Kurky

Absolute love from first try! Coup de foudre for sure. This is beyond what I would have expected from the MFK brand, but I just can not help but fall in love with this scent. I was waiting for something beautiful from this house, something that I would crave to buy and have and cherish just as I did years ago when I first tried Baccarat. All those new releases from this house APOM, 724, aqua line... did not make me excited to the point I was going to bed thinking and dreaming about a scent. I am so happy that the spark is back and finally, I am wide awake at midnight because I can not stop thinking about this perfume - Kurky. I first tried it in a boutique and in the split second... NOSTALGIA. Straight to my heart, something familiar, something lovely, something deep and emotional. I think if you were born around the early 90's this could feel very nostalgic. I am not surprised this scent is from a childhood of the perfumer himself - Mr. Kurkdjian. There is something familiar and distinct about this scent that puts you right back to the days when you were just a kid. It is not a sexy, opulent and luxurious, or voluptuous scent. It is heartbreakingly beautiful, absolutely beautiful and something devine, something you want to keep for yourself, something that you want to cherish. An incarnation of pure love, some moments in life that you keep to yourself deep in your heart and go on to face the world. What an amazing scent.... Aside from my emotions, this is not your typical fruity scent, there is something very distinct about it. It is not harsh or zesty but feels just a bit powdery and just a tiny bit sweet. Musk here is like a skin scent, not harsh and medicinal but very much skin-like. And this skin scent is complemented by fruity notes so so well it's just perfection to me. Whomever rates longevity as weak probably hasn't even tested the scent. The longevity is great! I have tried this perfume several times now, and every time I could smell it all day, I put this on my hair, and my hair smells like this scent till I wash it. On clothing it stays and projects perfectly fine - a lovely aroma bubble, those around you can truly detect the scent. So don't be fooled by the rating. Longevity and sillage ar great! Thank you, MFK, for bringing the spark back!!! This scent brings so many emotions! I love love love wearing it! 100000/10!!! Bravo!

**Edit: Now that I've had time with it, it's stronger than I thought. Maybe just needs time on the counter. I love it. It's like a candied baby powder. Or powdered candies. Like Candy necklace. Reminds me of wax lips. It's a lovely scent, with hideous performance. I mean the smell of your sour pillows has a wider bubble. So spray heavy. Keep a decant to refresh in a few hours. Could also use a 200ml** Projection: 0/5 Sillage: 0/5 Longevity: 3-4 hr Scent: 4/5 Definitely a sugar, powder, plastic colored rings. It's very childish. Almost infantile. Not in a negative way, but very "I have a nanny". It's giving baby lotion? Baby hair spray? Baby diaper? Baby powder? Colonia de bebé? Baby something.. I cant place the scent.. there's something familiar, but in the nursery or daycare realm. It needs an extrait. Its light. Airy. Very subtle, but it's there. Maybe it's too subtle for some. I can't say the price is right, especially for how subtle. If you tried it in-store, and didn't smell anything, it could have been the decoy bottle. Nordstrom in Bellevue Washington puts decoys out for things like BR540 and other big-kid items. Go back and try again. But it could also be the subtlety. Definitely get the "invisible ink" reference here. Could be a social experiment 🤣

i remember i saw this described in an article on this site as "the concept of having a little sister," and i knew i needed to get a sample. i've been looking for something more suited for fancy-ish or formal occasions while still having the sweet, fun, and childish aura that i strive to exude. when i finally got to try it, i was absolutely in love, until about an hour and a half to two hours later i realised it had already become a skin scent. it absolutely DOES NOT have the lasting power it should for the price point its at, so i'd honestly advise just getting a dupe even though mister kurkdjian despises dupe culture. overall, absolutely lovely fragrance, i could detect every note listed and the progression is beautiful, but it felt like bringing home the hottest person you've ever seen in your life only for you to find out they completely fall flat in any form of intellectual conversation. i'll start listening to mister kurk when his frags last longer than 30 minutes.

What a delicate work! It's amazing how the perfumer managed to make the fragrance both gourmand and fresh at the same time. Gourmand, yet not edible. The sweetness is not sticky, but subtle. Notes of candies or gummy bears only come to mind because of earlier comparisons, not because the perfume straightforwardly smells like them. If you don’t cling to that image, it’s a scent of refined sweetness with a gentle tartness and a hint of floral. Long-lasting, with a beautiful base. I don’t agree with many reviews calling it overly simple or almost childish. Not at all. The theme of the scent may indeed feel somewhat youthful and pleasantly uncomplicated, but the quality of its execution: the balance of ingredients, the interplay of sweetness and freshness, the finely crafted base-all of this speaks to the high level of the perfumer’s skill and talent. If one could call it “simple,” it would only be in the sense of “true genius is simple.”

I fell in love with this perfume after receiving a sample with a purchase and I knew immediately that I had to buy the full bottle. It’s a truly beautiful fragrance - warm, sweet, cheerful, charismatic and completely addictive. It’s surprisingly difficult to be described. Because it’s inspired by the perfumer’s childhood, it feels both comforting and playful. For a long time, I couldn’t quite pinpoint what that specific sensation was that made it so special. Then I watched an interview with Francis Kurkdjian, where he mentioned that some of his childhood memories are tied to the warm sand at the Atlantic coast—and suddenly it all made sense. That’s exactly what it smells like: warm sand on a carefree, sunny beach day. Not in a sunscreen way, but in a soft, nostalgic way. It’s definitely not a safe blind buy, but I highly recommend trying it.