Manhattan Roja Parfums 2022 Eau de Parfum
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Art Déco
Manhattan embodies the Art Déco art style, which had its heyday in the 1920s. Manhattan is a tribute to a bygone era in which people looked to the future with hope and thus, with hard work, remained fit for the future. Manhattan is a reminder of the hedonistic and shocking appearance of nightclubs at the time, mainly because of their lascivious appearance, which had a worldwide impact
Manhattan is therefore initially an amber fragrance, but it also has modern, forward-looking elements. Rose, jasmine and heliotrope are placed on a classic stage of vanilla and tonka bean, and a whisper of tobacco can be heard, reminiscent of nightclubs. At the front of the bottle is the Chrysler Building, a representative of Art Deco, which gives off magical and obscure light reflections at night. This is why the perfume bottle is still black, while the EdP version now depicts the building during the day.
So much for the explanations of Roja Dove (translated, summarized).
I find it really exciting to take a look behind the scenes at how a perfume like this is created. For me, it is clear that Dove has dealt intensively with the subject and created a perfume that comes closest to his interpretation of this period. Even if you don't agree with it, I think it makes sense to at least know what the idea behind the perfume was. This can then influence your own perception again.
For me, Manhattan is a sweet to very sweet fragrance, but it is well balanced and therefore exudes a pleasant cloud of fragrance. The spiciness is at the limit for me personally, fragrances like Spicebomb Extreme tend to just overwhelm me. The spiciness is also much more noticeable on the strip than on the skin and in everyday life, so it's fine there.
I am a little cautious with sweet fragrances, as they can easily be overwhelming for me, after all, you have to "stand" behind the fragrance for hours; the sillage, which I would prefer to rate at 7.5 points, is perfect here - in my opinion, such a value is even better than 9 or 10, which is often simply too much of a good thing for me.
Despite its sweetness, the fragrance still has a pleasant lightness. I can easily smell coconut, which gives it a fresh kick, but as is so often the case with fragrances from this company, a lot of well-balanced substances are used, so that no one note stands out in particular. Describing it as a (fairly) sweet, vanilla, spicy scent is pretty accurate in my opinion. The development of the fragrance also reminds me a little of the character of Tobacco Vanilla, even though the scent is completely different. Although tobacco is only described as a "whisper" in Dove's fragrance, I find this character essential in Manhattan. The longevity is very good; after 6-7 hours my nose had gotten used to the scent and I thought that was it, but in the evening after a good 10 hours I clearly noticed the scent again (it was warmer again), it lasted well all day.
If the price is 250€ for the 100ml, I think the PL is actually quite ok - that puts you (roughly) in the Xerjoff range, for example, and is actually still well below Tom Ford prices (which is a completely different topic again...). I think Manhattan is worth a test if you are looking for a sweet-spicy, complex fall/winter fragrance. I don't think I need to mention that the bottle is a dream. Especially in the context of this fragrance, which contains a clear reference to art, it seems to me more than appropriate to offer a correspondingly artistic presentation.
So much for the explanations of Roja Dove (translated, summarized).
I find it really exciting to take a look behind the scenes at how a perfume like this is created. For me, it is clear that Dove has dealt intensively with the subject and created a perfume that comes closest to his interpretation of this period. Even if you don't agree with it, I think it makes sense to at least know what the idea behind the perfume was. This can then influence your own perception again.
For me, Manhattan is a sweet to very sweet fragrance, but it is well balanced and therefore exudes a pleasant cloud of fragrance. The spiciness is at the limit for me personally, fragrances like Spicebomb Extreme tend to just overwhelm me. The spiciness is also much more noticeable on the strip than on the skin and in everyday life, so it's fine there.
I am a little cautious with sweet fragrances, as they can easily be overwhelming for me, after all, you have to "stand" behind the fragrance for hours; the sillage, which I would prefer to rate at 7.5 points, is perfect here - in my opinion, such a value is even better than 9 or 10, which is often simply too much of a good thing for me.
Despite its sweetness, the fragrance still has a pleasant lightness. I can easily smell coconut, which gives it a fresh kick, but as is so often the case with fragrances from this company, a lot of well-balanced substances are used, so that no one note stands out in particular. Describing it as a (fairly) sweet, vanilla, spicy scent is pretty accurate in my opinion. The development of the fragrance also reminds me a little of the character of Tobacco Vanilla, even though the scent is completely different. Although tobacco is only described as a "whisper" in Dove's fragrance, I find this character essential in Manhattan. The longevity is very good; after 6-7 hours my nose had gotten used to the scent and I thought that was it, but in the evening after a good 10 hours I clearly noticed the scent again (it was warmer again), it lasted well all day.
If the price is 250€ for the 100ml, I think the PL is actually quite ok - that puts you (roughly) in the Xerjoff range, for example, and is actually still well below Tom Ford prices (which is a completely different topic again...). I think Manhattan is worth a test if you are looking for a sweet-spicy, complex fall/winter fragrance. I don't think I need to mention that the bottle is a dream. Especially in the context of this fragrance, which contains a clear reference to art, it seems to me more than appropriate to offer a correspondingly artistic presentation.
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