Gardenia

This perfume surprised me . I bought a sample set from Rojas website and this one was the one I was least thrilled to try. I was thinking it would be granny like and stuffy. However, it’s not that at all. It is a very classic , feminine, 90s vibe perfume. Nothing complex but very pretty. I sprayed it and didn’t really care for it for the first 5-10 minutes but then it developed into a beautiful scent that seems to get better with wear. It’s a true floral perfume and stays on the skin for quite a while considering it’s a light airy floral fragrance. I get about 6 hours of wear before it needs to be topped off again which is fine with me. The perfume seems to stay close to the skin and doesn’t project much but people can smell it when close but not close like sniffing your neck close. It has decent projection. I have also noticed that sometimes when I think that this has worn off but then others can still smell it. I definitely think this will be a full bottle purchase for me very soon. Right now I am saving up to buy Rojas 51, Enigma Aoud and Elixer but after that will be Gardenia. Roja perfumes are all beautiful you just have to appreciate classy perfumes that some might find to be slightly dated but I find classy .

It's an agonisingly expensive, very femme white floral with overtones of the classiest soap in the universe, petals from a stratospherically-priced bouquet and a world of 5* comfort which is light years away from mine. Does conjure a sense impression of gardenia without actually being made of gardenias - none of the rounded waxiness, it's rather creamier and more low-key than the real thing - yet weirdly, it's even more beautiful. AI gardenia? Couldn't afford it in several lifetimes, especially after I already broke the bank on Puredistance Opardu for this ultra-upscale-pure-petal fantasy territory. Still wildly impressive even to a hardcore Roja sceptic like myself (I own none - the house's gilded-bling aesthetic and credit-card-limit-smashing prices rule it right out); like Amber Aoud, it is awesomely assured and perceptibly brilliant, even if it's so self-consciously exclusive it practically yells "NOT FOR YOU, PEASANT!" at my nose. If money's no object: have at it, flower fans - you're unlikely to feel any pain. In this bubble of luxe there is not a thorn or a tinge of dirt to be found (the servants have already tidied away anything that might hurt you, of course.)

I adore this. First time ever trying Roja Dove. It is just so clean and rich and feminine and gorgeous. I quite like it in winter, believe it or not. It's the perfume also, not the extract. Very long lasting, all day. Smells of rich women dressed to the nines. It kinda does transport me to happy era. Give it a try if you can. I've been searching for a Gardenia for quite some time. I won't say the others I have tried, all have their + and - .......However this one is blended so fine, and I get a few florals here, but I know it's the heliotrope that is pulling me in. I adore heliotrope, it is my DNA. I don't know anything about this house, but so far, I love it!

I have to admit that this is my favourite perfume just now, it reminds me of vintage floral perfumes and is too divine for words.. It is a delight to wear and lasts and lasts.. Unlike the other reviewer who says it has a cheap chemical odour, well I don't get that.. Yes the perfumes can be pricey but as they say you get what you pay for.. I am off on holiday to Paris in a few months and invested in a bottle of Gardenia by Roja, I thought how lovely to wear a perfume in Paris that wasn't produced there... Just for a change.. So try and get hold of a few samples from Roja and give them a try before dismissing them on the price...

Easily the most authentic gardenia recreation out there but it doesnt come cheap. The reviewers that complain about there not being outright gardenia in the notes dont realize that gardenia itself does not produce much usable fragrance. From the website: "A fresh and romantic flower, the scent of Gardenia is a mainstay in Floral perfumery and yet it gives off so little scented oil that it is rarely - if ever - used in a fragrance." Roja talks about this and how the challenge of this perfume is to recreate the smell of gardenia with other flowers. The composition is deeply complex gardenia and white flowers, beautiful.