Casino Royale

Casino Royale by The Dua Brand (Mahsam Raza) is a fantastically balanced olfactory oxymoron. A fragrance that resonates on the skin like a softened song - modulated, harmonious and full of the most passionate emotions. A fragrance that is pale and yet full of color. Dazzling with the seductive sweetness of orange and at the same time distancing itself from the skin with the chic roughness of moss. Frosted with silver jasmine and on the other hand sparkled with golden saffron and wrapped in balsam fir smoke like in a silk veil. Over time, the composition shifts from the ambiguous duality that makes its opening so stunning to something more subtle yet also indefinitely beautiful. The journey through the cool aspects of the fragrance comes to an end and the fragrance warms up with a balmy in reception scent of ambergris. Casino Royale is a story exquisite to the end, touching on sweet, heart-warming dreams. 🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸🔶🔸 🔹Main note: Jasmine 🔹Author: Mahsam Raza 🔹Launched: 2016

Not the best from clones out there but very very close to original Rouge 540. Same modest projection and good longevity, the same peekaboo effect in the drydown when it comes and goes unexpectedly. Overall, definitely check this one out but price-wise, unless you get it 20%-25% off, there are better clones for the money.

I am surprised no one has reviewed this fragrance yet. Casino Royale is exact replica of BR540. I have tested them both and find the C Royale actually has better performance than BR540. If the MFK Prices are stopping you then Casino Royale Please !

Total beast! One of the longest lasting fragrances I have. Highly recommended no matter what reviewers say that don't actually own it.

i layer this with the real BR540 and it just makes it that much better

I am with another confused reviewer on here: my sample says "Royal Nights" so....I'll give "Casino Royale" the benefit of the doubt. This is VERY close to BR540 ! I am happy. From a few inches away it's "VERY CLOSE" but -- smell this directly and it's a different story . Weird. Close up this has a synthetic berry smell - but from 6 inches away --VERY close to BR540 indeed. This needs to "air out" . Try a decant if you can. I'm not sure on the longevity OR "next day on clothes" test. Yes, it's oily. A full bottle is very possible for me soon! EDIT: Nice. I'm getting whiffs hours later .... just bought a full sized bottle . EDIT#2: Yes. This has staying power. I get "pop up whiffs" now and again- thus , they really did "crack the code" on BR540 like nobody else did in the past few years! And yes: this needs to "sit" when you first get it -- it gets stronger after a while . Ironic that the REAL BR540 needs to to develop as well . I will look into other DUA products soon.....FINAL EDIT:: Sadly - like Ariana Grand CLOUD: once you nose gets accustomed to this -- you can no longer smell it !!

I have 5 DUA fragrances with mixed views. This one Is comparable to other clones of BR540 I have smelled. I personally only know clones at this point, so I can only say it compares to that DNA, and not the original inspiration. Cost wise it is less expensive than the real deal, but not exactly cheap. This is only sold in 30ml sizes, so it can add up if you were to use it frequently. That being said the concentration is thick and rather oily. Because of this, I find Casino Royale unpleasant to wear, and is best suited to cooler weather. This is a sweet cotton candy sugar scent, long lasting with decent silage, unisex but leaning feminine in my opinion. Not a macho fragrance, but will likely appeal to those around the wearer. Really hard to get past the oily residue on this, so I rarely wear it out, and it will stick to your clothes. I can’t really recommend this contribution, hit up a different clone house.

Let me start out by explaining I have MAD LOVE for Baccarat Rouge 540 and was curious about the potential similarity with this perfume, especially considering the cost difference. I took a chance and bought Casino Royale and am so happy I did. In a side to side comparison these scents are difficult to tell apart, and performance is fantastic as in the original masterpiece. This is an absolutely gorgeous fragrance and when I wore this out for the first time I was literally stopped twice and asked what scent I was wearing! I must warn that a little bit goes a long way, as this perfume is quite strong. Fabulous!

I can see how this grows on you ... at first, the opening is so sweet and while the sweetness hovered for me, I would get wafts of something much more pleasant and woody and unisex. Sadly, after many wears, I cannot get past the opening. I need to love it, too; or at least it needs to pass more quickly. I had the exact experience with Eau des Merveilles, unfortunately. Is it the orange, amber and oak moss combination? The hunt for my favourite all-season unisex continues. I have a full bottle and open to trade.

Blind buy after seeing a few reviews and was actually surprised at how good this was. Smells exactly like BR540 and i mean exactly. It smells that good i am not sure if i will re buy br540 when i am finished because I prefer the extract version and its £300 for 70ml vs dua version £50 for 30ml so its a no brainier really. Now it doesn’t last as long as BR540 but i am getting 7-8 hours so performance is definitely good enough and sillage is again probably not as good as BR540 but it is very close.

Just got this and I've never smelled br540 but this smells pretty good. It's like a sweet scent with a hint of woods in the back ground. It seems very light but I keep getting whiffs of it so I'm guessing it projects pretty well. Only bad I noticed so far is that it's oily so don't spray too close or on clothes. Edit: smelled br540 today in Saks and they smell exactly the same. Don't waste your money on br540. There is no difference.

Absolutely love this one!!! The performance of Casino Royale is outstanding!!! An the scent truly is right there with BR540! The main difference between BR540 and Casino Royale is in the openings. 540 has a beautiful opening when you apply it to the skin (first 5-7 mins of the scent). After the opening, the scents truly smell Very Very Very similar!!! If BR540 price tag is stopping you, definitely give this a try!

This is my least favorite BR540 dupe. I prefer Cloud & 2.0 Intense to Casino Royal. I didn't care for the samples I received with my order, either. I probably won't order from DUA again, tbh. Lattafa Thara Thameen is probably the better dupe for BR540 over DUA, imo. I prefer Cloud to that one, too, but my SO likes it. I gave both Casino Royale & Thara Thameen to him. He wears Thara Thameen way more than Casino Royale.

Smells like Baccarat. Performance is odd. When I first got it, performance was good. Longevity was solid, eternal on clothes. Sillage was nice. Now AFTER it's had time to macerate, performance is awful. Maybe an hour or 2 of longevity on freshly moisturized skin. Sillage is decent still but it's gone so quick it doesn't matter. Weird deal. The smell is good but look else where for your BR540 dupes.

Mehhhh. I think this dupe is okay. It's not terrible, but any decently trained nose can tell the difference between this and BR540, and BR540 is markedly better. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for. That being said, if you happen to like this scent, go for it. The projection/sillage are impressive, and the scent does last all day. But is it 100% the same as BR540 and you can't tell the difference? No. I would rather pay more and have the real thing. And if I couldn't afford the real thing, I'd rather just have a decant of the real thing than a bottle of this. Also be careful if you have expensive/delicate fabrics like cashmere and silk. This stuff is really oily.

Do not be fooled by the price as you are getting just 30ml which per ml is very similar to the original MFK BR540. VERY oily so you'd think it should have had good longevity. Seems that all of the oil has a high amount of filler (aroma free ingredient) and this dense composition is lacking when it comes to performance expectations. Projection is poor after 3 hours and the scent is pretty linear for the next 2 hours. The high concentration of oil on skin and poor performance makes me think that they use poor materials and filler and then hugely increase the concentration in the hope it will do the job. Overall: 4/10 Value for money:2/10 Performance: 4/10

This isnt even a perfume house. It's just mixed dupe oils with alcohol and hustled in generic decant bottles. Poor man's perfume sold at a price more than its worth

I don’t know if there’s something wrong with my bottle or if this is what it actually is supposed to smell like but it smelled like a fart. I’m so sorry but naaah.. I’ll let it macerate and pray it gets better but I will never wear this if this is what it smells like

This is too mannish. I just can’t. Actually, it’s all marigold, which I personally think smells awful.

Dua doesn’t care one iota about their customers. Enough said!