MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN BACCARAT ROUGE 540 EDP {REVIEW}

               Over this past week both my hubby and I have been wearing          the unisex bespoke fragrance

MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJAN 

BACCARAT ROUGE 540 

EDP

     

                  Maison Francis Kurkdjian was established in France in 2009                           Francis Kurkdjian, a renowned perfumer and at the young age           

    of 24 perfumer Francis Kurkdjian created the hugely popular

 Jean Paul Gaultier Le Mâle 

(which is one of my fave Male fragrances)

 and in 2015 Baccarat Rouge 540 was created.

Created for the French Crystals Company's 250th anniversary, 

Francis Kurkdijan's Baccarat Rouge 540 is a seductive unisex fragrance 

inspired by rare Beckert crystals. 

This complex fragrance combines flirty jasmine and rose with 

warm saffron and sultry cedar for a distinctive fragrance

and is made up of the below:

AmbroxanTM

AmbroxanTM emulates its various amber, dry woody and 

mineral facets. 

It is a kind of super-potent woody note

Hedione

When Hedione is isolated, it evokes the floral and very fresh delicacy 

of jasmine, with a slight lemony facet. 

In its natural state, it comes into the composition of the scent of 

tea and jasmine, even if it is quite different, more airy, more luminous. 

In addition to this transparency and lightness, it binds other ingredients 

and adds freshness.

Cedar from Virginia

This is the typical smell that comes out when you sharpen a pencil: 

woody, dry, slightly spicy and creamy. 

Safran

The most expensive spice in the world, nicknamed "red gold"  

natural saffron is not used in perfumery because it contains safrol, 

a highly allergenic compound. 

But its effect is reproduced with one of its derivatives, saffronal. 

Its very powerful perfume is bitter and slightly metallic with a leathery, 

tarred facet. 

Due to the high price of this fragrance I was expecting something rather 

unique and wonderful and whilst it is unique,

 in my opinion its not wonderful.

As always I must remind you that fragrance is such a 

personal choice and after reading many rave reviews I found it very

difficult to find any elements of this fragrance enjoyable.

Baccarat Rouge 540 is one of those Love/Hate type of scents and

sadly the latter was applicable to both my hubby and I.

This is not a frgarance that I would advise anyone to "Blind Buy".

I found it to be sweet, heady, too woody and too masculine for my liking.

The longevity of the fragrance was very good, which is a fantastic quality

in a fragrance, but only if you love it!

My hubby on the other hand described it 

"as a rather insignificant fragrance"

and whilst he didn't hate it, it certainly didn't develop into anything

memorable on him.

After disclosing the price of the fragrance he was somewhat shocked

and comically said "for that price I want it to smell expensive

 like Baccarat Crystal and not smell like a cheap Baccarat Crystal copy.

MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN 

BACCARAT ROUGE 540 

EDP 

70ML

R

4305

$

264

£

215