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The Burren Botanicals

Spring Harvest The Burren Perfumery

7.3 / 10 28 Ratings

A perfume by The Burren Perfumery for women. The release year is unknown. The scent is green-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Fresh

Citrus

Floral

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mint

Lemon balm

Heart Notes

Mint

Fennel

Lemon vervain

Tarragon

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Tonka bean

Ratings

Scent

7.328 Ratings

Longevity

5.820 Ratings

Sillage

5.820 Ratings

Bottle

6.520 Ratings

Submitted by TVC15 · last update on 10/12/2025.

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The fragrance is part of the The Burren Botanicals collection.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/12/2025

10Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

figeater
3 Reviews

figeater

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Playmore

When I say I have been looking for this fragrance my entire life, I mean that my dad, my siblings, my mom, and I'm sure many of my cousins have as well. I grew up visiting a family home in the mountain (possibly rainforest) region of western North Carolina in a town called Highlands. After driving 12 hours to get there, we would roll all the windows down as our car crept down the gravel road leading to the house. That sound and a very specific smelling waft of that fresh air meant we were finally back at the most beautiful place I'd seen in my life. For my father's entire life and the decades my aunts, siblings, cousins, and myself spent visiting the home we called "Playmore," none of us could nail down or even describe what we were smelling. Clean, cool air? Moss? A certain tree? Rhodedendron and galax leaves grew all over the acres of land, but neither plant gave off that exact scent. As an adult, I'd be on a walk or a trip or in some neighborhood and be stopped in my tracks by a whiff of that scent in the air. I had a growing suspiscion it might be fresh lavender, so I asked my dad who said lavender didn't grow on the grounds. It would be a mystery that I figured I'd spend the rest of my life trying to resolve.

My dad came with me to check out The Burren Perfumery on our roadtrip through Ireland. We moseyed around the grounds, the gardens, and the shop, in awe of something we'd smelled inside. When I sprayed a bit of Spring Harvest on a strip, I grabbed my dad's arm and pulled him over to me and said, "Smell this. Where is this?" He said, "Oh. Highlands. It smells like Highlands." The girl who helped us said the owner was inspired to make this fragrance based on how it smelled to be cutting fistfuls of fresh herbs from the garden. Mint, fennel, lemon verbena ... none of which we grew at Playmore. I'd just smelled a tonka bean in person for the first time, and the faintness of its cool sweet spice felt like smelling Highlands air. Needless to say, I bought a bottle, and a lotion and castille soap to supplement. I would've bought anything in this scent. When I run out, I'll have to order more to keep Playmore close to me now that we don't have access to that home anymore.

Oddly enough, and a bit of a tangent, the most recent time my dad and I "smelled Highlands" was about a week prior to our visit to The Burren Perfumery when we were staying in the Highlands in Scotland. Our ancestors were from that land, and the landscape and smells of the Highlands thousands of miles from western North Carolina were freakishly uncanny. Spring Harvest was the scent of that air, somehow almost exactly, bottled up sitting in the Burren all this time.

04/10/2020

8.5Scent 6Longevity 8Sillage

Shamrock
39 Reviews

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Shamrock

Very helpful Review 11

In the Times of Corona

When the plague broke out in Bad Tölz in 1634 and cholera in 1832, people used herbal mixtures in the belief that they could defeat the diseases. These were either burned or hung in linen and jute bags on the doors.
In 1832, the so-called cholera letter was published, providing instructions on which herbs to use. Apothecaries mixed a concoction of juniper, bay leaves, vinegar, and saltpeter, or sulfur, to fumigate letters. In the Middle Ages, people relied more on spruce resin, St. John's wort, and wormwood. While reading, I imagined what that must have smelled like, probably not like Spring Harvest.

It is spring, people are staying at home, and since there is no opportunity to wear their fragrances out, they are being tested or sprayed at home - that’s what I did too.

I still have fragrance samples from “The Burren.” I find The Burren, based in Carron in County Clare, more than good because I like artisan - no, not from John Varvatos - you can tell the craftsmanship, or as they say in English, Craftsmanship, as only natural products are used, which makes it interesting.

In keeping with spring, I tested Spring Harvest again, actually a women's fragrance, but I think men can also try it, as Harvest - in German, Ernte - is not a scent whose ingredients overwhelm you; on the contrary. It is pleasant and light, playful like a day at the beach when the sun's rays are slowly getting warmer. A young woman with straw-blonde hair, a linen dress, and a denim jacket stands in the dunes. The scent of the sea, landscape, and the perfume creates a fine fragrance that evokes associations.

This mixture of wild herbs combined with lemon balm, fennel, and mint is a really good concept. However, during the development of the fragrance, I have the feeling of smelling chamomile, which does not harm the scent at all; on the contrary, it gives it a rather warm feeling, because even though nature awakens in spring, it can still be a bit cooler.

For me, it is a fragrance for women who do not care for frills and like to be in nature, while feeling really comfortable with a scent on their body that is not overpowering or overwhelming the area.

And with that, I wish us that the days with Corona pass and hope that all members of Parfumo are healthy and well. As they say here in Ireland, “Take good care and God bless.”

08/23/2013

Knickzimt
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Knickzimt

Helpful Review 8

Ticklish Natural Pulse

Capturing the essence of a season in a bottle is always a beautiful motif for a perfumer. And although there are many attempts, I am always curious with each new one. Although the product name says "Harvest," it is obviously not about asparagus heads or rapeseed. It is, according to the manufacturer, an extract from the abundance of awakening wild plants.
First impression: Very botanical. An ethereal, very warm development on the skin. You can almost hear the seeds and sprouts crackling, so pressing and powerful is the overall picture. I smell soft, light green, slightly medicinal herbs with a very calm base. So it is more the anticipation that is conveyed than the wild dance of nature already taking place. But it is already trembling and vibrating in every stem. Especially the warm, sweet fennel provides a timbre that I only know when I stand among tall, dense plants. In a very primal way, it feels protective. The mint is also very important as a complement and is responsible for more delicate nuances. A tickling, a promise can be felt, yet an eternal calm is the true weight. What makes this scent so peaceful at its core, I do not know. There must be much more in it than the three things listed at the top of the pyramid, but the manufacturer has only revealed the top note. Funny strategy.
Despite its gentle, breathing effect, the scent also has something morbid that slightly unsettles me. Just as a forest can be deep, a sea, a canyon, a night, this scent here is also unfathomable and somewhat frightening. Solely because of its natural construction, I recommend it to anyone who wants to take a breath closer to the pulse of nature once again.