Hero Parfum: Cedar Taken Out of the Pickle Jar Then Grilled With Vanilla

Burberry's new Hero Parfum is a storied notch in the subgenre of smoky woody-ambers. To me, it smells like a patchwork of established releases combined for a pleasing multi-scene cliché. The scent's sentiment moves quite wildly from act to act but can't quite break through to new territory. Santal 33's infamous pickled wood emerges at Hero Parfum's beginning - rubbery, sterile, and bitter. In ta...