Burberry · 1997

Weekend

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Tangerine and green tree sap over wild rose, peach blossom, iris, hyacinth and nectarine, on cedar and sandalwood.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Weekend’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, rose, peach, iris, hyacinth, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Weekend, top notes: Mandarin, Tree sap, Reseda plant

Heartas it settles

Weekend, heart: Rose, Peach, Iris, Hyacinth, White nectarine, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Weekend, dry-down: Cedar, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

13 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Wisal DhahabAjmal · shares mandarin, rose, peach, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$53.61 for 50 ml
Shaghaf Oud AhmarSwiss Arabian · shares rose, peach, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$66 for 75 ml · about half of Weekend’s $148
Dia WomanAmouage · shares rose, peach, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.