Touch for Women
Anyone who knows only the current crop of sweet fruited launches will find Burberry Touch for Women Eau de Parfum 50ml a surprise: a full, old fashioned, properly built feminine perfume with a dry finish.
Its first impression is fruited. Orange and blackcurrant arrive together, one sweet and one tart, with dewberry giving a dark berry depth, peach a soft ripeness and raspberry a sharper edge. The fruit is generous but it is never the whole point of the scent.
Flowers take over and change its character entirely. Jasmine brings warmth and a heady richness, rose a green freshness and some formality, madonna lily a cool waxy cleanness, and tuberose the creamy, almost overwhelming white floral weight that gives the composition its confidence. This is where the scent stops being fruity and starts being a perfume.
Underneath, cedarwood provides a dry pale wood, oakmoss an earthy bitterness with a touch of damp, and vanilla a soft sweetness that keeps the whole thing comfortable. The move from juicy to floral to dry and mossy is the architecture, and twelve materials is enough to make that journey worth following. Set beside today's launches it will smell dated to some and properly made to others.
The perfumer is Michel Girard. Eau de parfum strength means good projection and a full day of wear from two sprays, and autumn and winter flatter it most. A 50ml bottle is the sensible way to try something this rich before committing to a larger one, and it is enough for a season of regular evening wear. Burberry has existed since 1856 and is identified with British rainwear and with its check, and perfume has always been produced on its behalf by licensees.
Please note: images are a guide only. Packaging and bottle design may occasionally differ from those shown due to manufacturer updates or promotions.
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