Baccarat Rouge 540

Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2015

The scent people can identify from across a room and the most cloned fragrance of the last decade.

A radiant, faintly sweet blend of saffron and jasmine sits over a warm, mineral amberwood base built on ambergris and cedar. It barely develops from spray to drydown, which is unusual and part of why it reads as so distinctive and easy to spot on other people.

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Ranked by how much they share with Baccarat Rouge 540. The notes in common are listed under each bottle. Prices and stock come from the makers’ own shops.

L'air du desert marocain
Tauer Perfumes
- Coriander
- Cumin
- Petitgrain
- Labdanum
- +4
CHF 12– 400EDT
Shares the ambergris-cedar-jasmine base that gives Baccarat its radiant amberwood feel, but leans dry and spiced with cumin and coriander instead of sweet.
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Moth Wing
Haus of Hecate
- Stems
- Saffron
- Clove
- Thyme
- +8
$7–49EDP
Carries the saffron-cedar-amber core, but turns darker and smokier with burnt wood, suede and patchouli, and drops the jasmine entirely.
Shared notes
Pyroclasm
Beaufort London
- Rust
- Black Pepper
- Saffron
- Grapefruit
- +9
$16–173EDP
Shares saffron and ambergris over a genuinely mineral base, but skews smokier and rockier with frankincense and rust rather than floral.
Shared notes
- Ambergris
- Saffron
Rich Ghost
Poesie Perfume
$5.50–52Oil
Shares saffron and amber over a woody base, but it's an oil, and sandalwood plus marshmallow push it toward a creamier, sweeter finish.
Shared notes
- Saffron
- Amber
Fennec Fox
Nui Cobalt Designs
$4.75–19.95Oil
Shares saffron and amber, but this oil turns fruitier and sweeter with spiced peach preserves and cotton musk instead of jasmine and ambergris.
Shared notes
- Saffron
- Amber

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