Burberry · 2004 · Antoine Maisondieu

Brit for Him

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Burberry asks $112 for 100 ml
100 ml$112

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Spicy ginger over cedar wood and sweet tonka bean.

Burberry says

You’ll smell ginger, cedar wood and tonka bean.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Brit for Him’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, cedar, tonka (coumarin), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Brit for Him, top notes: Ginger

Heartas it settles

Brit for Him, heart: Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Brit for Him, dry-down: Cedar, Tonka (coumarin)

What’s inside it

What Burberry names

GingerCedar woodTonka bean

What the label names

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)CitronellolGeraniol (rose) (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Ci 60730Ci 19140Ci 17200

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Vulcan FeuFrench Avenue · shares ginger, cedar (Atlas cedar) and tonkaabout $45 for 100 ml · about a third of Brit for Him’s $112
Odyssey MegaArmaf · shares ginger, cedar (Atlas cedar) and tonka$45 for 100 ml · about a third of Brit for Him’s $112
ElsewhereAmouage · shares ginger, cedar (Atlas cedar) and tonka$475 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.