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Burberry · Est. 1998

Touch for Women

Touch for Women opens with a dark fruit accord—blackcurrant and blackberry streaked with citrus—that feels richer and less airy than most florals from the late nineties.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released1998
Statusenriched
Touch for Women — Burberry
1998 · Fragrance
tub·van·ton·jas
Rating
3.6
2.3k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 8 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Tuberose
    65
  • Vanilla
    60
  • Tonka
    50
  • Jasmine
    50
  • Peach
    40

By the editors · 2 min readTouch for Women opens with a dark fruit accord—blackcurrant and blackberry streaked with citrus—that feels richer and less airy than most florals from the late nineties. The tartness recedes quickly, giving way to a lush white floral heart anchored by tuberose and jasmine. A thread of peach and raspberry runs through without turning sweet or candy-like, adding texture rather than brightness.

The drydown leans into vanilla and tonka bean, softened by cedar and a whisper of oakmoss that hints at chypre structure without committing fully. What emerges is a floral fragrance with weight and warmth, more bedroom than garden. It shares DNA with the era's fruity florals but wears heavier, more enveloping.

This suits someone drawn to soft, slightly retro femininity—think cashmere rather than silk. It doesn't push or challenge, but it lingers comfortably, like a familiar scent worn in from memory.

Filed: BurberrySillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap