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"There's something about the smell..."

I would never have come to this fragrance if I hadn't accidentally heard this comment from a young customer at the launch a long time ago. The pink display was rather meaningless, the bottle doesn't look expensive and could just as well be in the drugstore without the Burberry logo. At least I like London.

I have tested the fragrance for some time now.

Sweet sticky, luscious berries in the top note want to slay you! Super ripe strawberry, intense and synthetic. A stew of fruits: you don't know exactly which berries are in it, but they are in it and they are very sweet. This can only be intentional. The - admittedly - very ripe, very sweet fruits have this warm fullness, which surprised me very much, as I associate fruity scents with lighter spring and summer perfumes. Surprised, I came to the conclusion that this fruit bomb is probably more for autumn and winter.

After wearing it for a longer period of time I noticed that the fragrance has its strength especially in the heart note. There it spreads its full lushness. The base note is unfortunately less fruity and unfortunately very musky and slightly woody. Not my case, which is why I prefer to add it several times a day.

Burberry her is fruity, yet surprisingly warm, already teasing, a touch wanted, and probably also a hint of kitsch somewhere. I look at younger women. She is creative, slightly naive, free-spirited, enthusiastic. A woman who doesn't take things too seriously.

I actually find the Intense version more flattering, less offensive than the eau de parfum, which does not necessarily mean that I find the Intense better. They are already very different in my nose.

Do you know the feeling when you sit in the sauna and the sauna master makes an unbearably hot infusion? - The hot aromatized steam burns especially in the nasal mucous membranes with the first breath. Doesn't sound sexy, but that's a bit my first association with the top note (not quite as drastic, of course). Shisha note? I wouldn't have thought of that, but okay, we'll agree on something hot and steaming ;)

Ambre d'Alexandrie begins with a very warm impact of soft spiciness and full-bodied sweetness. The spiciness is my favourite and interesting part of the fragrance. It is not a spicy-scratchy direction a lá Sauvage. It is also not a spice that would create a fresh impact or even want to offend! No! This spiciness remains warm like the fragrance itself and blends harmoniously and softly with the sweet vanilla. As if she didn't want to attract attention at all and just wanted to blend in with the rest of the sweet notes. And yet she may not succeed. It remains feathery, aromatic and present. That is the point of this fragrance: it radiates an aura of harmony and warmth without being too intrusive or boring.

Ambre d'alexandrie is harmonious, aesthetic, round, has no corners and edges, stays warm, quite one-sided, has a great durability and sillage.

For me, there's something classically beautiful, aesthetic about him. I love the noble smelling spiciness, the surprising but beautiful, super-warm impact, but not like a cheap perfume, which is "just" sweet, but a gallant, but still surrounded by this always perceptible spiciness. And very skilfully.
And yes, the fragrance is not very complex and doesn't go through a strong development, but always remains quite linear. Nevertheless, it has a line that remains elegant despite the sweetness, which I often find difficult with many other quite sweet perfumes.

And can we please talk about this beautiful bottle for one second? The dark golden-coloured liquid reminiscent of honey looks magical in the high-quality bottle! (The lid is really heavy)

Great love here on my part! I would recommend to everyone to smell it once in a while! :)