Baccarat Rouge 540 Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2016 Eau de Parfum

I finally tried my sample of this and, personally, I really love it.

This starts out sweet like cotton candy and remains that way for most of the wear. About two hours in, a warm spiciness comes out. Three hours in, I get the cedar note which adds a coniferous freshness to the sweetness of the fragrance. A couple of hours after this, it's still faintly sweet but the woodsier side emerges and provides a full-bodied base. This lasted for about eight hours on me before I had to stick my nose to my wrist to smell it.

The earlier reviews had me scared I'd smell like scorched hospital urine or something but it smells sweet, a little spicy and, overall, lovely. It was strange when I first sprayed it because it literally smelled like Ariana Grande's Cloud to me (which I also adore).

Overall, I really enjoyed BR540 and urge everyone to sample it before taking these reviews at face value. Apparently, ambroxan is fickle and pretty hit or miss with people due to genes.
(Sidenote: I'm going to start referring to BR540 as "the expensive Cloud dupe" even though idk which came first (and don't tell me—I don't care)).