Roja Parfums
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bergamot and petitgrain offer a bright, almost herbal citrus entry that immediately frames the composition as sophisticated rather than fresh. Within seconds, however, that galbanum green muscled its way through, creating an almost bitter-green counterpoint that feels arrestingly modern against the classical structure attempting to form beneath it.
The white florals emerge with undeniable presence—tuberose's creamy, slightly indolic character dominating the space around the softer rose and jasmine. The spice notes (cinnamon, clove) begin their dialogue with these florals, creating an unusual tension between sweetness and warmth. This phase is the fragrance's most seductive, where opulence feels almost transgressive.
Oakmoss, cedarwood, and vetiver coalesce into a spiced, woody bed that feels simultaneously earthy and slightly powdered. The musk emerges subtly, adding skin-like warmth to what becomes an intensely personal, close-to-skin scent—though notably, neither projection nor longevity justifies the parfum concentration.
Fetish is a chypre that refuses to whisper. Roja Dove has constructed something deliberately voluptuous here—a fragrance that announces itself through the assertive marriage of indolic white florals and a resolutely spiced, woody base. The tuberose and Grasse jasmine don't bloom delicately; they arrive with the density of expensive fabric, their creamy animalic character underpinned by that distinctive galbanum green that cuts through like a blade of citrus-tinged vegetation. This isn't floral prettiness—it's floral *abundance*.
What gives Fetish its peculiar character is the interplay between its most contradictory elements. The cinnamon and clove in the base create an almost medicinal warmth, a spice-market intensity that wrestles with the honeyed softness of the rose and ylang-ylang above. There's oakmoss lending its earthy, slightly soapy anchor, whilst cedar needle provides a subtle pencil-shaving dryness that prevents the composition from becoming cloying. The vetiver and patchouli add earthiness without roughness—they're refined earthy notes, not crude ones.
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3.8/5 (160)