Imperium

REVIEWER: Professional gentleman in his 60's with the mature, masculine, old-school tastes one would expect from a fellow my age. These are just one old guy's not so humble opinions. Your mileage may vary. ---IMPERIUM by Fragrance World--- FRAGRANCE: After a couple months of maturation Imperium has evolved from initially screechy and harsh with a timid, brief drydown to an exquisite olfactory experience with somewhat longer legs. The drydown is impressively complex. I've not experienced the OG, so I can only offer this academic comparison: Imperium has all the 22 notes listed for Roja Elysium. PERFORMANCE: First, the smell of a fragrance is my primary concern. Longevity and sillage are but distant, minor considerations. Being conservative in behavior, style and presentation, I have no need for beast-mode bangers. My clubbing, crazy music festival, and mosh-pit days are behind me. For those of you who DO value performance, consider this: Lack of endurance is easily overcome by decanting your frag into an inexpensive travel sprayer and reapplying as required. Projection is more frag-dependent, but most frags can be made more powerful by simply overspraying. The initial longevity of Imperium was REALLY short. If I were to apply it and then light up a robusto cigar, the cigar would outlast the frag, about 30 minutes. After maturation the legs got longer, but they're still stubby, about two hours, max. This makes Imperium a perfect choice for the gym, especially if I want to wear something else afterward. If I need it longer, I use the travel spray and reapply every couple of hours. I REALLY love that delightful, sharp citrusy opening and this gives me the opportunity to enjoy it several times a day. And at $22/100ml, I can respray forever without pecuniary procrastination. As for sillage, it is more than sufficient for my needs without overspraying. Again, performance can almost always be enhanced by the wearer. The smell, however, is not a variable that you can control, and Imperium is beautiful. VERSATILITY: I'd wear Imperium all year, night and day, casual or formal. It's got the brightness for summer day and complexity and warmth enough for winter nights... if you top it off. ALTERNATIVE: Sadly, I also purchased a bottle of A Fraghead's Asylum by FOMO. AFA has but eight notes compared to the 22 notes listed for both Elysium and Imperium. And some of AFAs notes are different. Even after maturation I only realized a longevity of about 60 anemic, boring minutes. Yeah, it's absolutely pitiful. See the comparison below. BOTTOM LINE: ---------------Asylum----Imperium Scent:-----------8/10------10/10 Longevity:------2/10-------5/10 Sillage:---------4/10--------6/10 Versatility:------7/10--------7/10 Composite:---4.2/10------7.0/10 (avg. of scores above) Value:-----------3/10------9.5/10 Calculated thus: (Composite/$) x 30 As of 2/7/2026: Imperium $22 Jomashop, Asylum $42 FragFlex.

I have Roja Elysium and Imperium and I find the two extremely similar; to me, there is a bit more black pepper in the OG Elysium's opening notes which Imperium lacks, but quickly after that the scent profile is nearly identical to my nose. I must admit that its a very accessable and good smelling opening fruity citrus note. One of the problems with either scent is the longevity - Imperium especially seems to evaporate after 4 hours and is definitely a skin scent by 2-3 hrs. I really only get 1-2 hours on this scent with minimal projection, and that was after about 10 sprays. So overspray and reapply - at these prices you won't mind. I wonder if the imperium intense solves that problem, even by a bit. Just stretching it out to 4-6 hours would be ideal. I'm going to let this one macerate a bit and see if that solves the longevity issue.

I've had this one for a while. Really inexpensive (I got it for around $15 on Amazon), so good value for your money. Smells really nice (fresh and clean; citrus and a lot of other things going on on top of a woody base... but doesn't last very long (maybe two hours on skin; a bit longer on clothing) on the hottest of summer days. Also doesn't project very loudly. Go heavy on the sprays: it's inexpensive, smells nice, and you won't choke anyone out with this one. Totally inoffensive and office-appropriate. Good in all occasions. Masculine. Spring and summer scent... put this one away in the fall when the weather starts to cool down. If you're not disappointed with the lack of projection and longevity, and you'll like this. Not much not to like about the scent profile and price, so you won't regret picking this one up!

Fragrance Journal Entry #67 Okay so this is about as close to elysium and you can probably get (80%ish). With that said here are the differences...they both start out with that sort of metallic blue fruit punchy accord that we all love, but one key difference Roja is much earthier which provides a level of depth that Imperium does not have. There's an obvious quality difference side by side as well but for all intensive purposes this gets you close enough for the price. Roja performs a bit better which isn't saying much because they both perform poorly. I reserve Imperium for gym fragrance or before bed. Rating: 7.8/10 Blind Buy Safe? YES

that thing had so terrible performance i didn't wear it for an year. i mean it smells really good, but it was weak as explicit word. you have to douze yourself in it for at least an hour of arm-length projection. after an year it didn't improve that much, but it still a nice scent, kinda an upbeat take on terre d'hermes. it has that nice juicy citrus mixed with a vetiver with the fizzy juniper and a bublegum/cotton candy sweetness at the backend. if you treat it for what it is - a 7up/sprite of a perfume, cheap and easy going, it's pretty good.