Pierre de Velay No. 56, from Roja Dove was released in 2017. The perfumer behind this creation is Roja Dove. It has the top notes of Bergamot and Lavender, middle notes of Geranium, Rose, Violet, and Ylang-Ylang, and base notes of Agarwood (Oud), Benzoin, Caraway, Cashmere wood, Cinnamon, Labdanum, Leather, Musk, Nutmeg, Oakmoss, Opoponax, Orris Root, Patchouli, Pepper, Saffron, Sandalwood, and Vanilla.
Pierre de Velay 56 is an incredibly underrated scent from the line, it’s one of those fragrances where you can barely even pick out what you’re smelling because everything is so perfectly blended. Overall this is definitely a fresh spicy scent, combining the worlds of Chypre and oriental together. Initially it opens rather fresh with zippy bergamot and clean lavender, before beginning to develop an array of robust spices including black pepper, cumin, cinnamon and nutmeg which overall provides that fresh spicy aspect. A gentle, thick oud lingers in the background alongside robust leather and sweet saffron which elevates the oriental aspect of the scent, with gentle resins approaching. The scent maintains all of this whilst becoming incredible smooth, creamy and slightly powdery from the soft impressions of orris, violet and sandalwood with a lingering amber accord in the background. This scent is complex, there’s so much going on all at once as is fairly usual with Pierre de Velay. Overall however it smells absolutely divine, it’s incredibly versatile and smells amazingly unique. This is pure class and sophistication in a bottle and deserves much more love.