Just Roulette LEN Fragrance 2018

Bottle Design Thierry de Baschmakoff

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8.0 / 10 42 Ratings

A popular perfume by LEN Fragrance for men, released in 2018. The scent is floral-powdery. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Powdery

Woody

Citrus

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Grapefruit

Heart Notes

Iris

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Moss

Perfumer

Michel Almairac

Ratings

Scent

8.042 Ratings

Longevity

6.739 Ratings

Sillage

6.141 Ratings

Bottle

7.942 Ratings

Value for money

6.429 Ratings

Submitted by Calista, last update on 10.02.2024.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/16/2023

5
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
Scent

DaltonHunt
3 Reviews

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DaltonHunt

2

Sometimes more, sometimes less...

It's that time again and I'm trying to bring you closer to a fragrance I've come to love, "Just Roulette | LEN - Histoire Privée".

The first thing I did when the fragrance arrived was to look at the very nice packaging. The slipcase in which the box is kept simple despite the illustrations, the box itself is sturdy and the bottle is firmly enclosed in a cut-out, so far so good.
The bottle is kept simple, with 2 darkened glass walls on the sides (like the others in the series) and the well-fitting magnetic cap has a logo on the top. The glass feels sturdy and of high quality and the bottle has a very good sprayer with a good spray mist.

Now we come to the fragrance that is at home in this bottle.
I find the fragrance clean, fresh and summery and it is definitely unisex. The tangy grapefruit, a beautiful iris note and the woods are clear to smell and despite the linear progression, the fragrance is always pleasant to wear. But now we have arrived at the point that gives my review its title. I have to say that there is sometimes more and sometimes less in terms of durability and sillage and I don't feel as if it's due to fragrance blindness. But I accept the whole thing because I love the "Just Roulette | LEN - Histoire Privée" by now.

A small and nasty aftertaste is also the rather high price (everyone defines that for themselves) that the brand charges for the water, which I think could be improved.

All in all, a great fragrance from a brand that I think still flies under the radar of many in Germany...

Thank you for your time reading

01/21/2021

1
Pricing 8
Bottle 3
Sillage 3
Longevity 6.5
Scent

SchnüFFleRR
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SchnüFFleRR

11

Weak and uninspired but at least expensive....

I'm actually a friend of describing fragrances in detail and allowing the reader some participation in my subjective view of my assessment . Ahead of time, here I will keep it relatively short. I also understand that many will probably not share my opinion but I hope that I can possibly save one or the other from a blind purchase.

The fragrance is for me very strongly oriented to Terre d'Hermès. Malicious tongues would claim that it would be a "cheap" clone. I have tested both several times side by side on my arms in direct comparison. The parallels are hardly to be dismissed from the hand in the case of my arm.
I have also worn the fragrance of LEN certainly 4-5 times during the day to see how he beats in everyday life and how he cuts off against the similar "brother fragrance".

For those who do not know TdH, the fragrance starts with a very bitter grapefruit and then mixes with very masculine with woody notes. (Of course, only briefly described)
The performance and also the fragrance in and of itself are at the Hermès EDP for a summer fragrance or a fresher everyday fragrance just outstandingly good, especially if you consider the price.

The Just Roulett starts a little softer and seems a little more balanced in contrast to the TdH. But that was then also the only advantage, because after a maximum of two hours (yes two hours!) The fragrance is no longer perceptible. I applied, believe it or not, 15 sprays in one day and after almost 3 hours, neither I nor my surroundings could still perceive the scent. I mean I am already bad performance of, for example, the brand Tom Ford (the summer fragrances) used but this is another category of lousy durability.
185€ for a fragrance that offers absolutely nothing new and after two to a maximum of four hours track is smelling for me only one thing.... absolute rip-off.

May be that the brand has some great fragrances in the portfolio but the here is at least with me with kettledrums and rockets failed

10/08/2019

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Taurus
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Taurus

Very helpful Review 15

Wheel of fortune

I first met the LEN Histoire Privée brand at this year's conference of the German Perfumery Association in Düsseldorf. I was kindly invited, although I do not work in or for a perfumery. During the conference, some small perfume labels introduced themselves on the sidelines, looking for new contract partners. Similar to the Global Art of Perfumery, which unfortunately no longer exists.

One of the labels was LEN Histoire Privée, which presented six creations at its stand. The women's perfume "Jeux Dangereux" even won the Artistic Independent Prize at the Duftstars 2019.
a few months later
According to his own description, the name of the label derives from the French soldier/perfumer Francoise de la Lenes, who, after Napoleon's failed Russian campaign in 1812, remained with Count Artuchowski's family as a French teacher and gave two perfume recipes as a gift from the lady of the house.
The family was able to save them from Russian revolution, emigration and wars and, with the help of the great-great granddaughter and founder of the label Jelena von Olnhausen, transform them into real fragrances. Then there were four more creations.

To what extent this rather adventurous story is true, I cannot judge. In general, this is about storytelling, because each of these scents is linked to a different country and a little romantic story. Just Roulette" is about an Italian actor, his wife, their little daughter and their nanny on their yacht.

One notices that it is quite sophisticated and the perfumes can be found accordingly in the higher price segment. As Extrait de Parfum they have a 23 to 28 percent concentration of perfume oils and have been designed quite nobly by "The Different Company" founder and designer Thierry de Baschmakoff in terms of packaging and bottle.

But let's finally get to the scent. The ingredients such as grapefruit, iris, cedar wood and vetiver alone give you a glimpse of where the journey is heading and where the ball is rolling.
Who thinks now of Terre d´Hermès, is not so wrong at all. But here we are not just dealing with a copy or adaptation, but with an exciting further development, because the iris sets a powdery soft counterpoint to the lively fruity grapefruit.
Vetiver and cedar wood also rotate in the kettle and are present faster than officially announced, strengthening the association with TdH.

The grapefruit note is of course the one that says goodbye the quickest. What remains in the end is still decent iris and cedar wood with a soft trace of vetiver. You hardly notice anything of the moss.

Altogether I like "Just Roulette" extraordinarily well, although strangely enough I had ticked off TdH for me personally already more than 10 years ago. But in this witty and cleverly balanced version the theme gets its charm again. Besides, I wonder if you get a similar effect if you layer TdH with infusion d´Iris from Prada.

Yes - I like this almost contradictory mixture and as I recently saw at Beauty Affair in Düsseldorf, they probably found an exclusive perfumery offering the complete series. I'm going to take a look at the "She&Male" and the "Try To Follow Me".