Fan Your Flames Extrait de Parfum vs Unspoken Eau de Parfum
Fan Your Flames Extrait
| Extrait | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | F |
| 2016 | Year | 2007 |
| $$ | Price Tier | $$ |
Unspoken EDP
While both Fan Your Flames and Unspoken command attention with woody and warm spicy accords, they diverge significantly in character. Fan Your Flames leans into a boozy, gourmand sweetness with coconut and rum, creating a smoky, seductive experience. Unspoken, however, is a classic chypre, focusing on a bold, earthy, and luxurious dryness. If you crave a tropical-infused, smoky sweetness, Fan Your Flames is your pick. Prefer a complex, drier, and traditionally luxurious chypre? Unspoken delivers a more mature and sophisticated experience.
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Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Fan Your Flames
- Unspoken
- in both
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Which Should You Buy?
- You prefer sweet, boozy gourmand scents.
- You want a prominent coconut note.
- You enjoy smoky fragrances.
- You want a more modern, gourmand leaning fragrance.
- You appreciate classic chypre structures.
- You prefer drier, earthier perfumes.
- You seek a more traditionally 'luxurious' scent.
- You want a fragrance with significant oakmoss.
A dark, boozy, smoky gourmand of huge strength, for cold nights, and one spray is plenty. Rum and coconut bring the sweetness, tobacco and tonka bean add depth, and cedar and oakmoss dry it down.
Opulent, powdery and uncompromising: a floral chypre for formal evenings, built with confidence. Aldehydes shimmer at the start, ylang-ylang and rose fill the heart, and oakmoss, labdanum and orris carry the base.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Base Notes
Resins
8% share of the perfume
Labdanum
7% share of the perfume
Iris
7% share of the perfume
Sandalwood
7% share of the perfume
Spicy Notes
5% share of the perfume
Amber
5% share of the perfume
Vanilla
5% share of the perfume
Oakmoss
5% share of the perfume
Patchouli
4% share of the perfume
Green Notes
3% share of the perfume
Cedar
3% share of the perfume
Vetiver
2% share of the perfume
Ginger
1% share of the perfume
Oakmoss
15%
vs
4%
Cedar
14%
vs
2%
Tobacco
20% share of the perfume
Rum
19% share of the perfume
Coconut
18% share of the perfume
Tonka Bean
13% share of the perfume
Resins
8% share of the perfume
Labdanum
7% share of the perfume
Iris
7% share of the perfume
Rose
7% share of the perfume
Ylang-Ylang
7% share of the perfume
Sandalwood
7% share of the perfume
Jasmine
7% share of the perfume
Aldehydes
6% share of the perfume
Spicy Notes
5% share of the perfume
Amber
5% share of the perfume
Vanilla
5% share of the perfume
Lavender
4% share of the perfume
Neroli
4% share of the perfume
Patchouli
4% share of the perfume
Bergamot
3% share of the perfume
Green Notes
3% share of the perfume
Vetiver
2% share of the perfume
Ginger
1% share of the perfume
Oakmoss
15%
vs
4%
Cedar
14%
vs
2%
Resins
8% share of the perfume
Labdanum
7% share of the perfume
Iris
7% share of the perfume
Sandalwood
7% share of the perfume
Spicy Notes
5% share of the perfume
Amber
5% share of the perfume
Vanilla
5% share of the perfume
Patchouli
4% share of the perfume
Green Notes
3% share of the perfume
Vetiver
2% share of the perfume
Ginger
1% share of the perfume
Note weights are our estimate from each note's place in the pyramid, not the share of the formula. Brands do not publish formulations.
Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
Rum, tobacco and tonka belong to autumn and winter. In summer heat the strength and sweetness turn overpowering.
Occasions
Deep, strong and lasting, it is made for dates and formal evenings. It is far too loud for the office, the gym or a hot day out.
Seasons
Dense oakmoss and powder suit autumn and winter, though the aldehydic sparkle also carries it through a warm summer evening. Spring is the weakest fit.
Occasions
Rich and imposing, it is made for formal evenings and dressy dinners. At the office or in casual wear it is overdressed.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Shares 2 of its 20 notes, including Oakmoss, Cedar
Adds aldehydes and amber, drops coconut and rum
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