Body Burberry perfume – a fragrance for women 2011

Burberry Body perfume is like a minty green bubblegum. It is fun and upbeat with more of a sweet, slightly sharp, “bubble gum” smell (mint is not found in the list of ingredients, but the notes of Burberry Body appears to have mint notes which makes this come across like a dentist’s tooth polish – the kind that they use when you are in the chair having your teeth cleaned) – this is a similar dental note that I detect in the original David Yurman (gold bottle) perfume. [This is almost identical to the notes with in Viva la Juicy perfume (the original) – but VLJ is more of a softer chord of the notes of Burberry Body. Burberry Body has sharper individual notes that peak out. VLJ is like the overall impression of the chord.]

Body is young and more juvenile than “The Beat” by Burberry, however – this could be worn by any woman of any age. This is fresh, clean, bright, animated, with an upbeat attitude that is optimistic. This perfume is the antithesis of the word “mature” – this perfume is having WAYYYYYyyy too much fun to be too overly serious or stodgy. This would be a great perfume to wear for your days off when you need to be reminded to let go, have fun, and enjoy life a bit more. But I could also see wearing to work, to keep things more playful, light, creative, and fun. You know, this would be a fabulous teacher’s or mother’s fragrance, because I’ll bet children would love this!

Body leans more spring/summer – but could be worn year round for an energizing lift during the autumn and winter.

Burberry Body is sweeter and possibly more juvenile than Burberry’s “The Beat” perfume, but both have a vivacious lift to the notes with that type of Tinker Bell sparking quality to it, when they are first sprayed. The longevity of Burberry Body is short, but the notes are nice while this lasts.

(Burberry Body reminds me of some of the sweet upper notes in Viva La Juicy’s original perfume).

Burberry Body starts with a bubblegum brightness which seemed to last no more than an hour. I loved the general effect of it, just wished that it lasted longer. I agree with the comments in the reviews that state — I wish that I could wear this, the first notes of this were vivacious and energizing – a great optimistic type blend. I would definitely buy a purse spray to carry with you to spritz when you feel this fading.

Burberry has an INTENSE Version of Burberry Body – which I will have to sample and see how this wears compared to the original.

If you think Burberry Body is just a shade too sharp, bright, fun, optimistic for you – and you prefer something a bit more toned down — try Burberry Body Tender, which is a softer, less sharp/bright version of Burberry Body. It is as if you step in on the gorgeous dry down of Burberry Body, rather than the first blast of the bubblegum energy. Another one to try would be Jivago Rose Gold, this is fairly similar to Burberry Body – but the notes are more buffed down, classic, and more sophisticated; this shares the classic DNA of the Jivago perfume line, so it is a completely different perfume — but this is like dialing it down a bit for a softer take on Burberry Body.

If you like rose and Burberry Body’s notes – I would also try Delina De Marly (the original version) – because Burberry Body is more of the peach version (and a bit more sharp-green) than Delina De marly which is primarily a rose-y type perfume.

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Fragrantica.com blurb – Burberry Body
Launched in 2011. The nose behind this fragrance is Michel Almairac. Top notes are Peach, Wormwood and Freesia; middle notes are Rose, Sandalwood and iris; base notes are Musk, Cashmere Wood, Vanille and Amber.

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The good news: I have found some Burberry perfumes that I really like in addition to Burberry Body —

I have just reviewed The EDT Beat by Burberry – and that is definitely one to try if you like a tea like spa cedar blend. The Beat is much better with my chemistry. I recommend sampling that.

I also had great luck with London Burberry which is a fabulous spring/summer fragrance which smells like honeysuckle. It is so beautiful for the spring!

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There are several perfumes that I have recently sampled that may be taking certain notes and the general concept of Burberry Body – and re-crafting them to create a new perfume:

Valentino’s Rome perfume is very similar to the notes within Burberry Body, but it is a little softer — the bright/sharp notes within Burberry Body EDP have been buffed down for a more romantic type composition.

Dolce & Gabanna L’Imperatrice 3 is pinging in the same bright/sharp note type family of perfumes as Burberry Body EDP only it is less bubblegum – and more of a fresh fruit bowl smell. L’Imperatrice 3 is actually slightly sharper and more bright during the first stages of wear than Burberry Body.

(I love all three of these perfumes, they are all great! All three have that sweet/sharp ).