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Amaran Brussels La Riviera Extrait de Parfum (U) 85ml NIB The Irish Collection Everyone has taken a swing at the saffron-amberwood formula and most versions stop at burnt sugar. This one carries the fir resin, which is the note that separates the real thing from an approximation. Top: Saffron, Jasmine, Citrusy Notes Heart: Orange Blossom, Amberwood, Ambergris Base: Tonka Bean, Fir Resin, Cedar Saffron and jasmine open it together — golden, slightly metallic, with citrus lifting the edges. Then amberwood and ambergris build the middle warm and mineral, orange blossom keeping it floral rather than flat. The base is where it earns the extrait label: tonka softens it, fir resin gives it that cool balsamic bite, and cedar holds the whole structure up. Reviewers put it next to Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Baccarat Rouge 540. Retails $102. Shipping weight: 22.3 oz.