On Tuesday, Roja was invited to ITV Studios to be an expert guest on The Alan Titchmarsh Show. Roja and Alan spoke about the best of British perfumery, and to illustrate the segment, Roja was asked to take along a few examples of Great British scents by Clive Christian, Grossmith, Belinda Brown and Roja Parfums.

If you missed it when it aired on Tuesday 14th February, you can watch it on ITV Player here

Last week, Roja hosted an intimate press breakfast at The Connaught Hotel to celebrate the launch of his latest fragrance, Mischief. The breakfast was a huge success, attended by the top beauty journalists in the UK, everyone left happy and all full of mischief

See below for a selection of pictures from the event and Mischief will be available to buy from the Roja Parfums Shop from May.

Roja recently attended the Jasmine Awards breakfast presentation ceremony at BAFTA, Piccadilly. It was a fabulous event, celebrating the creativity, skill and passion of the best fragrance writers in the UK.

The Jasmine Awards are recognised as the most prestigious journalistic awards in the beauty industry.  They recognise and reward the talents of journalists whose difficult task it is to translate the complex art of perfumery into words and pictures. 

For all the winners and news, click here: http://www.thejasmineawards.co.uk/

Here Roja sits regally with friend and Director of Brand Communications at Aston Martin, Janette Green. They found themselves perched on William 4^th’s ornate velvet chair at the recent Terrence Higgins Trust charity event at the Cabinet Office.

Aside Roja, hangs an image of the late great photographer to the royal family: Cecil Beaton. Roja came across this during the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations at the Victoria & Albert Museum; amongst which was an exhibition of Sir Cecil’s portraits of the Queen. This photo particularly appealed to Roja.

Roja Dove was invited to join Silvio Denz, Chairman and CEO of Lalique Crystal, aboard the infamous Orient Express for an exclusive VIP voyage from Paris to Epernay in Champagne to visit Deutz Castle and drink their special champagne cuvee.  On the return trip, the guests enjoyed a gala dinner aboard the Orient Express, with music from Jean Michel Jarre’s new Aerospace One soundsytem for Lalique.

The Orient Express was the perfect venue to showcase the stunning upcoming launches by Lalique, set out beside the exquisite Lalique crystal panels which adorn the walls of the train. It was truly a day to remember.

For pictures, click HERE

The Royal Opera House Recital and Dinner was held at Claridges hotel in London, a grand event bringing friends of the opera to the stunning ballroom.

Roja Parfums is now available from The Lausanne Palace Boutique, Switzerland, at the Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie.

Roja traveled to Switzerland for the grand opening and stayed at The Lausanne Palace Hotel & Spa, the pride of the Swiss city of Lausanne, whose aim is to provide “a home away from home” for all of its guests.   During his visit, Roja held a training course for all of the new team, covering the sense of smell, the history of fragrance, how fragrances are constructed and the fragrance families, how to apply scent, and how to sell fragrance. Roja also went into some detail about Roja Parfums and in each of the fragrances he has chosen to be stocked at the new perfumery.

The Lausanne Palace is a most beautiful hotel, and their Boutique is the perfect home for the Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie and for Roja Parfums.

Suzanne Leher from Vanity Fair has written a fabulous review of the VIP taster evening hosted in New York by The Macallan and Roja Dove.  Macallan Whiskey came to Roja Dove to develop a pioneering and highly original tool for whiskey appreciation and learning to be used by the Macallan Ambassadors. The Aroma Box was presented to leading US press at a VIP dinner and led them on a sensory journey:

“In order to create the fragrances for the Box, Dove culled ingredients (inspired from those found in the Macallan’s range of whiskies) from the likes of 50-year-aged sandalwood and vanilla bourbon from Madagascar, with an emphasis on purity and quality. The aptly titled “professor of perfume” served as our olfactory tour guide for the evening, personally leading us through all 12 scents and the feelings and flavors each is meant to evoke. While one was described as reminiscent of “the annoying nephew at a dinner party,” its contrasting scent was labeled “the mature older relative.”

“Some were so subtle we had to “chase the scent” to actually smell it, while others hit us squarely in the face—or nose. By turns heady, floral, mouth-watering (chocolate-orange!), and spicy, the fragrances lent an impressive backstory to the whiskey, and allowed me to distinguish each layer of flavor in my glass…”

“Being so conscious of the fragrances throughout my meal enabled me to re-discover and identify flavors in the food and drink in an entirely new way. I’d go so far as to say the Aroma Box is the most thought-provoking dinner accompaniment I have ever encountered. I’ll go even further in saying that I’d take it over a boring bread basket any day. And I’ll drink to that.”

Read the full article HERE

It is with great excitment that Roja travelled to Russia last week as it marked the official opening of Roja Parfums at TsUM, the most prestigious and reknowned department store in Moscow.

Roja prepared a fragrance training course especially for TsUM, with specific training on all of the Roja Parfums products for the retail team. Roja also held two very popular customer events at TsUM, and met with 30 of Russia’s most influential beauty and grooming press.

“When we were asked if we would like to open within Tsum, Moscow, I knew without question that it would be the perfect partner for us. When I was very young I started to learn Russian; I continued with it for three years. Russia captured my imagination, and I am excited to see it for the first time when I come to visit as my perfumes find a new home.”   Roja Dove

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