Before I even talk about the way this smells and whether or not you should purchase this fragrance. I have to say that Roja has the best atomiser on the planet. The atomiser sprays the finest of mist. I love it.
I would like to thank Libertine Perfumeries for all the samples that you send with every order it has allowed me to experience so much more then I normally would.
To the fragrance then.
In the opening, on that initial spray, this has a blight sparkle of lime, grapefruit and orange and then it settles to a more of a fresh citrus rind smell, there is also a light green touch that I can only assume comes from the mint. Imagine the smell that you get in the air from the spray of fruit juice as you are cutting into it the fruit as you are sitting in a garden surrounded by citrus fruit trees and mint.
This citrus and mint combo lasts around 30 minutes or so on my skin before the fragrance starts to evolve and change. When I first got my hands on this fragrance, I found myself reapplying this every half hour, because the opening is that good.
When I grew out of this childish faze of mine and actually allowed myself to enjoy the rest of this fragrance I realised that the true beauty of this is in that mid and dry down. As the citrus dies down the first thing that I pick up and that seems to join the mint is the ginger and then the rest of the composition. It is all very subtle though, nicely blended, slightly boozy, a hind of vanilla, a hint of spice nothing that…