Description
“Bergamot and Artemisia create a fresh foil for a bouquet of Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Geranium, and a dominant note of Rose Taif, further freshened by Blackcurrant Buds, where a blend of Clove Buds, Pink Pepper, and Cumin add their liveliness, the whole sublimated by the warmth of Guaiac and Aoud Woods, Patchouli, Oakmoss, and Cypriol, nestling on an ultra-soft, sensual base of Benzoin, Frankincense, Labdanum, Cistus, and Musk.” – a note from the brand.
United Arab Emirates by Roja Dove is a Oriental fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. United Arab Emirates was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Roja Dove. Top notes are bergamot and artemisia; middle notes are geranium, rose de mai, jasmine, ylang-ylang, labdanum, cloves and cassis; base notes are pink pepper, cumin, cypriol oil or nagarmotha, patchouli, oakmoss, guaiac wood, agarwood (oud), benzoin, olibanum, labdanum and musk.
gnidavoz – :
Erroneously listed as a separate entry on Fragrantica, the only thing that has changed is the design of the bottle. My friend has this bottle and the coloured cap bottle and they are both EXACTLY the same. The difference is with the latest batches that are brown in colour as opposed to the yellow colour, in the brown batches the oud is at the front and rose is pushed to the back, the openings are different but the drydown is very similar. The opening of the yellow batch has a rosier and frutier opening. I don’t know why the notes of Taif rose and blackcurrant have been omitted here because it is all about Taif rose.
Top Notes:
Bergamot, Artemisia
Heart Notes:
Geranium, Rose de Mai, Jasmin de Grasse, Ylang Ylang, Cistus, Clove Buds, Blackcurrant Buds
Base Notes:
Pink Pepper, Cumin, Cypriol, Patchouli, Oakmoss, Guaiacwood, Aoud, Benzoin, Frankincense, Labdanum, Musk
andrcomp – :
ISSO a bottle of this in the VINTAGE FLAG presentation. I know the newer version will be EXACTLY THE SAME, cuz Roja never compromises…… I just have to have to have it in this particular presentation for the sake of adding it to my collection…!
konokrad – :
The opening is breathtaking but after about an hour, the animalic note gets too strong for me. If this perfume had maintained its opening throughout its life, it would have definitely been my signature scent.
jurchelo – :
For context’s sake, I’ve not smelled the earlier Roja Parfums United Arab Emirates Spirit of the Union, listed correctly as a separate fragrance. This review is for a sampling of the newer 2017 release UAE that has black-faced bottles similarly-styled to other members of the same collection, such as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman.
UAE is definitely more of a standard rose/oud than the sweeter, fruitier Kuwait that I sample yesterday. UAE entails a heavy taif rose–a sharper rose note, I find, than other types of roses, though I still feel the learning curve of becoming accustomed to various rose notes.
Beyond the rose, the blend of UAE is spicy, woody, and a bit animalic. Oud factors in significantly, its animalic side coming out a bit more than its medicinal side in this case. I also get some cumin, patchouli, pepper, and resins, per the note list. There are also numerous florals.
It’s definitely at the intersection between pleasant and challenging, mostly pleasant from a cursory sniff but certainly more challenging when taken in more deeply, and I find it a big enigmatic beyond the abovementioned few note.
Much like Kuwait, though, UAE is rather versatile with respect to gender, age, occasion, and season, though its relative heaviness and density at least push it toward more cold-weather use.
Performance is very strong, and as with most Roja Dove fragrances, price is the biggest obstacle, as UAE, like the others from the collection, is $555 for 50ml, steep by almost any standards, so I’m likely content without it in my collection.
8 out of 10
12ASSA – :
I have a full review of the original, but as a confirmation the juice is exactly same. An absolute quality fragrance! Just a shame about the bottle design, looks a little tacky compared to the original.
info12 – :
The opening of this new version is less oudy, more sweet fresh rose.. Had me worried at first but eventually got back to 99% similar 🙂