Baccarat Rouge 540 2017 Extrait de Parfum

Baccarat Rouge 540 (Extrait de Parfum) by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
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Baccarat Rouge 540 (Extrait de Parfum) is a popular perfume by Maison Francis Kurkdjian for women and men and was released in 2017. The scent is sweet-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by LVMH. Pronunciation
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Main accords

Sweet
Floral
Woody
Spicy
Gourmand

Fragrance Notes

SaffronSaffron AmbergrisAmbergris Moroccan bitter almondMoroccan bitter almond CedarwoodCedarwood Egyptian jasminum grandiflorumEgyptian jasminum grandiflorum MuskMusk

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8.61670 Ratings
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9.21592 Ratings
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8.71585 Ratings
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8.81521 Ratings
Value for money
6.51056 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 28.05.2023.
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Pollita
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Top Review 71  
The Le Male of today?
He comes to the club or the bar. He looks fashionable, self-confident, has a smile on his face and is already sure of his success. He knows what he wants. He is convinced of himself and intends to go home tonight with a female companion. Who does not know such guys? Whether in a business setting or in the bar in the evening. They show up everywhere. And with some women they are often very successful because of their self-confidence. Typical for this type of man are trendy clothes and a very sweet, distinctive and usually highly dosed scent. In my youth this was mostly Joop Homme and later Le Male. Today, I think, such a type of man would wear Baccarat Rouge 540.

With this scent you will attract attention. It is intense and immediately room filling when you enter the room. As self-confident as its wearer. Despite the jasmine, I don't find the fragrance very flowery. It is sweet, strong and bursts with self-confidence even with various masculine attributes. I find it difficult to break this fragrance down into its components. At Le Male it still works to some extent with lavender and vanilla. Here, in addition to the sweet almond and the sweet-warm, intense scent of ambergris, we have a fine woodiness, which also seems slightly smoky to me. Even if this might sound a bit "spun" for now, I can - at least in the beginning - even detect distant similarities with Creed Aventus. That's why I'm betting on some birch tar, which gives this fragrance a certain masculinity with all its sweetness.

The smell is great - no question. For me really one of the most beautiful of Maison Francis Kurkdjian. And here you can clearly recognize the signature of the LeMale creator. If it was his intention to create with Baccarat Rouge 540 a worthy successor of his classic from the nineties, which also fits perfectly into today's time, then he has absolutely succeeded.

Of course, this fragrance can also be worn by ladies, just like Le Male or Joop Homme. I don't think it's suitable for myself, but I could imagine, for example, that my mother would wear it immediately. I like it, despite all its synthetics. And well dosed I would find this fragrance, even if it is very sweet, very pleasant on a gentleman. However, I would not recommend the majority of gentlemen who wear this scent as the first choice for a marriage candidate, should a friend or relative of mine be currently looking for one :)

Many thanks to Violett for the sample. All in all I am positively surprised. I would not have expected Mr. Kurkdjian to be like this, as I found most of the fragrances in the MFK series rather unspectacular, but compare them with his earlier works.
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Top Review 35  
The 1:1 comparison
I buzzed around the scent for a long time, but never dared to test it... maybe it was the word "extrait"... boo! How dangerous *grins*

After reading the comments and statements about the Extrait here in the forum, I decided to get a sample of the Extrait and the EDP and compare it... (yeah... I like doing that)

EDP so left- and right-extrait sprayed:

In the prelude both are similar to each other to confuse... But with the Extrait I can smell significantly more saffron and with the EDP a juicy blood orange...

Already after short time the ways of the two separate... Compared to the Extrait, the EDP is of course a lot quieter and more restrained...

The EDP becomes creamy and blends perfectly with my skin. Like a soft orange veil of jasmine and saffron, wrapped in the finest ambergris... simply wonderful melting and stays all day long, even if only very close... A rather unsweet gold-orange sweetheart...
I am surprised that the EDP is so quiet compared to the Extrait! Is nevertheless an EDP!
Sillage I would give 7 of 10 points
Shelf life: one 7
Total score: a generous 8

The Extrait compared to the EDP already has a slightly louder voice... Loud but pleasant in sound!
The saffron and the bitter almond clearly set the tone here together... it reminds me a bit of roasted almonds from the fair... Not soo dolle sweet, but still a fine sweet :) A very pleasant sweetness, I think...
The jasmine is rather in the background at the beginning, but sometimes it flashes through slightly and gives the fragrance a slightly floral note... really great done... Ambergris also gets through from time to time, but not as clearly as with EDP.
Sillage: one 8
Shelf life: one 8
Total score: just past the 10 with a 9,5

Surprisingly I also found that I find the Extrait after further testing always better and would like to own it - meeein Schaaatz!

There are some who think the Extrait is "superfluous" --> as far as the price is concerned, I can more than understand that ;-) But once you have compared the two 1:1, you have to admit that the Extrait has much more to offer than the EDP! I hope not to be stoned to death with this statement ;-)

Maybe you could say that the EDP is more suitable for those who don't like it so loud and the extrait for those who like to have something more massive around them :) Phew, stones just flew past me ;-P
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Top Review 40  
Dad's not normal?
Whew... yeah... I'm having trouble putting my thoughts into words. Especially when you just want to get a cure and later on you are compared to Stephan King.
All right, I'll give it a try.

First of all, I want to state that the Baccarat Rouge 540 is an ingeniously sophisticated masterpiece, which can project as multi-faceted as no other fragrance known to me.

How may I address him actually? It neither looks female nor male, nor do I want to define it neutrally. When I look at the bottle, I can't shake the feeling that I'm dealing with the devil in a bottle. The devil is described as male in the bible, which is why I decided to do this right away. The question I ask myself is, why Baccarat Rouge? In Arabic baccarat is the cow, the red cow? I think not. I rather think that Francis Kurkdjian means or accepted this as an allusion or as a cooperation contract with the crystal manufacturer "Baccarat", in the city of the same name, in the region of Grand Est. It is famous for its crystal manufacture. Already in the middle of the 18th century, the French king had a glassworks built in this place, which later became a luxury trader of fine crystal glass goods.

Continue to the bottle...
So his aura radiates so seductively and engagingly to me. It is definitely a purple red, which under the influence of light turns into a fire red. The serious, aristocratic-looking gold on the label and cap is the perfect contrast to this noble bottle. Just pulling off the cap triggers me in a very funny way. It can be removed with a lot of feeling and shortly before the end, before the cap is off, this short jerky resistance, which is only there for a millisecond, provides this unique feeling. This is definitely not an operating error, the other flacons can also be opened in this way.

Now the scent...
The composition of these seemingly noble raw materials results in a fantastic symbol.
I applied it for the first time in the KaDeWe and was directly caught in the net of this flourishing sweet.
I also perceived a slightly pungent nuance, which I would not declare as a small flaw, only as something interesting, something attendant. Outside, however, I perceived him differently. Much more pleasant than in a closed room full of people and smells. When the wind blows on your neck and you perceive this fragrant breeze of Baccarat Rouge, you get a feeling of satisfaction that you otherwise only know from a situation, which I will not explain here (FSK18). This soft, enveloping sweetness, with the slightly powdery and really tiny touch of masculinity that I picked up, makes this fragrance so unique. Even without knowing that the bottle is red, the color red comes to my mind. Or am I biased? On some days, however, it seemed as if it wasn't there at all, which at first disappointed me slightly. On the other hand, this passed quickly again when my better half asked me in the evening why I was applying so much? Sometimes I just do not understand him. Just like you...

Finally, I would like to say that Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum, is something unique, something I have never seen before and I can warmly recommend it to everyone. The price is not exactly favourable, but I can only advise all lovers who do not know it yet to get at least a small sample. I would like to share this euphoria with you.

Thanks a lot

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Top Review 34  
Companion in all situations
Baccarat Rouge 540.

What should I write to do justice to such a fragrance?
You fit in every situation and in every day and season.
Only a few sprays are enough to dress the wearer in a noble and stylish robe.

You are interesting, attractive and also tempts to dream.

You don't just suit dreamers though. You fit to everyone , who reveres and respects you as a composition.
From the suit to the sportsman to the bad boy, you give the person that certain something.

That certain something which makes you stand out from the crowd.

You promise to last, and you keep your promise. You can be relied upon.

To me, you are one of the greatest compositions in the perfume world.

Are you a quick-change artist No.
You mustn't be. Stay as you are. Noble, stylish, attractive, sexy, grandiose and loving in your way.

This is perfect....

You were given to me as a gift. You were truly a surprise. That I will be happy about for a very long time. Thanks to this person who gave it to me.
Thank you so much.......

RESPECT
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Top Review 34  
From initial confusion to the very great love
Actually, I am a silent reader (shame on me), I have never published a review here.
But really, I HAVE to write something about this fragrance now. So a development I have personally never gone through with a fragrance.

Because of the hype and also because of the many partly disturbing reviews (hospital as a perfume? Who finds such a thing good?) I just had to know what it's actually about. So I ordered myself two fillings, the Eau de Parfum and the Extrait de Parfum. The excitement was so great, like a little kid I ran to the mailbox every day to see if they were there yet. I wanted to smell it uuunbedingt, this fragrance that everyone is talking about.

There it was at last, THE envelope. Ripped it open, tested it, and what can I say ... completely distraught! What is it? What is supposed to be so special about this fragrance? I found it almost terrible and at the same time so unimpressive, barely perceptible, but what I could perceive, I just did not like. I found it masculine, but not beautifully masculine. For me at least not wearable at all. It also felt like it evaporated within minutes. Why is this something that smells like almost nothing, which disappears within minutes anyway, so expensive? Is there something wrong with my nose? Sprayed again, same result. Tried my luck for a few days and relegated the samples to the corner. This is not for me. Incidentally, it went me with both samples so.

Then recently I have sorted out my whole fillings times (that was bitterly necessary) and sniffed at the one or other sample again. There I also found the Baccarat. "Oh, the one that smells like nothing at all" I thought and had to laugh inside. Nevertheless, I have put the Extrait de Parfum in the series of fragrances that I wanted to test again before they are finally allowed to go away, because "does not go at all".

Well, one morning not long thought and sprayed him - off to the office. Smells yes anyway no one, I thought to myself. On this day, however, it was different. Again and again he was there, this special, not to explain, beautiful, addictive scent. Really addictive! You know when you take an extra deep breath because you like the scent so much? :D I could suddenly perceive it well from morning to night, like a fine cloud around me, but a pleasant cloud, not a headache cloud. The scent that faded so quickly before was now more present than most scents I usually wear. Baccarat made me feel so wonderful that day. I was enchanted and I am every time I wear it. I feel more confident right away because it is just so special to me. It's not masculine at all, it's definitely unisex because of the sweetness. Why I didn't smell this before, I can't explain. I'm not good at analyzing top, heart and base notes, all I can say is that I gave the scent a second chance and was not disappointed. For me it is warm, sweet-spicy, beguiling, something very special.

By now my bottling is almost empty, I wore it for days and didn't pay attention to any other scent. Now I understand why so many people love him. One thing is for sure, he moves in with me. The main thing is that no one tells my husband the price.
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 3 years ago
I am totally nose blind with this perfume. I have tried on me and already tried on my wife ... and i smell nothing unless the saffron.
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Carlitos01Carlitos01 4 years ago
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BR 540 Extrait grows from an initial bitter almond to a sumptuous surrounding ambergris that sticks to the skin and merges with it. Great!
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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 7 months ago
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Original has a medicinal base, this one smells like marzipan or almond cream; and is a tad sweeter. Performance is identical though.
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FranknSenseFranknSense 4 years ago
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An fine ambergris and exquisite bitter almond embroiderie. It's calm and soothing. Recommended at night with Pachelbel's Canon in D major.
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SamuelGustavSamuelGustav 6 years ago
Hopefully a different fragrance. If not, what's the point? Oh... look at that shiny new bottle!
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