Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2023 · Francis Kurkdjian
Aqua Media Cologne Forte
Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
The houseUnisex
VersionEau de Parfum
Sparkling Calabrian bergamot and fresh verbena with sweet, anise-like fennel, drying to a clean, airy woody musk.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian says
You’ll smell lemon verbena (verbena accord), essence of sweet fennel, bergamot, musks and Hedione.
More from Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s description
It also mentions Verbena, Sweet fennel, Hedione-woody musk accord, Bergamot from Calabria and Woody musk accord.
What’s inside it
What Maison Francis Kurkdjian names
What the label names
24 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.
A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.
7 citrus6 herbs & lavender6 florals2 woods3 spices
Herbs & lavender6
Florals6
Top notes14
when you spray it
Heart7
as it settles
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Not for the smell6
Our match of the notes
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.