Top Notes 
Bergamot
Kaffir lime
Heart Notes 
Heliotrope
Ylang-ylang
Rose
Violet
Jasmine
Orange blossom
Base Notes 
Cistus
Musk
Vanilla
Benzoin
Ginger
Labdanum
Moss
Papyrus
Tolu balm
Cypriol
Frankincense
Patchouli
Saffron
Sandalwood
Cedarwood
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Roja Dove: The Leopard Doesn't Change Its Spots
Browsing markets, of any kind, is always interesting; you can spend hours there and find the unexpected.
But who, besides Roja Dove, finds a little booklet with perfume recipes at such a market?
Would we even recognize them?
The inscription reads Pierre de Velay: A name only, nothing more.
Everything about this name is and remains a mystery.
When all searching yields nothing, he decides to bring these records to life in his laboratories.
They are too precious not to be shared with the perfume lovers of the world.
Thus, they become the inspiration for his collection “Pierre de Velay by Roja Dove”.
This collection is more modest in appearance than his well-known fragrances; the bottles are less pompous, rather embodying a timeless classicism that appeals and piques curiosity.
Thus, “Amour” is exactly what the name suggests: A temptation in scent that tells us an intense love story.
Only it doesn’t reveal who loves whom: It leaves room for imagination, wonder, and shows us infinite tenderness.
Instead of sketching a pompous fragrance picture with the usual bold and generous brush strokes, Roja Dove used finer brushes for “Amour”, creating softer contours, while still remaining true to his well-known fragrance notes, resulting in - of course - a Chypre scent à la Roja!
How could it be otherwise!
Bergamot and lime open a fresh, summery, shimmering flirt: At this stage of the fragrance development, everything is still open and yet it already tingles!
But the next step leaves us no choice:
It is impossible not to fall in love with this arrangement of fragrant seduction that is gallantly laid at our feet as a grand bouquet of flowers.
Here they are gathered, in their full beauty, touching our senses time and again:
Intense violet scents in their dark violet velvet garments and almost innocently delicate orange blossoms invite us to romantic dreaming before the large-headed jasmine, with golden faces framed by white petals, develops from morning's clean freshness to the heavy sensuality of night.
This is the seductive moment before their heavy aromas marry with those of classic scented roses. This now awakened eroticism is enveloped by heliotrope in warm vanilla-like fragrance veils: Venus and with her love awaken!
Yes, she awakens and, through the cleverly arranged building blocks of the base notes, turns into a passion that ginger and saffron immediately spice up.
In their arms, we glide into the primal and earthy power of patchouli and moss, creating a soft, already softly vibrating cushion.
The feminine softness of the flower goddess is now overlaid and simultaneously emphasized (how refined!) by masculine woods: here sandalwood and the always somewhat softer cedarwood aroma.
But shh: Labdanum, benzoin, and glorious incense cover this intimate scene with their spicy smoke veils, and a soft blanket of tolu balsam, vanilla, and musk finally wraps it up.
What develops next is left to the imagination of each individual.
Sillage and longevity are those of the Roja fragrances we are accustomed to.
Although overall somewhat lighter, more transparent, the richness of the elegantly intertwined fragrance notes remains.
I am always amazed and fascinated by the variety of scents that can emerge from what is so familiar to us when skillfully, with finesse and love, put together.
Even when we pick flowers and arrange them into a bouquet, today’s will not resemble yesterday’s, even if we have taken blooms from the same plant.
“Amour by Pierre de Velay” is a brand of its own, yet remains a child of Roja Dove.
Here too, the leopard cannot change its spots.
That doesn’t matter at all: “Amour” is a charming love story in scent, told by a connoisseur and received with open senses.
I am curious if I will encounter other compositions from this brand.
Of course, my curiosity is piqued.
I too cannot change my spots ...
But who, besides Roja Dove, finds a little booklet with perfume recipes at such a market?
Would we even recognize them?
The inscription reads Pierre de Velay: A name only, nothing more.
Everything about this name is and remains a mystery.
When all searching yields nothing, he decides to bring these records to life in his laboratories.
They are too precious not to be shared with the perfume lovers of the world.
Thus, they become the inspiration for his collection “Pierre de Velay by Roja Dove”.
This collection is more modest in appearance than his well-known fragrances; the bottles are less pompous, rather embodying a timeless classicism that appeals and piques curiosity.
Thus, “Amour” is exactly what the name suggests: A temptation in scent that tells us an intense love story.
Only it doesn’t reveal who loves whom: It leaves room for imagination, wonder, and shows us infinite tenderness.
Instead of sketching a pompous fragrance picture with the usual bold and generous brush strokes, Roja Dove used finer brushes for “Amour”, creating softer contours, while still remaining true to his well-known fragrance notes, resulting in - of course - a Chypre scent à la Roja!
How could it be otherwise!
Bergamot and lime open a fresh, summery, shimmering flirt: At this stage of the fragrance development, everything is still open and yet it already tingles!
But the next step leaves us no choice:
It is impossible not to fall in love with this arrangement of fragrant seduction that is gallantly laid at our feet as a grand bouquet of flowers.
Here they are gathered, in their full beauty, touching our senses time and again:
Intense violet scents in their dark violet velvet garments and almost innocently delicate orange blossoms invite us to romantic dreaming before the large-headed jasmine, with golden faces framed by white petals, develops from morning's clean freshness to the heavy sensuality of night.
This is the seductive moment before their heavy aromas marry with those of classic scented roses. This now awakened eroticism is enveloped by heliotrope in warm vanilla-like fragrance veils: Venus and with her love awaken!
Yes, she awakens and, through the cleverly arranged building blocks of the base notes, turns into a passion that ginger and saffron immediately spice up.
In their arms, we glide into the primal and earthy power of patchouli and moss, creating a soft, already softly vibrating cushion.
The feminine softness of the flower goddess is now overlaid and simultaneously emphasized (how refined!) by masculine woods: here sandalwood and the always somewhat softer cedarwood aroma.
But shh: Labdanum, benzoin, and glorious incense cover this intimate scene with their spicy smoke veils, and a soft blanket of tolu balsam, vanilla, and musk finally wraps it up.
What develops next is left to the imagination of each individual.
Sillage and longevity are those of the Roja fragrances we are accustomed to.
Although overall somewhat lighter, more transparent, the richness of the elegantly intertwined fragrance notes remains.
I am always amazed and fascinated by the variety of scents that can emerge from what is so familiar to us when skillfully, with finesse and love, put together.
Even when we pick flowers and arrange them into a bouquet, today’s will not resemble yesterday’s, even if we have taken blooms from the same plant.
“Amour by Pierre de Velay” is a brand of its own, yet remains a child of Roja Dove.
Here too, the leopard cannot change its spots.
That doesn’t matter at all: “Amour” is a charming love story in scent, told by a connoisseur and received with open senses.
I am curious if I will encounter other compositions from this brand.
Of course, my curiosity is piqued.
I too cannot change my spots ...
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