God of Fire

In everyday terms

Juicy mango and ginger over jasmine and coumarin with oud and amber.

Mango

Ripe, juicy mango, like peak mango season

Red Berries

Sweet-tart red berries, like strawberry Fanta

Lemon

Bright, fresh lemon, like a squeezed lemon

Ginger

Zesty, warm ginger, like the ginger in zobo or kunu

Coumarin

Sweet, hay-like and almond-vanilla

Jasmine

The sweet white “lady of the night” flowers on compound fences

Woody Notes

Dry, warm wood

Cypriol

Earthy, smoky root, like dry wood smoke

Musk

Clean skin, like fresh laundry

Amber

Warm, sweet and resinous, like soft incense glowing in a room

Agarwood

Deep, smoky oud, like the turare and bakhoor burned in Hausa homes during Sallah

How it wears

In Nigerian heat, most perfumes project more but fade faster. Spray some on your clothes to make it last longer.