My Burberry Eau de Parfum for Women is an elegant British floral fragrance that combines fresh bergamot and delicate sweet pea with geranium leaf, golden quince, freesia, rain-touched roses, and earthy patchouli. Released in 2014, it was designed to capture the scent of a London garden after the rain while drawing inspiration from Burberry’s iconic trench coat.
The fragrance opens with a bright mixture of citrus and soft flowers before developing into a fresh, slightly green floral heart. Damask rose and Centifolia rose become increasingly prominent as the perfume settles, while patchouli gives the composition structure, depth, and a subtly earthy finish.
My Burberry is sophisticated without feeling overly formal, floral without becoming excessively sweet, and polished enough for offices, weddings, professional events, romantic dates, and everyday signature-fragrance wear.
What Does My Burberry Smell Like?
My Burberry smells fresh, floral, green, citrusy, rosy, lightly fruity, earthy, and elegant.
The fragrance opens with bergamot and sweet pea.
Bergamot creates a crisp citrus brightness with a slightly green and aromatic quality. It gives the opening energy without making the perfume smell sharply lemony.
Sweet pea adds a delicate floral softness. It feels airy, lightly sweet, and graceful rather than dense or powdery.
As the fragrance develops, geranium leaf introduces a fresh green character with subtly rosy and mint-like nuances. Golden quince contributes a tart, lightly honeyed fruitiness, while freesia creates a clean floral transparency.
The dry down is defined by Damask rose, Centifolia rose, and patchouli.
Damask rose adds depth, richness, and a romantic floral quality. Centifolia rose feels softer and more petal-like, creating the impression of a garden filled with roses after rainfall.
Patchouli provides an earthy, woody foundation. It keeps the flowers from feeling overly delicate and gives My Burberry greater sophistication and lasting structure.
Overall, My Burberry smells like bergamot, sweet pea, rain-covered rose petals, green geranium leaves, tart quince, soft freesia, and earthy patchouli.
What Are the Notes in My Burberry?
My Burberry Eau de Parfum was released in 2014.
Top Notes:
Sweet Pea, Bergamot
Heart Notes:
Geranium Leaf, Golden Quince, Freesia
Base Notes:
Damask Rose, Centifolia Rose, Patchouli
Sweet pea and bergamot create the fragrance’s fresh floral-citrus opening.
Geranium leaf gives the heart a green and slightly aromatic character. Golden quince contributes delicate fruitiness, while freesia adds floral freshness.
Damask rose and Centifolia rose create the full romantic base, supported by earthy patchouli.
Some fragrance-reference pyramids include mandarin orange, grapefruit, lemon, peach, gardenia, passionfruit, musk, leather, and violet as additional supporting notes. However, Burberry’s official presentation emphasizes sweet pea, bergamot, geranium leaf, golden quince, freesia, patchouli, Damask rose, and Centifolia rose.
Is My Burberry for Men, Women, or Unisex?
My Burberry Eau de Parfum is officially marketed as a fragrance for women.
Its sweet pea, freesia, rose, quince, and floral-garden character create a traditionally feminine profile.
However, fragrance does not have strict gender rules. My Burberry may also appeal to anyone who enjoys fresh roses, green florals, bergamot, patchouli, and sophisticated garden-inspired fragrances.
It is not intensely sweet, gourmand, or powdery. Its green and earthy elements give it greater structure than a simple floral perfume.
How Long Does My Burberry Last?
My Burberry Eau de Parfum typically lasts approximately six to nine hours on most wearers.
The bergamot and sweet pea are most noticeable during the opening. Geranium leaf, quince, and freesia remain present through the heart, while rose and patchouli form the longer-lasting dry down.
Some wearers may detect the rose and patchouli on clothing beyond nine hours.
Performance can vary depending on:
- Skin chemistry
- Number of sprays
- Temperature and humidity
- Skin moisture
- Application location
- Whether the fragrance is applied to clothing
- Production batch
Applying My Burberry to moisturized skin and adding one light spray to clothing may help extend its performance.
How Strong Is the Projection?
My Burberry has moderate projection, with a more noticeable floral presence during the first two to three hours.
Bergamot, sweet pea, freesia, geranium leaf, and quince create a polished scent bubble around the wearer.
The perfume gradually becomes smoother and more intimate as the roses and patchouli settle closer to the skin.
It is noticeable without typically becoming overpowering, making it appropriate for offices, weddings, restaurants, professional events, dates, and shared indoor environments.
What Fragrance Family Is My Burberry?
My Burberry belongs primarily to the floral fragrance family.
It also displays rose, green, citrus, fruity, aromatic, earthy, and patchouli characteristics.
Its primary scent qualities include:
- Floral
- Rose
- Fresh
- Green
- Citrus
- Lightly fruity
- Earthy
- Patchouli
- Feminine
- Elegant
- Romantic
- Refined
Sweet pea, freesia, and rose create the floral identity. Bergamot provides brightness, geranium leaf contributes greenery, quince adds subtle fruitiness, and patchouli gives the composition depth.
What Seasons Is My Burberry Best For?
My Burberry is best suited for:
Spring: Excellent
Fall: Excellent
Summer: Very good with moderate application
Winter: Very good for daytime, offices, and formal occasions
Spring is one of the fragrance’s strongest seasons because sweet pea, freesia, rose, bergamot, and green geranium feel especially natural during mild weather.
Fall also works beautifully. Patchouli, quince, rose, and the fragrance’s earthy garden quality complement cooler temperatures and rainy days.
During summer, a moderate application works well for weddings, professional environments, dinners, and air-conditioned settings.
In winter, My Burberry remains elegant and wearable, although women who prefer rich vanilla, amber, gourmand, or spicy fragrances may want something warmer for very cold evenings.
Is My Burberry Better for Daytime or Nighttime?
My Burberry works well during both the daytime and early evening.
It is especially suitable for:
- Workdays
- Business meetings
- Weddings
- Brunch
- Shopping
- Professional events
- Lunch dates
- Travel
- Garden parties
- Spring outings
- Fall gatherings
Its rose and patchouli base also allows it to transition naturally into:
- Romantic dinners
- Cocktail events
- Formal celebrations
- Theater outings
- Professional dinners
- Early evening occasions
For nightlife or occasions requiring a bold, sweet, or dramatic scent, some women may prefer a richer fragrance.
What Occasions Should My Burberry Be Worn For?
My Burberry works especially well for:
- Everyday signature-fragrance wear
- Office settings
- Business meetings
- Professional networking
- Weddings
- Bridal events
- Garden parties
- Brunch
- Lunch dates
- Romantic dinners
- Cocktail events
- Family celebrations
- Spring gatherings
- Fall occasions
- Travel
- Gift giving
Its polished floral character makes it particularly suitable for women who want one fragrance that can transition between professional, social, and romantic settings.
What Age Range Is My Burberry Best Suited For?
My Burberry is especially well suited for women approximately 25 and older, although fragrance has no true age restriction.
Younger women who appreciate fresh roses and green florals may enjoy its garden-inspired personality.
Women in their late twenties, thirties, forties, and beyond may especially appreciate its balance of freshness, elegance, patchouli, and classic floral structure.
It feels mature and refined without smelling dated or overly formal.
Is My Burberry Office Appropriate?
Yes. My Burberry is highly office appropriate when applied moderately.
Its bergamot opening, clean florals, green geranium leaf, and controlled projection create a professional and polished impression.
For office wear, use approximately two to four sprays:
- One spray on each side of the neck
- One spray on the chest
- One optional light spray on clothing
Use fewer sprays in:
- Medical environments
- Airplanes
- Small meeting rooms
- Fragrance-sensitive workplaces
- Close customer interactions
Its rose and patchouli dry down gives it enough sophistication for executive meetings, client lunches, and professional networking.
Is My Burberry Good for Dates?
Yes. My Burberry is an excellent fragrance for lunch dates, romantic dinners, weddings, museum visits, cocktail outings, and polished daytime or evening occasions.
Bergamot creates a fresh first impression, while sweet pea and freesia add femininity. Rose gives the fragrance romance, and patchouli provides warmth and depth.
It works especially well when the wearer wants to smell:
- Elegant
- Feminine
- Romantic
- Sophisticated
- Fresh
- Confident
- Polished
- Naturally graceful
My Burberry is not a sugary or overtly seductive date perfume. Its attraction comes from elegance, cleanliness, and the impression of a beautifully maintained garden after rainfall.
Is My Burberry a Safe Blind Buy?
My Burberry is a relatively safe blind buy for women who enjoy rose, fresh florals, bergamot, and patchouli.
It may be a good blind buy if you enjoy:
- Sweet pea
- Bergamot
- Freesia
- Geranium leaf
- Quince
- Damask rose
- Centifolia rose
- Patchouli
- Fresh floral perfumes
- Elegant designer fragrances
- Moderate projection
- Spring and fall scents
It may be less suitable as a blind buy if you dislike:
- Rose
- Patchouli
- Green floral notes
- Geranium
- Earthy dry downs
- Traditional floral structures
- Fragrances with minimal vanilla
- Perfumes without gourmand sweetness
Someone who primarily wears fruity, aquatic, vanilla, or caramel-based fragrances may find My Burberry more floral and classically structured than expected.
What Fragrances Smell Similar to My Burberry?
No perfume smells exactly like My Burberry, but these three fragrances from the South Beach Perfumes catalog share aspects of its rose, citrus, floral, green, musky, woody, or sophisticated feminine character.
Burberry Her London Dream
Burberry Her London Dream offers a lighter and more contemporary Burberry floral experience.
It combines lemon, ginger, peony, rose, musk, and amber.
Both fragrances feature bright citrus, rose, fresh flowers, and a polished British identity.
London Dream is lighter, cleaner, softer, and more musky. My Burberry is greener, earthier, more rose-focused, and more substantial because of geranium leaf, quince, freesia, and patchouli.
Choose London Dream for airy everyday freshness. Choose My Burberry for a more structured and sophisticated floral fragrance.
Coach Eau de Parfum
Coach Eau de Parfum combines pear, raspberry leaf, pink pepper, Turkish rose, gardenia, cyclamen, suede, musk, cashmeran, and sandalwood.
Both fragrances pair fresh fruit and flowers with rose, musk, and a warm structured base.
Coach is fruitier, sweeter, more modern, and more suede-like. My Burberry is greener, more floral, more earthy, and more closely centered on rose and patchouli.
Both work well for offices, brunch, dates, professional events, and polished everyday wear.
Beautiful by Estée Lauder
Beautiful shares My Burberry’s full floral character, romantic rose, citrus brightness, and warm woody depth.
It combines rose, mandarin orange, lily, tuberose, marigold, orange blossom, jasmine, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vetiver, and amber.
Beautiful is richer, warmer, more traditionally floral, and more formal. My Burberry is fresher, greener, more transparent, and easier to wear in professional daytime settings.
Choose Beautiful for a grand classic bouquet. Choose My Burberry for a cleaner and more modern British garden-floral style.
What Is the Difference Between the Available Concentrations?
The My Burberry collection includes several concentrations and related interpretations. These are not simply identical formulas offered at different strengths.
My Burberry Eau de Parfum
The original Eau de Parfum features:
- Sweet Pea
- Bergamot
- Geranium Leaf
- Golden Quince
- Freesia
- Damask Rose
- Centifolia Rose
- Patchouli
It is floral, green, rosy, elegant, fresh, and earthy.
My Burberry Eau de Toilette
My Burberry Eau de Toilette is a lighter interpretation featuring sweet pea, lemon flower, peony, peach blossom, freesia, Damask rose, white moss, and musk.
It feels brighter, airier, more citrus-floral, and less patchouli-driven than the Eau de Parfum.
The Eau de Parfum is richer, deeper, more rose-focused, and generally longer lasting.
My Burberry Blush Eau de Parfum
My Burberry Blush is a separate fruity-floral interpretation featuring glazed pomegranate, lemon, rose petals, green apple, geranium, jasmine, and wisteria.
It is fruitier, brighter, more playful, and more youthful than the original My Burberry Eau de Parfum.
My Burberry Black
My Burberry Black is a deeper and more sensual interpretation featuring jasmine, peach nectar, candied rose, amber, and patchouli.
It is warmer, sweeter, darker, and more naturally suited to nighttime and cooler weather.
Different Bottle Sizes
Different bottle sizes of My Burberry Eau de Parfum contain the same concentration. A larger bottle provides more perfume but does not contain a stronger formula.
Learn more about fragrance concentrations.
Is My Burberry Discontinued?
No. My Burberry Eau de Parfum is not currently discontinued.
Burberry continues to list the fragrance on its official website in multiple bottle sizes.
However, distribution may be narrower than it was at launch, and availability can vary by:
- Bottle size
- Country
- Retailer
- Gift-set presentation
- Packaging generation
- Regional inventory
Individual flankers, special editions, or gift sets may be discontinued even while the original Eau de Parfum remains available.
When Was My Burberry Released?
My Burberry Eau de Parfum was released in 2014.
The fragrance was inspired by Burberry’s iconic trench coat and the scent of a London garden after rainfall.
Its name refers to the affectionate way customers often describe their Burberry trench coat as “my Burberry.”
The bottle reinforces this connection through:
- A horn-finish cap inspired by trench-coat buttons
- A hand-tied gabardine ribbon
- A structured glass design
- A warm honey-colored fragrance
- Styling connected to Burberry’s British fashion heritage
The launch campaign featured Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne and was photographed by Mario Testino.
Who Created My Burberry?
My Burberry was created by master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian in collaboration with Burberry’s creative direction.
Kurkdjian developed a floral composition that recreates the atmosphere of a London garden after the rain.
Bergamot and sweet pea create brightness, while geranium leaf, freesia, and quince add greenery and freshness.
Damask rose and Centifolia rose provide the romantic floral foundation, while patchouli suggests wet earth and garden soil.
How Many Sprays of My Burberry Should Be Used?
For most situations, use approximately three to six sprays.
Office or close indoor setting: Two to four sprays
Everyday daytime wear: Three to five sprays
Wedding or formal event: Three to five sprays
Date or dinner: Three to five sprays
Outdoor spring or fall event: Four to six sprays
Hot weather: Two to three sprays
A balanced application may include:
- One spray on each side of the neck
- One spray on the chest
- One spray on the back of the neck
- One optional spray on clothing
Begin moderately because rose and patchouli can become more noticeable as the perfume develops.
Avoid excessive application in offices, airplanes, restaurants, medical environments, or other fragrance-sensitive spaces.
Is My Burberry Authentic?
Yes. The My Burberry Eau de Parfum offered by South Beach Perfumes is an authentic Burberry fragrance.
South Beach Perfumes sells authentic, original brand-name perfumes and colognes sourced through trusted fragrance distribution channels.
Authentic My Burberry bottles may display differences based on:
- Production year
- Bottle size
- Packaging redesigns
- Ribbon presentation
- Regional distribution
- Batch-code placement
- Label formatting
- Country-specific packaging
- Gift-set presentation
- Retail or tester format
These normal production and packaging variations do not automatically indicate that a fragrance is counterfeit.
Learn more about our product guarantee policy.
Who Should Buy My Burberry?
My Burberry is an excellent choice for someone who:
- Enjoys rose fragrances
- Likes sweet pea and freesia
- Appreciates fresh bergamot
- Enjoys green geranium leaf
- Likes quince
- Prefers patchouli in floral perfumes
- Wants an elegant office fragrance
- Needs a wedding or special-event perfume
- Prefers moderate projection
- Wants a spring or fall signature scent
- Enjoys polished British fragrances
- Likes floral perfumes without heavy sweetness
- Wants a romantic date fragrance
- Appreciates sophisticated designer perfumes
- Enjoys garden-inspired scents
It is especially suitable for someone seeking a fresh rose perfume with green, earthy, and elegant qualities.
Who May Not Like My Burberry?
My Burberry may not be the best choice for someone who:
- Dislikes rose
- Avoids patchouli
- Does not enjoy green floral notes
- Prefers rich vanilla perfumes
- Wants a sweet gourmand fragrance
- Loves caramel or candy-like scents
- Prefers aquatic perfumes
- Wants very strong projection
- Dislikes geranium
- Wants a dark nighttime fragrance
- Prefers fruit-dominant perfumes
- Avoids classic floral structures
- Wants a youthful berry fragrance
- Prefers minimal fragrance development
- Wants a tropical or beach-inspired scent
Its rose-and-patchouli structure may feel too floral or traditional for someone who primarily wears sugary, fruity, aquatic, or gourmand perfumes.
Final South Beach Perfumes Expert Review
My Burberry Eau de Parfum is an elegant contemporary floral that successfully translates Burberry’s British fashion identity into fragrance.
The perfume opens with bergamot and sweet pea. Bergamot provides crisp brightness, while sweet pea introduces a delicate and graceful floral softness.
Geranium leaf creates a fresh green character through the heart. Golden quince adds tart fruitiness, while freesia produces a clean and transparent floral effect.
The dry down is centered on Damask rose, Centifolia rose, and patchouli. The roses feel romantic, natural, and softly rain-touched rather than syrupy or heavily powdered. Patchouli adds earthy depth and evokes the smell of damp soil beneath a garden after rainfall.
Its greatest strength is polish. My Burberry smells appropriate for offices, weddings, client meetings, professional events, romantic dinners, and everyday signature-fragrance wear.
It is floral without becoming overwhelmingly sweet, earthy without becoming dark, and sophisticated without feeling difficult to wear.
Its primary limitation is its traditional floral structure. Women who strongly prefer berry, vanilla, caramel, aquatic, or gourmand perfumes may find it more rose-focused and restrained than expected.
Performance is dependable rather than overpowering, with moderate projection and approximately six to nine hours of wear for many users.
For women who enjoy bergamot, sweet pea, geranium, freesia, quince, rose, patchouli, and elegant garden-inspired fragrances, My Burberry remains one of Burberry’s most refined modern perfumes.
South Beach Perfumes Expert Rating: 9.2 out of 10
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