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Roja Parfums Harrods Aoud
Roja Parfums

Harrods Aoud

woody
amber
warm spicy
aromatic
fresh spicy
balsamic
rose
2019 · unisex

Roja Parfums is the independent fragrance house founded by perfumer Roja Dove, known for creating bold, uncompromising compositions that prioritize quality ingredients and artistic vision over commercial trends. Harrods Aoud, released in 2019, is an exclusive collaboration with the iconic London department store.

The fragrance opens with aldehydes and artemisia over bright citruses, creating a sparkling, herbaceous top that quickly gives way to a prominent Rose De Mai heart. What follows is a dense, resinous base built on oud, benzoin, sandalwood, and cedar, layered with warm spices like cinnamon, myrrh, and olibanum. The overall composition is woody and warm spicy rather than animalic or intensely smoky, with amber and aromatic qualities running through the middle, making it feel refined rather than raw.

This is a fragrance for someone seeking substance and complexity, not immediate approachability. It works best in cooler months or evening wear when the rich base and spice profile can fully develop. If you gravitate toward The Homesteader, The Mystic, and The Sensualist, this will appeal to your taste for layered, ingredient-focused fragrances.

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Main Accordsreported by community
woody
100%
amber
75%
warm spicy
75%
aromatic
50%
fresh spicy
50%
balsamic
50%
rose
50%
musky
50%
herbal
50%
patchouli
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Aldehydes
Aldehydes
The chemical family that created modern perfumery, aldehydes were first used prominently in Chanel N°5 (1921), adding a soapy, abstract, almost metallic sparkle that lifted the fragrance above anything previously possible. They don't smell like anything in nature; their effect is more textural than aromatic. Aldehydic fragrances feel luminous, sophisticated, and distinctly 20th century.
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.
Citruses
Citruses
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Rose De Mai
Rose De Mai
Harvested in May from fields around Grasse in southern France, Rose de Mai (Rosa centifolia) produces an oil of unparalleled richness and complexity. It has a honeyed, almost buttery softness with green, tea-like facets and an extraordinary tenacity. One of the most expensive natural materials in perfumery, it defines the great classical rose fragrances.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Agarwood (Oud)
Agarwood (Oud)
Ambrette (Musk Mallow)
Ambrette (Musk Mallow)
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.
Cashmere Wood
Cashmere Wood
Cedar
Cedar
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Sweet, warm, and instantly comforting, cinnamon bark has a familiar warmth that slides easily into oriental and gourmand fragrances. Used sparingly it adds a pleasant warmth; used heavily it can dominate. It has a slightly sharp, peppery facet alongside its sweetness that keeps it from being purely foodie.
Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha
Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha
Elemi Resin
Elemi Resin
Guaiac Wood
Guaiac Wood
Smoky, slightly rosy, and dry, guaiac wood has a gentle, transparent smokiness that doesn't overwhelm. It's often used to add a campfire-distant quality to woody or oriental fragrances without going full leather or incense. One of perfumery's more understated and quietly beautiful materials.
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.
Musk
Musk
The base layer of almost every modern fragrance, a soft, warm, skin-like scent that extends longevity and bridges other notes together. Natural musk was once derived from deer (now banned); today's musks are synthetic and range from clean and soapy to dark and animalic. The right musk makes a fragrance smell like 'you.'
Myrrh
Myrrh
Deep, bittersweet, and slightly medicinal, myrrh is a resin with a complex, almost anise-like quality that sets it apart from frankincense. It adds a dark, almost sacred quality to oriental fragrances and is more challenging and assertive than its biblical companion. A note that rewards patience.
Olibanum
Olibanum
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
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.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The HomesteaderBest match88% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

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

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The Mystic87% match
You wear what others can't place — and that's exactly the point.

Warm incense, dry resins, airy woods, smoke with softness. Never obvious.

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The Sensualist82% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

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Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.
Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.
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Scent Profile
woody100%amber75%warm spicy75%aromatic50%fresh spicy50%

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Roja Parfums is the independent fragrance house founded by perfumer Roja Dove, known for creating bold, uncompromising compositions that prioritize quality ingredients and artistic vision over commercial trends. Harrods Aoud, released in 2019, is an exclusive collaboration with the iconic London department store. The fragrance opens with aldehydes and artemisia over bright citruses, creating a sparkling, herbaceous top that quickly gives way to a prominent Rose De Mai heart. What follows is a dense, resinous base built on oud, benzoin, sandalwood, and cedar, layered with warm spices like cinnamon, myrrh, and olibanum. The overall composition is woody and warm spicy rather than animalic or intensely smoky, with amber and aromatic qualities running through the middle, making it feel refined rather than raw. This is a fragrance for someone seeking substance and complexity, not immediate approachability. It works best in cooler months or evening wear when the rich base and spice profile can fully develop. If you gravitate toward The Homesteader, The Mystic, and The Sensualist, this will appeal to your taste for layered, ingredient-focused fragrances.
What are the notes in Roja Parfums Harrods Aoud? +
Top: Aldehydes, Artemisia, Citruses. Heart: Rose De Mai. Base: Agarwood (Oud), Ambrette (Musk Mallow), Benzoin, Cashmere Wood, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha, Elemi Resin, Guaiac Wood, Labdanum, Musk, Myrrh, Olibanum, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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