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.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Aqua Media Cologne Forte’s scent picture, a draft: lemon verbena, bergamot, musks, hedione (jasmine), lemon, sweet orange drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Aqua Media Cologne Forte, top notes: Lemon verbena, Bergamot, Lemon, Sweet orange, Anethole (anise), Carvone (spearmint)

Heartas it settles

Aqua Media Cologne Forte, heart: Essence of sweet, Hedione (jasmine)

Dry-downwhat stays

Aqua Media Cologne Forte, dry-down: Musks, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

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

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterTriethyl citrateAvobenzone (a UV filter)Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yetPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Daisy Love Eau So SweetMarc Jacobs · shares bergamot, cashmere knit and jasmine$146 for 100 ml · about a third of Aqua Media Cologne Forte’s $265
La Vie Est Belle Vanille NudeLancôme · shares bergamot, cashmere knit and jasmine$168 for 100 ml · about half of Aqua Media Cologne Forte’s $265
My Way Sunny VanillaArmani · shares bergamot, cashmere knit and jasmine$174 for 90 ml · about half of Aqua Media Cologne Forte’s $265
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.