Touch for Women
Twelve materials is a long row by any standard, and Burberry Touch for Women Eau de Parfum 100ml is the rare modern feminine scent that genuinely behaves like a full composition rather than a single idea.
The fruit is extensive. Orange and blackcurrant give a sweet and tart start, dewberry adds a darker berry juiciness, peach brings ripe softness, and raspberry a sharper sweetness behind it. On their own they would be a great deal, but they are not left on their own for long.
The flowers are what lend it its vintage and its elegance. Rose is fresh and green rather than jammy, jasmine supplies a warm heady depth, madonna lily is clean and slightly waxy with a cool green edge, and tuberose is the heavy one, creamy and almost narcotic, the material that makes the whole bouquet feel grown up. Together they turn the fruit into something closer to a classical perfume than a modern sweet one.
Three materials finish it and they are chosen for contrast. Cedarwood is dry and pale, oakmoss earthy and a little damp and bitter, and vanilla smooths over the top of both with a soft creamy sweetness. That dry, mossy base under all that fruit and flower is unusual now and is the reason the scent still smells distinctive.
Michel Girard composed it. As an eau de parfum it projects strongly and lasts a long day, so two sprays are plenty, and cooler weather suits it better than heat. It reads as feminine, full and quite formal, and a 100ml bottle makes sense only for someone who has worn it before and knows the finish suits them. Burberry, set up in 1856, is a British luxury fashion house whose name was made by coats and by the trench, and its perfumes are bought in from licensed manufacturers rather than made at home.
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