Asteria

I had this perfume back then when it came in a beautiful star-shaped bottle, circa 2003. Now they put it in the traditional boring Marina de Bourbon classic bottle. I remember that it used to be cheaper, but now it's sort of mainstream and got costlier. Still worth it, though. The fragrance itself is marvelously made, ambery-woody-sweet, it sits close to the skin and embraces with a subtle warmth. Really comforting.

I had the Marina De Bourbon from 1994. Asteria is a pale copy of that scent. Asteria is wonderful, skinclose, soft, very sexy but pale. Absolutely worth trying, as all Marina De Bourbon fragrances are! Perfect every-day-scent or for the office. I love the Plum/Musk/Amber/Rose- mix. Jag hade Marina De Bourbon från 1994. Asteria är en blek kopia av den doften. Asteria är underbar, hudnära, mjuk, väldigt sexig men blek. Absolut värd att prova, precis som alla Marina De Bourbons parfymer är! Perfekt varje-dag-doft eller till kontoret. Jag älskar mixen av Plommon/Musk/Amber/Ros.

I bought Asteria in the newer style bottle, which still looks pretty cool, but not like a blue Space Princess perfume the first edition evokes. This smells really nice, but it is unremarkable overall, and weak in sillage and longevity. Luckily I got my bottle inexpensively.

I don't like this perfume. from the begaining i liked this very much but later after i bought more perfumes I started to not use it at all. the fragrance is sweet and very girly but I don't like this one.

I adore peonies, those big, blowsy blooms with their divine musky fragrance. The mixture of notes is what tempted me to try this, and I'm not disappointed I did, although it's not quite what I'd hoped. Unlike asilverfire614's experience, I was lucky enough to get full-blown peony with a fainter, background bunch of velvety roses painted in watercolours. This dries down to a very light amber & cedar (I don't particularly sense any sandalwood or plum). The cloves are there all the time, but more faintly than I wanted. No vanilla at all for me, and again this is a shame as I would have liked at least a little. I feel the volume is turned down on this fragrance - it's still lovely & I don't regret buying it, but one wishes they had been a little braver. Perhaps it's just too refined for me? Perhaps I'm just too greedy? I want to ask the person adding the spices... (in the manner of Oliver Twist) "Please, Sir, can I have some more?"