Baroque Rouge 540

I can't tell the difference between this and MFK BR540 (smell wise). I have tested this against the OG on my skin, and they smell exactly the same. I thought I was crazy, so I asked friends and family to tell me if they can tell the difference. They can't! Nobody I know can. I already have BR540 (which now I regret) so I don't have use for a dupe; but I've been buying Alhambra Baroque as gifts for others I know that love the OG MFK, and everyone looooves this! I even get calls from other friends, who heard from another friend, and they ask me things like "hey, I heard you know a good cheapie BR540? Can you get one for me?" This is an absolute hidden gem in Fragcom. There are very few reviews on it on YouTube, and I just recently saw it pop up on Fragrantica. But I've been buying this stuff for a couple of years now. I can say with certainty, you can stop looking everywhere for another BR540 dupe; this is THE one to get. Ok, so it does sound too good to be true, so is there a catch? Well, I'd say Baroque is not as heavy in projection and sillage as the OG, but don't get me wrong, it is a strong projector! However, this one is 15-20 bucks for 100ml where as the MFK is 400+ (and still going up) so you can afford to overspray this one if you choose. Having said that, I have retired my journey with BR540 altogether. I gave away my bottle to my significant other and honestly I can't stand the stuff anymore. There was a time that BR540 was one of my favorites of all time, but I used it way too much, to the point that now I find it repulsive. Never thought that that would be a reason why I would stop using a fragrance, but that's all part of the experience I suppose.

First off, not sure if the notes are accurate here. In my own search I found multiple pyramids for this. BUT one did mention ambergris, oakmoss, cederwood & leather. So with those in mind along with saffron ....this is the type of notes I'm getting with this scent. It's giving a very airy crystalized sugar effect. To me it's not a dupe of BR540 straight but rather it's a simplified aspect of 540. I received this about 6 months ago and have let it sit for almost that long so my bottle is super strong. I only need to get it out of storage to smell the scent in the air. So I highly suggest maceration with this. My bottle is a beast in both longevity and projection now. Love the scent and very happy I picked this up. Side note: In comparison to the red bottle extract version of this...it's a little bit stronger but sits closer to skin. This one is more airy, as mentioned, and projects way more imo. 10/10 rating Decided to edit this post and put in the notes I found(as mentioned ^above) & believe to be the real ones: Top Notes: Jasmine(Egypt Grandiflorum), Saffron Middle Notes: Bitter Almond, Cedarwood Base Notes: Oakmoss, Leather, Tonka Bean, Musk, Ambergris

Bought this bottle four months ago. The first impression was absolute disdain because it reeked of alcohol the first spray. I tried it in for several days hoping for any other smell to manifest but that did not happen. In my disappointment, I chucked the bottle to the side and forgot about it. Flash forward to this year, when I found it while packing my stuff. I was set to discard this altogether, however I gave it one last spray and I honestly was electrified. It smelled amazing! It’s much closer to Ariana Grande’s Cloud than the original inspiration, but I am in love with it! I did not think it would perform well given the initial impressions, but after a day worth of packing and doing intense work, I could still smell it on my skin and clothes. People have noticed it too! It’s the first thing they notice when I enter the room. It’s not cloyingly sweet and it doesn’t slap you in the face like the original BR540, but it makes itself known like a breeze under your nose. I’ve been wearing it for days now and I am still smitten over this bottle. What a steal for $18.99!

For the price point (around 30 euro) this is a great fragrance. To my nose this dupe and BR540 are near identical in the air. On skin I notice the Baroque is more linear and quickly moves to ambroxan and musk after about 20 minutes, while retaining the almost syrupy sweetness of saffron throughout. I don't get much mandarin, nor do I get much of anything floral on my skin but everyone's chemistry is different. I have not experienced any nose blindness, and while this seems to go to skin scent after about 60-90 minutes for me, I get wafts throughout the day for anywhere from 6-8 hours. I'm fine with that at this is quite a sweet fragrance which could be overpowering for some people if projection was high. Overall I rate this quite highly, and especially for the price, this is a winner if you like the BR540 vibe.

I think a lot of people will be or go nose blind to this scent, much like they do with Baccarat Rouge 540. I did with BR540 but a reviewer on it's page here had a trick for this issue. It seemed way too simple but it worked for me and I've never had problems smelling any version of 540 since... 1. Spray it on something, shirt or some cloth in another closed door room ...& try not to smell it as you do so(hold breath). 2. Leave the article in that room. 3. Come back 5 minutes later and smell the room air & article. May not work for everyone but it's worth a try imo.

I have tried almost all 504 clones around, I also have the real thing and in my opinion it is the best of all the clones I have tried. Way better than Untold as it does not have this obsessed focus on the bandage note, it is there but it is the way the original plays with it. It is not as perfect as 504 but if you are still looking for a good dupe stop searching and get this stuff.

I really like BR 540. I have many similar scents to BR 540 and this is the closest to the original that I've tried. And most importantly, the price is a lot cheaper than BR 540. I can spray a lot of this scent. without having to worry about wastage. This is what makes me love this scent so much.

This smells pretty good! I have baccarat and I had tried a previous clone in Amber Oud by Al Haramain. This smells really good! Of course very similar to baccarat but there’s this deeper, toasted, sweet sugariness to this! I really like it. Glad I scored a bottle.

LOVE as a dupe. I've tried a few dupes and this one is my favorite. It does initially have a minty gasoline smell, but it lingers forever and I get constant compliments when I wear this. All season wear.

To me this is better clone than Armaf Untold akd Zara Red for him and its linger lasting too. It leans more to male side but it is basicaly unisex. Very versatile.

This perfume is AMAZING! It's warm, spicy and slightly sweet with a hint of something floral. I get so many compliments when I wear it. Definitely worth the hype!

I love this 😍🤩 its sweeeeeeet

#606,607 in my "Tour de Fragrance" I've had Alhambra's Baroque Rouge 540 and Baroque Rouge Extrait for over a year and I've waited to evaluate them expecting Baroque Rouge Extrait to appear in the Fragrantica database, which it apparently won't anytime soon, so spotting those bottles as I rearranged my scent shelves again this morning, I decided not to bother delaying any further and that I would comment on both here. First off, Baroque Rouge 540, as you'd surmise, is an attempted clone of Maison Francis Kirkdjian's insanely popular Baccarat Rouge 540, and once you get past the lily blast of the opening, it's an acceptable approximation for someone like me who isn't really a fan of that MFK fragrance, especially not for men. I paid $15 for this clone on Amazon. I know one middle-age mom that wears the original religiously and has since it's introduction in 2015, and occasionally when you find BR540 and this clone listed for sale, they are in fact labeled a women's fragrance, and I think for good reason. A man could get away with wearing this Alhambra scent, but probably shouldn't. It's very floral, even more than the BR540 itself. I'm good with a scent that has some saffron, or some jasmine, or some lily, but the presence of all three is really more feminine than I care to drift. The florals do calm down in an hour or so and this becomes a bit more more unisex, but I would not normally wear a scent that isn't acceptably unisex to my nose until mid-morning. Baroque Rouge 540 has better than average longevity and projection, and for that reason I think it's a straight up bargain for BR540 fans, but it's a clone I'd point you to as your most economic option, not the clone option I'd recommend. I prefer the scent of the slightly more expensive Al Haramain Amber Oud Rouge, which to me is closer in scent to BR540, as it lacks this fragrance's lily note, a note not featured in MFK's BR540, making it a bit less floral and more unisex to my taste from the get go. Baroque Rouge Extrait, as you'd deduce, is intended to be a clone of MFK Baccarat Rouge Extrait. It'll run you about $17 from US retailers like Jomashop. Again, pretty darn close, maybe a tad less of the almond note than the MFK original. I can and do occasionally care to wear this one as it is less floral, a bit more ambery, but again, I recommend this as a bargain option for the cost-conscious, though it certainly doesn't smell cheap at all, performs well, but is just slightly off. Could be the MFK extrait is using a different wood. I can't really nail it down. But again, I think Al Haramain has a better version available, that's still in a reasonable price range, Amber Oud Ruby, which is slightly woodier and nuttier than than the Alhambra, and to me better duplicates the richer, warmer scent of Baccarat Rouge Extrait de Parfum. All that said, I think these Alhambra scents are incredible scents at an incredible price and I can't imagine anyone hating themselves for spending the small amount of cash they cost. I don't know that I'd wear Baroque Rouge 540 in a car pool. The florals really project for the first hour, and for me at least, that can get uncomfortable in close proximity without ventilation. Seems a bit formal to me for casual wear, but be your own guide. In any case I'd go very light. I think the Extrait is safer in close spaces, more suitable for unisex wear and more a day or night scent. Given the low prices, I think both are safe blind buys. Even if they don't exactly suit you, you'll have no trouble finding someone who'll appreciate them as a gift. Good Luck and Good Hunting!

I blind bought this ( as usual) but kind of knowing what to expect since I already have Lattafas Ana abiyedh rouge which is the one I'm going to compare it to and not the OG. I bought it for a very low price out of curiosity. So this one opens a lot sharper and has much more alcohol in the opening then it tones down but keeps staying sharper and sweeter than AAR. After the dry down they're pretty much the same to my nose except that the AAR smells a bit more refined and smother giving it that higher quality feeling. Both of them are cheap so the price is not a factor here. Personally I'm a big fan of Maison Alhambra's scents but if I have to choose , I'd pick AAR by Lattafas even though they are basically the same company. Maison Alhambra focuses on affordable dupes which got me into collecting in the first place. It's great for beginners since they clearly reveal what they're cloning and many times they're pretty accurate. The price determines the quality but I'd say it's above mediocre. In conclusion: If you like BR 540 type of scents you'll like this one , especially considering the low price. Don't expect a 1 to 1 clone but it will get the job done.

I agree with a lot of what @coffeebean83 said. It’s very simple and compared to BR540 it does lack a certain depth, but in the air they are nearly indistinguishable in my opinion. I’ve also had mine sitting for 6-7 months and I get great performance, 8hr+ longevity with 2-3hrs good projection, but YOU WILL GO NOSEBLIND! I go so anosmic to this stuff SO fast, same with BR540 (and most ambroxan heavy fragrances), but it is still there and you will catch it in the air every once in a while. Nice alternative, I’d take this over Ana Abiyedh Rouge and the other clones simply due to the low price and strong performance. 4/5, does what it should well. I was happy to see them add this just because I want to have my whole collection on here. I wish they’d add Baroque Satin Oud because it’s all that’s missing now and I’m curious what others think.

Ambroxan heavy BR540 clone, much like Fragrance World Barrakat 540... Smells great, but had a weaker scent that I tend to go anosmic to, just like Barrakat 540 and most of the rest of the BR540 clones... 🙄 I discovered BR540 before quitting smoking, and I swear, it's the one scent where I used to be able to smell it better BEFORE quitting smoking. Now it hits my nostrils in such an attention grabbing manner that I go anosmic to it after a few sniffs (and my sense of smell is SUPER strong after quitting smoking). It's been 3 years now since quitting, and I'm still looking for a good BR540 clone, and I've smelled most of the "good" clones out there! The best thing I've found was an oil that I bought from SunAroma.

I already have multiple BR540 dupes but I couldn’t resist myself from trying this. I think I have tried almost every dupe available and it has become a kind of hobby for me LOL. I think it is the closest dupe you can get at 15$-20$ price range and it is better than another dupe from Lattafa Ana Abiyedh Rouge. It is even better than Armaf Untold considering the price. It is not perfect has a floral aspect but it is really cheap. Initially is was little weak. It becomes long lasting and gets really strong after few months. I also have the red bottle which is meant to be a dupe for the extrait but to my nose the red one is little fruitier and sweeter version of this.

I really enjoy the smell and it reminds me of the Lattafa rogue I’ve never smelled the original of the 540 so I don’t know how to compare it but I love and enjoy this one only problem with this one is doesn’t last long on me so I have to overspray, but it’s pretty good. The price waswas cheap and good for might pocket so I grabbed it in like I said it’s not bad at all. It’s just I wish it would last longer on me.

yes, this is a very competent Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum dupe. really close, performs as weird as the MFK, that come and go effect very characteristic of BR540 EDP. the opening has an non-beverage alcohol blast that is not pleasant, but it's quick, maybe less than a minute. other than that, for this price it's almost unbelievable how close to the real thing this is.

Sadly I go anosmic to this perfume after a short time. It's frustrating! It opens with pear and saffron. It's softy and really pretty. It transitions to a beautiful woody scent. I love it. Right up my alley. Then I go anosmic. It's not the perfumes fault . I allowed at least a month to macerate. It really starts to bring out the notes after a little time.

Baroque Rouge 540 by Maison Alhambra is honestly one of the biggest “cheap but smells expensive” wins out there. Super simple scent profile, very easy to layer with other fragrances, and it lasts surprisingly long for the price. You get that sweet airy amber vibe without paying niche prices. Crazy value for money.

Purchase : Smells like Hospital After Macerating : Smells good, Safran is the main note,Can't smell Pear which is good coz I hate it Longevity : Long lasting stays all day

This smells like 30 dollar Baccarat Rouge 540. With that being said, for the price, it's a good scent, but honestly, if you live near a Zara, just get there version, I was in the Zara near where I live and tried I believe Red Temptation or Red Temptation Summer, cant remember, and to me it smelt a little bit better because it has less Saffron then Baroque Rouge. This perfume smells very middle eastern. Overall great projection and longevity, but I would definitely opt for the Zara one instead which does have worse longevity but slightly better smell. 6.5/10

In my opinion, this is the best dupe for Baccarat Rouge. It captures that airy, crystallized sweetness that Baccarat is known for. My bottle is from 2022, and I feel that the fragrance has aged nicely. I recently purchased Armaf Untold, but I still prefer this; Armaf feels too dense, woody, and can be headache-inducing. The price of Baroque Rouge is fantastic as well—only $10 in my country—likely because there's no hype surrounding it, while Armaf Untold costs $60. I also think Baroque Rouge is more suitable for ladies compared to Armaf Untold.

I tried my best to love this fragrance but its making it so hard to love it. When you first spray this its very alcohol heavy you dont even start smelling the scent itself until like 2 minutes but after that its like 85% there to the og but it doesn't last for shit its gone in like 1 hour and then it becomes a very week skin scent (EDIT:after leaving this in a dark drawer for a month in became a very beautiful scent i cant stop smelling my hand it is incredible)

Baroque is very hard to describe of what notes I can smell. The perfume reminds me of a Sephora store, once you walk in you are hit with every single perfume sprayed. It is intimate , leaving me to sniff my clothes in order to smell it. It would be nice to run errands with imo. Anyone can wear this and the price point is great . No it is nothing like Baccarat 540

This was a blind buy and I was kind of disappointed by it. It’s a nice sweet and smokey scent, but I don’t think it mixes with my body chemistry too well. I have a hard time smelling it on myself right after spraying it and it also doesn’t last very long at all. I now use it as a room spray, which I’ve been enjoying. It honestly has the strength of a body spray.

I love it. 100% dupe for baccarat rouge, maybe a little bit less sweet and a tiny bit harsh once you get it but after letting it maturate for a bit it gets so smooth and all the harshness fades.. projection is amazing and performance is 10/10 idek how they did it.. definitely underrated

very sweet and honey like but when i spray on my skin it has a weird scent that doesn’t smell in the air, maybe it’s just how my skin reacts to the chemicals but it becomes powdery and off.

I just received my bottle of Baroque Rouge this morning. Oh my goodness, I'm so disappointed in this purchase. I think that it smells like Armaf Untold. To me Untold smells like a balloon and Baroque Rouge smells like a balloon. The only difference to me is that Baroque Rouge sits very close to the skin. Thank goodness that it does. But I will probably never wear this anywhere. I also bought the flanker(?), LaRouge Baroque Extreme. I don't like it either. There is something about it that is nauseating. It is the same scent that is in Lattafa Ana Abiyedh. I really hoped that I liked both fragrances and maybe if I let them both oxidize and they will get better with time .But for now, they smell like balloons with bug spray sprayed on them.

I see how this can be a polarising scent. I have never smelled the original, but tried two dupes and both of the gave me very metallic, medicinal, almost hospital-like smell. Over few hours it transforms into something intensely sweet. I don't get the warmth or spice. It's fascinating how people pick up on completely different vibes from it.

smells like leather and something else, very skin like and unisex

The opening is highly rubbery, bitter, and gasoliney. Reminiscent of accompanying your meemaw with dementia who still wears those overly sweet dollar-store floral fragrances as she's getting loaded off the ambulance and being taken to the ER. I think witch hazel might be one of the notes despite not being mentioned officially. Not buying again. Though I must say the bottle design is premium, the box itself has a gorgeous vintage design that can be recycled for postcards. 3/10.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 (very close DNA, slightly sweeter + denser) Longevity - 8–12+ hours (can last all day + on clothes) Projection- First 2–3 hours: strong (can be loud) Mid: noticeable scent trail Late: long-lasting skin scent Stronger than most budget BR540 clones Weather Suitability- Best: Fall / Winter / cool nights Works: Spring evenings Avoid: extreme heat (can get overly sweet) [ The Opening ] Saffron, Jasmine, airy sweet floral spice Experience: saffron immediately present slightly sweet floral tone airy but noticeable First impression: sweet saffron sugar with a soft floral edge [ The Heart ] Amberwood, Ambergris, glowing sweet core Experience: warmer more radiant slightly woody First impression: that signature “BR540 glow” filling the air [ The Dry Down ] Cedar, Fir Resin, Musk, woody sweet base Experience: woody backbone sweet amber warmth clean musky finish Final stage: sweet woody amber skin scent with strong presence Imagine the Smell - You smell something sweet in the air but it’s not like candy. It’s airy, like sugar dissolving into warmth. There’s a soft saffron spice giving it depth, while the sweetness feels almost glowing like warmth radiating off your skin. As it settles, it becomes richer, woody, slightly musky, and still sweet, leaving a trail that lingers and gets noticed without being heavy.

I've never smelled MFK BR540, this is my first Mason Alhambra. This smells like vinyl to me, remember 45s and 33s?...ever manually using your mouth blow up a vinyl kids floatie for the pool...with your nose right on the vinyl? This is some BS even for $18, seriously and I wear unisex cheapies like Club De Nuit Intense Woman (Armaf) that I have bought for $20 and enjoyed the dark rich jammy rose of that Tom Ford Noir de Noir clone. I wear $25 unisex Banana Republic Dark Cherry & Amber, a Creed Carmina inspired bottle - vibrant, deep & rich. I love smelling interesting and good, inexpensively - but even after dry down...this Mason Alhambra BR540 leaves me shaking my head saying, 'WTF is this?". I also would not be surprised if the real thing is total BS as well. This is not even remotely good on any level.... I don't think it does anything well...and the 'amber'? zzzzzz, and I embrace and allow for synthetic fragrances to shine, my view of an amazing cheap amber is Altamir Ted Lapidus - so good and $22 or so. I'm no fragrance guru, just a regular guy who will wear a unisex cheapie - but not this BS, will be giving this away.

(Nasty little mean review BELOW me. OUCH!) . Out of all the BR540 clones - this was my weakest and cheapest. I have 6 or 7 clones and none of them function as the original does. None of them get compliments . Is this whole thing a scam ? I wish there was an answer to this puzzle and I wish (God- do YOU hear me?) that at least ONE COMPANY could replicate that "sweet cotton candy AIR" vibe that the real BR540 CAN and MAY (sometimes) create. I owned a bottle of The Real about 10 years ago. You should have seen the face of my co-workers when I blindly let them sample it ! The best experience I ever had with BR540 was when at a estate sale - a neighbor walked into my friends garage -open door- in the summer- and this stuff WAFTED all over the garage and house when the guy was walking around and even after he had left. My other friends were amused that I asked him "what was he wearing". They are not HIP to the fragrance collecting obsession . I will never forget that day!

I have so many BR540 clones now that they need their own SHELF ! I'm starting to feel like a fool as , well - most of them all smell like they are coming out of the same VAT ! That said - this was $20.00 and the box is a well thought out parody of the original that practically BEGS someone to call their lawyers! I'm gonna let this bastard "sit" and see if anything unusual happens. Thus far - NOT one compliment any of the clones ; leading me to believe nobody can smell it. It does smell nice when it spurts out and it does smell nice when you push your nose into your skin to smell it. EDIT: Also got the Extrait (not in data base) . Smells a bit more "cherry". Gonna have to wait this one out too.

Oh I like this, straight out of the box! I don’t know how the original smells, but this one is really nice. It’s sweet but I also smell some tobacco for some reason, on me this smells pretty unisex. I only discovered this was a dupe for something after ordering it, so I can’t tell you how accurate this is. I’d say it isn’t a blind buy, but if you haven’t tried it yet you should! Chances are you will really like it. Edit: you need to let it rest for a bit if it got shipped to you and there is a big temperature difference between outside and inside. Try it when it’s room temperature. Where I live it is freezing outside and the perfume got really cold, it can have an effect on the scent

Представьте, вы заскакиваете после работы в парфюмерный магазин и там ПАХНЕТ. Приятно, хочется унести этот запах с собой, все парфюмы сразу оставили свои кусочки в этой мозаике, вы ищете, ЧТО ПАХНЕТ, ЧТО?! Вот. Вы искали этот аромат. Он пахнет парфюмерным магазином, этой атмосферой. Очень стойкий, шлейф не очень большой, но густой. Мне он пахнет... клубникой. Синтетической такой, в хорошем смысле, какие-то красные яркие ноты в горячем воздухе

I purchased this about 2 months ago. I think it is an absolutely beautiful scent. It is definitely an affordable way to experience BR540. I must say it is one of the better clones I've found. On my skin it is somewhat beast mode I was actually surprised by the oil content. It never fails to get compliments every time I wear it.

Surprised! Heavy, quality glass and metal bottle. I love the scent. It's BR540 . I'm definitely going to let this hang out in the closet for a while to see if it smells any different. Beautiful quality and lasts all day for me personally. I spent 19 US dollars, on this 8/10 would reccomend.

It smells like wealthy caramel. I never smelled Baccarat so I can't compare it to that, but I sprayed it 8 times on myself and got two compliments in like an hour. Honestly, I like it. Surprised there's such mixed comments. And I didn't even let it macerate.

In my opinion, it’s good interpretation but cdn untold is way ahead for b4540 clone, untold is phenomenal blend compared to this one.

$20 bottle of a nauseating ambroxan and alcohol add this to the list of quick buck cologne

Love this! It smells really good and very good quality.

The most accurate BR540 dupe in my opinion.

Smth in between Aristocrat & BR540