The Art Collection

Manhattan 2022 Eau de Parfum

Manhattan (Eau de Parfum) by Roja Parfums
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8.4 / 10 589 Ratings
A popular perfume by Roja Parfums for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is sweet-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BasilBasil LavenderLavender BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CoconutCoconut HeliotropeHeliotrope Grasse jasmineGrasse jasmine May roseMay rose VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
CloveClove TobaccoTobacco CinnamonCinnamon VanillaVanilla BenzoinBenzoin CedarwoodCedarwood GingerGinger MuskMusk OakmossOakmoss PinePine Pink pepperPink pepper VetiverVetiver PatchouliPatchouli

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Scent
8.4589 Ratings
Longevity
7.7538 Ratings
Sillage
7.2535 Ratings
Bottle
9.2514 Ratings
Value for money
6.1426 Ratings
Submitted by multiple users, last update on 05/06/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "The Art Collection" collection.

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IdleExpatter

18 Reviews
IdleExpatter
IdleExpatter
Very helpful Review 5  
It's my perfect fragrance. It may or may not be yours.
Let's get it out of the way right off the bat: this is my favorite fragrance. Full stop.

Out of the mountain of fragrances I've smelled or sampled at this point, Manhattan is the one that feels most like a perfumer rummaged around in my brain and came out with this scent. To my nose, it's a gorgeously blended tapestry of most of my favorite notes that creates a warm, intoxicating mélange. My brain won't let me have a single signature, but this one would certainly be on the cold-weather shortlist.

Of course, in typical Roja fashion, this fragrance lists about fifty thousand notes, of which I can notably detect maybe five or six. But setting the notes aside, as an EXPERIENCE this sings.

Another reviewer, Tiago, used the word "sparkly" to describe the fragrance, and that's what the opening is to me: a surprisingly light and sparkly pop of citrus and lavender, something just a bit boozy, and a warm, toasty...coconut?! What's that doing in here?? Not the note you'd expect, but wow it works: enveloping the effervescent opening minutes in a lightly sweet, warmly roasted base.

As the opening fades, you sink into a world of warm baking spices, vanilla, sandalwood, and a quite lush tobacco. It's much more graceful than those notes might make you expect, though. I wouldn't call this fragrance LIGHT, but Manhattan has a much airier, loftier presence than something like Tobacco Vanille, which has similar notes but in my experience sits much darker, heavier, and closer to the skin than Manhattan does.

I get excellent longevity and presence from this, but of course your mileage/bottle/batch may vary. I know the Roja bottles are love-em-or-hate-em, but they don't bother me. The only place I can knock real points off here is for price: the value proposition in any Roja is gonna be for you to decide for yourself, but even for the already-inflated world of fragrance costs in general, Roja's prices can make your eyes water.
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Ninamariah

242 Reviews
Ninamariah
Ninamariah
Very helpful Review 3  
Calming aromatic Coconut, Vanilla and T*bacco
“At night the buildings shimmer vertically, against the dark sky. In the morning the sun rises over Manhattan illuminating the city that never sleeps."

This beautiful bottle really shimmers against the darkness.

There is a lot of notes in this perfume and a lot of going on like in New Your city. Happily I still don’t get a hectic or chaotic vibe from this scent - it’s rather calming and relaxing by forgetting all that traffic and hurry and I’m thinking myself watching all that up in the sky in my own peace. That never sleeping Manhattan with a millions of people is under my eyes and I concentrate on my own business.

Manhattan is captivating and uplifting scent with ingeniously blended juice and the main notes Heliotrope, Coconut, Patchouli, Tobacco, Cedarwood and Vanilla open up brightly together with aromatic Lavender and other floral notes. In my skin this doesn’t change so much during a couple of hours. You don’t have to be worried about overspraying this since after the opening it settles down to a beautiful skin scent, not too weak but just perfect for wearing at the office.

I can get easily a little bit sweet Vanilla and Coconut while Patchouli is giving the fresh, earthy take on it, other spices are tuning the sweetness down with Oakmoss, and tobacco gives a unique polished touch to this juice. It’s really sophisticated so you shouldn’t be worried about that note if you are not into that note. It’s not dirty nor literally smoky. Coconut here is beautiful as well, not at all cloying or sun lotion type - what else you can get from Roja Dove than divine, luxurious vibe in notes.

Overall this perfume is posh, modern masterpiece from Roja Dove!
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Tiagofml

24 Reviews
Tiagofml
Tiagofml
Helpful Review 4  
Vibrant Elegance
Manhattan by ROJA Parfums
What a stunner this is!
And I’m not just talking about the presentation which is just beautiful.

This seems to have been tailor made for me.

In one word: Boujee And I mean it.

It manages to be both warm, spicy, rich, enveloping, opulent…
…AND bright, sparkly, aromatic, energetic, classy, elegant.

The opening on this is truly breathtaking to me.
A bright bergamot dancing with coconut and floral nuances with a slice of freshly cut ginger and a couple of basil leaves on top.
In fact - the opening leads you to believe this will be a gourman leaning scent in a similar fashion Ambre Narguile or Nobile's La Danza delle Libellule do, but... Nope!

This develops. A lot!

A few minutes later, the florals give Manhattan a bit more complexity with crisp freshness from Violet, elegance from rose, carnal touches from jasmine and powdery Almondy nuances from heliotrope.

There’s a soft spiciness throughout the whole experience with pink pepper and the ginger. The basil and pine nuances balance it out.

Then comes the rich and opulent base of vanilla, musk, light vegetal tobacco, cinnamon, cloves, benzoin and cedar mainly.

This never gets too sweet, too woody, too crisp. It’s simply put: perfectly balanced to my nose.

In typical ROJA fashion: SPARKLY. And this never gets old to me.

Rich. Complex. Busy. Energetic. Classy. Opulent.
Manhattan. New York.

It just fits me and moves me; and that's more than enough to me.
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D6jo

17 Reviews
D6jo
D6jo
Helpful Review 4  
Smooth Soft Vanilla bomb
This fragrance is an masterpiece. I was browsing through notino and found that this was on sale and instantly bought it.

First of all the packaging and bottle is top notch. You really get that luxurious feeling to it. The parfume itself is really well blended with the vanilla really seeping through the whole fragrance. At first you get that really fresh feeling to it with whiffs of vanilla and lavender. While letting it sit for an couple of minutes you go through an well crafted work of art. The smell seeps through the room and you get this cozy, pleasant feeling.

Overall this is an really well crafted fragrance that you should atleast have smelled once in your lifetime.
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TRehf

21 Reviews
TRehf
TRehf
Helpful Review 1  
Scent of Winter season 2023
I just received the fragrance this morning and after giving it a full wearing I can confirm that this is going to be my go-to-scent for the upcoming winter months.

The scent starts with a sparkling mix of citrus, aromatic notes and tobacco. Although not being redundant the opening gives me a similar feeling like wearing the Enigma (Creation E) Parfum Cologne.

After about 15mins the citrus component starts to fade and the tobacco gets more prominent. Spicy and ambery/vanilla tones start to overshadow the aromatic notes. About an hour into the wearing I do see why people compare this fragrance to Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford.

This fragrance is still different to Tobacco Vanille, it only shares some facets.
Another facet of the fragrance is the ginger note which is probably responsible for the sparkling opening and remains as an uplifting character in the scent at this stage.
In addition, the coconut notes gives a fragrance a smooth character and the pine note adds some woody character. This stage of the fragrance remains for about 4 hours until the fragrance makes a slight turn again.

Deep in the drydown, maybe at the 5 or 6 hour mark, a rose note shines through. To be honest, I wasn’t looking at the note breakdown at first and I was wondering where the rosy smell came from until I noticed that it must be me. Then I checked the fragrance notes and saw there is rose inside.

I couldn’t detect the fragrance anymore after about 7 to 8 hours after application.

As you can see, the fragrance is very complex and although I used other fragrances to describe the scent, the fragrance happens to be very unique to my nose. I understand why many people take comparisons the TV but this one is not as linear and also more subtle. I wouldn’t consider this being a weak fragrance at all but TV is definitely more projecting and also longer lasting, however, I see Manhattan definitely more office and work appropriate.

Today, I enjoyed every minute of the wearing experience and I’m definitely going to wear this one with the same excitement during the winter months.

Considering bottle and presentation, I guess there’s not much to say except it’s gorgeous.

Talking about the price, I understand that 350€ (300£) is a steep price tag for a fragrance but considering presentation and the complexity of the scent, the price is justified in my opinion.

I find this fragrance more on the masculine side on my skin, however it would be interesting to see how it develops on feminine skin. I usually don’t put genders on fragrances and I think woman can easily wear the fragrance with confidence as well.
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DrDre10DrDre10 4 months ago
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A much smoother, better blended take on the Tobacco Vanille Eau de Parfum DNA with some coconut. Highly recommend
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 2 years ago
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Tobacco, heliotrope, cinnamon, clove and vanilla. Also a hint o lavender and patchouli. Well balanced fragrance similar to a soft Arabesque.
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Karapar12Karapar12 19 days ago
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Coconut, tobacco, vanilla and spicy woods, symphony of notes and smells really unique. Winter staple for sure and elegant
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KuraiKurai 9 months ago
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Although not completely my thing, there is no denying this Roja is a darn good spicy-vanilla tobacco infusion. Especially in the opening
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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 2 years ago
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Sweetened warm spices/ambers on a cherry-tobacco base. Smells like Boundless layered onto Blessed Baraka. Performs okay, masc fall-winter.
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IllParagraphIllParagraph 7 months ago
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Subtle, light, airy, sweet tobacco. A delightful yet reserved fragrance. Highly recommend.
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Ronny1987Ronny1987 2 years ago
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On my skin acts as divine fougere. Prominent lavender with spice and woodsy base. Very elegant, classy and complex. Eternal. To buy-list.
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BethenoseBethenose 2 years ago
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This scent it's beautiful! I hope it be back again. The sweetness and creaminess is just stunning. It reminds of Frapin 1270, but better.
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DarellDarell 1 year ago
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After a brief green opening
It quickly turns to a warm spiced and a soft amber/tabbaco and woody base
smooth stuff but its very discreet...
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ZestiestZestiest 1 year ago
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Reminds me of older perfumery in a good way. Smoothly blended, rich and elevating. should only be worn when your dress up to the nines
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