WHAT I SMELL: Baccarat Rouge 540 opens with a striking warm and luxurious jasmine that feels soaked and saturated with saffron. It’s heady, exotic, spicy and mysterious. It’s also incredibly sexy and erotic. There’s a very slight incense and smoke that feels like an extinguished candle that moves off the skin. And the perfume itself seems to live a couple of inches off of the body. After some time, a woody base which was there all along, comes more to the forefront, with the radiant jasmine and saffron still pulsating. As the perfume continues to develop, the perfume becomes more of an ambered spice. In the end, the fragrance evens itself out and your left with a nicely spiced and lightly sweetened cedar and amber perfume that lingers with the memory of the passionate flame that burned when the perfume first hit the skin.
From the Maison Francis Kurkdjian website:
Luminous and sophisticated, Baccarat Rouge 540 lays on the skin like an amber, floral and woody breeze. A poetic alchemy. A graphic and highly condensed signature.
Notes: Jasmine, Saffron, Cedar wood, Ambergris
Marilyn Red Velvet, 1949
WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE TO ME: A sexy and erotic boudoir scent.
THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE BACCARAT ROUGE 540: lustful, erotic, sexy
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BACCARAT ROUGE 540: No reviews to be found outside comments on Fragrantica.
BOTTOM LINE: Baccarat Rouge 540 is a collaboration between Maison Francis Kurkdjian and Baccarat, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the iconic crystal house. As such, I was expecting a big, bold and proper perfume. Instead, I found the perfume to be highly sensual, and erotic…which makes this the perfect perfume to tempt your Valentine with.
- Bone Rating: 4 out of possible 5 bones
- Scent: Oriental Floral
- Nose: Francis Kurkdjian
- Classification: Unisex
- Expense: $300 for 70 ml Eau de Parfum
Sample courtesy of Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique and Apothecary
The Scented Hound 