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Aoud Roja Parfums 2011

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A popular perfume by Roja Parfums for women and men, released in 2011. The scent is woody-oriental. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Oriental

Floral

Spicy

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Vervain

Bergamot

Lemon

Heart Notes

May rose

Geranium

Grasse jasmine

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Oud

Ambergris

Saffron

Vanilla

Cashmere wood

Cedarwood

Cinnamon

Leather

Musk

Nutmeg

Patchouli

Sandalwood Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Perfumer

Roja Dove

Ratings

Scent

8.2411 Ratings

Longevity

8.3359 Ratings

Sillage

7.8366 Ratings

Bottle

9.1353 Ratings

Value for money

5.7200 Ratings

Submitted by Igraine, last update on 06/26/2025.

Interesting Facts

The scent is also available as Absolue Précieux and Crystal Parfum. The Crystal Parfum shall be the result of a special destillation technique to create colourless oils.

The fragrance is part of the "The Aoud Collection" collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Aoud Absolue Précieux

Amber Aoud Parfum

Cuir Cavalier

Oud Satin Mood Eau de Parfum

Oud Extrait de Parfum

San Francisco Sunrise

Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/28/2024

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

Ninamariah
246 Reviews

Ninamariah

6

Still one of the best Rose Ouds, Comparing Aoud / Amber Aoud

ROJA PARFUMS
Aoud (2010)
Parfum
Unisex

Sensual
Inviting
Sophisticated
Mellow
Very versatile
Rather fresh than sweet
High end quality

One of the best rose ouds in my opinion!

This was one of my first niche perfumes when starting my journey and the first rose oud in my collection. I still remember the feeling when smelling this one for first time. It’s still astonishingly A M A Z I N G

Like all Roja Doves this scent has a lot of different notes and it’s impossible to separate those all. Three of them are anyway dominant in Aoud: Rose de Mai, Saffron and Oud.

Oud is not skanky or animalic in this at all. It’s very restrained. After this settles down it’s getting more soft because of vanilla, nutmeg, cedarwood and sandalwood in the base but it’s strong anyway. Vanilla is like in most of Rojas: it’s impossible to detect. It gets mystical vibe and certain character from musk, leather and ambergris but all of them are blended perfectly and not at all bringing that sexual and erotic slightly animalistic vibe like in Musk Aoud.

Longevity is eternal.

From their website

Top Notes:
Lemon, Bergamot, Verbena

Heart Notes:
Geranium, Rose de Mai*, Jasmin de Grasse, Ylang Ylang

Base Notes:
Rhubarb, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Saffron*, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Casmir Wood, Sandalwood, Aoud*, Vanilla, Leather, Ambergris, Musk

* KEY INGREDIENTS

That travel size is Aoud Absolue Precieux (discontinued). It’s a little bit more refined than original Aoud and the oil concentration is higher.

Just a note: juice is really dark and it stains light clothes. Available in Crystal which is the same perfume without a color.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AOUD AND Amber Aoud Parfum
Both unisex with eternal longevity, huge sillage and projection.

(The rating matches for both)

I wanted to write about these Roja Dove’s two perfumes since there seems to be people who would like to know the difference of these two and if another one is redundant if you already have the other. You can check the differences from the notes of course but that doesn’t tell always how those similarities or/and differences appears. So here is my opinion.

As I love Roja so much I have both: Aoud in 30ml and 100ml and Amber Aoud Crystal in 100ml. I like to have both and for me I feel that I need to have both. The difference is not so big for most of the people but it’s very noticeable for trained nose, rosewood lovers and Roja fans.

Differences are:
- Amber Aoud is slightly more sweet because of Fig in the opening and Benzoin in the base.
- In the same time it’s warmer because of Ambergris and Benzoin in the base. (Ambergris is as well in Aoud but it’s not the main note.)
- Aoud is more fresh and rosy. It’s more traditional Rose Oud scent.
- Even if there is Saffron in both, Aoud is more earthy since there is less the main notes in overall so Saffron is easier to detect.
- I would say that Aoud is not so complex than Amber Aoud. In Aoud it’s really easy to smell Rose, Saffron and Oud separately while in Amber Aoud its 5 different main base notes are really well blended.
- Aoud is the first one of those three (Aoud, Musk Aoud, Amber Aoud) which Roja launched so it is like the most simple one.
- Amber oud has a smoky feeling in it, it varies a lot between different batches though.

If you want a real Rose Oud scent go for Aoud, if you are not a huge fan of traditional Rose Ouds, you can love Amber Aoud.

MY OPINION: If you like AOUD, you will like Amber Aoud as well but not automatically in the other way.

I hope this will help some people to choose between these two chic, captivating and mesmerizing perfumes. Musk Aoud is by the way totally different and unfortunately it’s discontinued due to the regulations of certain natural ingredients. I’m happy to own it as 30ml og and 100ml crystal.

These both perfumes are suitable in the same kind of occasions, they share the same kind of feeling and character despite of the differences. They are attractive, seductice, rich, complex, mesmerising, utterly luxurious and absolutely in among of the best scents ever. The juice of the original perfumes is very dark and it stains clothes permanently so Crystal versions of those scents are very practical. I love to wear these scents during a summertime and with white clothes so clear juice is great with them. The scent itself is identical with the dark, original juice, only the colour has been removed.Both perfumes are unisex.

02/17/2023

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

TRehf
21 Reviews

TRehf

Helpful Review 3

The one that started it all

After reviewing Amber Aoud and Musk Aoud, here's my final review of the trio from Rojas Aoud collection. This time, it's about the one that started it all in 2011: Aoud. I have to say that Aoud is the only one of the trio of which I haven't tested the crystal version as well.

Aoud can be considered a classical Rose-Oud-Saffron combination with the other notes from the breakdown supporting the blend but never becoming dominant. Aoud is a very authentic middle eastern smelling fragrance which not taken for granted at all considering it's released by a European brand. I've travelled a few times to the Middle East and can confirm that you are getting the real middle eastern smell with this fragrance. That means that the fragrance takes no compromises to appeal to costumers from the Western world. Either you like it or you don't. Aoud has some minor animalic facets. It's a smoothly blended mixture of opulent rose, dark and slightly smoky woods and spices. The opening is quite strong but after 1-2 hours, the dry down is more appealing to most people. Actually, the dry down is similar to the ones of Amber Aoud and Musk Aoud.

Nowadays, Rose-Oud combinations are offered by many brands, so what makes Aoud stand out from the rest and worth 720€/100ml? Aoud was released in 2011 so it can be considered one of the first Rose-Oud fragrances on the western market. In addition, as I said it's very authentic. The packaging and presentation is very luxurious and Roja has high standards when it comes to quality of ingredients. But if that's enough to justify the price tag anyone has to decide for themselves.

Considering performance, I had slightly higher expectations. Same as Amber Aoud and Musk Aoud, the fragrance last on my skin for about 8 hours with about 3 hours detectable sillage from my side. That's not bad but also not great either for this type of scent and also considering the price tag. However there are a few things I have to mention: I only tested the fragrance in colder climates. It would be interesting to see how it performs in the Middle East. Also, it's the only one from the collection that I currently don't own a full bottle. Spraying from a sample might be considerably less juice than spraying from the bottle. I can also not rule out that I'm just going to become olfactory fatigue after 3 hours because especially in the first hour Aoud is the strongest projecting of the trio to my nose.

Let me finish the review with possible occasions where the fragrance is most suitable. The fragrance is of such high quality that I wouldn't waste it on anything except special occasions like birthdays, family gatherings or high class/black tie events, simply situations where it really matters. Of course, depending on your finances, this fragrance would be a great signature scent as well but a pretty costly one. When it comes to Oud our western conception is often that it's only going to work in colder climates. I happen to find the opposite. In the Middle East temperatures rarely go below 15°C through the year and in summer it's about 45°C. They still wear their oud scents so why we in the west shouldn't as well?

10/24/2023

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

SininenPoika
3 Reviews

SininenPoika

4

Regal, Opulent & Plasticky

Roja Dove Aoud Review

Aoud initially opens with fantastically bright notes of Lemon, Geranium, Jasmine and Ylang-Ylang however quickly develops more depth and complexity as the Oud, May Rose (the signature rose that Roja Dove uses in his Aoud creations), Saffron and Ambergris become more prominent. These notes blend together so beautifully. The opening feels Plasticky and screeching a bit after few minutes it fades away.   The dry down bears a noticeable similarity to Amber Aoud as the Rose, Saffron & Ambergris is the same. However as it lacks the fig and the resulting scent is much less sweet and instead more dry and woody compared to Amber Aoud. The warm spices of cinnamon and nutmeg are also slightly noticeable (the nutmeg is such a nice touch), however the rest of the notes are so well blended you would struggle to pick them out as we all know Roja Dove does his best work, creating a fragrance that is classical, timeless, complex yet modern & he always take pride in himself to use very high quality taw materials he even uses fractional distillation technique in making his pitch black dark, thick, staining fragrance liquid to make it as clear as tap water so that it won’t stain light colored clothes 
Of the 2 Aouds i have (Amber Aoud & Aoud) Amber Aoud to me have the best performance. Aoud is the dryer Amber Aoud is the sweetest & of the 3 Aoud is the most masculine (although as a Middle Eastern we don’t buy this Masculine/ Feminine thing unless is too feminine like for example Viva La Juicy or Tresor)

I've read reviews of those that say his fragrances are just copycats of others before them ( Danger is a copy of Heritage, Fetish is a copy of Moschino PH blah, blah, blah) and I'm not buying that at all too, this how the fragrance industry works right now unfortunately after IFF banned so many raw materials and because of that many fragrances have been reformulated, now everyone is copying the other + look at those blue fragrances for example they all smell the same and i’m not a Roja fanboy not at all I’m not a fan of nobody, i just like some of his creations just like anybody else, who doesn’t like Diaghilev for example or Amber Aoud weather it’s Parfum or Absolue Precieux concentration.

To me this is much more regal and refined than many Rose-Oud perfumes, a one of a kind fragrance and a true modern masterpiece. But to me Amber Aoud will always top it.

04/26/2016

10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Perfumemania
31 Reviews

Perfumemania

Helpful Review 1

Gorgeous Aoud!

If anyone is looking for smooth non-barnyard aoud, then this is the one to go for. I love aoud, but this is my favourite so far. It has become quite a norm for niche houses to launch aoud perfumes, but hands down, no one has done it better than Roja Dove. This is a winter warmer and for formal occasions.

01/07/2021

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Taurus
380 Reviews

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Taurus

Top Review 20

Why this oud fragrance still surprises

With Roja Dove, one should really assume that his creations come across radiant, rich and of the highest elegance. So far, none of his fragrances has disappointed me, even if the price range is known to be beyond good and evil.

Although the subject of oud really no longer lures you out from behind the stove, it is still exciting what the master of exclusivity has made of it. The expectation is in any case huge, although you can guess before the mental nose, where the olfactory journey goes.

As Terra has already described, the color of Aoud is very dark or almost tincture-like. At bright textiles it should better not come when spraying, otherwise there could be visible stains.
Otherwise, the fragrance turns out to be exactly what you could think in principle: a rich Oudling, but very gentle and polished, in addition, with a neat rose note at eye level to the eagle wood.
Just at the beginning additionally streams verbena into the mix, which makes the Eau de Parfum something citrus-fresh and metallic-scratchy. Somehow a small counterpoint, where you wonder whether it seems dispensable or creative.

In the later course, nevertheless, oud and rose form the two main pillars, with dark woody notes and some floral nuances giving a smooth undertone. Otherwise, hardly what of the many other ingredients is perceptible in between.

Aoud goes so already more than ok and has quite its justification, whereby one must weigh that in 2011 such a combination was still relative virgin territory. Today, almost every perfume label has a similarly constructed fragrance in the portfolio - and especially far cheaper. And for the Roja Dove price, one or two eaglewood afficionados could get pure oud oil, albeit in far smaller quantities.

What really surprises me is the relatively manageable longevity and projection. For a Roja Dove fragrance and in this shade, I almost assumed you could fill a large gym with it for days. Slight disappointments are programmed there if necessary, but that should not diminish the quality of the Aouds.

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