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
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