Burberry Brit for Men

I BEG YOUR PARDON I (NEVER) PROMISED A ROSE GARDEN I am far from being a strong lover of a heavy rose perfume (😁 unless it's a dark smoky rose). Yet, with Burberry Brit, I have liked its rose scent since the first whiff, maybe because the rose note is somewhat noble, probably a British aristocratic rose. The opening starts with a fair amount of perennial citrus spiced by green cardamom - Nice but common! The heart bursts with a noticeable powdery dark wild rose. This accord is particularly alluring and enjoyable. The fragrance becomes a bit unisex with this scent although the woody and spicy frame around it keeps the necessary masculine vibe. The alluring rose still reigns in the bottom phase, but you can feel added sweetness in the scent, together with some muskiness and bolder woody notes. During the dry down you still get a very pleasant dark rose, together with a sweet and woody accord, but not really for a long time - longevity up to 6~7 hours. With 3 sprays, It projects fairly for one hour up to a 3~4 feet radius. It is quite elegant but also reasonably discrete. It still surprises me how much I like this rose scent. For not geting wrong conclusions, I felt I had to ask external opinions to better understand this fragrance footprint. 3 women aged 23, 32 an 55 years old, confirmed to me that it was a very sexy perfume, very agreeable on men and not really feminine despite the floral strong bias. One opinion was funny: "It smells like a Coco Chanel perfume for men". All my three female testers agreed on liking to smell it on a man in almost any situation but especially in leisure situations at home. 3 men aged 23, 33 and 56 really enjoyed trying this perfume but confessed that they wouldn't buy it if Burberry Brit was their only fragrance. For a ‘one bottle for all occasions’ cologne, they would prefer something more masculine and less discreet. However, they all recognised that Burberry Brit is very suitable for dining out, or as a perfume for the office, or even for everyday use. I reached the conclusion that this scent is versatile, pleases both genders, it's kind of sexy when women smell it on a man, and pleasing but not manly if a man smells it on himself. It's fair enough. I still keep my own impression of being a very versatile, unique and alluring scent when I wear it. What about some metrics? ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Scent opening: 8.0 (pleasant) - Scent Dry Down: 9.0 (very good indeed) - Sillage: 6.0 (sillage peaks up to 4 feet; It projects for 1.0 hours) - Versatility: 8.0 (quite versatile, expressing itself better in Spring and Fall, at ease in Winter days and in Summer nights) - Usability: 8.5 (it's really a "use it almost anywhere" fragrance, but avoid the gym, the seaside or any kind of sweating activities) - Compliments: 8.5 (This scent pleases the fair gender but will not provoke reactions with men. You will smell elegant, clean, fresh and maybe sexy for some of the ladies) - Uniqueness: 9.0 (just similar to its flankers) - Quality: 8.0 (nice quality ingredients; nice glass bottle; good spray) - Presentation: 8.5 (beautiful Burberry patern all over the bottle. I own the version sold prior to the one in the Parfumo Burberry Brit page) - Price: 9.0 (€ 20.0 for a 100 ml tester flask) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Average: 8.11/10.00 between 7 and 8 => above average; between 8 and 9 => recommended; equal or bigger than 9 => don't miss it; My opinion on "Burberry Brit": Rose scent lovers should not miss this perfume. It is subtle yet pleasant. Recommended? Yes provided you are confortable with an "unisex rose scent". Blind buy worthy? No! Do try it before. You may hate the noticeable rose note without being aware of it. Music: Lynn Anderson singing "I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You A Rose Garden".

Basically, Brit is a combination of four accords: Ginger, Rose, Powder, and Spices (Cardamom in particular). Of course there are other notes, but these four are the ones that are the major players. For me, I never quite know which of these four "actors" will play the leading role any given time I wear Brit. There are times when I find the effervescent ginger (and citrus) at the opening the standout performer. Other times, I most notice a very realistic rose note-- almost like I am wearing a fresh rose in my lapel. Many times, the fragrance mostly offers a range of spices that, for some reason, always seem pensive to me-- like something best suited to a dreary day of November rain. But then again, Brit sometimes only offers a rather flat, sweet talcum powder aroma. Of the fragrances I own, this one is, perhaps, the greatest chameleon-- which is strange because it is a pretty simple fragrance. Nevertheless, each time I wear it, it offers a different experience, and I am not sure what produces the change. I think one word always characterizes Brit -- classy. The picture Brit evokes (to me, anyway) is that of an older gentleman on a date. He has used powder and a spiced aftershave to get ready, and he has roses for his lady. As for season/occasion, I think Brit is a fantastic autumn fragrance. It would be fine for the winter too, but it is made for those drizzly days before the winter weather really sets in. I think it is sweet and soft enough for a date (especially if you are on the other side of 35 years old), but it is also light enough and gentlemanly enough for a fall/winter work fragrance. It is not built for parties or the club (honestly, I think Brit would be offended if you took it to a club). The performance is kind of the downside. I haven't timed it out, but Brit is certainly not an "all day" fragrance, and it does not exactly roar off the skin. Again, it is a gentlemanly fragrance, not a dance club show stopper. I would note that, back in the early 2000's, I asked my wife to pick out a fragrance for me to be my signature scent-- something I could wear and always know that she liked what I was wearing-- something she thought was "me." She chose Burberry Brit. And, if she thinks Brit is a reflection of me (warm, gentlemanly, with touch of a "sweet side"), I feel pretty good about that.

This fragrance is a hidden gem. Yes, it could be seen as a "mid" fragrance, but I think its deserves more appreciation than that. I got this fragrance as a gift for christmas a few years ago and it will stay close to my heart for a long time. The opening is amazing with a strong, fresh and sophisticated ginger mixed with cardamom and citrus notes. Once it dries down a bit, you get a feel for the rose and powdery notes that to some, may be seen as feminine, which is true in a sense, but burberry does a great job making this work well for men. Its a very cozy, smooth, sexy fragrance that was also rated by women as one of the sexiest fragrances for men to wear. The only drawbacks of this fragrance is the very average performance and longevity. I find it only lasts about 4-5 hours on my skin and about 6-7 on clothes. The projection isnt great either, only projecting for about 1-2 hours before becoming a small scent bubble around you, but this is a great scent for a date night on a cold and cozy winter evening. I find this also works for school or the office as its pretty inoffensive and tame and overall very mass appealing. The best part of this fragrance however, is the price tag. I think a 100ml bottles goes for around $120 in retail stores, but you can buy this on amazon or other places for about $90 or cheaper. If your looking for something smooth, warm, spicy and sophisticated, this is a great option for you. Overall, I gibve this a 7/10, and it would be higher if the longevity and performance were a bit better. Thanks for reading, hope you have a great day!

Burberry Brit for Men Burberry Brit (in short it's known as BB) is a very affordable and inexpensive perfume that debuted almost 2 decades ago and in 2005 won FiFi Award Fragrance Of The Year Men`s Luxe 2005. Almost a classic but underrated definitely. It opens with some heavy use of ginger, cardamon and cirtrus and is warm spicy and peppery, at the same time the opening seems more linear as the heart notes of powdery rose and woodiness, especially heavy use of cedarwood are there too and it includes muskiness and sweet tonka. However, the mass appeal designers dna/vibe is there after the initial sprays. It doesn't smell niche but it doesn't smell cheap either. So in general, it's a warm spicy rose cedar scent. Performance wise it has moderate projectivity and silage, lasts about 5-7 hours depending on weather conditions. The good thing is once this settles on the skin after 10-20 minutes, it is rather subtle despite the initial opening being rather loud and overwhelming so you can put in more sprays and wait for it to settle. After it settles, you'll be having a lovely beautiful rose, cedar and tonka with some spiciness. Burberry Brit isn't worn by many so wearing this you are sure to smell different out there. It's suitable for all weather and all settings. That said, get past that initial sweetish loud mass appeal designers opening and you have a very quality underrated beautiful rose cedar combo with a lovely sexy drydown. An inexpensive bottle that every man should try to have in their perfume inventory.

I consider this one of the best designer scents of the post-Cool-Water era, really standing out from the sea of acquatic boredom and in-your-face artificiality. Burberry Brit has a very clear agenda and fulfills it brilliantly: to build a bridge between the classic British fragrance tradition and an appealing contemporary image, which is of course precisely what the Burberry brand is aiming at fashion-wise. What we get, then, is the citrus top and powdery rose-based florals reminiscent of Floris No. 89 and many other classics, with some modern oriental spice - ginger, nutmeg, cardamom - and a tonka sweetness imaginable only after the "sweetness fo men revolution" of the 1990s that gave us Le Male (1999), Pi (1999) or Jaipur (1997). What Anton Maisondieu has masterfully achieved is to seamlessly blend these concepts into a harmonious composition, in which all the parts balance each other out wonderfully. Admittedly, men who generally do not enjoy powdery sweet florals will not be enchanted by Burberry Brit, though this is a far more accessible and better constructed fragrance than the ones mentioned above - of which I personally only find Jaipur wearable, though much less interesting than Brit. Brit is a comfortable scent with a rich lineage, presenting itself in modern garb, yet avoiding the synthetic shrillness of so many of its contemporaries. An aristocat with the refined breeding of his ancestors, yet not beyond working for a living, and perfectly comfortable in the popular culture of the 21st century.