Elysium

Elysium by Roja Parfums is a masculine-leaning parfum from 2017 in the luxury price tier. It opens with grapefruit, lemon and black pepper, moves into juniper berry and cypress and dries down to cedarwood, musk and amber. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.

Notes, explained

Opening

Grapefruit Bitter, slightly sweaty citrus. More grown-up than lemon.
Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
Black Pepper Dry and prickly. Gives a fragrance grip and a bit of bite.

Heart

Juniper Berry Gin, basically. Piney, dry and bracing.
Cypress Cool, green, resinous conifer. Sharp and clean.

Dry-down

Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.

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