Brit for Him Burberry 2004 Eau de Toilette

Brit for Him (Eau de Toilette) by Burberry

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Brit for Him (Eau de Toilette) (Burberry)

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Brit for Him (Eau de Toilette) is a perfume by Burberry for men and was released in 2004. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still available to purchase. Pronunciation

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Perfumer

Antoine Maisondieu

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Bergamot Green mandarin orange Ginger Cardamom
Heart Notes	Nutmeg Wild rose Cedarwood
Base Notes	Musk Oriental woods Tonka bean

Ratings

Scent

7.2263 Ratings

Longevity

6.6196 Ratings

Sillage

6.2190 Ratings

Bottle

6.7203 Ratings

Value for money

7.446 Ratings

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09/14/2021

10
Scent 9
Longevity 8
Sillage 9
Bottle 7
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ChicoRoch1
89 Reviews

ChicoRoch1

Cool and elegant

Burberry hits it out of the park with this delicious amber woody classic. Launched in 2004 this smooth offering stays with you for a long while giving you gentle whiffs here and there. Kind of a spicy opening followed by some more spice with woods and finally the base which is the best part. A truly awesome drydown. The tonka bean and patchouli really shine here and it's so wonderful you don't want it to end. A versatile scent that can be worn wherever, whenever.

03/05/2020

8.5
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 6
Bottle

Manuel81

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Manuel81

Helpful Review 8

Mmmm.....I can't think of a headline ;)

Who would have thought that one would discover such a fragrance in the clearly arranged repertoire of men's fragrances (Rossmann).
Actually, I wanted to test the "brit rhythm", which is currently on offer ... but it was too boring for me, or expressed differently, I already have several similar sweet/spicy fragrances in my collection This one was actually too expensive for me with 35 Euro for 30 ml, but testing is ALWAYS possible, as you know .
WOW, what a fresh / woody peppery explosion of scent !
All of a sudden the price was completely FURTHER I just had to have it NOW !!!!
To be honest, I know absolutely nothing comparable, the fragrance has an extremely high recognition value .
It begins as said Fresh / woody peppery, the Sillage is the first 90 minutes quite strong, only after that he is more gentleman like .
After about 2 hours, an oriental touch of spicy sweetness is added .
Now to what that has confused me a little bit, if you look at the comments here so you get the impression that almost everyone here perceives the fragrance differently, from powdery sweet to woody dry, everything is there .
For testing at home I sprayed the fragrance on 2 different parts of the body .
Once on the upper side of the forearm, and in the crook of the arm (VERY RECOMMENDED)
After almost 3 hours I had 2 completely different scents on me On the arm he has got a slightly feminine powdery sweet note.
In the crook of the arm where it is considerably warmer, it has retained its original woody fresh DNA, even after almost 8 hours And thus we are then also directly with the durability, which is at least with me at 8 hours, even after 10 hours the smell was still easily perceptible Ps . In the first 40 minutes I recognize a "slight" similarity to the HORIZON by Davidoff.
Whoever finds the scent OKAY will love this one !

01/21/2019

6.5
Scent 8
Longevity 6
Sillage 6
Bottle

StellaDiverF
213 Reviews

StellaDiverF

Modern Gentleman

After the initial few seconds of citrus opening, Burberry Brit for Men turns out to be peppery and extremely woody on me. Spices mixes very well with the woody notes. The ginger here is quite dry.

This first hour projects well and is the most masculine phase to my nose. Afterwards, some floral aspects start to mellow the scent down and eventually turn it into a powdery scent described by previous reviews. However, it's not overtly feminine, and I can't really tell the rose. During the transition, at certain point, it smells quite soapy and alike to the aldehyde in Miroir des Secrets to my nose.

Towards the final phase after about 5 hours, Brit for Men stays very close to skin and becomes a comforting scent prominent of tonka beans and musk, though the woods are always detectable.

The longevity in total can reach 10 hours and the average sillage is relatively close. Elegant, understated and without being pretentious. A versatile fragrance with attitude. This might not be THE gem in one's wardrobe but a total functional one.

12/03/2018

8.5
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 9
Bottle 8
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Carlitos01
350 Reviews

Carlitos01

Very helpful Review 6

I beg your pardon, I (never) promissed you a rose garden

I am far from being a strong lover of a heavy rose perfume. Yet, with Burberry Brit I liked it since the first whiff... maybe because the rose note is a somewhat noble one.
The opening starts with a fair amount of perennial citrus spiced by green cardamom - Nice but vulgar!
The heart bursts with a noticeable powdery dark wild rose. This accord is particularly alluring and enjoyable. The fragrance becomes a bit unisex with this scent although the woody and spicy frame around it keep the necessary masculine vibe.The alluring rose reigns in the bottom phase still, but you can feel that there is added sweetness in the scent, together with some muskiness and bolder woody notes.
For the drydown you get still a very pleasant dark rose, together with a sweet and woody accord, but not really for a long time - up to 6~7 hours. With 2 sprays, It projects fairly for one hour up to 3~4 feet radius. It is quite elegant but also discrete.
It still surprises me how much I like this rose scent. I felt I had to ask external opinions to better understand this fragrance footprint.
- 3 women aged 17, 27 an 50 years old, confirmed me that it was a very sexy perfume, very agreable on a men and not really feminine despite the floral strong scent. One opinion was funny: "It smells like a Coco Chanel perfume for men". All of them would like to smell it on a man in almost any situation but specially in leisure situations at home.
- 3 men aged 18, 28 and 55 years old, liked it a lot but confessed they would not buy it if Burberry Brit was to be their only fragrance. For a "one flask fits all" cologne they would prefer something more manly, but still recognising Burberry Brit to be quite adequate for dining out, as an office scent and for daily wear.

I reached the conclusion that this scent is versatile, pleases both genders, it's kind of sexy when women smell it on a man, and pleasing but not manly if a man smells it on himself.
It's fair enough. I still keep my own impression of being a very versatile, unique and alluring scent when I wear it.
What about some metrics?
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- Scent opening............8.0 (pleasant)
- Scent Dry Down.........9.0 (very good indeed)
- Longevity....................7.0 (up to 6~7 hours on my skin, with 2 sprays)
- Sillage..........................6.0 (sillage peaks up to 4 feet; It projects for 1.0 hours)
- Versatility....................8.0 (quite versatile, expressing itself better in Spring and Fall, at ease in Winter days and in Summer nights)
- Usability......................8.5 (it's really a "use it almost anywhere" fragrance, but avoid the gym, the seaside or any kind of sweating activities)
- Compliments..............8.5 (This scent pleases the fair gender but will not provoke reactions with men. You will smell elegant, clean, fresh and maybe sexy for some of the ladies)
- Uniqueness.................9.0 (just its flankers)
- Quality.........................8.0 (quality ingredients; nice glass bottle; good spray)
- Presentation...............8.5 (beautiful Burberry patern all over the bottle. I own the version sold prior to the one in the Parfumo Burberry Brit page)
- Price.............................8.0 (€ 20.0 for a 100 ml tester flask)
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- Average:......................8.05/10.00
between 7 and 8 => above average;
between 8 and 9 => recommended;
equal or bigger than 9 => don't miss it;

Opinion on "Burberry Brit":
Rose scent lovers should not miss this perfume. It is subtle yet pleasant.
Recommended? Yes provided you are confortable with an "unisex rose scent".
Blind buy worthy? No! Do try it before. You may hate the noticeable rose note without being aware of it.

Music: Lynn Anderson - "I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"

04/08/2018

6.5
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 7
Bottle

Smora
155 Reviews

Smora

Helpful Review 3

Hommage to a Victorian Rose

A 21st century hommage to a Victorian rose. Charmingly sloppy dandy scent. Not easy to love due to the strong powdery character.
First notes of mandarin and ginger not so impressive, but powdery rose and musky-woody-sweet base are gorgeous. Soft and flowery gentleman. It possess some twisted British humor for cold and foggy days. Really appreciate Maisondieu's creative skills. Flankers of this Brit are forgettable.

Rating: 6.5/10

02/20/2016

8
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 8
Bottle

Elysium
610 Reviews

Elysium

Very helpful Review 4

In the perfect British mood style

Brit for man is the 3rd scent I got from Burberry, just after Sport for Men and Brit Rhythm, which I will review soon. Since I have been an enthusiast about those two, and I have read so many positive reviews, I decided to blindly order a bottle of both Brit and London for men.

This morning I opted for Brit to face a new working day, given that it was a muggy and rainy weekday. I believe it's one of the most British of the Burberry offerings, very homey and introverted in comforting but odd ways. As I sprayed it on my chest, I sensed a pleasant blend of floral-woody-oriental, powdery fresh, and primarily mannish on my skin. The right choice is perfect for cold weather, late autumn, or winter. A day like this, when everything seems so sad and blue.

Brit opens sharp with an accord of Earl Gray bergamot and green cardamom. Then, when I sprayed it on my wrists, I met with a blast of fresh and balsamic notes. It's not dramatically powdery on me, a very pleasing aroma, fresh sweet powder, but with a different sweetness here. I'm not talking about 1 Million, for instance. Indeed, mandarin and freshly cut chilly ginger give a stingy boost to the opening and blend very well with cardamom. Even the green pods do not come too minty or balmy. Instead, they are pretty nutty.

As soon as I left home, the fragrance encountered the outside cold temperature, and a warmer aroma reached my nose. This time the scent was a bit more velvety, silky, so confident, and sexy. I guess the wild rose surrounded by the fragrant cedar and the spicy nutmeg played an excellent job in the cold. Ummm, the more I wore it, the better I liked it, a strong British cologne, so damn well-designed, no question about that, in my opinion. I adore this powdery. It is different from the one released by orris or iris and does not give a straight lipstick effect like in Dior Homme, which I love, either. Here, the blend of rose and iris oozes satiny, gentle, elegant, with a masculine slant.

After that, it settles down to a very smoky, powdery spiced wood scent accompanied by sweet musk, tonka bean, and a calming vanilla-cedar accord. Nothing edible or too much gourmand. It is a cozy aroma that wraps me like a soft mantle.

Brit is a fantastic unmistakable fragrance of autumn and winter wild rose, more British than Arabic. But I will try it in warmer weather like spring since it is fresh and might work well. I would refrain from wearing it during summertime, too cloying with hot temperatures. To me, Brit is very versatile, for both leisure and work time, day and evening. When you get down to the many nuances, you'll find it suitable either for work or play.

My skin projection is good, the initial fresh lasts for about 2 hours, and then it turns woodier and powdery. Longevity is above average, nearly 8 hours—a very thoughtful and well-orchestrated composition for those who appreciate this type of scent. The bottle is in a perfect Burberry style, and the overall scent deserves 8/10.

-Elysium

11/24/2015

WildGardener
325 Reviews

WildGardener

Helpful Review 2

But for a Mean budget...

Fruity - citric freshness and sweet powder on a dark woody amber core, warmed by a touch of ginger.

This ensemble features a glycerine-leatherette wild rose that counteracts the powdery texture and makes something more of it than a run of the mill oriental.

Brit for Men is well put together with good transitions and no false moves, but it has a screechiness due to the large amount of synthetic fruity and woody amber molecules involved which is a shame; it's an otherwise comfy and likeable night time scent, darkly sweet but offset by a cool bitter floral.

Even though BfM contains the germ of an idea which could have been worked up into something really special, it lacked the budget to amount to much.

Nice despite the poor materials.

04/18/2013

5
Scent

Silverfire
130 Reviews

Silverfire

Very helpful Review 6

Greetings, Earthling. I Am the Baby Oil Vibe.

Upon applying this to my wrists, I heard a tinny commanding voice in my ears: "Greetings earthling. I am the baby oil vibe. I am your new master. Meet my minions, class and fresh. They are accompanying me to your skin where we will sample your body for nine hours and then return to our planet. You must tell your fellow creatures of your experiences, because we like your bodies, and want to return." (*) Being familiar with words, I agreed.

The baby oil certainly dominates, but the scent feels richer, the way Skarb does, and there's a fresh zing to it as well. It's a clean, thick, meaty, and slightly oriental scent. However, it comes off as a "Yo, I am a sexy perfume trying to be sexy," as if it were trying too hard. The initial silage is about two feet.

By five hours, it's down to about a foot, and it smells more like oil and vanilla. By six hours it's down to half a foot, and by nine hours, only a musky sweet base remains. This scent is not as simple as Curve Crush, and it's more consistent than Zino, but that doesn't mean that the experience was one I'd like to repeat (sorry aliens!). Burberry Brit seems excessive somehow. It's not a horrible scent, but the bad boy scents are my least favorite of all the categories of fragrance. I'd rather it had it gone the direction of a heavy citrus scent, like Silver, but the baby oil rules all.

I do appreciate the advanced technology of the sample (thanks DigInDirt!); instead of a vial, or a pipette, it's merely an absorbent pad in a pouch. So whether it's your thing or not, you get one or two uses and there's little waste. Do they still put these things in magazines? I'm not a big magazine reader, which means I can never run for vice president I suppose, but I'm not the target audience for fashion magazines.

* No, I didn't actually hear this voice. This review is a dramatization of the actual experience, and Burberry Brit will not induce schizophrenia. You are perfectly safe wearing it, earthling.

04/21/2012

7
Scent 7.5
Longevity 5
Sillage

Missk
1165 Reviews

Missk

Helpful Review 4

Subtle yet pleasant

It was slightly difficult for me to collect my thoughts and form an opinion regarding Brit for Men, because the scent kind of left me slightly disappointed.

Burberry Brit for Men, seems to me, to be lacking in substance and character. I can barely smell it, apart from spontaneous wafts of powdery ginger and damp woods. Perhaps it is supposed to be subtle, and while I don't like anything too strong on a man, this is going way beyond subtlety.

Sporty, casual maybe, but nothing too outstanding. Pleasant enough but underwhelming in the sense that it doesn't evoke any kind of feelings in me. Honestly, this fragrance could suit a man that loathes fragrance.

The powderiness is not bothersome for me, as I don't find it feminine like some reviewers perceive Brit for Men to be. It's masculine but too faint. There's not enough power to make me love it.

I didn't pick up on a rose note at all, but I advise men to not be turned off by rose in a masculine composition. Rose, when done well, can smell amazing on a man, take Le Labo's Rose 31, for example.

Edit: I have since re-tested this fragrance, and it's growing on me. I was able to smell the rose note the second time around. I do believe I'll be purchasing it for one of my male friends.