No.504 Bacaratt Rouge

Eden Perfumes' No.504 sets out to capture Maison Francis Kurkdjian's Baccarat Rouge 540, one of the most widely imitated fragrances of the last decade, using a simplified four-note structure of jasmine, saffron, amberwood and cedar. The saffron-jasmine pairing is the heart of the original's signature, and Eden's version leads with it clearly, giving an immediately recognisable warm, slightly sweet opening. Where Baccarat Rouge 540 famously develops a luminous, almost crystalline amberwood accord with exceptional projection and a distinctive dry-down often described as unlike anything else on the market, Eden's cedar-and-amberwood base is comparatively linear and conventional, missing the original's signature radiance and the fir resin facet that gives the designer version its unusual gunpowder-like edge. Community consensus on Baccarat Rouge 540 dupes generally agrees this is one of the hardest formulas to replicate cheaply precisely because of that distinctive amberwood accord, and Eden's take, while a fair budget approximation of the saffron-jasmine opening, runs warmer and more ordinary in the drydown, with noticeably less projection and a shorter overall lifespan on skin than the celebrated original.