A quick note upfront: this covers the original 2016 release, genuinely distinct from a separate 2023 variant called Fan Your Flames X, and this is a genuinely unisex fragrance. Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP is an indulgent oriental gourmand fragrance built around coconut, rum and tobacco, and Maids Scents carries the authentic Eau de Parfum with delivery across Nigeria and beyond.
What is Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP?
Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP launched in 2016, and has genuinely earned its place as a third top seller within the house’s catalogue, alongside its two other most popular releases, Ani and Hacivat. The name draws directly on a fragment of a Rumi poem urging you to set your life on fire and seek out those who fan your flames, a fitting nod to the fragrance’s genuinely warm, Turkish hookah-lounge character.
Fragrance Profile
Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP opens with coconut and rum, a rich, boozy burst. It’s genuinely worth being honest that the coconut here divides reviewers, with more than one specifically describing it as a very creamy, milky smell right from the first spray, while a separate detailed reviewer finds it reads closer to a realistic cola accord than an actual coconut note.
As it develops, the heart brings in tobacco and tonka, warm and mildly smoky. More than one reviewer specifically describes this stage as tasting like freshly rolled cigars where the leaves have retained some of their original moisture, genuinely unique compared to other tobacco-centric fragrances they own.
The base settles into oakmoss and Chinese cedar wood, closing out a semi-sweet, mossy, woody dry-down. More than one enthusiastic reviewer specifically calls this their all-time favourite fragrance, their genuine signature scent, finding nothing else quite comes close to this exact combination of coconut, rum and tobacco.
Top Notes: Coconut, Rum
Heart Notes: Tobacco, Tonka
Base Notes: Oakmoss, Chinese Cedar Wood
Who Should Wear Fan Your Flames?
Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP suits anyone who wants a genuinely boozy, warm, tobacco-forward signature rather than a light, safe, everyday scent. It’s worth being honest that this composition is genuinely polarizing, and more than one reviewer specifically warns it isn’t a safe blind buy, so sampling first is a sensible way to confirm it suits your own taste.
Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP has also become something of a benchmark within the wider tobacco fragrance genre, with more than one detailed reviewer specifically comparing every other tobacco-style scent they own back to this one.
Performance and Longevity
Performance is genuinely strong, with more than one reviewer specifically describing longevity as very good and projection as great, calling it a perfect fit for cold weather wear.
Two to three sprays on pulse points is a sensible starting point given how consistently strong and long-lasting this fragrance is reported to be.
Best Time to Wear Fan Your Flames in Nigeria
More than one reviewer specifically calls this fragrance perfect for cold weather, which maps naturally onto Nigeria’s harmattan season, where cooler, drier air lets the tobacco, oakmoss and cedar base fully develop for warm, confident evening occasions.
Buying Fan Your Flames From Maids Scents
Every Nishane bottle we stock, including Fan Your Flames, comes from verified suppliers, so what you receive matches what you’d get through an authorised Nishane retailer.
We deliver across Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Enugu, Benin City and the rest of Nigeria, and we ship internationally for orders placed from outside the country.
You can read more about the fragrance on its Fragrantica listing.
If you’re exploring more of the Nishane collection, Nishane Favonius Extrait de Parfum is worth comparing, or browse our full range of perfumes in Nigeria.
Nishane Fan Your Flames EDP is in stock now at Maids Scents.
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