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Kurkdjian's hypocrisy manifest
I want to like Francis Kurkdjian's new releases. I really do. I defended him when Dior released Sauvage Eau Forte. It's really not a bad scent; the decision to make it white and milky was just a bad marketing move because men are children and compare anything white and milky to the icky stuff that comes out of our peepees (J'adore Parfum d'Eau was exactly the same color/texture juice and women didn't bat an eye). Dior Homme Parfum (2024) likewise: great scent, it was just unfortunate that it replaced a beloved scent in Dior Homme Parfum (2014) and was inexplicably named the same despite sharing no similarities.
But two of his releases this year are just simply terrible. Bois Talisman being one and Kurky the other. Kurky just doesn't smell good with zero performance, but Bois Talisman's problem isn't the smell or performance, it is the lack of originality.
Bois Talisman is just By the Fireplace in a Dior Prive bottle. Of course, it isn't exactly 1-to-1 but it is very very close, and clearly heavily inspired/based on that scent. The scent in the air is marginally sweeter and up close, the charred woods smell a bit more natural, but that's not the point. This is a private line $3 per mL fragrance essentially duping a $0.80 per mL (on discounters) department store fragrance that can be found at Sephora, and not really improving on it in any meaningful way. Actually, I think I slightly prefer By the Fireplace.
And what's worse, Kurkdjian has recently given an interview in which he's basically calling dupes thievery. And I don't disagree with him. Maybe he should be taking the log out of his own eye before calling out the specks of sawdust in others'.
But two of his releases this year are just simply terrible. Bois Talisman being one and Kurky the other. Kurky just doesn't smell good with zero performance, but Bois Talisman's problem isn't the smell or performance, it is the lack of originality.
Bois Talisman is just By the Fireplace in a Dior Prive bottle. Of course, it isn't exactly 1-to-1 but it is very very close, and clearly heavily inspired/based on that scent. The scent in the air is marginally sweeter and up close, the charred woods smell a bit more natural, but that's not the point. This is a private line $3 per mL fragrance essentially duping a $0.80 per mL (on discounters) department store fragrance that can be found at Sephora, and not really improving on it in any meaningful way. Actually, I think I slightly prefer By the Fireplace.
And what's worse, Kurkdjian has recently given an interview in which he's basically calling dupes thievery. And I don't disagree with him. Maybe he should be taking the log out of his own eye before calling out the specks of sawdust in others'.
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