
Who composed Flame & Fortune?
Sarah Baker herself, the founder of the brand, is credited as the perfumer. Most perfumes of the house are made with independent perfumers; this one is her own composition.
Is Flame & Fortune vegan?
No. The brand names it as one of three perfumes in its range that are not vegan, because it contains an ethically sourced ingredient of animal origin.
What gives it the desert-highway feel?
The brand pictures a desert highway. The motor-oil note in the heart and the mezcal and embers in the base carry that image, while pink pepper and ginger add heat.
How would you describe it in one line?
White flowers set alight: orange blossom, tuberose and lily of the valley with ginger and pink pepper, over labdanum, mezcal and embers.
The house
About Sarah Baker
Sarah Baker Perfumes is a small studio in East London, started by the American-born artist Sarah Baker as an art project. Every perfume is a collaboration with a different independent perfumer, credited on the bottle, and each is presented as a character in an ongoing fantasy world.
- A small studio in East London, started by the artist Sarah Baker as an art project
- Co-owned by Sarah Baker and Andy Hsu and run as a family business
- Every perfume is made with a different independent perfumer, credited on the bottle
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