Kurky Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2025
4
This house is a no for me
I was excited to smell this, since it was labelled as a gourmand. It isn’t. Nothing from this house has impressed me so far and this scent is no different.
Kirky opens with a burst of sugar and watered down raspberry. It’s almost like raspberry essence you’d buy to flavour icing, artificial and really weak. The dry down to me has a slight saltiness to it. I still get some sweetness, a little musk and a hint of faint fruits. It isn’t a bad scent as such, but it’s so faint. It actually reminds me of the homemade play-dough my Mum would make us when we were children. I’m not sure what MFK were going for here, but the sillage and longevity is also non existent. This is a very expensive skin scent. Maybe it’s worth keeping the sample until summer. I sprayed it on my inner elbow and as my skin warmed the scent did get stronger and lasted around 6 hours, so maybe the heat is needed for this one. It’s a pass for me regardless.
If you want a sweet smelling, fruity, berry musk fragrance, go for "Hypnotic Musk | M. Micallef" instead. This is a very watered down version of that.
Kirky opens with a burst of sugar and watered down raspberry. It’s almost like raspberry essence you’d buy to flavour icing, artificial and really weak. The dry down to me has a slight saltiness to it. I still get some sweetness, a little musk and a hint of faint fruits. It isn’t a bad scent as such, but it’s so faint. It actually reminds me of the homemade play-dough my Mum would make us when we were children. I’m not sure what MFK were going for here, but the sillage and longevity is also non existent. This is a very expensive skin scent. Maybe it’s worth keeping the sample until summer. I sprayed it on my inner elbow and as my skin warmed the scent did get stronger and lasted around 6 hours, so maybe the heat is needed for this one. It’s a pass for me regardless.
If you want a sweet smelling, fruity, berry musk fragrance, go for "Hypnotic Musk | M. Micallef" instead. This is a very watered down version of that.