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Roja Britannia

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Rose
Jasmine
White Floral
Iris
EDP · 2016 · unisex

Roja Britannia is a 2016 release from Roja Parfums, the British house founded by perfumer Roja Dove. Known for his maximalist approach and use of high-quality materials, Dove creates fragrances that prioritize richness and complexity over restraint.

The fragrance opens with bright citrus notes, bergamot and mandarin orange providing immediate freshness. The heart is densely floral, built on rose de mai, jasmine, and champaca with supporting notes of peach, heliotrope, and violet. These florals sit on a warm spiced base of cassia and cloves, while the foundation layers in substantial materials like ambergris, sandalwood, patchouli, and vanilla. The overall effect is a floral oriental that balances sweetness with spice and structure, leaning classic rather than trendy.

Britannia works as a unisex fragrance for those who appreciate traditional floral compositions with depth and longevity. It suits cooler months and formal occasions, though its brightness keeps it wearable year-round. Fans of layered, ingredient-forward fragrances will find much to appreciate here. Explore similar sensibilities with The Romantic, The Homesteader, and The Heirloom.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
80%
Fresh
21%
Floral
100%
Rose
90%
Jasmine
20%
White Floral
20%
Iris
19%
Fruity
20%
Aquatic
19%
Woody
58%
Vetiver
19%
Patchouli
19%
Earthy
39%
Musky
39%
Powdery
59%
Amber
19%
Warm Spicy
70%
Spicy
39%
Vanilla
19%
Sweet
100%
Gourmand
19%
Creamy
19%
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Top · 0–30 min
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.
Citron
Citron
One of the oldest cultivated citrus fruits with a thick, intensely aromatic rind and a complex, slightly bitter, deeply floral-citrus character. Citron is more herbal and woody than lemon, with a gravity that makes it useful in both opening and heart notes. A hallmark of Jewish ceremonial culture repurposed into fine fragrance.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Tangerine
Tangerine
Bright, sweet, and slightly candied, tangerine sits between mandarin and orange in character, with a juiciness that makes it feel more casual than other citruses. It adds a cheerful, uncomplicated freshness to light fragrances. At its best in transparent, easy-wearing compositions rather than serious, complex ones.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Cassia
Cassia
Champaca
Champaca
Heliotrope
Heliotrope
Powdery, sweet, and slightly almond-like, heliotrope is the quintessential 'retro' note of Victorian-era perfumery, now experiencing a fashionable revival. It smells of sugar, vanilla, and just enough floral to keep it interesting. In modern fragrances it tends to read as nostalgic, soft, and unapologetically pretty.
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.
Peach
Peach
Ripe, juicy, and velvety, peach has a warm, slightly creamy sweetness that feels lush rather than childish in the right context. It adds a fruity sensuality to floral and oriental fragrances, and its slightly fuzzy quality can even play into tactile, skin-like accords. A note that feels like high summer.
Rose De Mai
Rose De Mai
Violet
Violet
Sweet, powdery, and faintly green, violet sits between floral and earthy in a way that feels distinctly old-world glamorous. The leaf and the flower smell quite different: the flower is sugary and delicate, while violet leaf is fresh and slightly vegetal. Together they create a note that feels both nostalgic and current.
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.
Cacao
Cacao
The raw, earthy version of chocolate, cacao has a bitter, roasted quality before sweetness is added, with an almost smoky, slightly fermented depth. In perfumery it reads as more sophisticated than straight 'chocolate': darker, more complex, and better suited to woody and leather compositions where it adds a rich, bittersweet depth.
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.
Cloves
Cloves
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.'
Orris Root
Orris Root
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.
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.
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The RomanticBest match86% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Homesteader84% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

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

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The Heirloom84% match
You carry something beautiful that most people have forgotten.

Powdery, soft, classically sweet. Iris, aldehydes, gentle florals, quiet vintage warmth.

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Scent Profile
Citrus80%
Fresh21%
Floral100%
Rose90%
Jasmine20%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDP
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Roja Britannia is a 2016 release from Roja Parfums, the British house founded by perfumer Roja Dove. Known for his maximalist approach and use of high-quality materials, Dove creates fragrances that prioritize richness and complexity over restraint. The fragrance opens with bright citrus notes, bergamot and mandarin orange providing immediate freshness. The heart is densely floral, built on rose de mai, jasmine, and champaca with supporting notes of peach, heliotrope, and violet. These florals sit on a warm spiced base of cassia and cloves, while the foundation layers in substantial materials like ambergris, sandalwood, patchouli, and vanilla. The overall effect is a floral oriental that balances sweetness with spice and structure, leaning classic rather than trendy. Britannia works as a unisex fragrance for those who appreciate traditional floral compositions with depth and longevity. It suits cooler months and formal occasions, though its brightness keeps it wearable year-round. Fans of layered, ingredient-forward fragrances will find much to appreciate here. Explore similar sensibilities with The Romantic, The Homesteader, and The Heirloom.
What are the notes in Roja Parfums Roja Britannia? +
Top: Bergamot, Citron, Mandarin Orange, Tangerine. Heart: Cassia, Champaca, Heliotrope, Jasmine, Peach, Rose De Mai, Violet. Base: Ambergris, Cacao, Cinnamon, Cloves, Musk, Orris Root, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Vetiver.
What fragrance family is Roja Britannia? +
Roja Parfums Roja Britannia belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDP.
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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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