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Baccarat Rouge 540

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

Jasmine and saffron with bitter almond and a spun-sugar sweetness, settling into ambergris-like woods, cedar and musk.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Baccarat Rouge 540’s scent picture, a draft: cashmeran (cashmere wood), ambroxan (ambergris), jasmine, saffron, ethyl maltol (spun sugar), almond drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Baccarat Rouge 540, top notes: Almond, Sweet orange, Pinene (pine needles)

Heartas it settles

Baccarat Rouge 540, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Baccarat Rouge 540, dry-down: Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Ambroxan (ambergris), Saffron, Ethyl maltol (spun sugar), Musk, Cedar

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus2 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet1 spices

5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

La Rouge BaroqueMaison Alhambra · shares ambergris, jasmine, saffron, almond and 2 more$26 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Baccarat Rouge 540’s $495
Amber Oud Ruby EditionAl Haramain · shares ambergris, jasmine, saffron, almond and 2 more$102.04 for 60 ml · about a quarter of Baccarat Rouge 540’s $495
CH MenCarolina Herrera · shares Cashmeran, ambergris, jasmine, saffron and 1 more$133 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Baccarat Rouge 540’s $495
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.