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Sweet, sweeter, sweetie aoud, that's what I always think of when I smell this fragrance.

But let's start from the beginning, with the impressive design of the bottle. For visual reasons alone, it is worth having this fragrance in your collection - only a few manufacturers come close to Roja in this respect. But what impresses me the most about this bottle is the spray head, which enables perfect dosage with a fine spray mist, something that some manufacturers in this price range could learn from.

But now let's get to the fragrance itself. Sweetie Aoud starts off very sweet and gourmand, but there is also a slight fresh, citrusy note that counteracts the extreme sweetness. This ensures that the sweetness is not overwhelming despite its extreme presence. After a short time, you can also smell a clear woody, woody note, which does not take over the main role at any time, but gives the fragrance a certain depth. The floral notes that envelop the fragrance ensure that it is not too "musty" despite the use of oud. If you smell carefully, you can also detect incense, which, as an "incense hater", I perceive as positive in a fragrance for the first time.

But how would I describe the fragrance? For me, this fragrance is baklava in a bottle. This is partly due to the extreme sweetness. But also due to the floral notes (May rose, cistus) of this Roja perfume, which are known from the use of rose water in pastries. But this is not the only thing that evokes associations with baklava for me, no, I also smell the confectionery store in the whole fragrance, in which the masculine woody oud perfume of the seller pleasantly sneaks in among the oriental delicacies and thus ensures a mental journey to distant lands.

The performance of this fragrance is also bombastic, one spray is enough to achieve a very good silage. This one spray is also easily enough for the whole day. I would even go so far as to make a few recommendations. Never apply the fragrance to clothes if you don't want it to be noticeable even after several washes, trust me I speak from experience ;). I would also be careful when using this fragrance in the office, as it can fill a room with just one spray. I see this perfume during a long winter walk in the snow or a cozy evening by the fireplace.

Now we come to the point that may be off-putting for many, the price. There will probably have been one or two frowns when someone has seen my rating for the price-performance point, namely an 8.0 for a fragrance that costs €550 for 50 ml. Without ifs and buts, this is an insanely high price for a perfume, but if you consider that only one spray is enough, the world looks completely different in my eyes.

However, I have to answer the question of whether I can recommend this fragrance without reservation as a blind purchase in the negative. As this is not a fragrance that is particularly appealing or appeals to the masses. So I can well imagine that this fragrance is too sweet for some people or could even cause headaches.

For me, this perfume is an all-round balanced masterpiece that I have never experienced before. For this reason, Sweetie Auoud will be my winter fragrance for 2023, for those special days.

Puhh how do I put it best now ... You all know the smell when you go to a freshly cleaned public toilet. Citrusy, fresh and quite pungent. Without wanting to go into more detail about the smell of public toilets, I can probably say here for the general public that this is the pleasant kind of scent at the quiet little toilet.
But do you want to smell like cleaning products? I can answer the question for me with "no".

But now what does this have to do with the Artisan Pure? Unfortunately, this fragrance always evokes the above association in some places.

Enough grumbling, because the Artisan Pure is certainly not a bad fragrance. It starts citrusy fresh and is accompanied by bright florals. After a while, a pleasant woody note joins. A great fragrance progression I can not perceive, it is from start to finish citrusy fresh with light floral and woody accompaniment.

I would now like to come to the conclusion. The fragrance a simple fresh citrus scent that could please many gafallen and as made for warm days. I personally get the toilet cleaner association unfortunately not from the head but if you do not have this, the fragrance can certainly lead to nice hours.
How are you with the fragrance? Have you experienced similar impressions or am I alone with this opinion? Let me know it gladly ;)

I really wanted to try this fragrance as it is supposed to have some similarity to Aoud Lemon Mint by Mancera. Aoud Lemon Mint is one of my favorites for the summer evening, unfortunately, this is now no longer too easy to get. Whether this one is a replacement for this, I will tell you now.
For a light freshness in the opening provides the bergamot, which is accompanied by the mint. However, the mint does not contribute to a fresh note, no in this case it gives the fragrance a green note from the beginning. The woody notes don't take long to arrive either. The bergamot is no longer perceptible after a very short time and is replaced by leathery note.
Unfortunately, I did not like the top note of the fragrance at all, in the course of time he said to me more and more but he could not blow me away, unfortunately, a large share had here also the moss. This in connection with the wood gives the fragrance a musty note, which I do not like at all.
With the Aoud Lemon Mint I recognize unfortunately no great similarity, so my search for a worthy successor will probably have to go further :D

Sooo ... I don't want to keep you in suspense too long and answer the question from the headline right away. No! If you ask me, Accento Overdose is not a feminine fragrance, but an absolute unisex fragrance. But now I want to tell you first, how I come to it and how I perceived the scent.
The Accento Overdose starts with the scent of tropical exotic fruits and also the first green notes are noticeable. Eucalyptus is already to be perceived in the background, this asserts itself in the course of the fragrance more and more. It is accompanied by white flowers, which take over the main role in the heart note. These also pull through into the base, here comes only additionally a light rose note.
You think now certainly, that sounds to me not after a masculine fragrance. As far as I would like to go now also not but if on a perfume the classification "unisex" applies, then on this one. Besides the green notes, it's mainly the eucalyptus that's responsible for this, which gives the fragrance a special note and keeps it from becoming a sweet, flowery women's scent. For me, it is one of the most wearable floral fragrances for men.
Now but also times enough of the whole "man-woman theme", we now come to the performance. The fragrance keeps with me on the skin a felt eternity I take him after now 12 hours still easily perceived over the entire period he radiates a very strong sillage and envelops one, with a flowery good mood cloud.
With the flacon there are probably no two opinions, he is definitely one of the most beautiful and high-quality, I know.
I wish you a beautiful spring time and maybe I could inspire one or the other of you yes Accento Overdose as a companion for this season to choose ;D

Yay a new Maison Christian Dior but what is it? Peach? Oh nooo...
Those were my first thoughts when I read the fragrance notes. So I had almost written off the fragrance. Not because I don't like the fragrance notes, but because it usually makes fragrances too feminine for me. However, I really love tobacco and honey in fragrances. There it is again, I thought to myself, the dichotomy should I order the fragrance or rather keep my hands off. Well, ultimately, the curiosity usually wins, so also in this case and I have let myself be carried away to order the fragrance immediately when appear.
After I have worn the fragrance now several times I would like to take you now a bit and tell you how I perceived the fragrance. The fragrance starts with a smoky tobacco note wrapped in a pleasant sweetness, which it turns out after a short time clearly as honey. The fragrance develops in the course of the fragrance in an even sweeter direction, for this provides the plum, which plays a much larger role in this fragrance as initially suspected. This gives the fragrance a nice fruity note.
Now one or the other may wonder what is now with the peach, I also wonder. I perceive him (fortunately XD) only very subtly in combination with the plum.
With the performance's also nothing to complain about, which is me as a Franke already a clear compliment. I perceive Tobacolor up to 7 hours on the skin, on the clothes I still perceive a good bit longer. The sillage is Maison Christian Dior typical rather close to the skin but do not worry Tobacolor does not hide now again.
Overall, a very good and round new release.