Reverence

This is such a pretty aroma. The glass bottle is so lovely. I am finishing it up fast! This is a day time clean floral for wearing casually or semi formal things like tea, girlfriend time, and or weddings. When you spray it comes off subtle, sweet, a little bit citrusy with like neroli and the green notes that come with that. Green and white are the colors in it. There is a tea note but it's a light jasmine tea. The scent doesn't last long. It is very simple, linear, and intimate/skin scent. Does not have sillage. According to Fragrantica it has fruit notes including plum but I don't get any fruits other than very short fleeting citrus note like a little lemon. This is mostly a soft white jasmine perhaps freesia too. There is no rose to my nose. This is not musky either. It's bright and soothing. This is just something to put on when you want to smell clean, feminine, floral, fresh. There is a peaceful maturity to it. At the same time it is youthful and sweet. There is a classy elegance to it that never get too floral or too complex. Inoffensive and suited to office/work place just as it can be worn to formal social gatherings. I can't compare it to any perfume except maybe it's got a Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue vibe but that one is stronger. This is a very dainty tea perfume and white floral perfume. The dry down is simple. I think it's just a very light clean and soft sandalwood scent and possibly some amber. But it is over in less than 2 hours. Cheaply priced on Amazon but a good one if you like clean white florals and fresh florals. Great for spring and summer.

This brand (MdB) quite rare fragrance actually, and I really attracted by the cute bottles I have several MdB, and in my opinion Reverence is the finest MdB. if Marina ever claim her perfume to smells 'Royal', then this is the one. probably because I like the plum? either way, the scent is mesmerizing enough to be admired by anyone who like something different compared to the mass of sweet fragrance. this sweet floral is quite distinctive compared to the other mainstream fragrance out there. But, there come the drawbacks. The plague of almost all MdB, the projection comes short and longevity is not last long enough to finish a gala dinner. its quickly became a skin scent. spraying a lot in your clothes would help to increase it, maybe because Marina consider Royalty must behave unoffensive and unnoticed? if that so, I prefer not to be a Princess. seems that my decision to buy this fragrance is right, the bottle is the best part of this fragrance!

I have a tester of this "royal" perfume. It smells so soft, yet makes it's presence known to those close to me. I love fruity florals, and this perfume has the best of both worlds, blending the beautiful rose with the sweet fruits, & being balanced well with the light woody notes. Lasting power doesn't seem good, but then again I do use it sparingly, because I thought it would be a hard to find perfume. I just purchased the large bottle on Amazon, so I will be able to test it's longevity & projection with a few more sprays.

I received 100ml bottle as a gift, and I ́m addicted to it! I use this almost every single day; it ́s my winter day scent ...it ́s soft, classy, elegant, doesn ́t offend anyone...great office scent, and it smells unique. The only problem is that it doesn ́t last at least on my skin. This is a pity. But the smell is gorgeous...I don ́t care...I reaply that 5 times a day with pleasure.

Elegant, timeless, fragile and romantic. Like a naked madame Pompadour rolling in her silk pillows eating macaroons. The pyramid might seem boring, yet it's one of the most balanced soft floral blends I have ever owned. It was love from first sniff years ago, and still remains dear.

I bought this 5 years ago while I was in Versailles for a trip. It was love at first sniff! Very underrated brand and perfumes!

Nice,very nice floral fresh with some citrous in it ,so I love this fragrance...

Love Reverence when I first smelled it in Versailles and I bought myself a small bottle along with Cristal Royal as souvenirs. They first attracted me by their beautiful and elegant bottle designs but then impressed me with their lovely graceful scents which smell exactly like a real royalty. To me this is a fruity floral fragrance but with poor lasting power so soon become a skin scent. I am quite surprised by the different lasting powers of various Marina de Bourbon perfumes. I later found a shop selling MdB fragrances and bought another bottle called Royal Marina Turquoise, which has good lasting power as well as Cristal Royal. The former lasts about 4 hours on my skin while the latter lasts overnight. I once sprayed it on my sweater and scarf and it projected very well and even lingered for a few days! Though it was a bit annoying as I could not spray other perfumes during that few days. But the lasting power of that particular fragrance is super good! I don't know why this one has such weak lasting power and silage. However it will still be some of my favourite scents and I love to wear it in spring. P.S. I can't smell of any green or spicy notes. What I can smell are mostly rose and fruity note, probably plum.

I wonder who this Reverence (Reverence in english=a deep bow) is aimed at, since it is so exceedingly inoffensive as to be barely there. Its is rather "nice" - the ultimate damn-it-with-faint-praise adjective - in a fruity flowery kind of way, but it lacks the majesty, the plain old "oomph!" to cause me to humbly bow. Like all of Marina de Bourbon's bottles, Reverence's container itself is gorgeous. The juice however has very tightly spaced sillage - I can smell it, no one else near me can. It seems to last well, about 8 hours. Alas, these are the unexciting statistics for a pleasant, if ho-hum 6 out of 10 fragrance. Wear it to the office and Reverence your boss, if you wish, or buy it for the pretty bottle, but don't expect anyone to bow deeply to *you* when you wear it. Unless they see that faboo bottle...

I like this perfume a lot, although I wasn't sure if it's just nostalgia; I bought this during my first trip to Paris at Versailles when I was 16, and it was my first "proper" perfume after I left behind those awful £2 bodysprays most tweens and teens use. So I decided to buy another bottle a couple of months ago, and to my surprise it was just as lovely as I remembered - floral and fruity with a noticeable bergamot note, which becomes a sandalwood skin scent after a few hours (and sandalwood is my favourite base note). Although I wouldn't put it in my all time favourites, it's still a great fragrance, especially when I'm feeling particularly feminine.

I was looking for something new & the girl at the perfume shop convinced me on this one. I like it & yet I don't. Something about it, I guess I just don't like it on me though I've received compliments on it. This one & CK Euphoria I feel like I'm trying too hard to like. I do like CK Euphoria more than this one though. I don't plan to repurchase this one. It's soft & beautiful I guess, but I'm just not feeling it. I can't put my finger on what it is that I don't like about it. Many say it doesn't have lasting power but it does on me making it a bit cloying & that's probably why I don't like it, the cloying scent it has.

A rather rare brand in my country, it doesn't really rank among the cheapest fragrances in shops. Nevertheless Reverence is a nice musky floral.I don't detect any green notes. To my nose plum and rose stand out the most on a soft musk background which gives it and elegant and somehow classic aspect. It leads to an imminent comparison with Ferragamo's Incanto, which however is a lot more opulent with peach and sandalwood. Reverence is a more reserved alternative cutting the epic peach, if you find Incanto a bit too much. Good lasting power and sillage, but somehow unintriguing.

Jasmine, and a bit of spice at the start with a good bergamot note supporting it. I occasionally got a bit of the plum note that everyone is talking about but it was definitely more floral thank fruity on me. After about an hour rose made an appearance, and a really nice creamy watery freesia that isn't listed, and maybe a simpler floral like sweet william. In the drydown I could get some creamy sandalwood but it stayed under the rose freesia and jasmine. It lasted a good six hours.

Reverence by Princesse Marina De Bourbon is a nice sweet scent, smells like wet honeydew, very natural. There is no spicy, woody or powdery notes detectable. Proper for every day use, good for any informal situations, it will never annoy anybody at anywhere. Summer could be the best stage for it to show romantic and tenderness. The bottle looks divine, also designed with a hint of playfullness. Contrary to the name "Reverence", the perfume itself is quite easy to approch.

One of my inofensive loves, wich surely attracts compliments. So I use it quite often when I am not sure what I want to wear. I love the magical powderiness about it, It seems so simple but so well done. Unfortunately my nose gets numb to this fragance some days and all I can smell is bergamote (this hapens to me with other fragances also) Other days I can more notes for the whole day.

Bergamot is present through the first phase and became subtle until the drydown. Smells soft, fresh and inoffensive. I found it a lil bit similar to JLO's Deseo Forever but Reverence has that fresh, almost green like jasmine smell that I love which DF doesn't. Silage is moderate and the staying power's great up 8hours+ on me. Lovely bottle :)

I have to admit I bought this perfume because someone said it smelled like Perceive Avon, which by the way, is no longer marketed in Brazil. I liked the scent and now I could find one like that. It is a sweet perfume, soft and discreet as I like. The bottle is something charming and desirable. I love it.

Bought this on a recent trip from the USA to Russia,loved the notes but find the staying power is poor in comparison with other favorites of mine like Kiss of the Dragon for example This is very hard to find so I will use bottle I bought and see from there

Nice juicy fruits with a large bouquet of jasmine. A fresh floral classic. I agree it smells like something else familiar but also cannot think of what. Maybe it's just the simple jasmine. It's easy to wear and easy to enjoy.

Very pretty floral with just a hint of fruit to give it a little depth. I have a hard time with ultra-feminine scents but I kind of like this one. Unfortunately two hours later it is a whisper of sandalwood.

Pleasant, sweet without being too sugary or candied. Light, floral and fruity. However, it's nothing interesting. Gives off the vibe of a carefree yet gentle young woman. It has a very summer-spring scent of flowers and fruits, but I doubt it would last on anybody for half a day under hot weather. It has the staying power of a cheap baby cologne. It would work well as an after-shower body mist. Actually, unless you're collecting bottles from the brand, you might be better off just buying a drugstore cologne... It smells pleasant, but that's about it. I'm glad I just bought the little tester bottle.

This is a batch reviews for 6 perfumes I own from PMdB. In general, it is safe to generalize that most PMdB perfume are generic and synthetic smelling (not in a bad way), bright and uplifting, youthful and carefree, best used for spring and summer w poor to moderate staying power and soft sillage. Fundamentally, they are the kinds of scent that are not designed to be innovative, interesting, different, showstopping or anything for that matter, just something nice, unoffensive, nondescript and crowd-pleasing. Don't let the relatively complex notes pyramid of each MPdB fragrance mislead you - The scents are quite linear and most are too soft and fade too quickly to really deliver any development of notes. REVERENCE (yellow bottle w fancy cap): Reverence to my nose is the most "proper" perfume from MPdB in the sense that it smells less of a good quality body spray / body splash and more like a true perfume - Still very generic but at least a true modern perfume scent, that's what I mean. Not a dupe of Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue, but it does remind me of that vibe for some reason. Reverence has better longevity and sillage than most MPdB perfumes and is suitable for both daytime and nighttime usage. I would advise against using on extremely hot and humid days, however. ---------------------------------------------- PARADISE LYS (orange bottle): Similar to Pink Princesse mentioned below, Paradise Lys also has a tangy opening but comes w a touch of fruity notes, which makes it less flat and less synthetic smelling. Once settled, however, the two scents are so similar that I often can't tell if I use Paradise Lys or Pink Princesse on that day. Paradise Lys has much poorer longevity and sillage compared to Pink Princesse. A safe scent for hot summer days. PINK PRINCESSE (pink bottle w fancy cap): I’d call this ‘orange princesse’ instead cuz the scent starts out pretty tangy, then it mellows a bit, but remains a sour scent till completely fades away. Refreshing and light. Your typical citrusy body spray for summer. Definitely not a sweet, fruity, rosy scent to me as the main accords show above. Body chemistry is really everything when it comes to perfume. MARINA BLUE (light blue bottle w fancy cap): My first perfume from this brand. I was given 20 vial samples of it when I was an impressionable university student and was hooked. As I grew older, the scent doesn't have that wow effect on me anymore obviously, but I do find myself wanting to mist my body in it sometimes, especially on hot, humid summer days when I just get out of the shower or before bedtime. It is a fresh, aquatic floral scent on my skin w a very, very faint sweetness (no tartness like Pink Princess or Paradise Lys mentioned below). MARINA DE BOURBON (yellow bottle): the only one among the MPdB bunch I own that can be described as evening / nighttime fragrance and for cooler / colder days. It smells kind of old-school and mature (but not in a granny way) which is totally not the case with the vast majority of MPdB scents. I don't necessarily hate it, but I won't reach out to using it, either (It triggered a mild headache both times I used it). I find this scent to be best for ladies above 40 and for more formal events. Longevity and sillage are the best compared to any other perfumes produced by MPdB. EAU DE LYS (light purple bottle): All I can say about Eau de Lys is that it is fresh and soft, too soft, almost like an extremely subtle soap scent that lingers on your skin for roughly 5 minutes after showering then disappears completely. It is definitely not woody, rosy, or fresh spicy at all to my nose. I don't smell any amber, either. A very forgettable, non-offensive scent.

I had the pleasure of experiencing this today. The top notes were a fresh fruity (I detect pears) that reminded me Chance Eau Tendre or Vince Camuto Fiori but with a more mature floral twist with the tea, musk, and sandalwood. It is only ever so slightly spicy. It is a seemingly familiar scent but I can't quite put a finger to it. It is light, inoffensive, and regal. It had that afternoon elegance that Princess Diana would wear to a formal event. I think that the lady in the ad is too stoic and pompous as it I imagine a lady who is financially graced but has a humble and courteous personality. As much as I appreciated this, it is really soft- the silage is decently moderate but sticks to the skin after the first hour. Two sprays lasted about 4-5 hours on me. I imagine it would do better on clothes. Compared to the gorgeous Eau de Lys, this is a more youthful because of its fruitiness. Definitely a great everyday fragrance if you love an elegant clean musky floral with wisps of fruit.

a simple.. refined ..nice.. neutral scent ..that every one will like you.. when you ware it.. its not offensive in any way ..its clean.. fresh.. floral.. musky ..white it reminds me of British flowery perfumes ..with a hint of french suburbs..all the line has something authentic. or fresh.. and yet sensual.. and warm.. and light.. its very feminine.. very sensual.. and yet not over powering.. its a secret path to anyone heart.. i think it has that welcoming smile ..when every one smell s it on you, they will be defenseless.. or simply happy.. and welcoming you.. and they wont even know why? its a strangely familiar.. old school.. yet new ..simply a perfume ..that actually smells natural.. and per fumy and nice !it dries down beautifully..it s a skin perfume..it melts in to you and you become one.. perfume rating 4.3 out of 5 bottle rating 3.8 out 5 day or night all season u can ware it everywhere

i thought i would like this given the notes-but for some reason i got aquatic notes when i smell it-and i am not into aquatic-it is also very sweet-not sweet like a fruity smell-just sweet smell alone. i will try the decant one more time before i pass it down the line-but i don't think it will change anything. EDIT- 5/6/2017.... i am glad i gave this another chance-i am enjoying this alot more this time-it is still sweet-but i smell musk and sandalwood-i out on less this time-and for some reason-i like it more-and it was damp and rainy when i first tried it-today it is warmer and sunny-so weather does make a difference-at least for me-i definitely will try this a few more times-

During my trip to Paris, my thought was, I am in Paris and of course I should buy perfume. I went into a store, the lady at the counter recommended this perfume to me very strongly. I had tried so many perfumes that I could no longer smell it. Even though I had the trial product in my hand, I made a kind of blind purchase. When I got to the hotel, the first thing I did was open the package and it was a complete disappointment. I wanted to give it to my mother but she didn't like it either, for now it is in my collection as a souvenir of Paris in its beautiful bottle. I tried it a few times and each time I thought, this cannot be possible, it is so bad.

I really have to say this is much, much, much better than Pink Princesse, this one is so much more elegant. It also literally made me imagine of baroque dressing rooms of french princesses and queens! This isn't too "chic", nor too "old" so I think almost everyone can wear it. The name "Reverence" suits this perfume so well! Not only elegant, but royal too indeed. Marvelous. Feminine, but it's the femininity of a strong woman, who is well loved and respected. I think this perfume really deserves more love and reverence. I was quite shocked when I found only about 10 reviews of it... Guess it's really hard to find??

At first trying I thought I had seen/sniffed this before. Then, after a while, the name that came in my mind was Eau D`Eden by Cacharel. Reverence, however, is floral while Eau D`Eden is fruity and fresh. The dry down I get the sandalwood and the musk, despite sandalwood is not in the pyramid provided by Fragrantica. Sillage is good and staying power around 6 hours in my skin. Not buying a big bottle after my 7 ml miniature is over because I did not fall in love with Reverence.

I loved Eau de Lys. And so I tried this one which is even better! It is a very rich smell, can't describe it exactly, but my first associations were with Versailles and baroque, before I even saw the advert for the fragramce. The fisrt stage is the bergamon, but then you feel like if you were sitting in a garden full of roses... Really worth buying if you're into floral fragrances...

I love this fragrance and I have looked for it for a long time but couldn't find it before. It is a very fresh fragrance and there are no spicy and sweet notes.It is an aristocratic old fragrance but modern and young at the same time.Irresistable perfume, I love it. It really deserves a reverence.

Nice and comfortable. An everyday fragrance. I wear it when I go to the office, for example. It's not an 'invasive' perfume. So, you can enjoy it without bothering your co-workers :) Really elegant.

Suhaesa- I'm with you -- this is strangely familiar. I can't put my finger on it, but it feels very much like something I have worn before. Maybe Red door, or 5th avenue? Pavlova? Adolfo?

This smells very classic, floral, elegant yet fresh and it has the same vibe and even more than a mere vibe of EA 5th Avenue. No lilac is listed anyway. It's relatively inoffensive.

Peachy, sultry, sexy. What an elegant fruity fragrance! Very good. A "skin but better" scent, for those who like the one DG, Allure... maybe you can find another one to love here

When I was 16, I spotted this at the little store in the Palace of Versailles. I don't remember it smelling "green", but it did smell nice. I wish I could smell it again.

I do not know this perfume but I know the claime made in music video by singer and actor PETER HO and I wanted to inform about the flavors and to buy it

This perfume is great-smelling, but it doesn't last an hour on my skin!

A very nice & soft smell, but no lasting power at all :o{