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ROJA PARFUMS Aoud (2010) Parfum Unisex Sensual Inviting Sophisticated Mellow Very versatile Rather fresh than sweet High end quality 🌹One of the best rose ouds in my opinion! This was one of my first niche perfumes when starting my journey and the first rose oud in my collection. I still remember the feeling when smelling this one for first time. It’s still astonishingly A M A Z I N G 💎💎💎 Like all Roja Doves this scent has a lot of different notes and it’s impossible to separate those all. Three of them are anyway dominant in Aoud: Rose de Mai, Saffron and Oud. Oud is not skanky or animalic in this at all. It’s very restrained. After this settles down it’s getting more soft because of vanilla, nutmeg, cedarwood and sandalwood in the base but it’s strong anyway. Vanilla is like in most of Rojas: it’s impossible to detect. It gets mystical vibe and certain character from musk, leather and ambergris but all of them are blended perfectly and not at all bringing that sexual and erotic slightly animalistic vibe like in Musk Aoud. Longevity is eternal. From their website Top Notes: Lemon, Bergamot, Verbena Heart Notes: Geranium, Rose de Mai*, Jasmin de Grasse, Ylang Ylang Base Notes: Rhubarb, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Saffron*, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Casmir Wood, Sandalwood, Aoud*, Vanilla, Leather, Ambergris, Musk * KEY INGREDIENTS That travel size is Aoud Absolue Precieux (discontinued). It’s a little bit more refined than original Aoud and the oil concentration is higher. Just a note: juice is really dark and it stains light clothes. Available in Crystal which is the same perfume without a color. I’M TELLING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AOUD AND AMBER AOUD IN THE REVIEW OF AMBER AOUD Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
I think I will always have a few favorite designer scents which I love and which I just never seem to be tired of. Those scents share one common thing: at some point in my life they used to be my signature scents for years. Nowadays I don’t have that kind of scent. Maybe some day there will be one, but now I want to change quite a lot of scents within a week and even during a day. I have always been changing but still there used to be one which I wore more than others. This fragrance is not so appreciated by many people in niche world because of its simple notes but I love this powerful, narcotic jasmine bomb. I find this sexy and seductive, even mysterious despite its simplicity (Jasmine and Cashmeran in Amber base). This is strong Jasmin from the opening until the end and longevity is eternal. I think this can be too much even for some Jasmine lovers. I love it a lot. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Base notes are Vanilla, Olibanum and Tonka Bean This is pure parfum oil and first my idea with this one was to make some perfumes longevity better and wear it as a base to boost Vanilla note. Nowadays I love it a lot on it’s own and mostly wear it like that. Vanilla Barka is not overly sweet, it’s really nice, pleasant natural smelling “clean” Vanilla with Tonka. It’s a quite simple scent as alone but it’s good since it’s really easy to wear and even if it’s close to the skin you can smell it lingering gently in the air. During first wears of Vanilla Barka I detected Linalool like smell which was bothering me but after wearing it few times it wasn’t noticeable anymore. Oils are a good choice for the people whose skin is sensitive and can’t use alcohol based perfumes. On the other hand it’s good choice in the occasions when you don’t need to leave a huge scent trail behind you. And layered with other perfumes it gives better longevity. There is Vanilla in so many perfumes so this is really versatile. Vanilla Barka together with Saffron Hamra attar oil is amazing. If you love Saffron as well that combo is outstanding. Some people think that the original retail price is not justified since there is not that kind of expensive natural ingredients in this but this matter is very subjective. I enjoy this a lot! Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
“Cavort is an intensely intimate fragrance that evokes the frisson of excitement of a first encounter.” This is one of the few fragrances that was love at first sight. I had a long list of scents i wanted to try maybe one year ago but the customer service picked this one straight off the shelf and said it was made for me. And it really was! 😍 I didn’t needed to try this for weeks to know if I love it or not. Ok, I went to take one Prosecco and after that I had made my decision. 🥂😅 Cavort is an mazing captivating blend of accords including warm spices, woody, amber and white florals. This is in the same time classy, unique, mysterious and sexy but still very easy to wear in all kind of occasions and outfits. This is perfect for autumn, winter and spring time but I can see myself wearing this during the chill summer evenings as well. Saffron makes this soft, intimate and earthy. Cinnamon gives warm, spicy note in the same time when Geranium lingers around in a pleasant aromatic way and Labdanum gives a deep power, a leathery note for the blend (this juice is not weak). Sandalwood and Patchouli settle down to soft and satisfying base notes and these all together stays all the day in my skin. I adore the mix of Ylang Ylang, Jasmin and Orange Flower together with Rose in the middle notes (and the whole blend oc). I find this really addictive and intoxicating yet sophisticated blend which projects strongly though. This beauty you have to experience yourself to understand totally what I mean. This is so perfectly blended and everything in this is in harmony: that’s why I tried to separate the notes because otherwise it would have been impossible to understand what’s going on. 💯 Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
There is not so much about this scent which hasn't been written already but some words. This unique blend is controversial because of the notes and how people experience those. Some people are standing on Hashish note and some people think that this has nothing to do with the Cannabis at all. Anyway I think that some people maybe don’t know the difference of the words Cannabis, Hashish and Marihuana. From their website: “The fragrance aims to evoke the best quality of Hashish.” Hashish is a Cannabis product produced from resinous material of the Cannabis plant and that is one of the main accords and the top note and it’s definitely there. It’s sweety and juicy, dark and resinous scent is amazing with mellow, rich, and smoky oud blend. This is definitely not the Marihuana which is maybe the most known smell of the plant called Cannabis, this is like concentrated form of that. If you want more realistic Marihuana (weed) note I recommend Fragrance Du Bois Cannabis Blue. I love both and those two are really different. Part of ingredients in this juice has been produced in Holland because those are illegal in Italy. This is mysterious powerful extrait de parfum. Enjoy if you have this, this is a piece of art! *I hope no one gets offended. Just wanted to make clear the differences in these notes. Do I love this one? Yes Is it versatile? No, it's very complex and unique. Is it unisex? Absolutely Longevity? All the day Sillage? Huge Office safe? No, I don't think so. Do you get compliments? I don't know but you get noticed for sure. Juice is dark so be careful with light clothes. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
I think these ones was the first niche perfumes in my collection. These creations in the nice aluminium bottles are parfums. I was visiting their perfume store in Èze, France (beautiful village btw) and I was testing all perfumes which they was producing as parfum concentrate. I had never got that kind of olfactive experience before. Diamant was definitely my favorite and that was for long time my signature perfume. Those juices are really good quality, strong, thick stuff with eternal longevity. Parfums comes in three sizes (60, 30 and 15ml) and you can go a long way with these bottles! This house is so underrated but it used to be as well a little bit difficult to find and it’s not so known perfume house. But once you try those you will notice what I mean (quality). Diamant is a floral fruity gourmand fragrance and the main accords are caramel, patchouli, vanilla, rose, fruity (orange in the opening, plum in the middle notes) and woody but it’s so well blended that it’s almost impossible to say what is there. And there is a little bit sweetness but it’s not sweet like typical sweet perfumes. This is really overwhelming experience and I don’t remember how many people has been sniffing my neck and wanted the same. 😅 Even if it’s “floral fruity” the scent itself is really mysterious and definitely from another world than typical floral fruity blends. Belle De Nuit is floral fruity fragrance as well and an olfactive experience is matching with that definition. That is for women who really like floral notes. For me this is challenging to wear and I don’t reach that bottle so often but definitely this is same amazing Fragonard quality. Surprisingly these parfums are really affordable, I would say cheap even if the juice itself is luxurious. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
I think these ones was the first niche perfumes in my collection. These creations in the nice aluminium bottles are parfums. I was visiting their perfume store in Èze, France (beautiful village btw) and I was testing all perfumes which they was producing as parfum concentrate. I had never got that kind of olfactive experience before. Diamant was definitely my favorite and that was for long time my signature perfume. Those juices are really good quality, strong, thick stuff with eternal longevity. Parfums comes in three sizes (60, 30 and 15ml) and you can go a long way with these bottles! This house is so underrated but it used to be as well a little bit difficult to find and it’s not so known perfume house. But once you try those you will notice what I mean (quality). Diamant is a floral fruity fragrance and there are pepper, caramel, Patchouli, vanilla, Jasmine, Rose, fruits (orange in the opening, plum in the middle) in musky base but it’s so well blended that it’s almost impossible to say what is there. And there is a little bit sweetness but it’s not sweet like typical sweet perfumes. This is really overwhelming experience and I don’t remember how many people has been sniffing my neck and wanted the same. 😅 Even if it’s “floral fruity” the scent itself is really mysterious and definitely from another world than typical floral fruity blends. Belle De Nuit is floral fruity fragrance as well and an olfactive experience is matching with that definition. That is for women who really like floral notes. For me this is challenging to wear and I don’t reach that bottle so often but definitely this is same amazing Fragonard quality. Surprisingly these parfums are really affordable, I would say cheap even if the juice itself is luxurious. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
This really unique masterpiece is either love or hate at the first sight. I had two wonderful perfumes from Nishane already and I knew that the performance and the longevity are great. I was just again surprised how all those notes blend beautifully together. Nishane is a niche perfume house from 🇹🇷 Istanbul and their quality is 🔝 10/10 Because of the main accords which I like and an opinion of most of the people that this is well blended totally unique scent (plus hours 🧐 ) made me pull the trigger as a blind buy. Anyway I recommend sample first. Main accords: sweet, tobacco, coconut, woody (Chinese Cedar), rum, vanilla, mossy (Oakmoss) 🥃🥥 🌴 What you get - or better what I got: Forever lasting powerfull burnt smoky coconut rum experience and this perfume really is an experience. I love this! I was scared about tobacco note but it’s not like dirty smoked cigarette, it’s rather smoky airy feeling, pleasant one. Coconut is not cloying or sunscreen one, it’s burnt dry coconut. Tonka Beans gives it a little bit sweet hint while rum lingers in the background. This is perfect for the wintertimes but I will definitely try it in fresh summer evenings as well while dreaming of being in the Pirates Of The Caribbean-movie. 🏴☠️🥃🥥 Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
First I decided not to buy this because of the hype and I noticed that so many have this, but it’s just so delicious. I would like to have rare things but like with many perfumes I have to admit that it’s not so bad if there is few thousands of other happy owners. This juice is like a Christmas time in the bottle. It’s delicious fresh cinnamon vanilla apple pie and a cognac in the nice crystal class on the table and you walk in the room and get those notes mixed together. This is an amber vanilla fragrance, I would say boozy gourmand and I like the level of sweetness here even if overly sweet scents are not my favourite category. Vanilla is not popping out here, it's so smoothly blended. Cognac note and cinnamon keeps the sweetness from vanilla, Praline and Tonka bean in the balance while cinnamon gives warm spicy effect to this. The base is utterly soft, velvety sandalwood with a hint of vanilla with some nuttiness. I don’t get any powdery vibes here. Despite how I describe the perfume this is elegant and interesting blend and I think this is really wearable during the autumn and the winter time, day and night. This is really addictive, intoxicating scent and I just want to smell it more and more. I'm very sensitive to synthetic aromas but I don't find any here. Even if there was, they are made very well. The bottle is really beautiful as well giving a crystal glass feeling when you hold this. As this is popular there is clones and dupes a lot of this. I haven’t tested not even one and actually I’m not interested to test any - I always prefer the original and authentic of everything. There is many similar perfumes in the world for sure (I don’t mean this one, like overall) but this one is really copied. I'm aware as well that many perfume connoisseurs don’t respect Kilian as a perfume house but I have found there anyway unique and adorable scents and blends of notes which I haven’t found anywhere else. This scent is totally unisex. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
I was so curious of this scent first of all because I don’t like the idea of chocolate and orange. I don’t like at all those marmalade chocolates but I was thinking if I don’t test this I will miss something. Secondly I read that this is not so obvious gourmand so I wanted to find some more sophisticated (vanilla/chocolate) gourmand in my collection. I have not so obvious gourmands but now I mean for example Lira, which is nice but I don’t want to smell like that myself. And yes! Like I was thinking about this I felt in love with this. 💛 So addictive beautiful blended scent and yes, this is really obvious white chocolate and orange and I just like it a lot even if I don’t like the smell of those candies or cookies. This is like Kinder with orange! And this really is sophisticated gourmand because it’s not so strong and screaming those gourmand notes after settling down. Everything is in the balance even if I have to admit that this is linear fragrance without any surprises. In the basenotes there is vanilla, Laotian oud, Thailand oud and musk but for all you who don’t like oud: don’t skip this because of that. It’s not animalic or smoky here, it’s just warm and sweet and many of us can’t separate that in this juice. I have read many comments that there wouldn’t be oud at all but it just gives a little bit character to this scent. This is definitely the perfume for colder days. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes