Royal Collection Taif

This smells like a much drier, woodier and austere version of Baccarat Rouge 540. Which means, in essence, this is the single most medicinal and bitter smelling perfume I have ever experienced. The curious thing is, as much as this thing smells like Baccarat Rouge 540, it was released about a year before the infamous Kurkdjian scent! The Brückner perfumes are produced by M.Micallef, so maybe one of their perfumers was onto something and made a similar accord before Kurkdjian did? Or maybe the people who created Taif got to try the rare "original" version of Baccarat Rouge 540, the one Kurkdjian made for, surprise, Baccarat in 2014. Maybe they thought: "Hey, this limited edition fragrance has got something, let's make our own version of it. No one will ever know, since not many pieces of Rouge 540 were made, hardly anyone ever even got to try it!". If that's how this transpired, a year later Micallef must have gotten quite the surprise when Kurkdjian re-launched Baccarat Rouge 540 😉 But maybe that's just all my imagination running wild, and Taif was actually created after 2016. The year of its creation shown here could simply be wrong. We will never know, and actually: Who cares? It's just perfume 😅🤣