The Beat EDT

My first impression was that of a very generic green tea and citrus fragrance. But who doesn't need one? I see green tea as the 21st century lavender...a staple,the bottle you reach for when pretty much everything else seems too this or that for the occasion...job interview, meeting with friends, taking the kids to a theme park, a first date why not ? After I have worn this on the few warm spring days we have had so far, I would say that the intensity of the top citrus notes as well as the somewhat harsh grassy ones weaken after about 30 minutes and let the floral and spicy sides of this composition add some warmth and complexity.The fragrance definitely seems more feminine at that stage, even though it remains on the fresh/casual side. It has surprisingly good staying power , about 4-5 hours ; Green, herby scents aren't usually detectable on me after 1-2 hours ! Oh, and I love design of the bottle : modern, classy and fun.I have the 30 ml one, very easy to carry around.

Why was The Beat line ever discontinued? I was given my EDT by a family friend, it was discontinued by the time I started wearing perfumes two years ago so this is the only version I'm familiar with. Just checked the batch code and it's from 2011. The Beat EDT is citrusy with tea and cedar wood. It's not sweet, mainly very fresh and clean making it perfect for summer. This should have been likeable enough to not be discontinued but here we are. Does Burberry have anything this fresh in their current offerings? I feel like they might have killed off a whole women's fragrance category within their brand with this decision. I should mention I love the name of this line. From the modern British rock bands inspiration to my own association of the name with 60s beat groups. Does Burberry ever resurrect past fragrances? They should with this one.

I bought this back in 2009, I remembered it well because it was my very first perfume that I chose myself during my studies in Europe and there it was generally more green tea floral and dried down powdery on me. I loved it right away (my best friend thought it is kinda dizzying...but I chucked that opinion directly to the bin). I went through one bottle then I came across an old one on sale, from 2012. I am already back in my home country where it is always 27-30 degrees C and after 1 spray the pepper notes jumped at me. I was slightly surprised. I had to layer it with something more floral to get it smelling like it used to. I don't know because it is not very fresh or it has been reformulated. I still wear it though, because somehow the spray mechanism is really satisfying.

I love this scent. I've been searching for a fragrance to stay with for a long time and finally I've found it! The Beat EdT is fresh and citrusy but not sharp. It doesn't smell of lemons but rather of... well mandarin oranges perhaps? ;) In the same time as it's really fresh it's also comforting. As if there was vanilla in it but in so small amounts that it doesn't get sweet or heavy at all. The only sad thing is that the scent disappears too soon. To me the EdP is a totally different fragrance. That one's just heavy - I can't stand it. The EdT on the other hand is perfect. So light in every way and just oh-so-wonderfully-smelling!

Perfect work fragrance. It's fresh in a Zen peaceful way, not in a citrusy energizing way. The dry down becomes sweeter and I get really pleasant whiffs of this as the day goes on. Not girly but not masculine at all. I wish I got a bit more cardamom and cedar but this is beautiful, a staple in my collection now. Easy but not blah. Super different compared to the EDP, which is much thicker and much sweeter. I also love that one but not the same vibe at all.

I was at Miniso yesterday, and one of their perfumes really reminded me of The Beat EDT. It's one of their travel sized "tubular" ones with the Jo Malone looking labels. I think it was the one called Palma Lake, the liquid was blue. Really cheap too! Check it out, hopefully it can be a good replacement for the EDT or even the EDP which I've never tried.

What a difference a few months make! I sprayed this in February and it did not work (sharp and a little unpleasant) but I sprayed it last night and it was fresh and divine. My girlfiend who was with me at dinner kept complimenting me saying that whenever I moved the beautiful scent wafted over to her! I adore this in the summer months.

I love love love this, this is my signature scent! I feel really good with it... it's really perfect, so fresh, clean, particular and sophisticated too. I get so many compliments when I wear it. I bought my second bottle <3 In my opinion, I don't like edp version, it's different and too strong.

Airy and fresh, lovely fragrance! There is a feel-good, zen quality in this. I can definitely detect tea, which I love. It's serenity in a bottle, like a yoga session in a spring garden. I love it. It's much better than the edp, which is sweeter. I only wish it would last longer.

This was my fav perfume and unfortunately I can t find It Anymore. It was perfect: fresh and relaxing, I could wear It everytime from morning till Midnight. Versace bright Crystal Is quite similari though.

very fresh, feminine and comfy - perfect for everyday wearing. unfortunatly, somebody liked it more than me(as i guess of somebody stoled it from my bag, hah)

It goes awesome on my skin. I really love notes, especially the base one. smells like a cheerful girl wearing white puffy knee dress

The Beat smells fresh, light and soapy. It is ideal for the workplace but it doesn't last very long

LOVE LOVE LOOOVE this one!!!! Thank you Burberry for the perfect, english stile! :-D

love it.fresh & elegant . English style

My first Burberry perfume. I have wanted to try this brand for so long, being English myself and I know how popular it is worldwide. This is definitely a spring scent, to me, as it is fresh, crisp and clean. However, it is almost like it contains a note I don't like as I get a really sharp scent from it, more suited to a male aftershave - this is quite a masculine smell on first spray and I much prefer the softer more feminine smell that remains after a few minutes. There is an undercurrent of a soapy smell too, which I like in a fragrance. I would wear this during the day and I think this would be a good interview scent, non offensive but something about it says I am in control. I am a big believer in anyone wearing anything male or female and this says that perfectly to me. Just a quick word on the bottle, I hate it. The only part I like is the Burberry print on the glass part. The top of the bottle and the lid are in a cheap plastic and an odd shape and although the perfume inside is more important, I don't like this bottle at all. Looking forward to trying more from Burberry though.

I'm surprised about all those negative or 'meh'-reviews for The Beat EdT as I have to say that for my untrained nose iT is a lovely summer scent. Uplifting, fresh, feminine, rather detectable. Not generic as so many reviews state. Or maybe my admiration is based on the fact that although I've been looking for a fresh fragrance for ever, high and low, have found nothing but disappointment so far, until I sniffed this. The Beat manages to avoid all those rough corners that have put me off so many times before - it's not sharp nor masculine, it's also not soapy nor watery, not easily fleeting nor annoying. It's not "watermelon-y", not "too young", not too sweet, not air freshener or detergent-like, and not stingy. And to me that says (and means) a lot! The Beat manages to be simple, uncomplicated, refreshing and mood lifting, unpretentious scent, easy to wear, easy to like. :)

Strange as it may seem the top notes are similar to Moschino Funny and Incanto Bliss put together at least on my skin. It's fresh, careless and sweet, a totally wearable EDT for the summer. Although not listed, I can detect some pepper in it in the top notes. Unlike other reviewers say, this lasted quite long on my skin, it's just not loud. It comes to the signature Burberry soft vanilla/musk dry-down, just a bit fresher. If you have tried the EDP, you might recognise the mossy note in the drydown, but it's barely there. Certainly it has less character than the EDP (and it differs from it significantly), but it's still lovely.On clothes it leaves a clean laundry impression. Yeah, I already imagine myself wearing this at my favorite beach bar. This is more than perfect for summer and everyday wear.

I think this fragrance was created for early spring and early fall. Many girls tell that it's an everyday scent, but for me it's not. I wear it when I have some special mood. It smells very good in sunny and cloudy weather, but I personally like it in cloudy weather a little bit more. I can wear it with jeans and T-shirt, shirts, leather jackets and big manly watch. At the beginning it smells very fresh and citrusy, I can recognize bergamot and mandarin which are a little bit tart. As the time passed, smell of citruses transformes into smell of tart green tea with lemon. I can also feel powdery smell of iris. And the last one note that I can smell is note of tobacco! I think that probably vetiver smells this way on my skin.

Very fresh, very citrucy and grassy. This smells young, sporty and is highly inoffensive. I can wear it year round, best suits me during the day, when I don't want to smell too specific, just need a blast of freshness and uplifting citruses.I reach for it most often before I go to the gym or run random errands. On me I don't get the Elizabeth Arden-type-of-green-tea note (or else I would have disliked this, as I hate the EA green tea!). Overall a very versatile fragrance, short to medium longevity, for the young at heart (or age:) EDIT: This seems to be getting a lot of compliments lately, both from women and men. Everyone says something along the lines: oh, how lovely and fresh! Ha! This is a keeper for me for sure.

I just got a bottle of this from a seller on marketplace and I was super excited because The Beat is my absolute favorite perfume but it is impossible to find anywhere since being discontinued and a 30ml bottle retails for $300 on eBay. However, I find that it's not close enough to the EDP like I hoped. While I find this perfume pleasant and kind of close to the EDP, it's a lot more fresh and it doesn't have the creaminess of the perfume. Lasting powder is also a lot weaker unfortunately. Overall, it's a very nice fragrance albeit a bit forgettable. I'm going to try the korres Bellflower next to see how it measures up the perfume 🤞

Blind bought this, looking for a new alternative to my staple CK spring citrus frags. Love how it smells, but the longevity is SO poor on me. I feel like I got maybe 10 minutes max. I get a lightly floral citrus tea. It's beautiful, but what's the point if it's not even a skin scent anymore after an hour? :( I decided to give the bottle to my mother, who loved how it tested on me - it smells much more like a woody floral on her, and the longevity she gets from this is hours!! She got tons of compliments wearing it as well. I'm thrilled it worked for her, but I would not repurchase it for myself.

I recieved this EDT version today for christmas! :) i asked for the EDP version but my dad buyed this one thinking it was the same scent except lighter, and well it isn't at first i wasn't so excited because i really wanted a new edp (i almost dont have nothing left of it D:) but im really liking it, it is much more woody and musky than the edp but i think is a good perfume and i will grow to like it, and hopefully repurchase both versions :) i highly recommend it. (the only thing that drives me insane is that i don't belive in edt versions because the scent dosen't last, hopefully this will)

I kinda regret not buying EDP, cause this one unfortunately doesn't last long on my skin. In the opening all you can smell is citrus, but than that goes away and it turns into nicer orange-tea smell. Actually I'm sort of used to the fact that a lot of Burberry perfumes are opening with the citrus note, but thankfully they all change their scent in a few minutes into something much more sophisticated. I can imagine wearing this after a long morning run. It's sporty and fresh.

I have a sample of this and I like it. Crisp, clean, with a little spice so it doesn’t fall into the “clinical, sterile” type of scent. I can see owning a full bottle of this. The tea note is present but not overwhelming. I would like a sample of the edp to compare. UPDATE: so, this is going to sound strange, but I have finally found a replacement for my beloved L’Effleur. It is NOT a dupe, but it gives me the same aura, especially in the opening. Huge thumbs up.

Late spring/summer in a bottle.It has the same vibe as Moschino Funny or Versace Versense. A blast of citruses followed by a relaxing tea note and a just a little bit of powdery iris which last for hours. Surprisingly, sillage and projection are pretty good for an EDT. When it's warm outside and I get tired of my favorite sweet/ oriental fragrances, I spray the Beat on myself and suddenly the day seems less torid and my mood improves. A big like!

The Beat EDT, smells young and cheerful and clean, modern and energetic. I think Burberry does a good mainstream job again. The scent goes on a little strong so be careful with how many sprays you use, but it is long lasting and very wearable. The packaging is way fantastic. The shape is like a hip flask and etched with a Burberry plaid design. Very charming.

Just purchased this today and at first I really did not know what to think of it. The tea note was very strong at first mixed with citrus. Then the beautiful pink pepper note surfaced. I love it. Fresh and just spicy enough to notice, but not to overwhelm the rest of the notes. I am sure that I will enjoy this during the hot summer months to come.

I have to confess that I love humble bergamot scents and this one is one of them for summer. Close to Bergamot The Body Shop discontinued, which I had back around 2005. wood and cardamom just walked path by these and waved at them. Now it is pure bergamot (earl grey tea with lemon), and purfect in 30 degrees celsius in shade Hungarian summers.

This one is a light, fresh floral which is inoffensive without being overly generic. I really like it. It smells like Burberry Sport, except its a sharper floral with a little more citrus to it. If you already have Burberry sport then you don't need this one & vice versa. Staying power is kind of weak.. only lasts about 3 hours.

It smells nice. Fresh and feminine. I like to use it when it`s very hot, because it is quite refreshing. But it`s nothing to write home about. The longevity is an absolute joke, so you have to reapply once an hour. The EDT is very different from the EDP version. I love the EDP, but this one is just okay.

Loving this fragrance, not as much as the perfume but great for layering as a pair. The cardamon and vetiver are much more pungent compared to the peppery perfume. The sharp citrus and mild tea make these a dynamic duo for all year and all day wear. Very smart, casual scent. Nice to have around.

This smells light and fresh, nothing like the orginal, thats sad:( I was hoping this would smell like a lighter version like the orginal, I think the orginal smells too strong so i got this version unsmelled. Mistake. i like how it smells, but its too weak, doesent last at all.

My signature perfume right now. Love it! It's spicy, fresh and a little sweet. It smells nothing like the Edp version, I've had both of them. This one smells less musky and vanilla, although I like them both in different ways.

It's a sweet floral fragrance, but on my skin it becomes very warm sweet at the end. To sweet, so i have to be careful not to overdose. A pitty it doesn't stay as fresh as when i spray it on.

It is sexy, playfull, a beautiful young fragrance but ..sooo weak!!! just 15 minutes and it has gone !!! it should be just a mist!!!

Smelled it today in the store. Very nice I must say. Feminine, fruity and warm. And this comes from a guy, if that matters.

I cannot make up my mind about this one. Every time I smell it, it leaves a huge amount of SOMETHING lacking, and I keep going back to smell it to try to "process" the scent but I just can't. My first impression, honestly, was that this smelled exactly like soap. So it's an extremely clean scent, and also quite masculine - I'd say the most masculine off all the Burberry perfumes. This is something I'd wear when I don't want others to think I'm wearing perfume. It would definitely be safe for work since it has about zero projection. The scent doesn't come across as complex and is definitely "safe." I'm probably going to try to get rid of this bottle. If you are interested please contact me (I have the 2.5oz EDT with the white top).

I think this fragrance is very citrusy, spicy and there's also strong tea note. Something about it smells weird to me, like desodorant mixed with sweat. It also reminds me of cheaper perfumes from the not so fancy cosmetic stores. I know that it's super fancy and popular scent, but somehow it just smells cheap in my opinion. What a pity.

Someone gave this to me because she did not want it anymore. It's nice, foral and a bit fresh, but I couldn't find anything special or really enjoyable in it. The staying power is weak and I just didn't like it much. There has to be something I enjoy in a scent and this didn't have anything.

Sour, sour, sour + melting plastic + pencil shavings + tobacco. And some green tea, like Elizabeth Arden Green Tea. Oh, and I can clearly smell indolic jasmine here to, even though jasmine isn`t listed as a note. :-(

Most of all I feel the bergamot, pepper and iris notes in this fragrance, like in the original, only this one is lighter. I don't like both of them. Not interesting at all.

I love the EDP version, but this EDT I couldn't even smell. Wayyyy too faint. I sold it and bought the EDP.

I don’t know why but all I smell is a fuel type of scent with this fragrance.

The top note is beautiful but after 30 mins, it's not my cup of tea

Very spicy, all what I can smell is mandarin orange.

The Beat, by Burberry, is a tea-like cedar based perfume. It is a spa-like, peaceful, casual day wear type perfume. This could go anywhere and would be appropriate for office, school, dates, errands, lunch, brunch, etc... The closest thing in my collection is Calvin Klein Beauty which has a similar cedar based lower note which grounds the fragrance and makes it feel more spa-like and down to earth. The Beat is fairly simple and spa-like. The interplay of notes is young but not juvenile. The chemical interchange of notes has a sparkling Tinker Bell type quality to it...which keeps it from smelling generic. The tea notes have an optimistic type lift that smells fresh and spontaneous almost like the fizz in a carbonated soda pop (similar to a 7-Up/Cola type blend). The tea note seems to be the strongest association but then there is the soda pop fizziness which makes the perfume smell refreshing and commercial. This reminds me of the younger sister/daughter version of Madonna's Truth or Dare (the 2nd version of Truth or Dare... the darker alto blend). The Beat is a lighter expression - and Madonna's Truth or Dare is a stronger and more mature smelling perfume, but with a similar chemical interplay of ingredients. The cedar note is nice in The Beat- it has an earthy woodsy quality about it which grounds the perfume and makes it appear more "down to earth". This general vibe of this perfume is pretty, a bit playful, and trendy. I like this one. This is Blake Lively's favorite perfume - I can see that especially after seeing the movie "The Shallows" where she plays the role of a surfer on vacation. The movie is kind of like vacation surfer girl meets jaws - and lives to tell the tale. ---------- If you like this type of spa-like peaceful perfume I would definitely recommend trying Calvin Klein's Beauty. Valentino's Donna Rosa Verde' is also a nice spa-like perfume, that has more of a candy lemon drop type smell to it. It has a similar freshness to The Beat perfume by Burberry. Burberry Body perfume is fun and upbeat with more of a sweet, slightly sharp, "bubble gum" smell (there are some mint notes which makes this come across like a dentist's tooth polish - the kind that they use when you are in the chair having your teeth cleaned). Burberry Body is sweeter and possibly more juvenile than The Beat, but it also has a vivacious lift to the notes with that type of Tinker Bell sparking quality to it, when it is first sprayed. The longevity of this is short, but the notes are nice while this lasts. Burberry Body reminds me of some of the notes in Viva La Juicy's original perfume. Madonna's Truth or Dare is very similar to The Beat - I would recommend this if you still wanted to keep with the same general theme of The Beat, but would like to have something that goes more business, elegant, dressy. (The Beat is fairly casual for an everyday type perfume). ----------- Verdict: I have moments where I really like this. There is a subtle stuffy nose thing that is happening with this one, it is almost like it scratches my nose/throat -- very similar to the reaction I had when I tried Ivanka Trump's lemonade perfume. They both irritate my sinuses in some way. This is less obvious than Ivanka Trump's but - the smell that I get is almost like when the TV is filled with static electricity. The fragrance has a dissonant almost static electricity when I smell it. I'm sure that this would be good on other people and they may not notice what I'm talking about - This is not bad - there are truly some great moments with this one - But there are other perfumes that I gravitate to - a bit more.

After reading all these reviews I was wondering whether I would like this or not. It's lovely and fresh to start with, the mandarin, iris and quince blossom are all there blending perfectly and you smell just like you've stepped out of the shower. I love smelling like that. Then it mellows into a softer smell which although you think might be fading away (many people have said it doesn't last) it really does last. I sprayed it in the morning and could smell this beautiful waft around me all day. It's subtle but it's there and it's such a lovely clean smell. I've often envied other women who waft past me smelling so fresh and clean but I'm pleased to discover that can now be ME!! :) If you like strong lingering perfumes then this isn't for you as you will say it doesn't last very long. If you're looking for something clean and feminine that lingers and makes people want to sniff you then this is for you. I'm finding some of the strong perfumes that last in strength all day make me feel quite sick after a while and you'll find men/women prefer a subtle clean feminine smell rather than those nose burners like Opium, Poison, Youth Dew!! I'm really pleased with this!! I think it's simply lovely and I smell great!! :) Happy Days

This is a light, fresh tea scent. To me it smells predominantly of green tea, with a slight fruity complement. The green tea note is a true one, it smells almost exactly like dry green tea leaves waiting to be brewed. I appreciate that this smells like actual green tea. I've found that what often masquerades as a 'green tea note' in perfumes smells nothing like the real thing. This one is the real thing. The slight fruity complement makes it smell like a lightly flavored green tea. This is a light, fresh scent that is easy to wear. Unfortunately it does not last very long. After an hour or two it's basically gone from my skin. I've used both the EDP version of The Beat, and this EDT, and I like the scent of the EDT better. Unfortunately, though, it does not have the staying power of the EDP.

Both the original and this later, less concentrated version of The Beat had little lasting power on my skin. Disappointed was I that they hadn't made a more intense version of The Beat. This fragrance was so light that I could barely smell it at first. A subtle citrusy opening was all that I could detect when I pressed my nose to my wrist. Eventually The Beat EDT strengthens a little allowing me to enjoy the introduction of the tea and iris notes. This fragrance is very refined and classy, like MoietToi mentioned. However, it is a far cry from the original which possessed a boozy like quality that I really enjoyed. The original had spunk, but this lighter version is enough to make me yawn. Summing up The Beat EDT; a basic yet pleasant floral with hints of citrus and tea. Need I say more?