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Sarah Baker Perfume Sets – Treasure Boxes of Discovery!

Sarah Baker Perfumes is a house where glamour gets playfully reimagined and luxury is never just surface-deep – it’s a fragrant journey that gathers every sense and emotion for the ride. Sarah Baker herself is an artist whose creative impulses have always been fuelled by fashion and culture, her journey from gallery installations to olfactory artistry marked by a unique desire to make iconic style accessible, layer by scented layer. Collaborating closely with perfumers she admires – each creation is a true extension of her bold, camp-tinged aesthetic – Sarah’s fragrances, created by some of the world’s most daring niche perfumers, are conceptual, distinctive, and loaded with stories waiting for wearers to inhabit.

Says Sarah: ‘Perfume has a lot of connotations as being a glamorous, frivolous rich-person’s thing but it’s completely attainable – I just have to hold the bottles, and I love that ritual of putting on a perfume while getting ready for a night out.’

We think you’ll agree that her sense of joy and ritual spills into every Sarah Baker Discovery Set (each sold at attainable prices so you can try the samples before you decide which full-size bottle to buy); and you’ll find them all in The Perfume Society Shop. So shall we explore them together…?

 

 

 

Where else could you meet a collection that’s part treasure chest, part personality test? There are now several fabulous ways to dip your toes (or douse your wrists) in every facet of the Sarah Baker universe, mixing, matching, and exploring the full collection in combinations to suit your own mood and style. The Discovery Sets are a decadent perfumed passport, each one curated to showcase unique blends, punchy personalities, and inventive, decadent storylines you’ll definitely want to star in for yourself each time you spritz.

 

 

 

Starting with the Peach Trilogy Discovery Set (£27 for 3 x 2ml extrait de parfum): Peach’s Revenge is pure anticipation, creamy vanilla and caramel against velvet orris and a Renaissance mood. Pastel Rumours brings a fruity milkshake twist, ready for a Vespa ride and a swirl of gossip, while Loudo serves innocence with a wink – evoking childhood treats and clever nostalgia.

 

 

 

Craving something a little rebellious? The Unplugged Discovery Set (£27 for 3 x 2ml extrait de parfum) introduces Prism Head, capturing the scent of damp soil, cannabis, and wild mushrooms; Tartan Cask channels the Scottish Highlands with peaty whisky and a fireside snuggle; Loudo returns, sweet yet deliciously woody and forward.

For those hunting red carpet fantasies, the Red Carpet Discovery Set (£40 for 5 x 2ml extrait de parfum) parades Peach’s Revenge, with its deliciously addictive peachy passion; Altante – imagine a mermaid with shimmering beach vibes – and Gold Spot, a tribute to broadsheets in bed and butterscotch bonbons. Riders delivers horses, leather and tryst-worthy greenery, while Flame & Fortune races through a field of tuberose set ablaze, turning high-speed car chases into scent.

 

If the high life beckons, the High Life Discovery Set (£40 for 5 x 2ml extrait de parfum) lines up Peach’s Revenge, Charade (a cut-glass white flower meets leather), Jungle Jezebel (banana-bodied, bombastic, totally unique), Gold Spot and the unashamed eighties glamour of Leopard – best worn with shoulder pads and swaggering attitude.

 

Prefer off-the-road adventure? The Wilderness Discovery Set (£40 for 5 x 2ml extrait de parfum) lets you roam through Symmetry (oud in perfect balance), Altante, Greek Keys (yachting in the Med – fresh, oceanic, luxurious), Tartan Cask, and Loudo, all charm and delicious woods.

 

 

For the true connoisseur – or the endlessly curious – the Portfolio Discovery Set (£90 for 11 x 2ml extrait de parfum) is a true olfactory spectacle. Each vial nestles securely, reflecting a rainbow light like opening a jewellery box, and includes Peach’s Revenge, Symmetry, Flame & Fortune, Atlante, Charade, Jungle Jezebel, Gold Spot, Greek Keys, Leopard, Loudo, and Riders. There’s a beautifully designed leaflet that guides you through every scented story, with perfumer credits for each – making this set the perfect companion for explorative types and creative souls who love the unboxing as much as the sniffing.

 

 

 

 

Sarah Baker’s artistic and fun-filled, 80s opulence-exuding soul shines through in every Discovery Set – a luxurious, high-concept thrill for artists, dreamers, collectors, fragrance fiends, and anyone looking to add fun and sophistication to their scent wardrobe. Whether you’re searching for a specific mood, needing to match your style for a special occasion, or just want to get your nose into something gloriously offbeat and artistic, these boxed journeys are a must.

Book your scented escape by exploring all the Sarah Baker Discovery Sets in detail now – and star in the next great adventure, wherever you want it to take you, and whoever you choose to be…

 

Written by Suzy Nightingale

The art-inspired scents of D’Otto (and how to get samples!)

Art and fragrance are so closely entwined – and here at The Perfume Society, we have long held that fine fragrance creation truly is an art form. We were thrilled when the Italian niche house of D’Otto launched in 2022, with their ‘liquid art’ concept blurring these boundaries even further – each exquisite fragrance forming its inspiration directly from a major modern artwork. D’Otto explains…

 

‘Visual artists express themselves through shape and colour, free from rigid boundaries and expectations. Musical artists express themselves through chord progressions and note expressions. Perfumers transmit emotional messages by composing fragrances with olfactory notes and accords. These approaches in both art and perfumery are inextricably linked – forms of communication and powerful sources of human emotion that speak to our inner child, bringing memories to the forefront of our minds in an instant.’

 

 

Little wonder this collection is so artistically conceived and beautifully realised, being the brainchild of talented third-generation Italian perfumer, Paolo Terenzi. An ‘unconventional storyteller and musician with a professional background including a degree in law and philosophy, studies in chemistry and physics and a lifelong passion for poetry; Paolo can trace his artistic inclinations back through his family’s bloodline, to 15th Century Rimini and ‘the nobleman Gabriele Terenzi, lover of art and alchemy, who died around 1450.

We love the way each scent is described, referencing the material the artist who inspired the fragrance worked with, the colours they used and even the types of brushstroke or their signature style. This is a much more visceral way of understanding a fragrance’s character, and how it might translate to being worn on our skin, than simply listing ingredients (many of which we might not have had the opportunity to smell in isolation or be familiar with).

Thrillingly, you can try samples of D’Otto to experience the fragrant artistry for yourself, in two of The Perfume Society’s Discovery Boxes…

 

For the Launches To Love Discovery Box  – £23 / £19 for VIP members – we chose D’Otto 1+7. 

FAMILY: FOUGERE
TOP NOTES: grapefruit, bergamot, lemon, petitgrain
HEART NOTES: orange blossom, sage, lavender, thyme
BASE NOTES: sandalwood, vetiver, musk, ambergris, oud

“Opening with luminous transparency, 1+7 is at first smooth and bright. An explosive and uplifting citrus bouquet of Calabrian bergamot, Sorrento lemon and Sicilian grapefruit, represents the canvas and flecks of white paint used in Number 31 by Jackson Pollock.”

 

 

And in the Scintillating Scents Discovery Box – £33 / £29 for VIPs – you’ll receive one of either D’Otto 2+6, 3+5, 5+3, or 6+2.

Read and dream at the evocative descriptions of each fragrance – and discover the fascinating full story behind the brand – on our page dedicated to the house of D’Otto.

In the meantime, while you wait for your samples to arrive, we wonder which iconic artistic works YOU think should be translated into a fragrance. What notes would they contain and what style of perfumery would best express that artist’s work? When asking people to close their eyes and imagine a fragrance in a more abstract form, we often encourage people to think of colours, artistic materials and brushstrokes – how wonderful, then, that D’Otto uses this artistic springboard for the creation of their own scents. We can’t wait to see (and smell!) the next in their collection…

 

Written by Suzy Nightingale