Burberry
Burberry
335 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Violet leaf's green-edged sharpness cuts through immediately, backed by davana's honeyed undertones that feel almost contradictory. Within moments, white pepper arrives with bracing intensity, transforming the opening into something unexpectedly spicy and simultaneously crisp—there's an almost herbal quality that feels alive and slightly challenging.
The nutmeg and Virginia cedar settle into view, creating a woody-spiced core that's dry and measured rather than warm. White pepper persists with remarkable tenacity, maintaining the fresh-spicy tension throughout, whilst the synthetic accords contribute an almost cool, almost medicated quality that prevents any melting sweetness. This is where Touch reveals its true character: a composed, controlled heartbeat rather than an emotional crescendo.
Vetiver and white musk dominate, stripping away the fragrance's early florality entirely. Tonka bean emerges faintly, attempting sweetness, but it's overwhelmed by vetiver's mineral grassiness and musk's clean, skin-like quality. What remains is faint, woody-spicy, and distinctly soapy—the fragrance has largely evaporated, leaving only a whisper of its former presence on the fabric of your clothing.
Touch for Men arrives as a fragrance caught between two eras—the turn-of-millennium's embrace of synthetic woody florals and the emerging appetite for peppery spice. Jean-Pierre Béthouart constructs something deliberately restrained, almost austere, where violet leaf's slightly greenish bite refuses to soften into prettiness. This is no powdery florescence; instead, the davana arrives with honeyed fruit undertones that immediately clash with the sharp white pepper ascending from the heart, creating a fascinating tension between sweet and acrid.
The fragrance's true character emerges in its spice-wood interplay. Nutmeg and Virginia cedar form the backbone—earthy, slightly dusty—whilst white pepper maintains relentless crispness overhead, preventing any warmth from settling too comfortably. There's a synthetic quality here (64% synthetic accord) that reads less as soapiness and more as an almost pharmaceutical dryness, like touching cool glass. The tonka bean in the base tries its best to sweeten the proceedings, but it's constantly subdued by vetiver's grassy mineral quality and white musk's clean, almost antiseptic presence.
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