Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2019 · Francis Kurkdjian

Gentle Fluidity Gold

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juniper berries, coriander and nutmeg spice over sweet vanilla, settling into ambery woods and musk.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian says

You’ll smell nutmeg, vanilla, Juniper Berries, amber woods, coriander seeds and musks.

More from Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s description

It also mentions Coriander, Amber wood, Coriander oil, Musk, Sweet vanilla blend, Spices and Ambery woods.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Gentle Fluidity Gold’s scent picture, a draft: nutmeg, vanilla (vanillin), juniper, amber woods, coriander, musks drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Gentle Fluidity Gold, top notes: Juniper, Coriander, Sweet orange, Lemon, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Gentle Fluidity Gold, heart: Nutmeg, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Gentle Fluidity Gold, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Amber woods, Musks, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

19 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.

4 citrus6 herbs & lavender4 florals2 woods2 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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Rose 01Swiss Arabian · shares nutmeg, vanilla and cashmere knit$68 for 50 ml · about a third of Gentle Fluidity Gold’s $275
Sharaf BlendZimaya · shares nutmeg, vanilla and cashmere knitabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Gentle Fluidity Gold’s $275
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.