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Roja Parfums Elysium Noir
Roja Parfums

Elysium Noir

citrus
aromatic
woody
fresh spicy
amber
green
fruity
2017 · unisex

Roja Parfums is the independent fragrance house founded by perfumer Roja Dove, one of the industry's most respected noses and a key figure in elevating fragrance criticism and education over the past two decades. Dove's approach to composition is rooted in classical perfumery techniques, and his fragrances are priced accordingly as luxury offerings.

Elysium Noir opens with bright citrus and herbal top notes, led by bergamot, grapefruit, and artemisia, with a peppery snap from thyme. The heart shifts toward a more complex arrangement, blending apple and black currant with floral notes (jasmine, rose, lily of the valley) alongside woody elements like cedar and vetiver. A leather accord appears in the mid-base, adding suede-like texture before the fragrance settles into a warm, amber-inflected base of vanilla, benzoin, and labdanum that emphasizes depth over sweetness.

The overall character is aromatic and woody with fresh spicy elements throughout, landing somewhere between refined and earthy. It reads as sophisticated without being pretentious, making it suitable for someone seeking a fragrance that works across seasons and occasions. Best suited to those who appreciate nuanced compositions with good projection and longevity. Explore The Tactician, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader for similar profiles.

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Main Accordsreported by community
citrus
100%
aromatic
100%
woody
75%
fresh spicy
75%
amber
50%
green
50%
fruity
50%
earthy
50%
animalic
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Artemisia
Artemisia
The wormwood family, artemisia adds a dry, herbal, slightly bitter greenness that evokes wild Mediterranean hillsides and ancient apothecaries. It's the botanical that gives absinthe its distinctive aura. In perfumery it grounds compositions in something honest and slightly difficult, which makes them feel more real.
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Galbanum
Galbanum
One of perfumery's oldest raw materials, a bitter, intensely green resin with a cut-grass, slightly medicinal quality. It's the note that gives vintage green chypres their sharp, naturalistic edge. Galbanum alone is almost unpleasantly aggressive, but in a composition it adds a vivid green freshness that nothing else can match.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit
Bittersweet and juicy with a faintly metallic zing that sets it apart from sweeter citrus notes. Grapefruit is uniquely energising, it reads as clean and modern rather than traditionally 'citrusy.' It pairs effortlessly with musks, making it a staple of office-safe, all-day fragrances.
Lemon
Lemon
Sharp, clean, and instantly familiar, the pure zest of fresh-cut lemon peel, not the sugary juice. In perfumery it reads as crisp and energising rather than sweet, and is often used to amplify other light notes. It fades quickly, so it's almost always a top note that makes a striking first impression.
Lime
Lime
Crisper and greener than lemon, with a faint bitterness that keeps it from smelling like a cocktail mixer. Lime zest has a raw, almost herbaceous quality that pairs naturally with aquatic and green accords. It signals freshness and informality, the note of beach bars and gym-fresh colognes.
Thyme
Thyme
Herbal, slightly medicinal, and earthy with a warm, honey-like underpinning that sets it apart from greener herbs like basil. Thyme adds a French countryside quality, rugged but refined. It's used to add character and specificity to herbal-woody compositions that might otherwise feel generic.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Apple
Apple
Fresh, crisp, and slightly cidery, apple reads as clean and natural rather than candy-sweet. Green apple is sharper and more aromatic; red apple is rounder and juicier. Both add an approachable freshness to florals and fresher orientals, and green apple in particular is a signature of certain classic masculines.
Black Currant
Black Currant
Cedar
Cedar
Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha
Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Juniper Berries
Juniper Berries
Dry, piney, and slightly citrusy, juniper is the botanical soul of gin, with a resinous, slightly spicy freshness that is entirely its own. In perfumery it adds a crisp, outdoorsy quality that bridges woody and spicy families. Used in masculine fragrances to evoke cold mountain air, stone trails, and bracing northern landscapes.
Lily Of The Valley
Lily Of The Valley
Crisp, green, and dewy, this spring flower smells like rain on cool grass with a clean, soap-like clarity. It's one of perfumery's most requested scents despite being nearly impossible to extract naturally, so it's almost always recreated synthetically. The result is fresh, tender, and timelessly elegant.
Pink Pepper
Pink Pepper
Fruity, slightly rosy, and gently spiced, pink pepper is softer and more aromatic than black pepper. It occupies a unique space between citrus, floral, and spice families, which makes it exceptionally versatile. You'll find it in contemporary fresh fragrances where it adds lift and personality without aggression.
Rose
Rose
The queen of floral notes and the most-used ingredient in fine perfumery. Real rose is simultaneously velvety, honeyed, and slightly spicy, nothing like the synthetic candy version. Depending on the variety used, it can anchor a composition or drift through it like a ghost, adding warmth without dominating.
Vetiver
Vetiver
Earthy, smoky, and complex, vetiver root is extracted from a grass native to India and has a scent that is simultaneously rooty, woody, and slightly lemony. It's one of perfumery's great base notes: tenacious, unisex, and endlessly adaptable. A fragrance built around vetiver feels grounded and deeply confident.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Ambergris
Ambergris
One of perfumery's most storied materials, a waxy substance produced by sperm whales with a uniquely salty, sweet, earthy quality. Real ambergris is nearly unobtainable; most perfumers use synthetic alternatives. It adds a marine warmth and incredible fixative quality, making fragrances smell more 'alive' and skin-like.
Benzoin
Benzoin
Sweet, warm, and balsamic, benzoin resin smells like vanilla mixed with incense, with a powdery, slightly medicinal edge. It adds a comforting warmth and fixative quality to oriental fragrances, and blends beautifully with spices. Often used to smooth and round off sharp edges in complex base notes.
Labdanum
Labdanum
A resin from the rock rose plant with a dark, animalic, honeyed quality that anchors many classic oriental fragrances. Labdanum is simultaneously leathery and sweet, with a raw complexity that synthetic materials struggle to match. It's a cornerstone of amber accords and chypre compositions.
Leather
Leather
One of perfumery's most complex accords, smoky, animalic, and slightly woody, evoking tanned hide, polished saddles, or fine gloves depending on the recipe. Leather adds sophistication and edge simultaneously, and is deeply associated with masculinity in Western perfumery (though the best leather fragrances transcend gender entirely).
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
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The TacticianBest match86% match
Precision over excess. Always.

Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.

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The Aristocrat86% match
Timeless doesn't try. It simply is.

Cool, clean, commanding. Heritage aromatics, classic citrus, dry fougères, refined woods.

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The Homesteader85% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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citrus100%aromatic100%woody75%fresh spicy75%amber50%
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Roja Parfums is the independent fragrance house founded by perfumer Roja Dove, one of the industry's most respected noses and a key figure in elevating fragrance criticism and education over the past two decades. Dove's approach to composition is rooted in classical perfumery techniques, and his fragrances are priced accordingly as luxury offerings. Elysium Noir opens with bright citrus and herbal top notes, led by bergamot, grapefruit, and artemisia, with a peppery snap from thyme. The heart shifts toward a more complex arrangement, blending apple and black currant with floral notes (jasmine, rose, lily of the valley) alongside woody elements like cedar and vetiver. A leather accord appears in the mid-base, adding suede-like texture before the fragrance settles into a warm, amber-inflected base of vanilla, benzoin, and labdanum that emphasizes depth over sweetness. The overall character is aromatic and woody with fresh spicy elements throughout, landing somewhere between refined and earthy. It reads as sophisticated without being pretentious, making it suitable for someone seeking a fragrance that works across seasons and occasions. Best suited to those who appreciate nuanced compositions with good projection and longevity. Explore The Tactician, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader for similar profiles.
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Top: Artemisia, Bergamot, Galbanum, Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Thyme. Heart: Apple, Black Currant, Cedar, Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha, Jasmine, Juniper Berries, Lily Of The Valley, Pink Pepper, Rose, Vetiver. Base: Ambergris, Benzoin, Labdanum, Leather, Vanilla.
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