Touch for Men (2000)
by Burberry

I love the opening - powdery floral with a well behaving violet. If only this phase could be extended throughout the fragrance progression. For once the violet departs, so does the magic. Which is a shame as TOUCH could have easily been a firm favorite from the house of Burberry. To my nose the base combination of white musk, vetiver and tonka bean is too much of an erratic performer to make this a staple in my wardrobe. Better suited for cool dry weather IMO.

One of the few florals for men that I enjoy. The powdery violet is a great burst at the opening and it really stays with it through the tonka and musk end. Very linear with medium projection but unfortunately not very good longevity. The bottle and wood top are very cool for such a low-cost fragrance.

All I can smell is violet, lot's of violet. There are subtle hints of pepper and mandarin. But mostly the violet takes over right from the start and retains it's grip throughout. It's not a bad fragrance, but to me it's very linear.

I dig this scent. It was like $15 at Kmart so I can live with that.

Lasts a long time, and smells great. Still a bit feminine to me though.

Do I think it smells good? 5/5
Compliments from the ladies? 2/5
Overall 4/5

The violet note in the top is quite weak and overwhelmed by the citrus, otherwise I would have hated this, but in fact it's pretty good and the whole fragrance is blended tastefully. Touch isn't an epiphany or anything and I don't think I'll purchase, but it's kinda nice to know an inoffensive, well made, nice smelling mainstream male frag is out there anyway.

My wife bought me this on a whim as a gift from a department store. It's a very pleasant fragrance, nice opening with a quick blast of pepper. It smells quite sophisticated if anything, very cool and watery to me but not in the typical aquatic fragrance sense. It is very linear and holds no surprises after the initial burst but it is certainly appealing. My only real problem with it is it has absolutely no real longevity nor sillage. I'm *amazed* at the review that claims it lasts 24 hours. This is one of the shortest lasting perfumes I've ever experienced. I wear it around the house, usually on an evening after a shower: it has a lovely refreshing quality to it. But sadly it just doesn't have enough oomph to make it through the day at work.