Roger was a marketing guy for guerlain for decades and no matter what you think of the house (personally not a fan at all) you can’t deny he’s done a good job of marketing.
So I got samples of these 3 Aouds (Musk. Amber, Aoud) and Amber Aoud edged the others out as my fave so I picked up a bottle on sale. I kept revisiting Aoud and something about it won me over so picked up a bottle as well when I saw a good price on it. You can get these for around 50% off these days.
Marc, it's 380. Roja is doing the after-holiday thing, so it might have been. I went through my decants and factory travel sprays. Some have evaporated, even the factory from the houses themselves. Commodity Book, a quarter gone. I've only sprayed it once. The list could go on. The ones that haven't. Frederic Malle and the Rojas. Some of these factory travel sprays are almost 10 years old or older, so that's ok. The Rojas and FM's not even a dent from evaporation. So I can give kudos to Roja for that. I don't know about the newer ones. Roja sent me a travel spray because I was in a club. So they are good to their customers. I don't own any bottles from Roja. I do wish I picked up Danger Extrait. I have a few of the travel sprays. I do like the Vetiver one you have, and I do like Creation E. Having said that, the FBB sucks. It would be nice to see the contract they signed. Also, the recent surge in cost. I can contribute that to the Pay in 4's. Another thing. I don't think that guy would hang out with some of the people he is reviewed by. I could be wrong.
The problem with these is - you can find such rose/ouds for 20€ from Swiss Arabian/Afnan/Al Haramain/etc, take your pick. Montale's Black Aoud for 50-ish €. Or for example Alujain by Kajal for 100€ at discounters (180€ full), there's nothing in this to justify the price difference.
It depends I used to think this but Roja has true complexity and also a uniquely well blended quality.He is Guerlian trained and it shows.Black Aoud by Montale is fantastic though but it's very intense not for everyone
@ramoneregal8317 it might be more interesting in the long run (because of complexity), but I'm still not convinced that the price difference is worth it. The itch might be scratched with cheaper rose/ouds, unless the scent has something special that holds you (like The Night has for me, for example - I still wouldn't pay the ridiculous price for it).
Have you tried Scandal? Have the cologne version and really enjoy it would love to see your thoughts. Agree his stuff is overpriced but you can usually find pretty good discounts.
Cheers M, Rose ouds are abound across the fragrance spectrum, so it takes something very special to take the gold medal 🥇, don’t think Roja can do this , no shade just saying. Great review man 🙏🤛💪
My top 5 Rose Oud fragrances: Arabian Oud Royal Oud Areej le Dore Ottoman Empire Bortnikoff Triad Frederic Malle the Moon Rasasi Oudh Al Boruzz Rooh Al Assam
For me this fragrance should be called “Rose” because I hardly get any oud in it. I get everything else exepct oud but mostly rose and citruses. Amber Aoud by Roja is much much better but both of them are not worth it imo because you can get Frederic Malle “The Moon” for that amount of money and that fragrance beats Roja every day.
Personally, I didn't like this one. You're dead right about Roja being overpriced. I'd say most Rojas would be better priced in line with Tom Ford's standard fragrances & even that's being generous.
Roger was a marketing guy for guerlain for decades and no matter what you think of the house (personally not a fan at all) you can’t deny he’s done a good job of marketing.
All the marketing did was introduce people to the brand and then buy dupes of it 😂😂
I got Diagalev, my first Roja, and I must say, it is excellent
Cant wait for the mind games unboxing! I feel many of the rojas are stupidly overpriced but i was blown away by a midsummer dream
So I got samples of these 3 Aouds (Musk. Amber, Aoud) and Amber Aoud edged the others out as my fave so I picked up a bottle on sale. I kept revisiting Aoud and something about it won me over so picked up a bottle as well when I saw a good price on it. You can get these for around 50% off these days.
Marc, it's 380. Roja is doing the after-holiday thing, so it might have been.
I went through my decants and factory travel sprays. Some have evaporated, even the factory from the houses
themselves. Commodity Book, a quarter gone. I've only sprayed it once. The list could go on.
The ones that haven't. Frederic Malle and the Rojas.
Some of these factory travel sprays are almost 10 years old or older, so that's ok.
The Rojas and FM's not even a dent from evaporation.
So I can give kudos to Roja for that. I don't know about the newer ones.
Roja sent me a travel spray because I was in a club.
So they are good to their customers.
I don't own any bottles from Roja. I do wish I picked up Danger Extrait.
I have a few of the travel sprays.
I do like the Vetiver one you have, and I do like Creation E.
Having said that, the FBB sucks. It would be nice to see the contract they signed.
Also, the recent surge in cost. I can contribute that to the Pay in 4's.
Another thing. I don't think that guy would hang out with some of the people he is reviewed by.
I could be wrong.
Rose oud sounds super innovative. I wonder why there are almost no rose oud fragrances out there.
Nice review tho.
Love to see your take on lost in Paris I’m looking to get a sample soon
You should definitely try APEX parfum and Diaghilev from Roja as well.
Diaghilev for the win .💪
The problem with these is - you can find such rose/ouds for 20€ from Swiss Arabian/Afnan/Al Haramain/etc, take your pick. Montale's Black Aoud for 50-ish €. Or for example Alujain by Kajal for 100€ at discounters (180€ full), there's nothing in this to justify the price difference.
It depends I used to think this but Roja has true complexity and also a uniquely well blended quality.He is Guerlian trained and it shows.Black Aoud by Montale is fantastic though but it's very intense not for everyone
Black Aoud is garbage
@ramoneregal8317 it might be more interesting in the long run (because of complexity), but I'm still not convinced that the price difference is worth it. The itch might be scratched with cheaper rose/ouds, unless the scent has something special that holds you (like The Night has for me, for example - I still wouldn't pay the ridiculous price for it).
@wutru3142 that's certainly an opinion.
Have you tried Scandal? Have the cologne version and really enjoy it would love to see your thoughts. Agree his stuff is overpriced but you can usually find pretty good discounts.
Cheers M, Rose ouds are abound across the fragrance spectrum, so it takes something very special to take the gold medal 🥇, don’t think Roja can do this , no shade just saying. Great review man 🙏🤛💪
Also, if you love Amber Aoud, you need to try the Absolue Precieux version
I was going to get a bottle been nursing an 8 ml sample of this for a week now but it smell just like oud satin mood to me .
What’s ur top favorite roja parfum
My top 5 Rose Oud fragrances:
Arabian Oud Royal Oud
Areej le Dore Ottoman Empire
Bortnikoff Triad
Frederic Malle the Moon
Rasasi Oudh Al Boruzz Rooh Al Assam
Hopefully we get a Amber Aoud review
I bought my brand new 100mL Aoud for $315 on a discounter. Definitely off there on the price
Dude called him Rodger Bird. My fucking chest yo 😂
“Whoever your ghost perfumer is “ this guy will give you accolades and throw a punch line 😂
Gabe should start writing "ghost perfumer intense"🤭
What 2 days, Roja 😂😂 Great Video 📹
Recommend checking out Rojas latest interview on the Simply Put Scents channel. Looks like they are introducing 2 new perfumers to the brand👀
For me this fragrance should be called “Rose” because I hardly get any oud in it. I get everything else exepct oud but mostly rose and citruses. Amber Aoud by Roja is much much better but both of them are not worth it imo because you can get Frederic Malle “The Moon” for that amount of money and that fragrance beats Roja every day.
There are way worse caps than that
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Personally, I didn't like this one. You're dead right about Roja being overpriced. I'd say most Rojas would be better priced in line with Tom Ford's standard fragrances & even that's being generous.
Some of rojas are really good, but some… really meh. I think something like Enigma or Diaghilev js worth the price
$700 😮