Burberry
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The blackcurrant and citrus strike with immediate brightness, whilst rosemary's herbaceous bite cuts through like a surgical instrument. For those first minutes, you're standing in a citrus grove on a winter morning—sharp, invigorating, utterly unsentimental.
The violet leaf emerges with a slightly soapy, green-tinged character that complements rather than softens the initial citrus. Driftwood introduces a subtle woody-aquatic dryness, and the spearmint adds an unexpected toothpaste-like freshness that keeps the composition feeling fresh rather than deepening into warmth.
The amber and white oakmoss provide a barely-there base, offering soft structure without comfort. What remains is predominantly green-woody with musk adding subtle skin-scent intimacy—the fragrance fades rather than transforms, maintaining its cool, measured demeanour until the final fade.
Mr. Burberry Indigo arrives as a bracing slap of citrus and herbal introspection—this is fragrance as a cold shower on a grey morning. The blackcurrant sits beneath the citrus like dark jam at the bottom of a jar, whilst rosemary bristles across the top with almost medicinal sharpness, refusing to let you settle into comfort. What emerges is a fragrance built on tension: fresh where it could be soft, green where it could be sweet.
The violet leaf that surfaces in the heart is decidedly not the powdery, feminine violet of tradition. Instead, it arrives with a slightly metallic crispness, playing counterpoint to the driftwood's distinctly maritime character—not the warm, salty driftwood of beach walks, but something more austere, almost paper-thin. The spearmint adds a subtle toothpaste quality that prevents this from ever becoming a comfort scent. This is a fragrance that demands your attention rather than wraps around you.
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