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BartS 3 years ago 11 4
10
Bottle
7
Sillage
10
Longevity
6.5
Scent
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Average vetiver in the most beautiful bottle
I should mention before I get started that I'm pretty unsympathetic to the Roja brand. Not Roja Dove itself, but everything around the brand. A lot of fragrances are pretty average, but hyped up quite a bit due to marketing and the whole shishi.

The fragrance starts for my feeling pleasant zitirisch, where you notice from the beginning that the vetiver is the core of the composition. This is a less earthy-green but for a woody-grassy wellness vetiver that I actually quite like. The vetiver of Roja itself is reminiscent of Vetiver Fatal or Bal d'Afrique. Also, the scent is very easy to wear and so not oppressive at all. Really very pleasant is the Roja.

Durability is really enormous whereby I have the feeling in the projection that is very close to the skin. The bottle is just a Roja and looks just mega.

As a conclusion, I can only say that the for me is in no way worth the money. Absolutely overdrawn and I would always reach for the better Vetiver of Tom Ford, Atelier Cologne or Guerlain.
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BartS 3 years ago 11 4
10
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
3
Scent
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In economics, this is known as the snob effect
What is the sno effect. In microeconomics, the sno effect refers to abnormal behavior in the market in terms of supply and demand. The rule is: if the price decreases, the demand increases and the supply decreases. If the price rises, the opposite occurs. With the Snob effect the demand rises with the price.
Otherwise, I can not explain it with Scandal and its popularity.

To the fragrance:
minimal citrus goes therefore, a bit of lavender to start. Dominating here, however, is the mossy spiciness and the old-fashioned floral what makes up the fragrance.

Has a bit of barbershop from the time of the grandfathers with the curved mustaches and suspenders. All in all, nothing special and I would prefer a Pour Monsieur or Eau Sauvage this Roja here anytime. I have now tested him several times and come to the conclusion that I could not have burned my money better at 7€/ml.

Don't get me wrong. I am a friend of niche, especially if it is very fancy and original. Sometimes just making things better than the cheaper reps is enough for me. Perfection also has its price, but from a certain pricing one may well speak of fantasy prices.

Well at the price alone it does not fail, because I would rather go without perfume from the house than to apply this Roja.

So an absolute disappointment from the house of Roja. Let's transfer the perfume art to the culinary art is Scandal for me the curry sausage decorated with gold leaf.

I'm done.
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BartS 6 years ago 2
10
Bottle
4
Sillage
6
Longevity
6.5
Scent
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DHC for the Privee range and CR as a designer fragrance.
That would be my modest tip to the marketing department of Dior, because the Cologne Royal is quite weak on the chest.
To start you get mint, a lot of mint, a lot of mint. So the top note is really very penetrating through the mint. After half an hour he is just a 0815 Cologne and actually quite nice to smell. Homme Cologne already plays in a different league. I would consider this one to be the more expensive one, as it is also sour-bitter, but at the same time so flowery and fresh. More original in a way.
Shelf life and silage is at a cologne level. So don't take your skin off your back. (But he doesn't have to.) I really like the Privee range.
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BartS 6 years ago 8
1
Sillage
3
Longevity
8.5
Scent
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Good scent, BUT
The conjunction with the four letters, the often bitter aftertaste of an initial statement. Eko Fresh called his new single "ABER". (It's not bad, by the way) Anyway, this is about the Millesime Imperial by Creed, which is very popular in forums as well as on YouTube.

Years ago I had already tested it on a test strip that I didn't like so much, but gave it another chance in the form of a sample. After the sample had disappeared quite quickly, a filling had to be done right away. The scent is simply fabulously good. After all, it combines fruity elements with maritime notes without drifting into clumsy aquatic realms. I also understand what many people mean by this "salty sea vibe", because it actually has something salty about it.

In warm to very warm weather it is actually always wearable. From a T-shirt with short trousers to a business suit and from morning until the warm summer nights. It always goes!!

So now we come to the big fat BUT. MI smells absolutely top and I like it much better than other creeds like smw, viw, Aventus and others, but the performance is under all guns. About two hours ago I sprayed the scent with 3 splashes from my Tz onto my forearm and I can hardly perceive it even with my nose on my skin. After 15-30 min the Sillage can only be sniffed close to the skin. On the skin it holds under best conditions only max. 4 hours.
For me an absolute impudence in view of the price Creed demands.
For those who still want to have the scent I can give three tips.
1. 30ml bottling is available for less than 40€. Or
2. to lay equal a 250ml bottle, because the price/performance ratio fits better with the large bottle and you don't get stuck on the quantity due to frequent spraying.
3. also diesel the clothes properly. He'll last a little longer.

So I think it's a real pity that creed doesn't meet the needs of the customers and fans a little bit and packs in a little more scented oils or at least turns down the price screws a little bit.
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BartS 6 years ago 7 3
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
7.5
Scent
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Simply beautiful Aquate
Honestly, I don't quite understand this bad rating for Erolfa. It is not the most original fragrance from the house creed, but among the aquatics with the best on the market.

The start is minimal tropical with a good algal sea chord. This gives the impression of shower gel, but a really good shower gel. The whole thing stays the same because what you spray on it at the beginning is also what you have at the end. I think it's absolutely okay if a perfume only gives the impression of being well-groomed and smells accordingly. The problem with this is only the price and the added bad H+S.

I must also agree with Leimbacher that Erolfa is the father or grandfather of the rather young looking Millesime Imperial, which I like better on the whole.
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