Burberry - My Burberry Black EDT

My Burberry Black (“Black”) is an oriental floral fragrance from Burberry.  If you’ve tried the original My Burberry, you will find echoes of it in Black.  Black seems to take the original and add more depth and warmth to it.

Black opens with a ripened, somewhat sweet, dripping peach nectar and a tempered jasmine.  A resinous and warm amber wraps around the peachy floral giving the fragrance that familiar oriental vibe.  After about an hour into wear, the candied roses begin to blend into the scent.  The rose isn’t a fresh blooming rose but instead almost an essence of rose.  It’s as if a delicate aura of rose floats softly into Black.  Patchouli begins to appear at about the 2 ½ to 3 hour mark.  While it is a clean patchouli, the addition of the note seems to add almost a boozy quality to the fragrance.  Black does not go off the rails though and, while each note is identifiable, they blend seamlessly together to create a very sophisticated, warm, and sensual take on the original. 

Black wears on me with moderate projection for roughly 10 – 12 hours.

Notes: jasmine, candied roses, peach nectar, amber, patchouli

Perfumer: Francis Kurkdjian