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The best Maison Francis Kurkdjian dupes, ranked by note match

MFK makes the most-duped luxury scent in the world. These are the affordable bottles that share its heavy hitters' key notes for a fraction of $300-plus.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian is the house that made Baccarat Rouge 540, the sweet, radiant scent that became the most-duped luxury fragrance in the world. The rest of the MFK range sits in the same bracket: rich, distinctive, and roughly $300 to $325 a bottle. That price is exactly why the dupe world circles the house, and the good news is that the accords MFK is known for, the saffron-and-amber glow, the resinous vanilla, the smoky rose-oud, reproduce well. Here are the closest matches in our data for MFK's most-wanted scents, ranked by note match.

One honest note first: a dupe shares key notes, it is never identical, and fragrances reformulate over time, so treat these as close relatives rather than carbon copies. Every match below is grounded in shared notes, not marketing.

Baccarat Rouge 540: an 85% match with Maison Alhambra Barakkat Rouge 540

The one everyone means by "the BR540 dupe." Barakkat Rouge 540 shares Baccarat Rouge 540's saffron, ambergris and cedar, the sweet, jammy, radiant signature that clings to skin for hours, at around $20 against $325. The single biggest saving in fine fragrance, and it is genuinely close.

Baccarat Rouge 540 dupe
Maison Alhambra Barakkat Rouge 540, $20, 85% match
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Grand Soir: an 86% match with Lattafa Eternal Oud

MFK's warm, resinous "expensive evening" amber. Eternal Oud tracks Grand Soir on amber, vanilla and benzoin, that golden, cosy, all-enveloping character, for $32 instead of $325. A quieter take, but the amber-vanilla heart is unmistakable.

Grand Soir dupe
Lattafa Eternal Oud, $32, 86% match
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Oud Satin Mood: an 83% match with Oakcha Blue Velvet

The plush, purple, rose-and-oud MFK. Blue Velvet shares Oud Satin Mood's rose, oud and vanilla, the velvety, opulent, Turkish-delight feel, for $34 against $320. If you love the dark, sweet-floral side of the house, this is the way in.

Oud Satin Mood dupe
Oakcha Blue Velvet, $34, 83% match
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Gentle Fluidity Gold: an 83% match with Oakcha Kalon

The warm, spicy-musky crowd-pleaser split between Gold and Silver. Kalon tracks the Gold on nutmeg, vanilla and amber, that soft, versatile, slightly boozy warmth, for $34 versus $300. The most wearable everyday MFK, duped honestly.

Gentle Fluidity Gold dupe
Oakcha Kalon, $34, 83% match
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