A Midsummer Dream

Wow, truly! I walked in with no expectations and this took me by storm. What a fantastic scent! Incredibly well blended, the opening is sharp, bright and uplifting with the citrus and elemi piercing through. At first my reaction was "this is a grown up Elysium". I do think A Midsummer Dream it fits that description as a whole. It has the same qualities as Elysium, just a lot more complex and much spicier. This morphs a lot on me, the brightness turns into a spicy cardamom blast and gains a lot of earthiness (the opening and that earthy phase strongly reminds of a fresher, less "venomous" take on Zoologist's King Cobra, which I adore) before it settles into a vetiver woody drydown. Usually I'm not a huge fan of vetiver but here it's quite pleasant, supported by other notes and nowhere near as dry and harsh as Terre D'Hermes (I respect it but I don't like it). In the late drydown, I get a slight bit of powdery sweetness that sits close on skin which got me a compliment, so that's a bonus. Super easy to wear, as a whole. If like Terre D'Hermes or King Cobra if you're looking for a level up on the Elysium DNA, this is worth getting your nose on.

This one I think is the most interesting creation from Roja so far. I have sampled his vetiver, scandal, Elysium, danger, and creation E. When I first took a whiff of this, I immediately thought of the monastery at Saint Joseph Abbey in Covington Louisiana. We would go on hikes there when we were campers. It is where monks go to study to become Catholic priests. I thought it was very cool that the picture in the place that I thought of in my mind when I smell this. It has incense like an old church. I kinda don’t like this, but I kinda really like it. It’s very strange. It definitely has an old vibe though like something vintage, but not a vintage cologne of yesteryear. This is not like his other creations. It’s very different.. I get a little bit of Deepwoods off bug spray too, but it doesn’t really bother me. It smells like an old church, where incense was burned quite often.

One of the best Roja Fragrances, and one of the best Ive ever smelled. Grapefruit, Elemis Resin, Cardamom, Cedar and Iris is what I really get from it. I would describe it as a spring scent, or a scent you can wear on a colder summer night. The scent is a very green mossy, floral and aromatic profile. Very suitable for younger men for me, the scent profile isn't that mature (the notes look like that). I get 7+ hours from this fragrance, and a moderate sillage. I would not blind buy it because of the complex and not mass appealing blend of uncommon notes. You should go and try this for yourself and smell it for yourself. Give it a chance and smell it often. It really smells better and better, the more you smell it. Suitable for the day and the night. Price Perfomance is OK (380€/100ml). All in all one of my favourite fragrances ever made.

Bought a decant for this as I am looking for perfume to wear for my wedding. I mean, you can def say this is high quality. Just on the nose alone I would say its really soft creamy smell that is musky and earthy with some spice. It was only when I recently watched a video about Roja talking about this that it is (I honestly forgot what was the ingredient) but something grounded up to make a powdery note. I can see the TDH reference but I would not even say 20% of it. So far 7-8 hours on my skin but I was in a big cold space setting. Sillage is probably two times an arm's length. I think the scent is unisex. To me the scent is a gorgeous 9/10. The scent profile is not really something I would wear on my wedding as I can definetely see it as very cloying due to the high heat + hot climate unless if the venue is a cold place setting

Roja's A Midsummers Dream EDP, is in my opinion a masterpiece of chemistry. Every fragrance is appealing to someone and unappealing to another. On a recent trip to Neiman's fragrance department, I spent some time smelling several of Roja's pieces. This one was the one that I could not walk away from. It was the one I wanted to add to my collection. It had the bright citrus that I usually go for mixed with the cardamon and vetiver that I love as well. I had smelled several of the bloggers Roja hitlist choices, but this was the one for me. I loved the subtle softness of it on "My Skin" versus on the card. I kept smelling it over and over again. It lasted for several hours. Well done fragrance!! If these notes are ones you like try it on your skin first before taking the financial plunge.