Burberry Summer for Men 2013
Burberry (2013)

It is what it is...A light Summer fragrance that is casual and clean. Unfortunately The 2013 version of Burberry Summer lacks staying power. If fruit, mint and musk blended into a light, fresh concoction is your thing, go for it. I had this years ago, traded it away as I found it meh. It was quite pricey at that time. Purchased a bottle recently and 2nd go it's still no head turner but I found this is nice to apply for a casual outing. *On a personal note: I'm glad my nose now senses notes I missed when I was younger. I'm appreciating fragrances I passed up years back.

Found this online for too little to pass up. I paid $9 for a new 3.3 oz bottle. I don 't think whoever is reading this now will get this for that price, but I think at around $30 is fair, and the most I would pay.

I have tried another Burberry Summer, I think it was 2009, and I remember it being better than this. It was much longer lasting too. This one opens with an effervescent citrus note. It's probably just yuzu and lemon, but to me, it smells like fresh squeezed orange juice. It dries down pretty linear, and is gone in 2-3 hours.

It also smells VERY close to Hugo Iced. I own both, and did the side by side, and they are nearly identical in the openings. They both dry down adding a little mint, but the initial 5 minutes is near identical. This one has a somewhat unique woodsy note in the middle, kind of smells like a sweet wood, though it may be too faint for others to even notice.

It's a nice pick-me-up sort of fragrance, but not much more. A guilty pleasure perhaps? A quick trip to the post office, or the gas station. It won't get you through your day, unless you wanna bring a decant and reapply, but then you might be know as "the guy who just sprayed cologne on". I don't like to be that guy, I don't want that sort of attention. I wear fragrances casually, and expect them to last more than 2-3 hours, which this one does not. But for what I paid, I will be keeping mine.

Bottom line: for under $10, it's a steal, even if you just use the bottle for a paper weight, because it looks really cool. Anything over $30 is a rip off, hell I wouldn't even pay over $20, but since this has been out for a while now, you probably won't find such great deals. I won't not recommend blind buying a bottle unless you like simple, linear, and "quick" fragrances. My biased thumbs up comes from the fact that I paid so little. Had I paid $30, it would be a neutral, and if I paid anything more, it'd be thumbs down for sure. I'm guessing that's why the other reviews are the way they are. They smelled this while prices were higher.

Ah yes, I remember this one, but only an echo of a memory. Tried it right about 4 years ago and made a short review of it on another site.

Flanker of a flanker of a flanker. Fresh, citrusy and just a bit musky. Albeit nothing new 4 years ago, even less new 4 years later, still a likeable fragrance among many similar likeable fragrances.

Originality 3/10
Scent 6/10
Longevity 7/10
Projection 6/10
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Sadly a very boring and inconsequential fragrance. Last years summer release, Burberry Brit Summer, was rather decent and I have worn it a few times. This was a very generic, weak citrus fragrance mixed with the note that everyone seemed to use this year, Mint. Not even sure if it would be worth it to pick up at TJ's for more than $15 a bottle.