Nishane Fan Your Flames X vs Xerjoff Naxos

Both fragrances have tobacco and vanilla, which is why they're often mentioned together. On skin they separate quickly: Fan Your Flames X opens with coconut, rum and pistachio, Naxos with lavender and citrus, with honey waiting beneath.

Property	Fan Your Flames X	Naxos
House	Nishane	Xerjoff
Concentration	Extrait	EDP
Top notes	coconut, rum, pistachio	lavender, bergamot, lemon
Heart notes	tobacco, tonka, thyme, carrot	honey, cinnamon, cashmeran, jasmine sambac
Base notes	moss, patchouli, cedar	tobacco leaf, vanilla, tonka
Longevity (community rating)	8–14 hours	10–14 hours
Sillage (community rating)	Moderate to strong	Very strong
Full bottle	€345 / 100 ml	€240 / 100 ml
Price per millilitre	€3.45	€2.40
Decant 5 ml	€20	€24
Decant 10 ml	€36	€40

Fan Your Flames X has coconut, rum and pistachio up top, tobacco, tonka and thyme in the heart, moss, patchouli and cedar in the base. The coconut gives it a creamy, almost tropical character, which the tobacco then pulls into warmth. Naxos takes the classic route: honey, cinnamon and jasmine sambac in the heart, tobacco leaf and vanilla in the base. Where Fan Your Flames X is creamy, Naxos is dense and waxy. Naxos is the better deal on price: €240 for 100 ml (€2.40/ml) against €345 (€3.45/ml). With decants the difference is reversed — 5 ml of Fan Your Flames X costs €20, Naxos €24.

Which is more unusual?

Fan Your Flames X. Coconut with rum and pistachio is a rare combination in men's fragrances. Naxos is a more classic honey-tobacco fragrance.

Which is better for summer?

Neither is a summer fragrance, but with its coconut Fan Your Flames X works better in warmer weather than Naxos, which gets heavy in the heat.

Are both unisex?

In our database Fan Your Flames X is listed as unisex and Naxos as masculine. With coconut and tonka, Fan Your Flames X is in fact more neutral.

Which has more tobacco?

Naxos, where tobacco leaf is in the base and tobacco is among the leading accords. In Fan Your Flames X the tobacco is in the heart and shares space with coconut and rum.

Do they overlap enough that one will do?

Partly — both are warm and sweet with tobacco. If the category interests you and you can't have both, Naxos is the safer choice and Fan Your Flames X the more interesting one.