London Burberry perfume – a fragrance for women 2006

Ok, with all that is presently going on in the world – I’ve been on a quest to find some “Happy” smelling perfumes, something to lift my spirits.

This is when I began looking for reviews of fragrances that reminded people of SPRING, an optimistic vibe.

First impressions of Burberry’s London —
the fragrance notes (not taking into account the name of the fragrance or the packaging design).
This smells like Sandra Dee – played by Olivia Newton John in Grease…
The Sandy BEFORE “the rocker chic” transformation!
This is sweet, fresh, upbeat, a pretty girl – someone who is every boy’s High School crush. The darling of the school.
Someone playful and sweet – someone that has the heart of spring.
If I was not influenced by the plaid packaging design and the name –
I would imagine this bottled in something fairly romantic with a spring time air about it. The smell reminds me more of the color yellow and the light pastel colors that Sandra Dee wore in the movie. This has an incredibly fresh, just from the flower garden vibe about it.

Honeysuckle!
Yes.
This is Honeysuckle – exactly like the flowers in the garden next to my grandmother’s home that we would have an incredibly fun time stopping by and taking turns smelling the sweet nectar…hoping not to get caught by the neighbor! Great memories!

England is well known for their gorgeous country flower gardens and this is leaning more along the lines of a beautiful secret garden hidden away in the bustling city of London.

In New York City, one of my favorite places to visit was the Frick Museum which had some fabulous art work collections, however – my favorite room at the museum was this gorgeous fountain room which I used as a way to gain clarity in meditation when I would feel overwhelmed by all of the city noise and energy.

I could imagine finding a beautiful garden area within the city of London, this is like a beautiful hidden garden – a magical place within the city. I could see this marketed more with an enchanting type freshness to the design. This fragrance has a lot of Tinkerbell in it! It is magical! I truly love the freshness of this. It is beautiful, like smelling the fragrant notes that surround a Honeysuckle bush!

This is in the same type of fragrance family, similar vibes to my all time FAVORITE fragrance – Eau de Ciel, by Annick Goutal – which is also very fresh and would smell like a country farm after a spring shower. It is lovely also!

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I truly love and adore London. That was a fabulous trip for me, one that I’ll never forget! The name “London” has positive memories for me. I visited London around the year 1989 and had a great time going from Hartley Whitney Hants (where we were staying in a cute cottage style home next to an adorable soccer field and small town carnival) to London on the train. It was a beautiful day celebrating the summer. The whole experience was wonderful. I had always heard of London, but by taking the trip there – it confirmed that I really loved London. The whole experience was fun, I had a great day looking at Buckingham Palace, visiting Piccadilly Circus (which is London’s Time Square), seeing the cute shops, visiting London Bridge, and seeing the Royal Crown Jewel Collection.

The couple that we were staying with knew about the Royal carriage rides to Ascot along a country road where school children would go to watch the entourage. We made a special trip there where I saw Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana, Princess Anne and other royal family members on the way to Ascot! This was so fabulous! Of course, I just loved it! It was really fabulous to be able to see something like that! Very memorable! Loved it!

London became one of my favorite larger cities that summer, I much preferred it to New York and Paris. I had a great time hanging out with a group of tourists that I met while on the train that day. It was super fun, so the name London will always bring up positive impressions for me! London became one of my favorite larger cities that summer, that day.

Burberry’s London fragrance reminds me of Titiana and Alfred Sung – Sung. It has been a few years since I have tried either of these fragrances, although each of these had notes that I loved within them – there were some reasons why I never repurchased them. Burberry does fragrances in a classic way. London presents in a way where it has taken out the notes that I objected to in the other two fragrances making it much easier to wear. You can still smell individual notes within this chord, but there are no screeching banshee notes which make you stop and think before wearing this out of the house.

This fragrance registers in the Soprano range with high clear notes and is definitely SPRING, but is not up in the rafters with piccolo notes like Fracas, Madonna’s Truth or Dare, or Eternity by Calvin Klein.

I just received my order in the mail and I’m trying this fragrance now.
The plaid fabric bottle design is something associated with Burberry’s design selections and resonates with a scarf that you’d wear over your trench coat. They have glued the fabric on the bottle and this is part of the design. This fits their brand…I love plaid, and this resonates with the Burberry trench coat designs. Burberry has recently changed their package designs, so this fragrance bottle may have had an update.

The fragrance is good, was in the price range that I was seeking.
The star of the show is the honeysuckle fragrance! I love it!
It is uplifting, feminine, fresh for the spring and summer.

So far, so good —
This wears politely.
It is not a screeching loud scent that knocks people over – it is pleasant, polite, sweet, and upbeat.

I’m liking this very much, so far —
Will see how long this wears!

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This fades fairly quickly, if you find that this is your type of fragrance, you may want to search for some purse size sprays or samples to carry with you.

This is a nice, clean, fresh everyday type fragrance.
You’d like this if you are wanting something pretty, unobtrusive, and polite.
A good office or school type fragrance, not many people would complain about this because the silage is respectable, it won’t leap out at anyone, it is very nice to wear. Upbeat, sweet — this is definitely something to lift the spirits!

I feel that you could also layer this with different notes to make it last a bit longer on the skin.

It reminds me of a beautiful fresh country garden hidden away in the heart of London. If this were a character, I would say that this would be Olivia Newton John playing Sandy! Exactly!

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This is very similar to another one of my very favorite perfumes, the original David Yurman (in the gold bottle). I didn’t even think of this, till wearing London a few days…because these two fragrances are marketed and packaged so radically different. However, they are in the exact same chord range… a soprano, (but not up in the Fracas, Madonna’s Truth or Dare, Calvin Klein Eternity — piccolo, tuberose, rafter range). London is the fresh version of David Yurman. David’s version has more of a chemical composition and wears stronger than London, it has an effervescent bubbly champaign vibe to it. But they are both the exact same register and chord. Love them both! If you like this particular range of notes – you could wear David Yurman for more formal date nights and special occasions – and wear Burberry’s London for your every day fragrance. They could both be a “signature pair”. Subtle differences, but in the same exact signature zone.

I’m so grateful that I followed my intuitive hunches and ordered Burberry’s London! It is a great spring and summer choice! Love it!