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Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Grand Soir

2016OrientalEDPFrance

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Editorial notes

  1. 01

    A luminous amber-benzoin Kurkdjian conceived as 'Paris at night' bottled as a fragrance: luxurious, polished, slightly melancholic.

  2. 02

    Cited alongside Baccarat Rouge 540 as MFK's two breakthrough niche compositions. Grand Soir is the warmer, more intimate counterpart to BR540's radiance.

  3. 03

    The name, French for 'grand evening', frames the fragrance as occasion-wear for the formal night-out, a deliberately specific brief unusual in modern niche.

  4. 04

    Composed by Francis Kurkdjian in 2016 around lavender absolute and benzoin over a honey-amber-vanilla heart with a tonka-labdanum-musk base.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active.

A luminous amber-benzoin.

Composed by
Francis Kurkdjian
Founder
Francis Kurkdjian
Country
France

The pyramid

Top
lavender absolutebenzoin
Heart
honeyambervanilla
Base
tonkalabdanummuskcedar

The brief

Kurkdjian wanted to capture 'Paris at night' as an amber — luxurious, polished, slightly melancholic — wrapped around benzoin and tonka.

Name'Grand Soir' — French for 'grand evening', the formal night-out occasion the fragrance is dressed for.

Footnotes

  • Often cited alongside Baccarat Rouge 540 as MFK's two breakthrough niche compositions; Grand Soir is the warmer, more intimate counterpart to BR540's radiance.

The Curator's Note

Paris at night, in a bottle. The melancholy is part of the price.

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