Parfum De La Nuit No 3

I need to stop sampling Roja Parfums. I am literally in love with this one. Now don't get me wrong, I have loved almost every single one I have tried especially the parfum colognes, Vetiver Parfum, Elysium Parfum, Oligarch, Burlington 1819, A Midsummers Dream, etc, but this.....this is on a whole different level of straight up ecstasy. Earlier today I sprayed this on a tester strip four times, and it ended up being too many. It was rough, messy, hardcore and too abrasive. It was almost exactly what I was expecting since I typically only really like fresher, citrus fragrances. But then I went back to this two hours later, and the tester strip was actually...alluring in a strange way. It was still way too strong, but I could tell the base wanted to shine, however the four sprays absolutely suffocated the fragrance not allowing it to come to full life. So a few hours later (about an hour ago), I only went two sprays on the tester strip, and I spread the sprays out instead of piling one spray on top of another. Well...I think I found the blossomed fragrance....holy sh!t. This is disgusting in such a good way. I am so confused because I hate these type scents. But this one is so damn captivating. I am entranced in it's beauty. This is art in a bottle. I will try to describe the scent but I don't know if I can. SCENT: As I said above, it starts off incredibly heavy. In fact, I am thoroughly surprised it doesn't have oud in it. I DESPISE oud and I could have sworn its in here somewhere! But then it starts fading into a softer, more luscious and precious fragrance. The hardcore blast mellows out and it starts becoming a cool-chilly-like scent with the rose making its way onto the red carpet. It is still warm and spicy during this phase, but there is something exotically fresh about it. As it dries down, it occurs to me what makes this perfume so fresh....it is the ROSE! Oddly enough I despise rose as well. My nose always picks up way too much rose no matter how much of it is in a fragrance so it seriously never works for me....until now, I guess. The rose completes this fragrance. It is the star player without raising its hand. Everything blends so insanely well that the entire ensemble is just spectacular. Follow me if you can, but this is one where the rose makes this even more masculine and quite frankly alpha. There is no dude who will smell like you. You will own the room and exude confidence. OVERALL: What blows my mind the most is that this isn't just a "special occasion" fragrance. This is so shimmering and nearly fresh that it can be used as a daily driver. And that alone is something to be said. This can absolutely be a signature scent. I am considering to be my signature scent, but I am still very confused. Mr. Dove....Please close your business before I go bankrupt! A+++, 10/10, Perfect

Luckily managed to procure a 5ml decant of this scent from an online seller. I was convinced beforehand the fragrance would probably be just another potent rose based unisex perfume with a twist in the hands of the master perfumer Roja Dove. Needless to say, I was in for quite the surprise. So, applied a drop or two to my wrist one Friday night before going out and left the scent alone to settle in on my skin. The night was typically foggy overcast cool in this part of the Bay Area. Ideal conditions in fact to test most any perfume. On my way to the car and only 15 mins after applying this scent, decided to take a sneak sniff and see how things were developing. Wow !. I was almost spellbound with an instantly addictive & hauntingly beautiful cool rose aroma surrounded by rich spices and a little citrus. The rock rose in the drydown is unmistakable and blended in such a way as to compliment the other notes perfectly. On the way home, with 2-3 hours wearing on my skin, took another brief whiff. This time the only logical conclusion being that Roja Dove de la nuit 3 is one of the sexiest if not the sexiest scent ever experienced to date. Always inviting and never cloying or repulsive at any stage of development. Retail price is around $1,300 and apparently the best seller out of the whole Nuit range. A special gem of a scent used sparingly, if that is indeed possible, could last a lifetime for a disciplined owner. Just lovely stuff all around. 9/10

There’s no denying this is an absolutely stunning fragrance, but there’s two things killing it for me. 1. The price, this doesn’t smell like it should cost $1400. This should be priced somewhere between 350-400. 2. Performance is just average. I'd say around 7 hours. I know Roja likes his scents to sit closer to the skin and not be obnoxiously long lasting....but for $1400, i give roja full permission to make a perfume as obnoxious as humanly possible. At the end of the day, we also have to remember Roja Dove is not a perfumer, he’s a glorified grifter who preys on a small portion of the fragrance community who have more money than brains and NEED to have the most expensive thing out there. my final two cents on the fragrance, and i'll keep it positive. - this is definitely mass-appealing, it smells beautiful in the air. The cumin note is beautifully done and doesn't come off as "body odor" in the slightest bit. It adds a sensual depth to the base of the fragrance. Perfect for a night out with your friends, perfect for going to a nice bar or dinner or a nice club. - it evolves beautifully on the skin as the hours go by. There's without a doubt a large amount of naturals in this. - very masculine, to me, because of the leather on the dry-down. I guess a more butch woman could pull it off. - it smells of quality, that's apparent as soon as you spray it on.

Before a full depth reviews: 🤎 PARFUM de la NUIT 1 Very sensual and seductive, not the easiest one of these three. There are light leathery tones and an animalic touch in this -very sophisticated though- with soft Vanilla. This is definitely my favorite and it performs best on my skin of these three. Absolutely stunning and sexy, a tad naughty, resinous scent. 🤎 PARFUM de la NUIT 2 Three notes - Rum, Cocoa and Vanilla - together with balsamic notes creates a pleasant a little bit sweet, not exactly but Coca Cola kind of scent which is chic. This is the most versatile of these three because of the missing animalic nuance (in 1) and leather (in 3) and this is the most unisex one. You have to like boozy note tho. Anyway on my skin something bothers me. 🤎 PARFUM de la NUIT 3 Rose, Labdanum, Leather and earthy Saffron create the soul for this blend. This is not at all a rosy scent though, it’s only a supportive note. This is the driest one of these with woody, balsamic warmth of Amyris. Not at all sweet. This is the best on men imo. PDLN1 is my favorite even if now while wearing them all I want to have them all. In-depth reviews will follow. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

I recently went on a bit of a perfume tour of London and happened to stumble on a superb deal for all three of the La Nuit fragrances in a well known department store. I tested them all on skin and had some family members put 1 and 3 on and we all agreed at the end that 3 was the best, so I picked it up. Presentation on this is second to none, but onto the important stuff... So while 1 has a kind of dark woody and musty slightly boozy tone kind of like single malt barrels in a cellar, 3 builds on a similar sort of base but with a reduction of the darker woody tones that are instead replaced with a really sensual, smooth and perfectly blended rose. I do struggle with rose sometimes as it can go very feminine for me but here you may well have the best masculine use of rose in the market. It is so sexy mixed in with the wood and very mildly animalic leather tones from the labdanum, saffron and the cumin. It balances its wood, resins and florals to as close to perfection as I've smelled to date. Incredibly smooth. The scent does not push too heavily, same as with most of the Roja Dove fragrances and just sits elegantly for a good length of time. This would be absolutely perfect for an evening date scent and so fits right in with its "Parfum de la Nuit 3" moniker. Not an inexpensive fragrance by any means but I think it is some of his best work.