The New Rouge

Never did I ever think I'd smell a nice 'cotton candy' style fragrance but here we are. Walked around the store with it and ended up grabbing a mini for the rest of winter/the cold midwestern spring. Smells downright cozy. Sweet, woody, a little vague and synthetic for sure, but not in a cleaning products way, more in a "expensive, loud music bumping store at the mall" type of way. As far as the sweetness goes, I grew up with those Walgreens clones of Angel that could knock your @ss out cold, and this *is* reminiscent of those, but in a buttoned up, downright inoffensive way. 'Angel' and 'inoffensive' shouldn't compute to my nose, personally and historically, but this somehow does. Yeah, cotton candy can be tolerable, maybe even enjoyable for someone in their 30s. Who knew? Obligatory "never have I ever smelled BR540" stamp, but this still smells remarkably nice and lasts long, for the price.

I recommend for men! (The mist) Its smells like the EDP of BR 540 without all the girly florals in the opening. It’s goes right into the woody dry down smell and focuses more on being more sweet and woody than floral. Reminds me of armaf untold more than BR 540 but still not quite. For the price...there is no reason to sit here and knit-pick something i payed less than $15 for. Its does more than get the job done. Don’t wear it if you don’t like attention and you have no game lol People will notice you! Spray on clothes if you want it to stick around all day. It also layers notice with others. Its pretty much a steal for the price, and in air it does smell just like BR 540 dried down. Get the mist, no need for the perfume

Not exactly BCR, but close enough for anyone looking for an affordable dupe. I compared to a sample of the original, while this has that tiny bit of powder in it, it's still great. It dries down with a bit less sweetness on my skin. I smell if for hours and am very happy with the FB I blind bought. This is similar to Phur Amber Haze (which I also own and like), but New Rouge has less of the bandaid smell to me (although Phlur is still good, the bandaid is only there there deep down). I would say either are good if you don't have 300 bucks to spend on a FB of BCR. (I do not have 300 bucks for this, and only have the sample).

Yup, Baccarat 540 all the way. I went to Target and they happened to have a tester for this . I didn’t have any idea that Finer’y has a BR540 clone but when I saw that the notes included saffron - I was intrigued and the first spray (all the way home) made me think of Baccarat Rouge 540 in a really pleasing and inoffensive way. To be honest, I also own Ariana Grande’s Cloud perfume and it can be really cloying. Finer’y ’s fragrance is smooth and has amazing longevity - with the DNA not changing as hours passed by. I didn’t buy a bottle. I have a full Baccarat 540 at home but if I didn’t , I will purchase this VS Cloud.

For anyone wondering, the notes are: Golden Saffron, Amber Resin, and Sandalwood. I've never smelled Baccarat, but I can see where the Cloud comparison comes from. This is sort of like a dark Cloud with a resinous spice. In fact, the Cloud aspects are more in the background. Imagine being seated in front of a fire in a lodge late at night, a warm spiced sweet drink in hand. I really like this. I also like Cloud, and they're different enough to suit different feelings and occasions. Cloud is frothy and creamy. The New Rouge is dark and smoked. Both are sweet.

I love this fragrance. Love it. I put it on to go to bed even. But, the sillage is disappointingly not there. I decided to buy the fragrance wardrobe from Maison Francaise Kurkdjian to see if the authentic BR540 endured better. It didn’t and the sillage is also poor! I think musks aren’t ever good for projecting. The finery is really alike the kurkdjian - but MFK BR540 dries down sweeter- like cotton candy. The finery is slightly muskier- more unisex, which i prefer.

A good BR540 dupe *without* the bandaid/medicinal smell! Probably because Fine'ry isn't using as much saffron, but regardless I love this one. It's an easy 'dumb reach' when I want to smell nice and expensive without having to think hard. Not fruity, not floral, not gourmand, not fresh, not woody... just sweet and rich. The notes are listed on their site as: -golden saffron -amber resin -sandalwood I think that's spot on, and really lovely. Glad I impulse-bought it!

i couldn't stop thinking about this scent after i sprayed it on my hand at target and i had to go back and buy it. i've yet to smell br540, so i can't attest to it's similarity; however, this scent to me smells very clean and fresh and sweet. i smell the similarities it has with cloud, but to me it has a less feminine, more mature, and a more well rounded and complex note combination. extremely good for the price and great for saffron lovers.

I know that this is supposed to be a dupe for baccarat rouge, I’ve unfortunately never had the chance to sample that perfume. However, what I will say is that this perfume smells amazing!! It’s funny because I can’t quite put my finger on a specific note, I would say it’s a very unisex, enticing, sexy scent. Good for a night out.

This is good. In have a few BCR dupes but there is something about this one that stands out to me more than the others. I am fighting myself to not buy this but I loved the longevity on this one and the fact that I could smell it the whole time was very nice. Ugh! I may have to get this eventually! :(

It’s so effing good. It’s addicting and I get many compliments on it. I recently discovered that Dossier Ambery Saffron is also a delicious take on BR540 so I’ve been layering the two with success. 10/10 yum.

This is a really good dupe for BR540. Somewhere in the middle it smells very different but once dries down it’s a great scent. I’d definitely recommend.

I fucking love this scent and it's what I wear everyday next to burberry her . it doesn't last a long time so I do have to reapply as the day goes by but I love it so much I don't even care. I have never smelled BR540 so I can't give my opinion on that fragrance but I can with this one to my noise it is clean but not fresh, it has a slight sweet quality and that mixed with that wonderful saffron and woods is pure heaven. I don't get any amber though, this perfume has no warmth to it at all. that being said I have smelled cloud and that one is much sweeter in my opinion I do think burberry her is similar but different enough that they still aren't quite the same also the new rouge is unisex I can see anyone wearing this unlike would cloud and burberry her and with the price you really can't pass it up

This is another BR540 "scent for less" that can be found pretty easily at Target. Target may also have some test sprayers that you can use to test this out for yourself. I enjoy this scent profile so much! As a result, I've tried a lot of different perfumes in this genre, and I think The New Rouge does a good job with the scent, but I wish the longevity were longer and the sillage were stronger. I got this in a discovery set, and I don't plan to repurchase a full bottle since I already own a few other options with this scent profile. I think you want to try out the BR540 DNA without spending a ton a money, this is a good option!

I want to start by saying I actually dislike most ambergris/Ambroxan style fragrances but I like this. I didn’t like the original BR540 and I couldn’t handle Ariana Grande’s Cloud. But this is somehow composed differently with something more metallic in the drydown. I don’t know why, but I don’t mind smelling like sweet industrial metal work. It is like the texture of a fine grain sand paper to my nose. Not too strong for me. I didn’t go anosmic on this one and it mixed well with my chemistry.

I do like this fragrance, so please view what I'm about to say through that lens. This smells like freshly-cooked fast food french fries. I think it's the saffron. I think that's just what saffron smells like on me, because I've had the same experience with other fragrances that are saffron forward. French fries straight out of the deep fryer. I see that other people in the comments are picking up sweet notes, but I don't get any of that. Just french fries.

Light, sugary, slightly spicy cotton candy. Very easy to go anosmic on this one, there were a few months where I couldn't smell it at all. My first impression of it is very different from how I currently smell it and I'm not sure if that's because it had time to mature or what, but it smelled pretty masculine and almost shampoo like when I first got it 7ish months ago. It was also a lot stronger at first, but I like what it's become.

This is like every dupe of MFK’s Baccarat in that it has a kind of dusty opening that Baccarat doesn’t. It’s not nearly as loud as other dupes and sits closer to the skin. It’s nice and sweet and stays on clothing really well. For $15 this is an easy and affordable option that performs more like a skin scent. I prefer it to Cloud or Dossier’s Ambery Saffron because of the price and performance.

A grown up, unisex Cloud. Like if Vanilla Woods had a baby with By The Fireplace, emotionally neglected it for its entire life and then sent that baby to a prestigious Vermont liberal arts college where it studies Latin and drinks neat whiskey and engages in ambiguous bisexuality. I have never smelled Baccarat. 8/10. Date night scent.

This is a BR540 dupe, so if you like that scent and similar ones to it, then this will be a good inexpensive alternative for those who aren't BR540 purists.