Roja Dove was honoured to be asked to be part of the recreation of Houbigant’s Fougere Royale. Roja and the senior perfumer at Givauden, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, collaborated to revive Houbigant’s seductive, pioneering masterpiece. It will be available from the Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie and other stockists from February 2011.

See images from the press launch here

When the team at the soon-to-be open Four Seasons Hotel London started to think about developing an exclusive range of bespoke guestroom amenities, they knew it would have to be something very special to mark the opening of the new hotel on Park Lane. They wanted an original collection that would match the chic, contemporary style of the guestrooms and suites; one that represented the understated elegance of Four Seasons spirit and above all, one that Hotel guests might have chosen for themselves and want to return to time and again. Recognising what a tall order this was going to be, they turned to Roja Dove and asked him to make a signature scent that would satisfy these demanding, yet crucial criteria.

Roja describes the exclusive Four Seasons fragrance as a refreshing blend of bergamot, orange and mandarin, touches of jasmine and rose for sensuality, and vetiver, a special mix of woods and a note of fir balsam for warmth and gentility. “The scent of Four Seasons is exactly that – lively but not jarring, sensual but understated, warm, gentle and enveloping – for me that is the embodiment of the Hotel.”

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Antonia Pearce from The Luxury Channel meets Roja Dove to discuss jasmine from Grasse, Diaghilev, The Suffragettes, perfume personalities and the art of taste without ego.

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Roja hosted a table at the 2010 Copra Ball on Thursday 11th November.  He was joined by some of the most highly regarded members of the British Beauty Press and members of the Roja Dove Ltd and RDPR team.

‘The Art of Assemblage’

Roja spoke at a workshop with Mumm and Perrier-Jouët alongside Perrier-Jouët Chef de Cave Hervé DesChamps and Twinings tea expert Philippa Thacker. The workshop highlighted the role of each of these master blenders and explored the crossovers  between these seemingly disparate fields. Each blender gave a demonstration of their art by mixing raw ingredients into a more complex blend.

“An impressive demonstration of the expertise and individual skill of these master craftsman.”
Ian Cameron from Class magazine

“Roja Dove, it turns out, has been commissioned to create a fragrance to mark the exhibition – but this is much, much more than a souvenir of a show. We think it could go on to become a global fragrance sensation. Fragrance of the year? For us, it could be fragrance of the decade.”
Josephine Fairley, Beauty Bible Author

“For the ultimate diva drama trust in Roja Dove. His new eau de parfum, Diaghilev, created in a limited edition of 1,000 to celebrate the V&A’s Ballets Russes exhibition is a chypre with a distinctly grand finish: orris, vanilla and vetiver make this one a heady, old-school marvel, not to be worn lightly.”
Sarah Vine, Beauty Editor, Saturday Times Magazine

“One of the pleasures of working with one of the world’s most prestigious brands is finding others who lead in their respective fields, with whom to collaborate. We have worked with Vivienne Westwood, Betty Jackson and Paul Smith. Roja Dove follows in that tradition.”
Jo Prosser, MD of V&A Enterprises.   

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Roja held a fragrance and retail training session for the key staff at DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) Duty Free.

“Thank you most sincerely for the most interactive and interesting training workshops… it was absolutely excellent.  Thank you!”
 Mary Whelan, Retail Training Manager, Dublin Airport Authority

Roja was invited to talk as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s ’World Cities: Paris’ event:

1920/30’s perfumery broke down established rules, re-writing them and in doing so helped define modernity in the 20th Century. This revolution brought about a new style of scent, the Chypré (which Diaghilev surrounded himself with) as they rejected traditional values and re-wrote the rules in fragrance with its abstract modernism; overnight many established, traditional houses suddenly embraced the French Art Deco style of bottle design with an amazing array of modernist, cubist, surrealist flacons.

“Hats off to you again for a wonderful talk on Saturday! You engaged and enchanted your audience – they were all so happy. Thank you so much for bringing your pieces in to share with the audience, it really made the talk just that extra bit special.”
Mary Le Comte,  Programme Manager, The Victoria and Albert Museum

COPRA Fragrance Training. Roja conducted two days training for the Cosmetic and Perfumery Retailers Association on the 8th & 9th September 2010. Roja took a group of perfume retail professionals on a journey of discovery during a training to develop their knowledge, skills and sales techniques. The training took place in the heart of Mayfair and all attendees went away from the day energized, enthused and with deeper knowledge on their subject.

The Macallan – The Power Of Fragrance: Blog Site Presentation. 30th September 2010. The Macallan whiskey-tasting tool created exclusively for Macallan by Roja Dove is presented to US Bloggers NotCot and LAist, these blog sites who have seen many innovative brand collaborations during their tours around the world of what is hot was fabulous were both blown away by the journey of scent and taste they were taken on.