Rouge Smoking Extrait

Closing out my BDK journey today is Rouge Smoking Extrait. I previously reviewed Rouge Smoking, and while I feel it was a great fragrance it was a bit too feminine for me. Looking at the notes of this one, I'm hoping it turns out a little more masculine, or at least unisex. Did I save the best for last? Let's get into it and find out; Scent: The opening is sweet, fruity, and nutty. The primary notes I get are cherry, almond, peru balsam, and milk. The strongest of the notes are the cherry and almond. The cherry leaps off the skin in the opening with a sweet and fruity accord similar to the aroma of maraschino cherries but not as heavily syruped like it was in Rouge Smoking. Behind the cherry is the almond note; sweet, nutty, and just a touch of bitterness. Up next is the peru balsam and milk. The peru balsam, true to it's moniker of "poor man's vanilla", gives the opening a sweet and warm vanilla accord with distinct spicy undertones. Lastly, the milk gives the entire opening a lactonic creaminess. It's not so much an accord on it's own as it is a modifier for all the other notes. All of these notes put together form a deliciously gourmand opening reminiscent of Lost Cherry, but richer and more decadent. The dry down is sweet, fruity, and warm. The primary notes I get are cherry, peru balsam, tonka bean, and rum. The strongest of the notes are the cherry and peru balsam. The cherry is still a focus in the dry down with the same sweet and fruity accord, but it's a little darker and more like a fresh cherry as opposed to the maraschino cherry vibe from the opening. The peru balsam has grown in strength in the dry down for a richer vanillic sweetness and more intense warmth and spiciness. The vanilla absolute in the base might be contributing to the sweetness as well. This is followed by the tonka bean and rum. The tonka bean, in typical fashion, confers a sweet, warm, and spicy accord; similar to the peru balsam but distinguishable by the underlying powdery qualities. Lastly, the rum gives the base of the dry down a sweet and boozy accord with spicy and fruity undertones. Throughout the fragrance, the overarching theme remains sweet, warm, spicy, and fruity with all of the accords maintaining a good balance. Strangely enough, I never got any oud. Performance: Initial projection within the first hour is very strong and can fill a room. Sillage matches that intensity with a dense and heavy scent trail. After about 4 hours the projection was still around 6 feet and the scent trail was still easily noticeable. At the 7 hour mark the projection was about 3-4 feet and the scent trail was a bit lighter but still noticeable. When I check again around the 10 hour mark the projection was around arms length and the scent trail was getting light but still faintly noticeable. The fragrance became a skin scent shortly thereafter, about the 11 hour mark. When to wear: Rouge Smoking Extrait is a fall/winter fragrance best suited for evening wear. This is not a fragrance I would wear casually, instead I would save it for special occasions. This type of fragrance, with it's focus on cozy warmth, is perfect for things like date nights or anniversaries. This is not a fragrance I would wear to the office. Blind buy: If you like cherry fragrances like Lost Cherry, or you like sweet vanilla fragrances, or the idea of both together tickles your fancy, this is a safe blind buy for you. Final verdict: My hope was that Rouge Smoking Extrait was at least more unisex than Rouge Smoking, and that hope was graciously realized. Thankfully, the omition of the heliotrope and the added almond, peru balsam, and rum notes helps to offset the cherry and make it something I feel more comfortable wearing as a man. The cherry note itself wasn't as candied and syrupy, so that helped as well. When it comes to performance, Rouge Smoking Extrait edged out Rouge Smoking by a small but noticeable margin. Both fragrances will give you strong performance in the first few hours and last at least 9-10 hours before fading away, but the extrait is a bit stronger in the opening and lasts an hour or two longer. In terms of versatility, the EDP might take a slight win against the extrait. Whereas I can see the EDP being worn during the day and for formal occasions, the extrait is only something I would wear during the evening and not formally. On the topic of mass-appeal, the EDP and extrait are essentially the same. With both having such a large focus on vanillic notes almost everyone is going to find them enjoyable. In conclusion, I do think Rouge Smoking Extrait is objectively the better fragrance for men. It's more unisex and it's a little bit stronger. Having tried several different cherry focused fragrances now, I can safely say Rouge Smoking Extrait is one of the best and my personal favorite. If you like Lost Cherry, but want something better that doesn't have garbage performance like Lost Cherry does, this (or the EDP) is what you want. I will be getting a bottle of this when I can. Scent: 10/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 9/10

This is how you make a breathtaking cherry perfume that stands out on a market oversaturated with cherry releases! Pair cherry with vanilla, tonka beans, balsams, amber, resins, rum and patchouli and create a cherry bomb! That’s the cherry fragrance I want to spent my money on. After owning the original Rouge Smoking for a few years, I was ready to get an upgraded version because I loved the scent but it always lacked in performance! At least for me, Rouge Smoking Extrair fixes that problem and took the scent in a heavier, denser, richer direction that I totally adore. I have heard that some people still like better the original but I am in the other camp. Each to their own! I have only got a sample to test it after listening to some unfavourable reviews online, saying that BDK kinda ruined the original DNA with the extrait release, but I want a full bottle of Rouge Smoking Extrait 100%. Not right now, because I’m mentally ready for spring and summer but for next fall! This is your cold weather cherry perfume without any doubt! It’s so rich and complex and still smells like cherry. Will definitely recommend the Extrait version to cherry perfumes lovers to get their noses on this. It’s a bit pricier, not going to lie, but the juice it’s insanely good!

''BDK Parfums Rouge Smoking Extrait'' Cherry Excellent Kiraz notası sadece ve sadece Tom Ford a ait hissediyordum. Tom ford markasından harici farklı bir markadan görmek bu notayı beni çok heyecanlandırdı. İlk keşif etmiş olduğum extrait' olmayan olduğu için düz hakkında yorumlarımı size iletmiştim. Bu sefer '' extrait '' olanı deniyorum esansiyel olarak... Yavaş ve hızlı çekimler yapan fotoğrafçılar vardır. Özel kayıt altına alırlar. Bu ilk görüntü sütlü vanilya kokusudur. Süt ve vanilyayı sıcak bir şekilde karıştıralım.Süt ve kremşanti ile yumurtanın beyaz kısmı kullanılıyor. Mükemmel derecede az şekerli bir şekilde karıştırılıyor. Bu tatlının tatlılığını azaltacak bir materyal lazım. O da kesinlikle ve kesinlikle vişnedir. Ahududu veya başka bir meyve olsaydı bu kadar güzel olmazdı. Vişne, tozlu notalar, süt, vanilya. Bu materyallerden bir kadın çizelim. Kadınsı nüansları daha ön planda bir parfüm fakat kendimi oldukça sexy hissettiriyor. Olgun bir adam gibi hissettiriyor ve biraz da çapkın.. Sonuca gelecek olursak Vişnenin vanilya ile tatlılaştırılıp ud ve rom ile alkolik bir vişne tablosu. Pudramsılık ve romun bitişi oldukça muazzam. Oud burada kalıcılık olsun diye bir kaç milim kullanılmıştır. 10/8.1

LOVE! HOT, SEXY!!! Usually, I hate gourmand parfumes, and I wouldn't call this one gourmand. I don't smell any chewing gum and cinnamon in this, thank God! It is dark but soft, extremely feminine, yet has a punch. I had the original version, and I would say extrait is a different perfume. Really, it doesn't even remind me to rouge smoking. I am pleasantly surprised that the extract is less smoky (so happy, because my boyfriend can't stand smoke in the original); in fact, there is no smoke in this one; instead, there is creamy, smooth woodiness and sexy ambery cherry. It is bold, it is loud, but irresistible!!! I also hate lactonic notes, which are making me nauseous, but here that note just adds to the smoothness. Oh, what a gem! Be careful, silage is enormous, just like longevity. I dislike offending other people with very loud perfumes, so I use it during the cold winter, just a little, and in the evening, of course. If this is the red lipstick in perfumes, it would be one of the boldest shades of red.

I really like this. But it is very, very different when compared to the EDP. This is much darker, bolder, more mature. The EDP is much sweeter. This smells like a boozy cherry with a woody base for the first hour or so. The cherry eventually falls behind and the perfume is then centered arround oud, patchouli and booze. The milk might be what's giving this perfume a creamy aspect which is much needed. For the first hour, you can smell that it's a Rouge Smoking flanker, there's an accord that's very similar in both, but as time passes, they get pretty different. Performance is way better than the EDP, this is strong and long lasting. It's borderline beast mode on my skin, it lasts an eternity and is extremely noticeable. Overall, very good release. But I'd have prefered this to be a standalone fragrance. I really wish they made Rouge Smoking but stronger and longer lasting. Where the EDP was unisex leaning feminine, this one leans more masculine.