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Musk Collection

Royal Barn Areej Le Doré 2024

8.3 / 10 124 Ratings

A popular perfume by Areej Le Doré for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is animal-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Animal

Spicy

Woody

Smoky

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Indian civet

Mandarin orange leaf

Artemisia

Heart Notes

Champaca

Jasmine

Palmarosa

Rose

Tagetes

Base Notes

Hay absolute

Bhutanese oud

Black truffle

Ethiopian civet

Cedarwood

Tonka bean Vanilla

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

8.3124 Ratings

Longevity

8.9111 Ratings

Sillage

8.4111 Ratings

Bottle

9.3108 Ratings

Value for money

7.281 Ratings

Submitted by Jakobkn · last update on 03/03/2026.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance was part of the collection Musk Collection.

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What the fragrance is similar to

War and Peace III Extrait de Parfum

War and Peace II

War and Peace

Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/03/2024

9.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

OTt8
99 Reviews

OTt8

3

Civet King

And here one has to stand up and applaud Adam's creative streak.
After an initial opening of the best quality Civet juice (nothing pissy), green notes of grass, rose (slightly pungent), marigold (which briefly brought me back to my beloved Bogue -20) and much more arrive. There is also a touch of Indian Oud that makes me think a little of Azman's Risk.
In the base there is Civet again to act as a base for the perfume and all the warm side notes to make the fragrance a glue on the skin. Truffle dirties and makes the base more earthy together with oud. Shall we talk about the dark greenish colour of the juice? Mamma mia.
It won me over. Gorgeous!

Updated on 08/01/2024

06/27/2025

9.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Fef
10 Reviews

Fef

2

Carattere

Uno spot di parecchi anni addietro recitava che la potenza non è nulla senza il controllo. Ecco questo ben si addice a Royal Barn perché sono necessari un una giusta dose di carattere e sicurezza in se stessi per indossarlo. Non è per pavidi che vogliano passare sotto traccia in quanto potreste essere amati o odiati con questo succo color scarabeo che anticipa il tuo passaggio. Un cortile reale cremoso e secco allo stesso tempo, respingente ed attraente, ti arriva un gancio allo stomaco che si smaterializza in petali e continui ad annusare senza sapere cosa sperare e nel frattempo sei uno spartiacque invincibile. Bellissimo, non potrei farne a meno

08/26/2024

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Evannell
49 Reviews

Evannell

2

Royal Barn

Herbal/flowery opening. At first i thought it was Sage, bit it turns out it's Artemisia. Again, some HdP connotations for me. A few seconds later a Cow bottom (mild) joins in. Gets more eastern (or just more villagey?) Like an old book found in a barn. Old book+barn vibe. Elegant. Strong. I love the amount of Cow in this old book. I guess the florals come from the Mandarin leaves. I don't get Civet. Maybe a lil bit, but the Cow bottom Oud masks it for me... And there's still something in the background... a crayons, pastels-like vibe. The one i know from XJ1888, but in a whole different instalment.

After 2 hours the scent reduces to an excellent woody/flowery - and it still has that wild touch in the background. Greatness.

For sure it's the best from the ALD's Musk Collection for me.

Updated on 08/26/2024

05/22/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

2

Animalic, musky floriental recalling the 70s and 80s

Royal Barn is clearly named as a sop to Russian Adam’s die-hard animalics fans who egg him on to dirtier and dirtier things with each collection. I suspect they would prefer for him not only to edge up to the great, steaming piles of horse shit in this putative barn but to plunge his hands in and start smearing it all over the stalls. But the name’s a con. This is the animalic floral oriental-chypre of the collection, and as such, is only dirty in the way Bal a Versailles (Jean Desprez) is dirty, meaning that underpinning the morass of rich, creamy florals, fungal oud, greenish rose, and spiky woods is a lascivious schmear of honeyed civet, there to add that unmistakably ‘French’ je ne sais quoi of soiled panties.

At first, everything is as dense as a brick of floral absolutes and waxes mashed together, and it feels rather wet and slurry-like in texture. Then two things happen simultaneously. First, the perfume dries up, with a leathery tone that reminds me of castoreum, but may just be the hay absolute sucking all the moisture out of the barn. Second, the fruitiness of the champaca-rose tandem and the crisp, green-white juiciness of palmarosa somehow make a break for it, peeking out from behind the barn wall. The contrast between the leathery, dry (austere) civet and hay layer and the fruity, creamy, almost girlish pop of peach and egg yolk yellow florals is amazing.

Now, real talk – does this really smell like a barn? Well, civet – the real stuff, as used here – can be terribly sharp, honey-ish in its high-toned shriek, and foul even when its floral nuances are detected. However, when used judiciously in a perfume, it just adds this hot, whorish glow to the florals that magnifies their impact. Royal Barn is much drier, muskier, and ten times more pungent than Civet de Nuit but they share a similarly fuzzy, under-panted warmth. If this is a barn, then it’s a clean one, ripe with animal but not fetid with neglect.

Regular perfume-wearing folk will want to know where it falls on the skank-o-meter. It is less animalic than La Nuit (Paco Rabanne) and Salome (Papillon), but more animalic than Bal a Versailles (Jean Deprez) and vintage Gold Man (Amouage). I would put this on par with Kouros (Yves Saint Laurent), but this is far more floral, so imagine Ubar (Amouage) with a drop of Kouros mixed in.

02/25/2026

Mingram23
1 Review

Mingram23

2

Midieval Castle

Wow this is anothe Areej le Dore scent that takes your nose on a journey. The Areej le Dore trademark is there. This scent is dark, musky, animalic, floral, and green. This is a very wearable fragrance that can pull compliments. The civet, musk, oud, and floral arrangements play together in perfect harmony. The oud is not cheesy (none of RA’s are). It’s more woody. Imagine a castle (House Stark in Game of thrones) in the wet, damp garden. Their is stacks of wet hay, wolves with fur all around.

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