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In 1764, Baccarat Crystalworks was founded with the permission of King Louis XV of France; by 1907, the company was outputting 4,000 perfume bottles per day. Now, 250 years later, Baccarat is celebrating its anniversary with Rouge 540, a new, very limited fragrance (only 250 are available) created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and housed in a golden-red crystal bottle designed by Georges Chevalier in the 1940s. "I wanted to create a graphic fragrance with a formula that was taut and compact in the extreme," said Kurkdjian, who describes the woody, amber, floral juice as "luminous, dense, transparent and intense." At $4,000, Rouge 540 likely isn't poised to become your new everyday scent, but we can't think of a better gift for the perfume collector who has everything.
Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum, $4,000, baccarat.com.
Alexandra Tunell is the Senior Digital Beauty Editor at Harper's BAZAAR, where she writes beauty features and covers industry news, health, fitness and wellness trends. She began her career in the Lucky beauty closet, then went on to work at Allure. When she's not testing the latest skin care treatments, the Los Angeles native is searching the city for the best Mexican food, binge-watching Bravo and escaping to the beach as often as possible.
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