Parfum de la Nuit 3 Roja Parfums 2015

Opulent blend of Leather, Incense and Amber with warm spicy tones of saffron and cumin. Parfum de la Nuit 3 sits on a floral and slightly sweet resinous base. It smells incredibly high quality and well put together. Not dirty at all despite heavy and typically dirty notes of Leather, incense and cumin. Incredibly well blended, this is opulence in a bottle. The fragrance sits quite close to the skin and doesn't project massively however, it lasts very long. Although the notes in this are not my favorite, as I prefer sweet, fresh & boozy scents over dry orientals like this one, I can't deny the exquisite quality notes. They are so well put together that I have no other reason than to rate the scent a 9 out of 10. If the fragrance had been more my cup of tea, I would have given it a 10.

The price is absolutely outrageous. No fragrance should be priced at €1.200 retail. I am aware you can scoop this up at around €800 on grey markets. I think the retail price of this should be half or even less. You are however paying for arguably the most prestigious and renowned fragrance brand, Roja Parfums, and the packaging is second to none. That however does not make up for the outrageous price of this fragrance. Xerjoff for example also has impeccable packaging, yet doesn't have nearly as steep price tags as Roja Parfums, while still smelling of extremely high quality. Only a very experienced nose can notice a quality difference between these two houses.