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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Aoud Absolue Precieux
Amber Aoud Absolue Precieux
Pierre de Velay No. 1
Parfum De La Nuit No 3
Semi-Bespoke No. 10
Vetiver
Pierre de Velay No. 4
Fortnum & Mason The Perfume
Semi-Bespoke No. 24
NüWa 2015 Edition
Nuewa 2015 Edition
Kingdom of Bahrain
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Madison Pour Homme
Elysium Pour Homme Parfum
The opening erupts with a sharp, verdant brightness—lime and galbanum cut through the citrus in a way that feels more green than sunny, almost grassy.
Madison Pour Femme
Enigma Parfum d'Or
L'Oscar pour Homme
London
Vetiver Pour Homme
Danger Pour Homme
The opening of Danger Pour Homme bristles with aromatic tension—tarragon and cumin create an almost savory edge against bright citrus, while lavender adds a sharp, herbal clarity.
Oligarch
The opening announces itself with aristocratic lavender and a sharp citrus quartet, quickly tempered by herbal thyme—a green, almost medicinal clarity that feels deliberate and unapologetic.
Neroli
Fetish Pour Homme
The opening cuts citrus-sharp—lime and bergamot with lemon's acidic edge—before softening into an unexpectedly green-floral heart.
Pierre de Velay No. 56
Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie 15th Anniversary
Scandal Pour Homme
United Arab Emirates
H The Exclusive Parfum
Amber Aoud
Amber Aoud opens with a brief citrus flicker—bergamot and lime—before saffron and cinnamon flood in, staining the air crimson and resinous.
Ti Amo
Parfum De La Nuit No 2
Semi-Bespoke No. 21
Elysium Pour Homme Parfum Cologne
Elysium opens with a rush of brightness—lime and grapefruit meeting the green snap of galbanum and thyme.
Great Britain
Bergdorf Pour Femme
Amore Mio
Isola Blu
Roja Dove designs Isola Blu as a total olfactory immersion in the Italian coastal landscape — not a linear composition but a meditation on a place.
Aoud
Roja Dove's Aoud opens with the obligatory citrus—bergamot and lemon—but these are brief, evaporating within minutes to reveal the architecture below.
Britannia
Kuwait
Risque Pour Homme
H The Exclusive Black Tier
Sweetie Aoud
The name promises sweetness and oud, but Sweetie Aoud delivers neither in expected ways.
H The Exclusive Parfum Pour Homme
51 Pour Femme
Roja Dove 51 Pour Femme is built for grandeur.
Lily
Goodman's Bergdorf Goodman
Qatar
51 Pour Homme
Turandot
Pierre de Velay No. 9
Diaghilev
Diaghilev opens with a curious tension—the brightness of citrus undercut by tarragon's anise-green shadow and a faint animal warmth from cumin.
Essence Rare
Chypré Extraordinaire
Lakme
Harrods Aoud
Enigma Pour Homme Parfum Cologne
Enigma Pour Homme Parfum Cologne opens with bergamot that's barely there before the heart takes over: neroli and jasmine arrive simultaneously, joined by heliotrope's powdery, almost almond-like sweetness.
Un Amore Eterno
Fruity Aoud
Enigma Aoud
Harrods Parfum Pour Femme
Semi-Bespoke No. 23
Reckless
Beguiled
Fortnum & Mason Taif Oud
Candy Aoud
Sultanate of Oman
Risque
Parfum De La Nuit No 1
Ahlam
O The Exclusive Parfum
Oceania
Oceania opens with a bright, herbal salinity—lavender and rosemary mingling with citrus that feels scrubbed clean by sea air rather than sunny.
Danger
Danger opens with a trio of citrus notes—lemon and grapefruit's brightness lifting against bergamot's rounder warmth—that feels almost classic before the heart unfolds.
Innuendo
Gardenia
Pierre de Velay No. 25
Elixir Pour Femme Parfum
Semi-Bespoke No. 3
Semi-Bespoke No. 4
Roja Haute Luxe
Vetiver Pour Homme Parfum Cologne
Vetiver Pour Homme Parfum Cologne opens classically — lemon and bergamot in precise, high-acuity form, the kind of citrus that smells freshly squeezed.
A Goodnight Kiss
Fetish
A Midsummer Dream
A Midsummer Dream opens with a bright citrus spray that quickly gives way to something deeper and more shadowed.
Roja Love
Karenina
Elixir Pour Femme Essence De Parfum
A lush, fruit-forward indulgence that opens with raspberry and peach in full bloom, their juicy sweetness immediately tempered by bergamot's citric brightness.
Creation-E Parfum Cologne
Tuberose pour Femme
Danger Pour Homme Parfum Cologne
Roja Dove's Danger opens with a sharp aromatic sweep—tarragon and lavender anchored by citrus—that feels both classical and oddly subversive.
Manhattan Eau de Parfum
Mischief
H Aoud
Pierre de Velay No. 47
Taif Aoud
Majestic Aoud
Scandal Pour Homme Parfum Cologne
Scandal pour Homme Parfum Cologne opens with a complex herbal citrus: lavender, basil, tarragon, and mint over bergamot and petitgrain — seven notes that somehow cohere rather than cancel each other out.
Elysium Pour Homme Eau Intense
Elysium Pour Homme Eau Intense opens with a sharp citrus brightness—grapefruit and lime cutting through aromatic lavender and thyme.
Rose
Elysium Pour Femme
Isola Sol
Apex
Apex opens with a sharp citrus blast—bergamot and lemon cutting through the air—before pineapple emerges, sweet and almost metallic, threading through jasmine's indolic heft.