Description
“A Goodnight Kiss is the celebration of how precious a small exchange of affection can be, and the lasting effect it can have upon us. The fragrant embodiment of humanity’s most intimate gesture -the soft, evanescent whisper of A Goodnight Kiss“. Roja Dove
A blend of green notes and citrus bergamot adds its freshness to a rich bouquet of spicy carnation, rose, jasmine, ylang ylang, orange blossom, May flower, and violet, where an unusual note of rice powder is enlivened by clove and other spice notes. Warmed by cedarwood, the whole fragrance nestles on a bed of leather notes and powdery orris, with whispers of sensual musk.
A Goodnight Kiss was launched in 2015.
qwertydimochka – :
Well, I have a new unicorn with a $1,750 price tag. I spritzed this on recently, and my eyes rolled deeply into the back of my head. It is a heavenly, orris-laden cloud on which I want to rest my head. It develops over time, as I got something intensely animalic on my skin after about ten minutes. It smelled like civet, and I hope it’s synthetic as the company told me they don’t use natural civet (and they shouldn’t!). I noticed some soft rose, but apart from orris, rose and civet, I could not really dissect the fragrance. I usually don’t like heliotrope, so if there is any here, it was (obviously) not bothersome to me.
In any case, I felt as though I might as well hand over my credit card because nothing, I repeat, nothing will ever smell this good again. Instead of spending $200 here, $100 there, I might as well just spend the $1800 and not buy anything else for the next few years. <—-and good luck to me with that resolution!
Sultan2394 – :
I finally had the pleasure to test this perfume in store. It is truly a finely crafted orris centric perfume.. It reminds me of Iris Silver Mist without the carrot note. I am not going to dissect all the notes as many well written reviews have covered that part.
Orris root is described as the scent of baby’s head. It totally fits the analogy of mother and baby.. For me, this is like an English mother while La Via del Profumo’s Il Giglio di Firenze (not in our database) an Italian mom. Both of them are well bought up. One has an aristocrat air and a little reserved while the other is more homey… Iris Silver Mist is on the cold side of the spectrum and gives a metallic vibe..
Is it worth the price tag? Orris butter currently retails at US$24 per gram which is not even the Florentine white orris butter (the gold standard!)
berbusari71 – :
First, this IS a beautiful, soft, powdery perfume. Rice powder? Yes. Florals? Yes. Lipstick? Yes. I can certainly smell this as a memory of a lovely mother’s goodnight kiss, which apparently inspired this fragrance.
However. After the opening, it smells a lot to me like baby powder. Specifically, J&J Baby Powder. I happen to like babies and baby powder very much, but I’m not going to spend several hundred dollars to smell that way myself. Also, on my skin, it didn’t last as long as I expected, given how concentrated Roja Dove’s fragrances usually are, though the base notes are still detectable on my skin after 4 hours.
J&J Baby Powder is supposed to include notes of citrus, vanilla, rose and white musk, all of which are present in A Goodnight Kiss. Talcum powder traditionally has scent notes of orris root, also here. More detail from the blog Glass Petal Smoke: “In an article titled “Ah, There’s Nothing Like New Baby Smell” New York Times science reporter Douglas Quenqua asked me to describe the smell of baby products. I offered the following olfactory descriptors; powdery (dry, chalk-like, violet), aldehydic (soapy, fresh, citrus), lactonic (milk-like, creamy), fruity (apple), floral (rose, violet, orange blossom), vanillic (woody, balsamic, sweet), and musky (clean, fresh and sweet). Two types of musk commonly used in baby products are galaxolide and ethylene brassylate. Both musks, with their superhero-like names, support the structure of a fragrance formula and are the last notes to evaporate on skin. They are also featured in most luxury perfume formulas which make them familiar strangers when they migrate from fine fragrance to functional fragrance.”
My conclusion? Lovely, soft fragrance; definitely reminiscent of mothers and babies; much too expensive.
xobabuba – :
A cleverly mastered fragrance telling a story by the interplay of scents through the progression of the fragrance.
First there is the entrance which is strong and bright, where the aldehydes produce a soapy citrous violet mix, with the kiss having a lipstick soft leather and powder appeal. Then the touch of the mothers cheek onto your skin which leaves a refined, softness with a powdery musk combination and a lighter floral blend in the background. Then comes the dance of florals, as though the mother is dancing as she moves away which throws varying degrees of floral fragrances in tune with her movements, and so varying prominences of rose, ylang, violet, carnation and iris come into play while there remains a gentle and well blended florals and soft powder in the background. This is followed by a calmer phase of a mellowed musky soft powder scent, with the leather woods and spice gently coming into the background providing depth. This is followed by a varying play of softer aldehydes, and florals which are again delicately and gently blended into the background, as though one is reliving the memory of her dance. This is followed by a more tender phase of well blended soothing softness in the combination of woods, amber, spice, musk, and powder, all very smooth, silky, creamy and delicately balanced as though one is slowly drifting off to sleep. A true masterpiece.
zellfraliars – :
To simplify it, A Goodnight Kiss is a classic style powdery floral aldehyde. But nothing about this fragrance can be simple, not for me at least. For starters, the way I came about owning it may make me a bit biased and emotional. Second, I know this was a fragrance made to recreate the scent of Roja’s mother as she kissed him goodnight, and she is resting in peace. So, there is nothing simple about it. But it does smell exactly like a woman, a prim motherly lady, and how she would smell in close proximity. Her floral perfume, her powder, her lipstick and the natural human smell of musk we all get toward the end of the day. This is the smell of a goodnight kiss. A sweet kiss, a loving kiss, a gentle kiss. The meaningful kind. It is the smell of love.
The iris is gentle and glorious, the powder is a very realistic rice powder scent. If you have ever worn rice powder, it’s unmistakable. There is prominent ambergris that gives it warmth, it’s never too floral, there is a human musky quality to it. Everything about this fragrance is human. So, it makes it a bit emotional to wear it. For me at least.
Roja has spoken to me about his mother and I know how much he loved her. So, that may be adding the emotional factor for those of us who he has shared this with. Or if you have read about his love for her.
It smells like a mother’s kiss.
It is elegant, it’s understated, it’s classic and it’s very refined. It’s comforting and I feel a range of emotions wearing it, for obvious reasons.
And it is expensive. Very expensive. And I’m not going to write this review and ignore the elephant in the room. The price of the fragrance is extraordinary. It’s not something I could even normally own. But it wasn’t created for me. It was created for people who CAN afford it. And whether we like it or not, those people exist. Should anyone spend this much on perfume? Who am I to judge. I sit with $200 fragrances acting as if that is “normal” while there are people trying to figure out how they will buy a sandwich today. My normal is not someone else’s normal. And I can not sit back in judgement of the cost someone else spends on a bottle of perfume while I have a collection that most people would see as excessive as many will see the price of this fragrance.
So….what is “acceptable”? $800? $500? $250? $100? $50? To the man with no shoes, $50 would seem like something for a king. For a king, $1,750.00 seems perfectly reasonable.
What I can say is this. For the last 3 days I have felt like a princess wearing this. I have felt special. There is no price to place on that feeling. And if owning luxurious fragrances like this gives someone that feeling, and they can afford it or they are willing to pay it so they can have such a feeling, who am I to judge? While I judge them, the man with no shoes is judging me.
A Goodnight Kiss is a captivating fragrance. And it smells like powder, it smells like flowers, it smells like soft leather, it smells like musk….and it smells like love, generosity, nostalgia, beauty and forgiveness. It smells like a gift. And it smells like a memory.
And there is no price on those things.
Dimok__007 – :
Powdery Perfume retails at $ 1,750 for 100ml
Worth it or not, Its up to your bank account to decide.
It a beautiful perfume with an amazing stay power that I would consider buying if it came in 30ml size.
Wisa4910 – :
ماااااااا أجمل هذا العطر وما أبشع سعره
عطر ساحر حالم أنثوي يحلق بك بعيداً لعالم الخيال وتلك الليالي المقمرة، لتعيش أجواء قصة من نسج الخيال التي قد تحكيها لك أحب النساء إليك انها أمك متأملاً القصة ومتأملاً قسمات وتعابير القمر الأقرب اليك دائما؛ وجه أمك لتنتهي تلك الليلة الساحرة بقبلة دافئة ومسحة حانية من ذلك القمر الذي هو اجمل ما تنتظرة دائماً وان كان بعيداً عنك!
“عطر قبلة منتصف الليل من روجا”
عطر أنثوي مخملي بكمية دافئ هائله، عطر رائع للغاية ـ يرتكز على اللمسات الرائعه من الازهار البيضاء ذات النزعة الكلاسيكية والتي تخلو من الجانب الانيمالك يشاركها نوتات من الالدهيدز المنعش والروز الفاخر والجيرانيوم وزهرة الايلانج ويالها من ايلانج رائع هنا لتضفي شيئاً من الانتعاش على تلك الباقة الزهرية الكلاسيكية التي يكسوها ويغمرها نوتة باودرية او زهرية باودرية هي جوهر العطر ذات ملامح من بودرة التلك وملامح لوشنية او كريمية دافئة بفضل جذور السوسون واكورد الباورد الخاص الذي أجاد روجا الماهر في مزجه وسكبه في هذا العطر الفاخر تلك اللمسة الكلاسيكية من الازهار البيضاء الباودرية المنعشة تشاركها لمسات مسكية فاخرة وهل هناك أجمل تناغم بين المسك والباودر والازهار البيضاء لا اعتقد ذلك، يحيط بتلك الازهار الباودرية القادمة من الزمن الجميل هالة (رقيقة جدا) ستجدها تقبع دائما خلف عبير الازهار، رائحة الاخشاب والعنبر وروائح الجلود المدخنة هذه قاعدة اعطت العطر عمق رائع جدا وهي التي استحضر بعض عطور تلك الحقبة بنسخها القديمة؛..
العطر فعلا يذكرني بزمن العطور الجميل، عشرينيات القرن الماضي بعطوره الكلاسيكية الخالدة كاشانيل رقم خمسة واربيدج من لانفين تلك العطور التي قدمت الازهار بقالب باودري منعش وباستخدام جزئيات الالدهيدز(مكون صناعي) هذا العطر هو تجسيد لتلك الحقبة وعطورها.
العطر كجمال للرائحة مذهل وخطير جداً ولكن قد يبدوا مألوف لديك كونه عطر كلاسيكي وسيبدا مألوف اكثر لديك اذا كنت جربت العطور التي ذكرت انه ن وان كنت محباً لرائحة لكريم النيفيا الرائعه ستجد تلك اللمحة في هذا العطر( ولهذا شكرت ذلك الوصف اعلاة (لوشنيةنكريميه) غالبية من اطلعتهم على العطر لمسوا تلك الرائحة وقالوا رائحة نيفيا
طبعا الفقرة الاخيرة لايفهم نه لاداعي من تجربة العطر بل انصح عشاق العطور الكلاسيكية بأن لايفوتوا تجربة هذا العطر الزهري، الباودري، الدافي، المنعش، الفاخر..
ماكتبت انطباع عن جوهر رائحة العطر
ابدا ودائما لاتنس ذكر الله والصلاة على النبي
سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم
9/10
Again One of best of roja parfums