The guys say: Girly, summery, evening-appropriate
Burberry's new floral perfume takes second-place honors, thanks to its feminine but not-too-frilly fragrance. "This was the most feminine and least old-lady-like one," raved one reviewer. Though another tester called it "mature, musky and evening-appropriate," nobody uttered a word about teachers or grandmas, which feels like a huge endorsement by omission.
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The guys say: Feminine, beachy, tropical, mornings
The classics are not lost on men. Our testers all selected the all-American Ralph Lauren fragrance as either their favorite or second favorite, crediting the clean, fruity and bright -- yet understated -- notes. "I like perfume to be really, really subtle. You shouldn't be able to smell it from more than a foot away," said one Crave staffer about his top pick. There you have it. Apparently the moral of this story is that women should been seen and not smelled -- or at the very least not in a way that evokes images of the elderly.
Photo courtesy of Ralph Lauren