Fragrance Notes
Weekend for Men
Citrus over honey is a strange combination on paper, and Burberry Weekend for Men Eau de Toilette is one of the few scents that makes it work.
Three citruses open it and they are not interchangeable. Lemon is the sharpest, clean and almost astringent. Grapefruit is sourer with a bitter rind edge. Tangerine is the sweetest and the roundest of the three, and it is what keeps the opening from being merely sharp. It is a bright, old fashioned, genuinely cheerful start.
Then honey arrives, and it is the material that gives the scent its name in spirit: thick, warm, faintly waxy and a little animal, the sort of sweetness that smells like a hive rather than a jar. Against the citrus it should clash and somehow does not, because sandalwood and oakmoss sit between them, the sandalwood creamy and smooth, the oakmoss earthy and dry with a bitter green damp.
Amber and musk finish it off, the amber a low warm resin and the musk soft and clean, and between them they leave the final hours comfortable and faintly powdery. Michel Almairac composed it, and the balancing act between the bright top and the sweet middle is clearly deliberate.
At eau de toilette strength expect moderate projection and most of a day from a generous application, which is exactly the right behaviour for a scent named after a weekend. Mild weather and daytime suit it best, it is meant for men, and it works for casual clothes and relaxed company rather than for the office. Burberry dates back to 1856, made its reputation in British outerwear, and has always had its fragrances made under licence by other companies.
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