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

Roja Parfums; the finest fragrances in the world, created by Roja Dove, the world renowned perfumer at the height of his skills.

Roja Dove was invited to visit Russia to make a personal appearance at Tsum, Moscow, to celebrate the opening of the new Roja Parfums counter. While there, he was treated to a VIP tour of the exquisite Moscow Kremlin with Dominic Venton, Director of Roja Parfums, and Tatiana Kirillovskaia, Roja Parfums Distributor (Russia).

Due to popular demand, Roja Dove was asked to return to the Victoria & Albert museum to lead a workshop on choosing your ideal fragrance. Roja enchanted the audience, regaling them with stories about how the great perfumes are made and teaching them how to choose, apply and look after scent.

Everyone loved the workshop, as one of the attendees wrote:
I so enjoyed my two-and-a-half  informative hours with you yesterday afternoon at the V&A and admire your knowledge and also strength for speaking for that length of time. We all learned so much and I’m now eager to start buying ‘perfumes’ if the purse allows. It was fascinating and I hope I can remember most of it. Thank you so very much…