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BeauFort London · 2016
Lignum Vitae
Longevity
7–10 h60% of 10 people
Projection
Variesreports split · 83 people
Worn by
Everyonemost often worn by
gourmand
cozy
intimate
Warm pastry spice, peppery citrus, smoky amber resin
Scent Notes
Gourmand
Heart
Base
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What the community says
Scendira's summary of what people post on perfume review sites, updated 25 Oct 2026: 87 describe how long it lasts, 83 how far it projects and 20 how it smells. Most other posts only name Lignum Vitae.
How long it lasts87 people
7–10 h
for 60% of people
0 h3 h6 h9 h12+ h
60% of people get 7–10 hours. From 10 people who said how many hours. The dot is the middle answer (8.5 h).
Mostly long wear
about 3 in 5 say it lasts a long time
In words
On most people, Lignum Vitae lasts a long time: that is what about 3 in 5 people report.
How far it projects83 people
Projection varies
about half say it projects moderately
about 1 in 3 say it projects strongly
In words
No single story here: about half say it projects moderately, while about 1 in 3 say it projects strongly.
Read what people say
Reddit threads about it
Also worth knowing
Compliments
3%
3% of people say it gets them compliments (29).
Typical perfume we track: 8%.
Creators on Lignum Vitae2 videos
Summary in words
BeauFort London Lignum Vitae: what people say about it.
Worn by everyone.
60% of people get 7–10 hours of wear (10 people who said how many hours; the middle answer is 8.5 hours).
Mostly long wear (87 people): On most people, Lignum Vitae lasts a long time: that is what about 3 in 5 people report.
Projection varies (83 people): No single story here: about half say it projects moderately, while about 1 in 3 say it projects strongly.
3% of people say it gets them compliments (29).
Each person counts once per topic. Reported experiences, not verified purchases; skin, climate and batch change how a scent wears.
Community data through .
How we count
- It sums up what 120+ people have said about this perfume in community discussions and perfume reviews, up to 25 Oct 2026.
- Each person counts once per topic, however often they posted. A count or bar only appears once enough people have described that topic.
- These are reported experiences, not verified-purchase reviews or a rating. Skin, climate and batch all change how a scent wears.
- Scendira’s AI reads each review and post and tags what it says (how long it lasts, how far it projects, how it smells). We count each person once per topic; the sentences here are written from those counts.
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
BeauFort London Lignum Vitae smells like Warm pastry spice, peppery citrus, smoky amber resin. It opens with pastry, black pepper and mandarin orange, moves into salt, gaiac wood and ginger and settles on amber, moss and frankincense resin. It reads unisex.
This fragrance works across all four seasons and is an evening scent. It suits date nights. Released in 2016.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something gourmand and cozy for date nights.
- Sample first if: gourmand is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike citrus fragrances.
Around $150.
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Occasion
Date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
The Brand
BeauFort London
The BeauFort London range on Scendira runs to 15 perfumes, from about $105 to $254. For BeauFort London, the perfumes people mention most online are Fathom V, Iron Duke and Terror & Magnificence, and two of them are smoke-and-leather scents.
Inside the BeauFort London picks
Fathom V (2016) is ocean breeze with green leaves and peppery jasmine; aquatic notes, green leaves, blackcurrant and juniper lead into black moss, vetiver, Atlas cedar and salt.
Iron Duke (2017) smells like smoky leather and liquor-soaked tobacco with a gunpowder haze, with Cambodian oud and star anise up top and Bourbon whiskey, gunpowder, hay and musk below.
Smoky leather, resin incense and peppery birch tar make up Terror & Magnificence (2019), opening on birch tar, black pepper and saffron and drying to Haitian vetiver, myrrh, benzoin and labdanum.
The note pages include Fathom V in vetiver perfumes. Houses beyond this one are gathered on the brands page.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like Warm pastry spice, peppery citrus, smoky amber resin. It opens with pastry, black pepper and mandarin orange, moves into salt, gaiac wood and ginger and settles on amber, moss and frankincense resin.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It works across all four seasons. It is an evening scent. It suits date nights.
It reads unisex.
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