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Astaral XerJoff 2023

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7.9 / 10 158 Ratings

A new perfume by XerJoff for women and men, released in 2023. The scent is floral-oriental. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Oriental

Sweet

Spicy

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Shamamatul amber attar

Aniseed

Pink pepper

Heart Notes

Rose

Amberwood

Labdanum absolute

Violet

Base Notes

Amber

Oud

Moss

Patchouli

Cedarwood

Ratings

Scent

7.9158 Ratings

Longevity

8.3145 Ratings

Sillage

8.0140 Ratings

Bottle

9.4158 Ratings

Value for money

6.6119 Ratings

Submitted by Essy07, last update on 14.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "K Blue" collection.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/26/2024

5
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 6
Scent

EDDyxx
4 Reviews

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EDDyxx

1

Classic oud rose ...had hoped for more.

A rather typical XerJoff.
Start with an oud-amber-wood base, followed by a light sweetness from the rose (dark red, sensually fragrant with an oriental-spicy amber); a winter fragrance.
Unfortunately not mine, it was okay to try but nothing special that I would include in a collection; too many fragrances would be similar.
Durability and sillage are TOP (XerJoff Neveau just) but the fragrance pyramid is unfortunately not convincing.
Certainly interesting for beginners; I think if you "start" with this "new" fragrance, you will certainly enjoy it and can gradually expand your collection.

10/31/2023

7
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 7.5
Scent

MertKara
6 Reviews

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MertKara

3

Rose Oud Monster

I got the Astaral when it was freshly out. Had tested the whole collection and I had liked the most. I would say that Astaral is the mass suitable of all the from the K collection.

The fragrance begins as expected with a sweet rose, which is accompanied with a little oud and the pepper. As it progresses, the oud note becomes more present and stronger, but never too animalic.

All in One a good rose oud fragrance, which is incredibly strong in the H/S.

04/06/2023

9
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

NicheOnly
44 Reviews

NicheOnly

2

So many different evolutions

As always, I try the scents without looking at the pyramid to both get a sense for the profile, and in a way train my nose to recognize accords. I had to revise this review like 5 times just to accurately describe the wear process.

Putting on Astaral, in the air I get what I think is a fruity-floral and feminine opening, instantly reminding me of something like Pink Me Up and perhaps a little bit also of Super Moon. I tried smelling the scent from up-close, but on the open it's a little bit harsh - getting hedione vibes, giving it this slight bitterness. As it dries, I notice soapy & fresh accords in addition to the fruity-floral ones, reminding me a little bit of "Join The Club - Comandante! | Xerjoff". Definitely doesn't smell like the most original creation. The sillage is pretty loud on this, great spring-fall scent. At first I thought it was feminine, but it definitely dries more unisex. I'm not sure I'd wear this in summer or winter.

After pyramid/accords, after it has settled for ~5 minutes: The rose does start to pop a bit more in the drydown, but I don't get this pyramid AT ALL. I don't get moss, I don't get amber. As it is drying, what I am getting the most is a very jammy rose, and not much else. I wouldn't say it's oriental - it smells a lot like the rose you get in scents from Fragrance du Bois or Roja Parfums - sweet, dewy, jammy rose with not much else going on. The main ones that I'm thinking of are Parisian and "Amber Aoud (parfum) | Roja Parfums".

After the scent has truly settled (2-3 hours): The rose was always flanked by notes that are comparable to the feel of cypriol oil / nagarmotha. Those notes were weak until this part of the drydown - the rose has given up all that ground to woody-mossy tones as the scent now has an eastern vibe to it. We basically went from up-lifting fruity-floral to pure rose to mossy oriental.

The value here is great at €290 for 100ml, think it's definitely worth a look to anybody considering scents like Parisian or Taif Aoud or any other oud-rose fragrances where the oud is basically invisible and the price is 2x the Xerjoff. Wouldn't compare to something like Favonius though - that one does not lean as heavily into the rose as Astaral. Given all these evolutions, I'm not sure there is a single comparable.