Perfumer Reviews 'APEX' by ROJA Parfums
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2022
- Reviewing the much requested Apex from Roja Parfums.
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Aaron, you're outstanding. It's sad that there is no simple way to buy your fragrances here in Ukraine. Your content is a really delightful discovery for me. I'm loving it. It really helps to distract me from the war.
lol i’m in the usa, regardless of where you are there is just no easy way to buy this man’s fragrances. quite frankly he needs a business manager cause it’s not this hard to find resellers
Love the way you always convey knowledge, fairness and honesty in your reviews without trashing the fragrances, even when you dislike them. You seem to be a kind and genuine person. Always enjoy your content.
Perfectly put, Aaron. Always a pleasure to listen to you 👌
This sounds like it might be up my alley, definitely need to sample it - thanks as usual for your thorough review!
as always, will be using this and other videos as background while I study, thanks for being consistent with your uploads aaron and video unicorn ❤
Love your videos, presentation and the knowledge you share with us, thanks for adding positivity to the world. Looking forward to getting one your fragrances
Cheers on the positive message Aaron. Nothing but love a respect to you sir
I have recently started to watch you. And i can say your like a storytelling with a very intriguing way of explaining. One can tell you have a passion for this. Keep up the good work
I just love apex by roja dove, it was the first fragrance I fell in love with when testing. I'm 16 and one day I hope to buy a bottle myself. Great video!
Excellent review as always 👏
For me smells like polo green but newer version
Very informative review. This was my first time watching one of your reviews and I was very impressed. I also really like your thoughts at the beginning of the video.
We all love you Aaron!! You are real and amazing. Keep being a beautiful person 😃 inside and out. The fragrance community is not like it used to be. People on Fragrantica are harsh and rugged and rude sometimes with a lot of awesome fragrances. I love fragrances. They make me happy and set my tone for the day. Apex is not a bad fragrance at all to me. It’s done well . I am sure alot of people gonna like it. It’s a Roja so you know it’s got that Roja price tag
Thank you for a wonderful review I was considering buying this. With this helpful information I will purchase this. Thank you
You are very classy person, Aaron. Thank you for honest and respectful reviews.
A VERY cheeky Ethyl Maltol whipping through the base 🤣 You know that we picked up on that. Quite fun to spot and it clicked. Thanks for the review.
I love your brain, creativity, passion, spirit, and thoroughness! (I could add more adjectives, but you get the idea. ) 😊
I actually had a sample of this and sprayed it on while listening to your review. Very interesting to get the full experience! I must be honest and say that I kinda love it!
I love 80s scent kouros,Antaeus,Fahrenheit etc etc...great video as always Aaron.
This is a beauty of a scent! Thanks for the review Aaron and I agree, people can always give constructive criticism but the vile hatred has to stop, it is disgusting!
proper like you Aaron like how you're spiritual when you come too fragrance and how you see the world has well grateful for your videos
Love this guy. Love the way he thinks, his heart and passion for fragrance. I must purchase one of his fragrance. Just need to decide which one.
I like this one by Roja, thanks for the always on spot review. And thank you for addressing what I personally see as a rampant misunderstanding by "enthusiasts" on how fragrances are created. It's hard work which I respect. I couldn't make a fragrance to save my life but respect those who can even if the product is a "miss". Living your dream is a blessing. Anyone who tries to turn the dream into an axe grinding nightmare needs to reevaluate.
100% or need phyc meds and to have therapy
Always said with POSITIVE Respect. Your operating on a higher level of consciousness. Cheers to you ATH
Just received my Guapo order and I haven’t been happier with any other of my fragrances, absolutely incredible for the price and I could not recommend more. Thank you Aaron for such an amazing scent :)
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Thanks for flashing the ingredient names on screen as you speak them 👍
Aaron my favorite TH-camr ever ! 💖
Loving this opening rant.
As someone who has purchased this EDP I'm a bit bummed they have announced the Parfum only months later.
Bought a sample of your Homme fragrance. Bloody excellent with great longevity. Full bottle worthy!
Thanks for giving us an insight into the producing of a fragrance. Not many people would look at it that way 👏🏻
Great review. All we just wanted for end users to know how, when a fragrance to be suitable for, what vibe it throws according to you. Really looking for you to cover those points as well. It will help.
Great Aaron!
Well said regarding that fragrance website. I don't understand it at all why they slate fragrances so much, or they review one that isn't even released yet, just to be the first one!
As I was always taught, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything. Simple.
Great review of Apex, as always.
Thank you.
You got me at “love the Aztecs” amazing civilization 🤩
Got a 95% 100ml full bottle of Apex off eBay for a total 141$. For that price, it’s worth it. Wouldn’t pay retail for it. It’s the classic polo green scent that your dad wore in the 80’s. Love it and projects very well.
It's exactly what you want from Polo Green. The new formulation of it is terrible, but Apex brings back memories from my childhood.
Hey Aaron I really love your channel and your reviews! I would love to see you review some of the fragrances from the house of Stephane Humbert Lucas
First off, your channel is fantastic. Your voice actually gives me ASMR, very relaxing. Also, for what it’s worth- his name is pronounced “Raw-Juh Duv”, you can hear him say it on his TH-cam channel.
his real name is Roger Bird lol
Great review
Aaron, i've been Sub'd to you for 2 years now, i know your taste.
I want you to please rush to test Chanel 'Coromandel EDP'!!
omfg so beautiful!! You're going to love the end dry-off... 🧡
love you Aaron
How beautifully said. If it is said in hatred it's not worth hearing or saying for that matter. Here here!
One thing I picked up about this fragrance is it has quite an fecal/animalic drydown - hence the name 'Apex'. I dunno if it's civet or something like indol but it's quite strong. That said, I like the top and mid but prefer Elysium to this.
You are the best thanks for the info
Much appreciation!
How much time and effort put into a product is not important if the product does not satisfy the customer.
Thank you Aaron.
Love your fragrance reviews, have you reviewed Amyris Homme extrait by MFK?? Love to hear your thoughts
Tried it at Harrods back in May, it was okay - nothing mind-blowing. Left me a tad unimpressed just like MFK's recent 724. Roja has some that really knock it out of the park and some that are simple & inoffensive.
Another great video and poignant words! When i first got into fragrances 6 years ago i thought being part of a fragrance community was going to be really awesome and one of my favorite things about this passion. Instead it turned out to be my least favorite part, b/c unfortunately so much of fragcom is just toxic. The negativity and hate that radiates from it is just something that i want no part of. And i know it's not everyone, but it's enough to make me go no thx i'll just enjoy fragrances on my own.
A friend of mine came by and he had ROJA ELYSIUM POUR HOMME PARFUM on him and ir was amazing.
One of the best perfumes i have smelled..
I could smell it far away ,it was soo nice...And my wife that almost doesnt like anything loved it..
Try it if you havent ....Im got to buy a sample
Vintage stuff brought up to date is my thing, so yes please do that and don't make it too sweet. I own Apex, having tried it in a boutique. I get a lot of incense.
How do you like Sauvage Elixir?
I love your review..do one of( Les indemodables) Vanille havane
Would love to see Aaron review Toni Iommi Monkey Special by Xerjoff. I bet he would love it.
I have a decant of Apex and I like it very, very much. I wouldn’t buy a full bottle due to the price but still a great fragrance
I like how you made the statement about individuals remarks about fragrances. I see it on Fragrantica often. They could learn from you in that area. Fragrance is subjective, you’re not going to like everything, if it isn’t for you then it’s definitely for someone else. Great vid as usual 💪🏾.
Hey love your reviews mate, could you review Roja Sweety Aoud?
You are truely amazing. You understand what goes in to making a fragrance and Can explain it to someone who doesn’t. I wish i knew just 0,005% of what you know about fragrance.
Can you pllllleeeeease review anything from Orto Parisi?
It would be helpful to give some rough comparisons to other scents, I find identifying subtle commonalities gives a nice idea of the overall experience you're having... kind of like, if it's "Aqua Di Gio-esque". Remember, your fans are vicariously walking through the experience with you and you being the most superb reviewers and presenters I have yet to come across (you really do make it an excellent journey) I think utilizing every tool to really reach out to your audience would fit your arsenal nicely, Aaron. Thanks for reading.
its H24 / Phantom at the start, JPG Scandal in the mids, then Sauvage Elixir on the dry down. So be weary of reviewers who shat on h24/phantom/sauvage elixir but says apex smells good.
@@callmevil exactly the kind of insight I was looking for. Thanks!
Love the scent but it doesn't last longer than 3 hours and it it ends up a little dirtier smelling at the very end than I like
Awesome review..I think what was said at the intro is so important I absolutely agree..great video as always
much respect
Hello Aaron,
If you get the chance, please can you also test the following Roja fragrances:
~ Diaghilev
~ A Midsummer Dream
~ A Goodnight Kiss
~ Great Britain
~ Haute Luxe
Many thanks and have a great day 🙂
I couldnot agree more. The slanderous comments on scents because it’s simply “not for them” is so discouraging. Leaving a sh*t comment doesn’t give others any sort of constructive information for others to use when looking for frags. Just on the other end of the spectrum, someone else is bashing something the other person loves. There’s no right or wrong in this space. It’s purely preferences. How about we try explaining why we do or don’t like a scent so others can have a takeaway from your experiences.
Keep up the great work my friend, and thank you for your transparency on your opinions for frags your both enjoy and don’t.
I always wear this to baseball games. I love it. I get a sweet fizzy cola smell with a hint of green moss.
Halston Z-14 was the 80’s fragrance that inspired this one
We never hear you speak of the house of FLORIS aaron, santal by floris is lovely, also most of their work. Even Carlos benaim/ Ralph Lauren copied the scent of lotion elite which was a shaving cream by floris released in 1851, Ralph Lauren released it as polo in 1978 taking the credit, it wasn't until 1979/1980 floris decided to bottle the fragrance, probably realising how popular it was at the time.
Love 1962 but gutted it’s discontinued.
@@andypayne2743 if you contact floris they will make you a bottle to the nearest spec depending on compliant ingredients.
Aaron please bring back your fragrance ‘High Voltage’ it’s sublime 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I found with Apex particularly, a lot of people gave it crap for looking like 'axe' or 'lynx'. So all green and black colour schemes are banned now? If you dont like the scent, thats your own opinion, but calling Roja a fraud because you dont like one fragrance is just messed up. Even if at first the scent wasnt for me, I could appreciate the complexity of the notes.
A few months later i'm absolutely loving it after thinking it wasnt for me initially.
Gran perfume
You need to get a discovery of PDLN 3!
Well said Aron well said 👌🏻🇬🇧
Pasha de Cartier parfum! Have you tried it?
Well said.
I probably need to spend more time with this perfume but it did smell like lynx Africa to me , which I found disappointing .Although It might just be me
Interesting how you refrained from saying how you like or dislike it throughout the video... usually you're very vocal about your opinion. You weren't a big fan of this particular fragrance, I can tell.
Aaron. Bro. Wen Australia delivery 🤔😕☹️😞
What is eugunal
Of all the fragrance youtubers I think your right up there Aaron. You clearly know your materials, and despite the fact that I've never smelt 90% of the ingredients you describe, your descriptive techniques are on point. Look forward to ordering a sample set from yourself soon.
When I first tested this, it was a 6/10 for me but over the last months it continually increased to a solid 10/10 now. I've never had that happen in such an extreme way as with that one. I literally love that scent now.
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Same for me, i thought it's cmplex and nice but i dont think i'll buy a fb. Now I heard they released a parfum so im getting both 0-0
I’m there with you, I keep revisiting this one and like it more and more each time I do.
Fragrance is an art.
Disclosure: I have not tried this parfume, so I have no idea if it’s any good.
My opinion is that the hate for this one is for the agressive marketing and the dishonest reviewers who push a (slightly?) overpriced product because they got a free bottle from the company. It’s OK to review free stuff, but it’s important imho to be transparent.
I’m sure making a fragrance is hard work, I think the hate is about the marketing schemes and not the smell itself.
Bingo
I aggree!
Not hating at all but Roja fragrances are an example of how just because a fragrance has an exorbitant price tag does not mean it will be good. Longevity and projection is horrible‼️ I’d much rather buy an affordable fragrance like Genre Parfum where the quality,performance and longevity beats any Roja I’ve ever owned.
Mientes, perfumes de roja como Apex o como Enigma tienen una performance muy grande y alta
Please review Torino 21 by xerjoff!
Thanks in advance
A classic fragrance, was not attracted by it. Wondering, if it was in a bottle with No name what would people talk about it 😉
do MFK Gentle Fluidity Silver next!
Listen up Trolls. When you are about to troll, don’t! Go out and get a job instead. lol
Great video Aaron. Love your content.
Smells similar to dior sauvage elixir 👍🏼
Apex wasn't personally for me, it felt a little dated. Definitely don't see why people throw shade online as fragrance is so subjective. Personally it's not to my taste is fine to say, and agree that we should call out the shameless cash grabs and creatively bankrupt practice of just rebottling Aventus and changing one note. But calling a fragrance "bad" seems silly as who's to say what's good and bad. Horses for courses and all that!
Like everything in this world there are some people who will make a personality around a hobby, in this case perfumes, and they define themselves by this. So to make them feel special they need to put stuff down so they have something special about them, which is impossible.
Gift set for this on Roja official website is on for £185
There are many companies that are much more expensive than Roja Dove.
Would love to see you review creed original vetiver. I know your not a vetiver fan but I think you'll be surprised.
Sick em doggg
Lovely comments about peoples attitudes and comments online Aaron. Well said
Yes, but he contradicted himself- not hate but rejection to the fragrance for the reasons he stated - like the people he remonstrated, when he said '' I personally don't like this''. Not everyone expresses themself the same. And at the end of the day. Sucess of a product boil down to the costumer. So, if a product does not reach the costumers satisfaction, I feel the customers should let the developer know.... How much time and effort put into a product is not important if the product does not satisfy the customer.
@@smoodcruz Thats not what I was talking about! I am talking about unsolicited hate! negative reviews without trying the product
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Preach brother! 3:15
This fragrance got so much unjustified hate on Fragrantica just because ppl hate Roja prices...Finally it gets the recognition it deserves. I like Roja's creations for making classic perfumery more contemporary. Best modern chypre and fougere creator currently, imo.
Thats only partly why.. the shilling was just too much with this release and it was too blatantly obvious as the reviewers did so little to hide their bias/forced review. Disgusting
well his perfumes are way overpriced lets be honest
@@paimei26 No more overpriced than most of the other niche houses...
Yeah you tell them Mr. Aaron! If they know so much they can create that fragrance and then wow us. I’ll wait!! 😂
To be fair- the comment section shouldn't be read by anyone looking for a mood boost- you are naïve if you think you wont be reading anything negative in a rant section on any modern day commenting platform.
Please review Parfum Vintage and your opinion on what their doing! I’ll have a bottle mailed to you.
Heck yeah
Why would you want to review clone houses? Just review the original brand(s)
not a fan of this new collection from Roja. too commercial and not long lasting on me.