let's talk Roja Parfums more specifically APEX, the fragrance has been getting a lot of
limelight over the past few weeks all over the internet people are talking about it
i want to know in the comments right now what are your thoughts on this fragrance
are you curious about? it i'm going to share my thoughts with you today
fully what i think about the fragrance and if it's worth you guys checking it out let's go
welcome back to another video Max here today is all about Roja Parfum's APEX which is their
new fragrance released, before we get into it, you guys know every time there's a new Roja Parfum
release people get talking about it, over the last few years since 2013 when the
brand started it's always been associated with quality great smelling scents greatly blended
there's a lot of great stuff Diaghilev, Scandal, Fetish, Elysium, Vetiver, he's got
incredible releases there's no two ways about it it's very sought after for a reason. Now, Apex, it
had people talking about a little bit they weren't very enamored with the presentation i have to say
it is different it's like Roja is taking a different approach a different uh
step here, Roja Parfums Apex is what you're gonna get here in the box always quality with the boxes
you can't deny beautiful presentation you have a booklet that comes with it talking about
the fragrance it's a lot of details there's no question about that like Xergioff it's a niche
company that was founded right around the same time 2013 and they put a lot of details a lot of
thought into the presentation so you have to give kudos. This retails for 295 euros
available in one size eau de parfum 100 ml which is roughly about $300 usd it's going to have this
gradient greenish kind of a bottle darker to a lighter green but very greenish
the cap this time around is not going to have the gold cap or the swarovski crystal
cap but it's going to be a very heavy quality dark metal gunmetal kind of a matte finish cap
which i do enjoy, the sprayers always very good with Roja Parfums, quality is definitely here
and you're gonna attach quality from the get-go as soon as you spray this fragrance the introduction
is going to be one of those fragrance is going to be room filling bold green very fruity i for one
really enjoy the introduction. So let's talk about what we get out of this fragrance guys
so we talked about the presentation we talked about pricing let's talk about what we get here
from the introduction you're going to attest the quality of Roja Parfums and it's going to be
as they called it on the website a chypre fruity fragrance, yes we have a lot of chypre components
here it's going to be a little mossy green almost old world i wouldn't say aged but it's definitely
more mature it's going to be fruity it's going to be a little bit spicy but mostly green mossy and
fruity when it comes to the fruits we're talking green apple and pineapple up front the pineapple
is going to be very prevalent nothing to do with Aventus here just so you guys know, comparisons
are not welcome here to Aventus because this has nothing to do with Aventus it's definitely
its own thing in fact i'm going to tell you in a little bit what this reminds me of and why i
love it so much. The fragrance definitely possesses the powerhouse feature boldness that you would get
with fragrances from the 70s and 80s their heart here gets a little bit floral in the account of
the cistus/tuberose definitely a gorgeous jasmine note that's very indolic, the base is
really from the heart into the base is really why i love this fragrance i think it shines the most
for my taste on my skin because this is where you have a flourish a pour of green components like
galbanum which makes it resinous fur balsam which i love that coniferous green piney, pine
cone kind of a vibe, patchouli, there's a lot of green items here that makes this a great green,
cypress there's a gorgeous note of cypress-sandalwood here which is green inviting
very elegant very sophisticated and creamy as well. So, who do i envision would wear Apex? who
would really enjoy and who do i see really wearing this fragrance and loving it, i think
somebody between late 20s 30s into the 40s would really appreciate this fragrance because it really
borrows elements from really powerhouse fragrances like Zino from Davidoff
and i'll tell you what this reminds me of guys which really made me love this fragrance it
reminds me especially from the heart to the dry down to a great favorite fragrance of mine from
Tom Ford which has been discontinued Tom Ford Italian Cypress, a video or two ago i told you
guys that the new Givenchy Reserve Prive kind of takes the market share or place of
Dior Homme Intense or Dior Homme Parfum in this part of the world, i would say this fragrance here really
does a great job when it comes to a fragrance that resembles Italian Cypress it has a lot
of those components somebody young might not really appreciate this because of those green
little rough elements that we have here this leathery green kind of undertone with the
moss the patchouli it might harp into old school kind of aged if somebody's really accustomed
to the vanilla and ambroxan and the tonka that most of the fragrances that we see teenagers wearing
today, this is definitely going to be more elegant and more sophisticated and i think somebody that
appreciates this kind of genre will definitely love this especially if you like Italian Cypress
like i do. One more thing to keep in mind is i do get a bit of a lavender kind of a
undertone or nuances to this fragrance so it is a chypre-fruity but it does have a quote-unquote
barber shop-fougere tendencies for sure. Performance was definitely good
definitely powerful fragrance and i like to see that a lot of the companies these days are going
back as we know fashion the industry is very cyclical and i think everyone's going back
to chypres and fougere so i do enjoy that this is going to give me two to three hours projection
very nicely and then as far as longevity goes we're talking about eight plus hours if you spray
your clothes i highly recommend because it's going to give you a great scent trail and sillage. I already told
you guys what this reminds me of in fact i'm going to leave a little note here for Roja, if
you ever watch this video Roja I want to ask you to please just like you did with this fragrance
you harped into the old school chypres and you took maybe inspiration with Italian Cypress
or maybe you didn't take inspiration but it does remind me of that fragrance which i love
perhaps you can take a little book inspiration from Moss Breches from Tom Tord private blende that has
been discontinued and release something maybe Apex Noir or Apex Extreme embodying
those elements from Moss Breches which i sorely miss. As a fan of old school fragrances
powerhouse vintage stuff i do enjoy this one a lot i think it borrowed elements
and borrowed from the book of the greats and made a great little fragrance that's kind of like
people frowned upon they didn't like the presentation they didn't care for the
fonts, guys what's important is the juice that's what we come to love that's what we wear that's what we
enjoy so i'm telling you right now the juice is good this is a winner in my book with capital
letters, especially because it's very similar to an old favorite of mine. So overall assessment this is
great stuff, definitely get your nose on it if you have similar taste to mine if
you like the old school fougeres and chypre you are going to enjoy this there's no 2 ways about it.
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