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A fragrance comparison between Burberry Her, Her Intense and BR540
With a wicked tongue, one could say that Grand Master Francis Kurkdjian has merely copied himself and created a fragrance twin to his popular Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum (hereafter abbreviated as BR540). More on this later, first of all on the Burberrys.
Her came to market in 2018 as the sweetest, perhaps the youngest of the Burberry fragrances to date.
Her Intense followed in 2019, also created by Francis Kurkdjian. Both are considered to be fragrance twins, both to each other and to BR540. So far the "facts"
Before I can judge that, I sniff my way through the scent gradients.
Burberry Her starts strawberry-sweet, slightly artificial and reminds me, without having smelled any of the other fragrances, in the top note very much of Baccarat Rouge, precisely because of this exuberant sweetness. Once the first sugar shock is overcome, it quickly becomes milder, more fruity, and the darker berries emerge. I have such a girly, very young and cheeky association here, but perhaps I am also influenced by his advertising face Cara Delevingne. In the further course of the piece, floral notes join the fruit. The violets seem candied, I can hardly make out jasmine.
There's one of those carnival scents that's on: Of cotton candy, gummy bears and violets
Her Intense smells darker, almost purple, because of the blackberries, which could also be blueberries here. Benzoe gives caramel-like, almost bitter-tender undertones. This is not as sweet and squeaky as the original scent, due to the missing strawberry note. In the heart, I can easily recognize the jasmine blossoms, which are flowery and, within a tolerable framework, have a subtle Indolic effect. I like Her Intense better right away, I feel more comfortable with it and find it more bearable for me. Here I wouldn't see any parallels to BR540, because the sweetness is sugary but a bit darker. So this fragrance is a dessert fragrance for me: dark berries on crème caramel, which is a bit more mature.
Compared to each other, I can say: they are not Scent Twins. Even though they come dangerously close in drydown, I would describe Burberry Her as a strawberry-sugarfloss fair fragrance and Her Intense as a gourmand blackberry-cream-caramel dessert fragrance
Let us now come to the initial assertion and the comparison with BR540.
BR540 and Burberry Her combines this exuberant, bright sweetness in the head. Her then evolves into the more fruity direction, while BR540 adds very concise and aromatic notes of saffron and cedar wood. In the drydown on paper, both approach each other again. However, I wouldn't speak of fragrance twins here, but rather of the fact that Grandmaster F.K. merely inspired himself, with a certain fragrance character that works very well in the niche world, as well as in the designer world at the moment. And Burberry Her is at least more closely related to BR540 than Ariana Grande -Cloud.
As for durability, I can say that Burberry Her Intense held best on my skin: on a very sultry summer's day around 7 hours, Burberry Her ran out of air about an hour earlier. BR540 is out of competition here, it sticks to my skin until the next day.
My conclusion: Burberry Her and Her Intense are two sweet and fruity fragrances where you have to decide for yourself whether you prefer the fair or the dessert. They both work even in hot and humid summer temperatures, and are not true fragrance twins to BR540, although Her seems to be a little more inspired by this niche fragrance than Her Intense. If I had to choose one, I would choose the Intense version. In principle, when it comes to candy scents, I would usually prefer the Prada Candy range, though.
Thank you for reading.
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Her came to market in 2018 as the sweetest, perhaps the youngest of the Burberry fragrances to date.
Her Intense followed in 2019, also created by Francis Kurkdjian. Both are considered to be fragrance twins, both to each other and to BR540. So far the "facts"
Before I can judge that, I sniff my way through the scent gradients.
Burberry Her starts strawberry-sweet, slightly artificial and reminds me, without having smelled any of the other fragrances, in the top note very much of Baccarat Rouge, precisely because of this exuberant sweetness. Once the first sugar shock is overcome, it quickly becomes milder, more fruity, and the darker berries emerge. I have such a girly, very young and cheeky association here, but perhaps I am also influenced by his advertising face Cara Delevingne. In the further course of the piece, floral notes join the fruit. The violets seem candied, I can hardly make out jasmine.
There's one of those carnival scents that's on: Of cotton candy, gummy bears and violets
Her Intense smells darker, almost purple, because of the blackberries, which could also be blueberries here. Benzoe gives caramel-like, almost bitter-tender undertones. This is not as sweet and squeaky as the original scent, due to the missing strawberry note. In the heart, I can easily recognize the jasmine blossoms, which are flowery and, within a tolerable framework, have a subtle Indolic effect. I like Her Intense better right away, I feel more comfortable with it and find it more bearable for me. Here I wouldn't see any parallels to BR540, because the sweetness is sugary but a bit darker. So this fragrance is a dessert fragrance for me: dark berries on crème caramel, which is a bit more mature.
Compared to each other, I can say: they are not Scent Twins. Even though they come dangerously close in drydown, I would describe Burberry Her as a strawberry-sugarfloss fair fragrance and Her Intense as a gourmand blackberry-cream-caramel dessert fragrance
Let us now come to the initial assertion and the comparison with BR540.
BR540 and Burberry Her combines this exuberant, bright sweetness in the head. Her then evolves into the more fruity direction, while BR540 adds very concise and aromatic notes of saffron and cedar wood. In the drydown on paper, both approach each other again. However, I wouldn't speak of fragrance twins here, but rather of the fact that Grandmaster F.K. merely inspired himself, with a certain fragrance character that works very well in the niche world, as well as in the designer world at the moment. And Burberry Her is at least more closely related to BR540 than Ariana Grande -Cloud.
As for durability, I can say that Burberry Her Intense held best on my skin: on a very sultry summer's day around 7 hours, Burberry Her ran out of air about an hour earlier. BR540 is out of competition here, it sticks to my skin until the next day.
My conclusion: Burberry Her and Her Intense are two sweet and fruity fragrances where you have to decide for yourself whether you prefer the fair or the dessert. They both work even in hot and humid summer temperatures, and are not true fragrance twins to BR540, although Her seems to be a little more inspired by this niche fragrance than Her Intense. If I had to choose one, I would choose the Intense version. In principle, when it comes to candy scents, I would usually prefer the Prada Candy range, though.
Thank you for reading.
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