Douce Amere
meets Baccarat Rouge 540.
Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.
Jasmine · Sugar
Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.
Concentration not recorded leads with white floral; Eau de parfum leads with woody. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.
| At a glance |  Serge Lutens Douce AmereConcentration not recorded Explore fragrance ↗ |  Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540Eau de parfum Explore fragrance ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Concentration | Concentration not recorded | Eau de parfum |
| Listed bottle sizes | Not yet verified | 35 mL · 70 mL · 200 mL Checked 2026-09-21 · US catalog · Listed formats, not live stock. |
| Brand origin | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Made in | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Listed year | 2002 | 2015 |
| Leading accords | white floral · vanilla · herbal | woody · amber · warm spicy |
| Notes unique to this record | Artemisia, Vanilla, Tiare Flower, Lily, Cinnamon, Absinthe | Saffron, Amberwood, Ambergris, Hedione, Fir Resin, Cedar, Ambroxan, Oakmoss |
| Longevity / 5 | 3.22 · 196 votes | 3.96 · 15,389 votes |
| Projection / 4 | 2.26 · 284 votes | 2.79 · 15,585 votes |
Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.
Ingredients, side by side.
Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.
Declared on both
- Alcohol
- Parfum (fragrance)
- Aqua (water)
- Linalool
- Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
- Limonene
- CI 19140 (yellow 5)
Listed only on Douce Amere
- Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
- Hexamethylindanopyran
- Linalyl acetate
- Vanillin
- Anethole
- Citronellol
- Santalol
- Geraniol
- Benzaldehyde
- Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil
- Farnesol
- Citral
- Geranyl acetate
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil
- Pinene
- Cinnamal
- Dimethyl phenethyl acetate
- Beta-caryophyllene
- Terpineol
- Eugenol
- CI 17200 (red 33)
- CI 42053 (green 3)
Listed only on Baccarat Rouge 540
- Citrus aurantium peel oil
- Jasmine oil/extract
- Benzyl benzoate
- CI 14700 (red 4)
Matching ignores capitalization and a small set of water and fragrance naming variants. “Only” refers to these published lists, not proof that an ingredient is absent from the other formula.
Douce Amere
Eau de parfum · US listing
Alcohol, Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Hexamethylindanopyran, Linalyl acetate, Linalool, Vanillin, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Anethole, Citronellol, Santalol, Geraniol, Benzaldehyde, Citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil, Farnesol, Limonene, Citral, Geranyl acetate, Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil, Pinene, Cinnamal, Dimethyl phenethyl acetate, Beta-caryophyllene, Terpineol, Eugenol, CI 19140 (yellow 5), CI 17200 (red 33), CI 42053 (green 3)
Source: Serge Lutens official US product page · Checked 2026-09-22
Baccarat Rouge 540
Eau de parfum · US listing
Alcohol; Parfum (fragrance); Aqua (water/eau); Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane; Citrus aurantium peel oil; Limonene; Jasmine oil/extract; Benzyl benzoate; Linalool; CI 19140 (yellow 5); CI 14700 (red 4).
Source: Maison Francis Kurkdjian official US product page · Checked 2026-09-21 · Formula reference 2FROUGE540MFK3
These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.
Follow your curiosity.
A starting point, not a verdictConcentration not recorded
Start here if the listed white floral and vanilla direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.
Eau de parfum
Start here if the listed woody and amber direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.