Reviews of Burberry for Men (1995)
by Burberry

Yes, I could smell this everywhere for awhile and frankly, in some ways, I find it more nauseating than a sweet fragrance like Pi (which I very much admire). What Aqua di Gio is to floral/citrus, this scent is to oriental, a kind of teetering between sincere wood/spice and yes annoying fruit/mint notes, just like a car salesman, who also, when the moment is right, turns on the charm and tries to be somewhat "seductive."

For those who would like to try a cheaper alternative, go to Pathmark and check out Storm Force, a $6 after shave definitely inspired by Burberry. Some may like it better.

2 reviews in one? No, I would never do that.

I purchased this one a year ago but had only used it twice. To my nose it always smelled like some very dry lemon and honey concoction. I purchased it because of how different and unique it smelled, especially compared to all of the cookie-cutter scents out there. It's also an older, more mature "classic-type" scent, and I didn't own any of those.

So I wore this twice with no problems. And then something happened the other day. I wore this to work, only a couple of sprays as usual. A few hours into the day, this scent started becoming overbearing to my nose. I was very aware that I was wearing it, and it started making me nauseous. It even took on a different scent, and smelled more like burnt pencil shavings, which was just disgusting. I'm not sure of the exact cause for this, perhaps I had an allergic reaction to it, or perhaps my body chemistry changed within the past year, or it could even be the new soap that I am using. Whatever it is, I absolutely cannot wear this fragrance anymore. Even the thought of spraying this on myself makes me a little queasy.

Gonna have to give it the thumbs down considering it's the only fragrance that has almost made me vomit. :P

I came across this by accident, it was being sold as Burberry London and I thought I was buying the 2005 one... how wrong I was... =(

Anyways, this smelled distinctly like old men. If I were to imagine an old white man (in his 60/70's), this is exactly what I think he would smell like.

There are definitely lots of greens in the opening. Renato says mint: I think so, too, and there’s also juniper. There’s also bergamot with those greens, but the whole accord is quite thin and sparse. The opening has a definite aromatic bent to it from the juniper, mint, and Artemisia, and it is unnecessarily sharp. Its sharpness reminds me of the cologny auras of some of the 60’s colognes…that is not good. There’s a restrained fruitiness in the opening that doesn’t seem to sweeten the sharpness. I sort of wonder why the fruit notes are there if not to sweeten things up—the only thing they accomplish is…they annoy me. This is an unsatisfactory opening — one that I never would have tolerated if I hadn’t done a blind purchase of this fragrance. The piercing aromatic / green sharpness continues into the middle level and proceeds to olfactorily disrupt the middle florals and woods. The base is non descript and even my love for civet doesn’t help me appreciate it because I can’t discover the civet through the residue sharpness of the opening. This is an altogether disappointing fragrance for me.

To THINK that the stuffed shirts at Burberry's would discontinue the perfect (spicy, masculine, original) Burberry's for Men and market instead this bland tripe without which no car salesman in Des Moines would be complete.

Go figure.

Burberry London really reechy & stinky. similary to Eternity (Calvin Klein) & Safari (Ralph Lauren).
all fragrances by Burberry is ghastly. I hate it all.

A horrible synthetic and cloying nightmare of over ripe pears fermenting in gigantic vats of honey as some wild animal releases it's musk glands in a toxic cloud floating over the whole regretable affair. I smelled this on another person and loved it, and I tried so hard to like it when I bought it but I admit defeat. London, I leave you to the chavs.

This is a pretty basic and, well, rather unoriginal fragrance. London starts with citrus and dries down to a sweet woody base. My biggest issue with London is that everything just kind of blends together into this ‘blah’ kind of fragrance. It smells pretty synthetic, and doesn’t really inspire or evoke any type of response at all. It’s just there.