Manhattan Roja Parfums 2021 Parfum

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8.3 / 10 78 Ratings

A popular limited perfume by Roja Parfums for women and men, released in 2021. The scent is spicy-sweet. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Sweet

Oriental

Resinous

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lavender

Basil

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Coconut

Heliotrope

May rose

Grasse jasmine

Violet

Base Notes

Tobacco

Cinnamon

Cedarwood

Clove

Pink pepper

Tonka bean

Benzoin

Ginger

Musk

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Pine

Vanilla

Vetiver

Perfumer

Roja Dove

Ratings

Scent

8.378 Ratings

Longevity

8.171 Ratings

Sillage

7.471 Ratings

Bottle

9.177 Ratings

Value for money

5.044 Ratings

Submitted by ExUser, last update on 07.10.2023.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/15/2021

4
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Ischgelroi
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Ischgelroi

7

Nothing new..

Roja Manhattan was my test candidate today. I was very curious how Roja Dove will interpret the motto Manhattan. Fragrances with a geographical motto I always find very difficult to create, because the impression of a place can be very variable and different. Now but enough boring gibberish from me.

Manhattan has a tangy top note with bergamot and lavender which I find good. After 2-3 minutes, the fresh withdraws and makes way for the sweet and dark notes. Here I can detect the following: Tonka bean, tobacco, vanilla, cinnamon, light patchouli, some woods and musk.

I really like the scent to very good, but I can not say it differently: it is Tobacco Vanilla with a little less sweetness, but the similarity is for me at 80-85%. Over 800€ for a dupe I really do not want to pay, there Tobacco Vanilla seems like a bargain. Unfortunately, I must therefore reduce the rating by 3 points, because honestly I do not want to acquire a 800€ Dupe me. This can of course see everyone as he / she wants, but I am therefore not convinced of Roja Manhattan.

The durability is solid, but here it should have been more. After a little over 8 hours Manhattan is already gone on my skin. The silage is always a little under an arm's length and becomes skin tight after about 6 hours.

Edit 10/16/2021: The lavender note I now feel as yet more present than I had noted more of in my notes on Manhattan. Therefore, there is now one point more, because the similarity to Tobacco Vanilla has reduced again through this.

10/10/2021

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

LVCAS
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LVCAS

Very helpful Review 18

Sweet glamour of the 20s

"Roja Dove created this perfume as a tribute to the past and a celebration of what's next. In essence, it is the perfect antidote to the current covid climate."

I'll start my review with this small excerpt from the performance.

The backstory to Manhattan is thought-provoking. It's about how our new decade began very differently than expected and that no matter what the world throws at us, we will recover. Manhattan has been a successful coping mechanism in that regard.
Model for the choice of name is unmistakably the city of Manhattan, which is to transport with your resilience the splendor of the Golden 20s again into today.

When I learned of this release, I was very hooked, because Roja manages like no other to put himself and his perfumes in perfect light. So also here. A strictly limited edition, a story that motivates and its black piano lacquer box, which complements the entire presentation excellent.

Since last Wednesday, the bottle is with me and I have him right Thursday and Friday properly worn in the office and also tested at home several times on the skin. The first statements were manifested and many of you are certainly waiting anxiously for what is behind the new creation.

The profile is presented as follows: "This is a smooth and smoky Tobacco-based Chypré [...]".

Not to worry, we are greeted fresh and within the first few seconds we immediately notice the spicy warm architecture sitting on a chypré foundation. Not particularly floral, but cozy soft, creamy sweet and pleasantly woody with a gentle spiciness. Smoke and tobacco create a deep character that all in all comes across as pleasing. In my first test on the back of my hand, I could not yet properly classify this impression - now I would name two scents in this context, which share certain parallels, but only serve as an orientation:

"Tobacco Vanilla (Eau de Parfum) | Tom Ford"
Arabesque

Manhattan does not focus as pronounced on tobacco and vanilla as the Tom Ford shows and reduces some tobacco perception and also the sweet perception is not directly attributable to the vanilla, but rather comes close to the Arabesque and seems almost marmalade here, because the real magic comes from the fact that Roja both a Chypré structure for additional feinherbe and dry nuances untersetzt and thus mixes an exclusive cocktail.

With all admiration and appreciation for Roja, I say explicitly that Manhattan does not set new standards. The fragrance combines known and reinterpreted in its charming way with a result that can be seen. Above all, I see Him in late autumn and winter.
For these stages he is perfectly suited and will sweeten sensual moments truly.