London

OH ok...first impressions: I'm running through the forest by my house as a kid. Im going to see if the honeysuckles have bloomed yet and I think I already smell them blooming off in the distance. I run by a freshly bloomed rose bush on the lawn as Im heading into the forest and I pause to smell the one new rose thats bloomed, then I keep running. I immediately pull the snack I brought in my pocket out and start to eat an perfectly ripe orange/tangerine as the juice runs down my hand. I run by a field of jasmine and like Dorothy does in the field of poppys, I pass out in the jasmine. When I wake up I finish eating my orange, but the honeysuckle vine is calling my soul. I then get up and keep running...that honeysuckle was the reason for this whole adventure in the first place. I finally arrive at the honeysuckle vine. I spend hours upon hours pulling the honeysuckle flowers off and eating the one drop of honeysuckle juice in each one. It smells beautiful. It tsstes beautiful. Then as I walk home covered in the smell of honeysuckle juice I pass a freshly fallen sandalwood limb that has ever so slightly disrupted the dirt when it fell (this is the patchouli, and I despise patchouli unless its Chanel's patchouli, but not to worry because a master perfumist like Ropion knows women don't want to smell like a headshop and obliques us with just a touch of it to round this vision out). This scent reminds me of my childhood (though by no means a child's perfume), running wild and free through my parents lawn and then into the forest next to their property. Paynight below me is right. For me, honeysuckle is the dominant note. Then orange and Jasmine then a hint of rose/peony (my nose picks up peony as just a sharper, fresher rose) in the back. This one reminds me of when I'd shove my face into a vine of honeysuckle towards the end of summer as they're falling off the vine they're so ripe. This is a piece of art...this is a Dominque Ropion. Must love flowers, the olfactory fragrance pyramid, and very well rounded perfumes as opposed to the random ingredients for baked goods spilled on yourself all at once to form a linear gourmand. I love both. But when I want to smell like the queen of the forest fairies🧚🏼? I'd wear this. I'd put this firmly in the "wifey", MILF, elegant, classy, sexy, grown woman category. I'd wear this all year around, day or night. Edit: compared to perfumes today? The longevity is eternal and the sillage? My husband can smell me across the room (and he likes what he smells). It's been a LONG time since I could spray a perfume in front of me and walk through it and that last me all day but this is one. This 3.4oz will last me so long it'll probably be passed down to my daughter when I die it performs so well. Most perfumes today have to be oversprayed directly on your person for them to last til the end of dinner. Even the super expensive ones. Not this one. I do not remember the girls wearing this when it first came out in 2006. Hell no. I remember Juicy Couture, Britney Spears' Curious (if you couldn't afford, or didn't know about, the far superior Ralph Lauren Blue for women in its hayday before reformulation), Victoria's Secret Love Spell body mist, so many other VS body mists, and if you were a prep with a lil money, Clinique Happy. But, not this...a newly released Burberry by Ropion may have been too expensive for the teen girls in my public high school. It doesn't spell like something a child/teenager would want to wear though. Not sweet like food enough like JC and not aquatic enough like Aqua Di Gio at all to put it in that era's fragrance fad. Save yourself the $140 they're charging for this 19 year old perfume on Amazon, and by God use an outlet fragrance retailer like perfumelux or The Perfume Fragrance Empire on eBay, FragranceNet, and pay $30USD. Trust you will get the authentic product those 3 retailers. They have been in business about 20 years, have over a 1.5 million reviews and sit at an over 99% satisfaction rate. TLDR: a Burberry is a Burberry and Dominque Ropion is a master artist at his craft.

I can see partially why people compare Burberry London for women to Pure Poison, since they are both white florals and they both have citrusy nuances to them. Burberry London for women though isn't as woody or as citrusy as Pure Poison is to me. I mostly smell both jasmine and honeysuckle in this fragrance, with honeysuckle being the more predominant note of the two. I get a hint of citrus from the tangerine and the clementine in this but not a lot of it and I can't really smell the rose, peony or sandalwood in this at all. I also have to say that I've never smelt tiare flowers before so I can't comment if I smell it here or not, though I have heard people say it's apparently similar in smell to jasmine? This fragrance also becomes slightly more citrusy towards the drydown on me. I find this perfume very feminine, elegant and youthful in an innocent kind of way. I could imagine a beautiful late medieval French princess in a wildflower garden wearing this in the spring while all of the flowers are in bloom and the sweet bees and beautiful irridescent hummingbirds are pollinating the flowers. The princess would be wearing a blue dress with a fleur de lys pattern and an ermine fur trim and she'd be plaiting her long wavy strawberry blonde hair, while decorating it with small honeysuckle and jasmine flowers. I got about 8 1⁄2 hours of wear on my skin and I had moderate sillage, giving me a very nice scent bubble. I got this perfume for a song and it was a very good blind buy at Chemist Warehouse of this discontinued perfume... there was no tester at all but I was able to buy it for $50 AUD! I really wanted a perfume that actually smelt like honeysuckle flowers and though not a soliflore, this comes fairly close to it. Because of all of that, I'd give this perfume an excellent 9/10. It's a beautiful white floral and honeysuckle girl's dream come true!

Imagine jasmine wrapped in a hazy fog of tiare flower, and when your nose goes searching for the jasmine you knew was there (because you just smelt it, didn't you?), you find it disappeared in a licorice-y pool outside the English Gardens while you were drinking orange pekoe... Clean, plush & opulent jasmine... I've come back to this one after awhile, and I had forgotten how good it is - another Dominique Ropion gem (signed by DR & Jean Marc Chaillan). I was craving a scent like this, looking forward to spring. The white-florals are blended so beautifully here - I'm a fan of the way Mr. Ropion blends white-florals. Opening with a bright burst of honeysuckle & tangerine with hints of rose, but already the buttery & succulent tiare-jasmine combo is swelling through. As it transitions to the heart, the white-florals come even more forward with peony adding to the velvety plushness & clementine boosting the fruity-citrus facets. At this stage it takes on a more opulent white-floral feel, and the tiare here is not quite beachy but still buttery, while jasmine is clean & citrus-y. This all rests on a sandalwood, musk & patchouli base that keeps the plush white-florals going for well beyond average performance with gorgeous projection. This isn't a dupe of anything, but at times I catch reminders of other Dominique Ropion white-florals. This is a must-try for lovers of white-florals, and a longtime love for me. Enjoy! Update 07/20/24: sprayed this on the back of one of my hands this morning. It's just as beautiful as ever. Classic, gorgeous, multi-faceted jasmine scent that's at the same time traditional & contemporary. Beautiful, velvet-y sillage aided by peony. Still a love.

Burberry London is such a gorgeous fragrance! It's bright and feminine, uplifting and lasts well. A wonderful harmonious balance of fruity and flowery . She's juicy, with the gorgeous sparkly brightness Tangerine brings to any fragrance, along with a very nicely rounded Clementine without the sharpness it sometimes imparts. These citrus have a wonderfully creamy, almost cashmerian presence. Playing an equal and oh so feminine part of the main show are the artistically balanced white florals. Good quality Jasmine and Frangipani like Tiare flowers of excellent quality are the lead sisters here, rich and sweet but by no means sickly. The patchouli is absolutely muted under the rich blanket of long lasting fruity florals. I like patchouli, but for those who don't, worry not, as it is balanced well and plays fair with the sweet musk and rounded sandalwood, making for a fairly linear fade out, although the Rose makes a little more noise here than at the juicy start. A beautiful fun sweet juicy white floral without being sugary, without being gourmand, without smelling done or generic, and is absolutely not cloying. It's a bright happy go lucky fragrance. I have it and love it so much I bought it for my niece, who also loves it. I think Burberry London is a safe blind buy for a feminine fruity white floral summer/spring fragrance. A crowd pleaser with real character and uniqueness. Definitely safe to buy for a woman with a bright youthful personality, and at a great price point.

Not usually the type of fragrance I would choose but have been trying to step out of my comfort zone. This is a new, blind buy for me and I already know that I need to stock up on this. The opening is strong and lovely, the florals smell authentic but longevity and projection isn’t great. Yet it was love at first sniff! Why? My mum lives in tiny village, in a beautiful home named Garden House. She lives at the opposite side of the country to me and for health reasons I haven’t visited her home for 4 years. Due to the current pandemic, we haven’t seen each other since February last year. Anyway, a couple of sprays of this transported me...Never before have I had such an emotional reaction to a perfume! In one of the gardens she has a table with a perfect view of a bird feeder, which is frequently occupied by wild songbirds and of whole garden. Honeysuckle and Jasmine are planted either side of it, that cover the walls and in summer they intertwine their beautiful blooms in an arch, creating the most gorgeous scent cocktail. Nearby are velvety red and white rose bushes, with a Hawthorn between them. This is where this scent takes me. My mum’s garden ❤️ It may not be ground breaking, or have the greatest longevity or be the best projecting scent ever. For me however, this is magical. My happy place in a bottle.

Like others have mentioned, my relationship with Burberry London has been a bit of a rollercoaster. I received it as a gift years ago, and it’s mostly lived untouched at the back of my collection. The few times I tried to wear it, all I got was a very ’90s white floral vibe—pretty, but not me. I’m far more drawn to spicy, musky, earthy, or citrus scents, so it was a hard no right out of the gate. Fast forward to today. I’d heard it mentioned again recently and decided to give it another chance—and four hours in, it’s still wearing beautifully. The opening is undeniably white floral, which usually puts me on edge, but this time something shifted. Maybe it’s the season; someone else noted it shines more in winter, and that might be the missing piece. What really changed the experience is the dry-down. The base notes are coming through far more clearly than I remember. My patchouli-loving nose is catching little flashes of patchouli and sandalwood, and when those start weaving through the florals, it just works. It adds depth, warmth, and a quiet confidence that I hadn’t noticed before—and suddenly, I’m enjoying myself. So... am I becoming a floral girl? Possibly. I am in my late 40s, after all. Or maybe this fragrance just needed the right moment—and the right version of me—to finally make sense.

Despite seeing this scent for years, I finally dabbled into the Burberry world with this bottle since she was clearanced at TJ Maxx for just $50 for a 3.4oz edp...and my very first thought was “Dang, why did I wait so long?!” It smells divine, light yet opening to more depth, serious yet casual and mature yet feminine. All of these things weirdly made me think it would be a great graduation perfume for my daughters once they start looking for their adult jobs. It’s a scent I likely will wear to the office, then layer on something deeper and darker on top of for evening. However, I do think this is an agreeable smell of lovely florals for those that understand Burberry’s line usually do still have a threaded scent component across all of their perfumes, and I do still get just the minor hint of rose soapy smell in the opening but to me it’s not bad... it doesn’t smell like my grandma’s shaped soaps she’d keep above her toilet. It smells like elegance, yet focused. Debating going back to see if I can get another bottle at that awesome price. Glad I took the leap into this first Burberry scent but I am not seeking out the entire house collection.

The smell of happiness on a sunny day. This perfume is one of the most underrated perfumes on the market. It's giving timeless; it's giving joy; it's giving jasmine bomb; it's giving fresh and funny. To my nose, it's an exciting and unique mix of jasmine, honeysuckle, and citrus with depth, and I guess it's the patchouli/sandalwood combo? It's sweet, but honeysuckle sweet with a fresh twist as I do not perceive tiare flower. It's not a linear scent; sometimes I get jasmine; later I get the clementine, and somehow, if I focus, the honeysuckle; it's never the same feeling at each sniff I get throughout the day. A bright and happy perfume for a colourful and happy day, a mood lifter, a best friend you giggle with and is hugging you all day long. Versatile as long as it's used in good weather, I do not see myself wearing such a bright and pleasant perfume on rainy days. This is sunshine during the most pleasant weather day in a bottle. Long lasting on my skin and with huge projection according to the people around me, with many compliments, I wear it on days I want to be as bright as the summer sun.

I love this. I love this so much. It's such a fresh sophisticated clean floral scent that would suit a young girl to an old nanna. The opening is a beautiful orange citrus - I smell mandarine but I only assume this is the case as I've never actually smelt a tangerine or Clementine - which only lasts about 5 minutes then you get that white floral bomb of deliciousness. It's a very clean fresh slightly sweet jasmine/honey suckle that I wouldn't be surprised if a white bar of soap had the exact same scent profile somewhere out there. It projects fairly well and for a few good hours. I actually got a complement the other day while wearing it and I almost never get compliments on my perfume so that's a massive point towards London. It lasts o skin on my for about 5 to 6 hours before I could t smell anything at all. Which is fine for me, and this is a fairly cheap designer perfume (in Australia) so I'm pretty happy with the performance/price. Overall this is a banger for me and I'll always have a small bottle in my collection

If I smelled this without being awate of the notes I could've sowrn amber would be part of its composition! This is a jasmie forward fragrance with a sweet citrusy opening. The clementine is so realistic, it's one of my favorite parts of the fragrance even if you only get it for a little bit. However, the most enjoyable part to me is definitely the drydown, SO creamy! Because of that warmth I mistook for amber, I had the idea of layering this with casablanca from Swiss Arabian and oh my god, caramel pairs so well with it! It results in a comforting, classy, not too loud, but yet very interesting scent profile. I get excelent longevity with this perfume, up to 8-10 hours with just 2 sprays. Projection however, I feel is not that great, and is probably closer to a more intimate kind of sillage.I live in a very warm environment (Mexico) and I still wear this during summer wihtout any issues! All in all, this perfume is a 10/10 for me! For how divine this smells, you'd expect it to be a more expensive fragrance for sure.

Two hours at Gatwick waiting for my plane to take off and a wonderful duty free full of fragrances I can't find in my country, all for me. A perfume lover's paradise, right? 😍🥰🤩😜 And that's how I got to know Burberry London. From that day on, I couldn't stop looking for this fragrance in my country, I had an incredible need to have it in my collection!!! I smelled it all the time on the plane, floral and a bit citrusy at first, a little bit shampoo-like, more creamy as the minutes went by, and floral-musky-woody at the end.🌸🍊✨️🫧 The most prominent notes for me are honeysuckle, tiare flower, and peony, mixed with a delicate and cozy musk. This perfume smells divine! Perfect as a signature fragrance because it is very versatile, not too intense, which makes it wearable all year round. Very feminine and sophisticated, an unique and a very beautiful scent! With this one, I declare myself an unconditional fan of Burberry fragrances, I want them all!!! How can they make such beautiful fragrances? 😍😫🥰

Quite simply, this is happiness in a bottle for me. Delicate fresh white flowers sweetened with a bit of juicy tangerine and clementines. The rose and patchouli are almost undetectable to my nose, so if you are usually avoidant of those notes I think this perfume will still work for you! The dry down is a soft floral musk and this perfume has great performance with moderate sillage. I wouldn’t say that I feel particularly luxurious while wearing this, but it does make me feel classy, fresh, pretty and put together! I personally don’t find this to smell mature as some have stated below, but I could see how this might attract a slightly older audience; this fragrance has more of a classic vibe than it’s more youthful fruity floral contemporaries. Burberry London is inoffensive, fresh, delicate, slightly juicy and well balanced. Suitable for most occasions and seasons, but really shines in the spring and summer. A little gem in my collection!

One of the freshest, most beautiful Jasmine - Honeysuckle scents I've ever tried. A beautiful, luxurious floral scent with British style from Burberry. It's like a trip to London full of fog and drizzle, with beautiful White Flowers gardens behind ancient paths. Both classic and modern, I imagine this is a lady wearing an elegant white or black dress like Audrey Hepburn, holding an umbrella and walking through a flower garden in the rain. Wear Burberry London on rainy days, buy a bouquet of fragrant flowers, take a walk through the ancient streets and you will see how magical this scent is. The whole of ancient, beautiful London falls into your eyes, as if London on rainy and foggy days smells like this. Rating: 9/10, although the longevity on my skin is quite poor, every time I wear Burberry London, people compliment me and ask “What perfume smells so good?”. This is my Signature Scent, I hope Burberry never stops producing it!!!

I love this perfume! One of the best floral/jasmine scents I've encountered so far, and it's reasonably priced. However, I recommend only wearing this perfume in humid weather as I have noticed that the dry down of this perfume tends to change depending on how much humidity is in the air. For example, in dry weather I really hate how the dry down ends up smelling, it makes me think of cockroach spray and poverty (if you're unfortunate enough to know, you know) and it makes me gag a bit. In more humid weather however, it smells more like what it's meant to smell like, which is a woody/musky/patchouli scent. I guess it would make sense that this perfume smells best in humid weather as the UK is known for its year round humidity. I live in a drier climate so I don't wear this perfume as often as I'd like.

Burberry London for Women is one of those perfumes that quietly stole my heart. I wasn’t expecting much, but it became one of my favorite cozy fragrances. To me, it smells like a soft bouquet of roses and jasmine, with just enough sweetness to feel comforting without becoming gourmand. There’s something nostalgic and elegant about it, like a warm scarf on a cold day. It layers beautifully, especially with musks and amber fragrances. One of my favorite combinations is with Narciso Rodriguez For Her or Instant Crush, where London adds a beautiful floral softness and makes everything feel even cozier. If you’re looking for a loud, modern perfume, this probably isn’t it. But if you appreciate understated elegance and comforting florals, Burberry London is a hidden gem that deserves much more love.

This makes me feel lika a sophisticated british lady, in a good way! The scent feels classy but not too mature. It’s a strong floral but the rose really hides behind the jasmin so it doesn’t get that old vibe. Would recommend that you try it first though, this fragrance might not be for everyone. But I like it! EDIT: I sprayed this before going to work and when my stepdaughter came home a while later she asked her dad ”who smells lika an old lady here?!?” hahah... But I love it so it’s going nowhere ok! EDIT: So as I said before, this does lean very mature.. But it’s still one of my favorite floral fragrances! I don’t think I will repurchase another bottle anytime soon but it makes me look forward to becoming an elderly lady haha. When I’m 65 ish this will be my signature scent for sure!

My first bottle of London is soon finished, and will definitely be replaced. I like to buy a new perfume for every new summer vacation of a certain length, and this one was the one I bought to be my companion to Vietnam in 2019 with my husband and kids. I used it every single day, and thus it became The scent of Vietnam. After the holiday I would give the perfume a short break, and use my other fumes again, and when I after a while pull it out again, I get transported to the holiday destination immediately! You should try that. Anyways, London is for me this ultimate happy, carefree, adventurous, smiley scent. It gives me immediate lift-me-up, and the days when I use it, always become brighter and sunnier. Burberry London will always have a place in my collection and in my heart.

This has become my drug. I can't get enough of it and sniff it constantly and force others around me to do the same haha. It's a sexy, sofisticated jasmine bomb. While I think it is more suitable for evening outings I can't help but wear it during the day as well. More of a autumn/winter perfume. BUT, there are days on which I cannot stand it. It's too intense and feels crude. I have no idea why this happens but it makes me understand that this perfume is not for everyone. In the end I always come around to it and end up being addicted to it once more. It's like that crazy friend you have that proposes insanse adventures. A bit dangerous but always end up being a blast in the end! But sometimes that is not the friend you want and you rather cosy up with something safe indoors.

Okay so... I ran from this originally because I've been running from London, because I've grown bored of it after literally growing up there and spending weekends right in the centre. I'm a Londoner but I'm also pretty extra. And that's why this fragrance is perfect. The obscene florals, and almost cheeky tangerine... honestly it just plays with you, flowing through and around the honeysuckle. What people don't realise is that London is pretty humid, so you need something light and breezy to carry you through. Combined with some linen (linen suit if we're going to work), this is a blast of refined British elegance. You can dress this fragrance up and down. It can be trashy sweet, like the old 00s Indie scene, or refined enough to go to an Oxbridge Ball or formal x

This is a masterpiece of white florals that feels like watching a young soul grow into a sophisticated adult. It starts with a bright, zesty tangerine note that stays for a surprisingly long time, eventually blending into a rich peony heart. The texture is unique—it’s 'dewy' like flowers covered in morning mist, yet it has a clean, powdery finish that feels like high-end soap. As it sits on the skin, the floral scent becomes incredibly powerful and ‘well-raised,’ like seeing a dependable teenager grow up into a graceful woman. It reminds me of a light beige outfit on a rainy autumn day, or the serene happiness of cherry blossoms in full bloom. It’s photorealistic, polished, and never gets tiring. It’s not just a perfume; it’s an emotional journey toward maturity.