Roja Roja Parfums 2013

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Roja is a popular perfume by Roja Parfums for women and men and was released in 2013. The scent is floral-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production. Pronunciation

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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Powdery

Chypre

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Grasse jasmine

May rose

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Ambergris

Benzoin

Clove

Labdanum

Oakmoss

Vanilla

Iris

Styrax

Cinnamon

Civet

Ginger

Amyris

Cedarwood

Patchouli

Perfumer

Roja Dove

Ratings

Scent

8.6202 Ratings

Longevity

8.8194 Ratings

Sillage

8.3195 Ratings

Bottle

9.2206 Ratings

Value for money

3.5100 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 14.04.2024.

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/21/2020

Mogwai
11 Reviews

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Mogwai

7

Like or dislike haute luxe, that's the thing here

Very interesting high-quality scent, he has something very special, do not know how to describe it, a sprayer and you are a small fragrance bomb not over-smellable
Memories and comparisons with Chanel no. 5, with Gold Woman, with Diaghilev are awakened.

Ylang-ylang is always present, intense and unsweet.
One likes HL and becomes easily addicted or not.
In the clothes and in the hair sticks a wonderful warm base, Ylang-Ylang, golden warm and creamy.

But he does have a bit of a granny smell, at least at first.

Please forgive me for this short comment, it was too long for a statement, but I would like to express how I feel about Haute Luxe.

Thanks again for the bottling, I will never afford it

07/09/2015

10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

ScentFan
332 Reviews

ScentFan

Very helpful Review 7

Haute Luxe Triumph

Yes, the price is outrageous - $3,500. Yes, the whole idea is overblown - actual gold flecks, I'm told at the counter. Whether in the bottle or the actual liquid, I didn't get. I wasn't paying attention. My nose had taken over my brain. Today, clearing my desk, I came on the scented paper in its envelope and had to write a review because I'm once again concluding this is the best thing I've ever smelled. By genre it is both a proper chyre (bergamot, labdanum, oakmoss) and a near-proper oriental (bergamot, jasmine, amber, vanilla), missing musk. The chypre element is deepened by addition of the faux oakmoss note now in vogue because of EU regulations (patchouli/vetiver). I mixed both the pure chypre accord and the faux one during my on-going Learning Chypre sniff fest to experience them and what's here is authentic. The spice in Roja is delicious, the cedar entrancing, the florals an olfactory garden of sophistication. It's as if Roja Dove decided to take the best in perfumery and push them beyond magnificence. For 10 years this was Roja Dove's personal perfume. It wasn't on sale. Now you could still say it isn't really on sale. There was only one bottle at Neiman Marcus when I went there a day in advance of his visit. You have to order it online at his site or go to Harrod's in London and there's no guarantee it will be in stock, I hear. Roja perfume (which at the counter they called Haute Luxe) is the best of the best I've smelled in my two years as a perfumista. Wear it and be assured only a handful on the planet will smell as good as you. I didn't love love his other fragrances. Innuendo is my favorite of the women's line. Diaghilev is wonderful among the men's. But as soon as I get an extra $3,500 I don't need for anything else, I'm getting on a plane, flying to London, getting in one of those Hackney cabs and driving straight to Harrod's. They called him Professeur de Parfum during the years he worked at Guerlain. With Haute Luxe, Roja Dove proves he deserves that title.

4/19/16
The 7.5 ml Discovery Atomiser I ordered on the website arrived today and fully justified the price with its great beauty--notes of far greater quality and depth, a composition far more brilliant than any of the hundreds I own. Only two or three stellar vintages (Shalimar extrait, for one) are even close to the same league.

02/02/2024

9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Serenissima
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Serenissima

Helpful Review 7

precious spices in Grasse

"Roja", the perfume of the same name by the well-known fragrance creator, is a work of art that deviates from the usual, lovingly and expertly woven from the diverse aromas of spices and resins, which this time only play around a few, but carefully selected floral scents.
The result is a magnificent oriental-style spicy-chypre fragrance that tells me its story.

One of the so-called "pepper sacks", one of the bustling spice and spice merchants in the days of the Hanseatic League or the East India Company, was on his way to a wealthy customer in Grasse with his rich assortment of southern fruits, precious spices, flower bulbs and resins.
At the height of the flower fields, he took one last break and created an intoxicating blend of the most diverse exotic aromas from overseas: peppery ginger roots, cloves, cinnamon and vanilla, both warming and awakening the senses, in a refined and skillful interplay with the numerous flowers of May roses, Grasse jasmine in white-flowering sensuality and harmonizing ylang-ylang:
Already exceptionally beautiful! When this exquisite composition of spices and flowers is enveloped by aromatic smoky veils of precious resins such as benzoin, labdanum (the resin of cistus), dark purple styrax and ambergris, it is complete, in a skillful arrangement with the very present oakmoss, the depth of patchouli and amyris (this time as a fragrant combination between vanilla and benzoin resin replacing the well-known and popular sandalwood oil), a rich and sensual fragrance experience.

Roja Dove once again plays with fragrance notes, weaving opulent carpets of scents from their multitude, which then fulfill dreams on our skin and can even make us fly away if we wish.
Always remaining true to himself in terms of sillage and longevity, he creates colorful and opulently fragrant gems that clearly bear his signature:
Just like "Roja", the magnificent creation to which he gave his name!
All of his fragrances that I have had the pleasure of getting to know so far are not made for purists; they are too rich, too radiant for that: simply too luxurious! For "fragrance magpies" like me, who love everything shiny, his fragrance creatures are a truly voluptuous pleasure in these rather slimmed-down times.

10/19/2023

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Patrickno
6 Reviews

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Patrickno

6

My absolute dream

The fragrance starts extremely powerful and is still clearly perceptible the next day. I perceive clearly ylang-ylang, which is very intense at the beginning, then later creamy almost powdery.
The price is still extreme with numerous discounts and a little patience, but in my view appropriate to this enormous quality. I love the fragrance, but wear it only on very rare occasions. A masterpiece that I have not found in these nuances, this strength and persistence even at Nabeel spirit of Dubai.
From my point of view, the best fragrance of all Roja Dove creations but unfortunately also extremely expensive.

02/05/2024

Tobiasz1711
5 Reviews

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Tobiasz1711

7

Is this THE "golden fragrance"?

Hello everyone,

first of all, I would like to clarify what I mean by a "golden fragrance":
A golden fragrance must smell very special. how special? -Well, so special that you can only wear it on very special occasions.

And if you thought I was calling it a "golden fragrance" because it has gold particles in it, I'm afraid I have to disappoint you.
After all, it is the fragrance that Rocher Dove originally created for himself, entirely according to his wishes and ideas.
And what can you say? Quite simply, Rocher is a master of his craft and knows exactly how to implement his ideas.

By the way, I think Rocher has great taste in fragrances. In all his fragrances that I have been able to test so far, I have been able to recognize the following pattern:

He likes the combination of fruity and floral notes.
There is always a woody base, but it is never really in the spotlight.
Vanilla and something creamy such as musk or ambergris are usually a must for him.
But now to the Haute Luxe in more detail.
Immediately after spraying it on, it is very citrusy (due to the bergamot), but shortly afterwards it becomes incredibly floral.
Until the drydown, ylang-ylang and jasmine fight it out with ambergris and (I think) benzoin to see who gets the spotlight.
the drydown here is very resinous and creamy. The vanilla also adds sweetness.

When I smelled the drydown for the first time, I immediately realized that I had to have it in my collection at some point! if only to look at, of course ;D
Now I'm going to talk about a very sensitive subject. The price

If someone were to ask me: "Is the fragrance worth the money?",
I will answer very dryly with "yes".

I'm not so rich that I can just pull €3000 out of my sleeve.....
..... well, not yet. Let's see what else I can sell in the perfume souk :D
But you have to remember that it's a super special fragrance and that you can only wear it on very special occasions.
I'm curious to see whether I'll buy the fragrance in this lifetime or whether I'll have to wait for the next one.
I have a small 2 ml bottle (even with gold particles) and I think it will last me this entire lifetime.
Thank you so much for sticking it out this far and reading through one of my first reviews. But as the saying goes: "no master has yet fallen from the sky".
best wishes and have a nice day,
Tobi

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