Roja Parfums
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A bright, almost startling burst of candied citrus hits immediately—bergamot's bergapten bitterness cutting through orange zest like morning light. The lemon sharpens the edges, preventing any immediate sweetness. Within ninety seconds, you sense something darker waiting beneath: a leathery dryness that suggests the composition's true direction.
Cistus emerges fully now, its dusty, slightly animalic character creating a striking contrast with the cocoa-rum interplay developing in the base. The fragrance becomes almost vinous—fermented and warm—as gaiac wood's woody spice unfolds, whilst benzoin and labdanum add a balsamic richness that feels almost medicinal. The amber accords swell here, creating a resinous envelope that makes the whole composition feel wrapped in dark leather and aged wood.
A creeping, beautifully austere base settles into your skin: tonka and vanilla provide whispers of sweetness, but cypriol, patchouli and vetiver dominate entirely. The fragrance becomes increasingly woody and earthy, with vetiver's green-rooted quality battling tolu balm's vanilla-tinged warmth. What remains is closer to incense and aged paper than any conventional fragrance—intimate, complex, and decidedly nocturnal.
Parfum de la Nuit 2 is a fragrance that refuses to whisper. Despite its paradoxical longevity ratings, what emerges from the bottle is architectural and deliberate—a nocturnal composition that prioritises density over projection, intimacy over announcement.
The opening's citrus trio (orange, bergamot, lemon) exists merely as a tonal prelude, a bright aperitif before the real narrative unfolds. Within minutes, the heart's cistus—that leathery, slightly dusty floral—arrives like a stage curtain, establishing the fragrance's true character: sophisticated and slightly austere. What follows is Roja Dove's masterclass in base-note construction. The rum note (here lending a boozy warmth rather than gourmand sweetness) mingles with cocoa to create an almost medicinal spiciness, whilst gaiac wood provides a phenolic, smoke-tinged backbone. This is where the woody accord reaches its apex—88% spicy, 76% amber.
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