Francis Kurkdjian composed Le Male at the very start of his career, one of the best-selling men's fragrances ever, and then did the rarer thing: built his own house and landed a second era-definer with Baccarat Rouge 540, the saffron-amber glow that half the industry has spent a decade chasing. Both are here, alongside Grand Soir's golden classical amber and the skin-musk elegance he shaped for Narciso Rodriguez For Her. His signature is radiance, scents that seem lit from inside, plus a craftsman's restraint about how many notes a good idea needs. He now leads perfume creation at Dior. If you sample only two: Le Male for the past, Baccarat Rouge 540 for the present tense.
Fragrances composed by the perfumer Francis Kurkdjian — the nose behind the bottle. 5 scents across houses.