This version of Burberry Hero begins with the fleeting season of apricots and musing on how easily they bruise, how you’ll never again know the childhood euphoria of that pretty smocked easter dress the color of rice powder and coconut with ruffles and lace and three pearly buttons but you will never forget the unabashed joyful flavor of a mouth crammed full of jelly beans. What Hero where and who is it that smells like the sour cream powdered sugar sweetness of picnic ambrosia salad, all pools of Cool Whip, and marshmallows soaked in the juice of tiny mandarin oranges and pineapple syrup, but not that really–rather the phantom of that atomic summer fruit confection, the faint lingering fragrance of it, at the bottom of a polished cedar bowl.
Functional. Pedestrian. The Beige box says everything. However, I like it. I think that says quite a bit about the landscape of designer men's releases at the moment if something as mediocre as this actually appears nicer in comparison to an abysmal backdrop. I genuinely couldn't tell you what this smells like. I'm not being mean about it, just incompetent as a reviewer that's all. I must reiterate I like it, but it's not exciting enough to recall in any great detail. Is it a citrus? Softly spicy and herbal I'd say? Maybe? The notes say bergamot, black pepper, juniper and cedar, I mean if ever you were going to make a generic, man-jus, it would sound like that, but to me it's different from that even, it's softer and muskier than that note list would imply. Get it in a bargain bucket somewhere in a few months/years and I'm there.
This is like a more refined Michael Kors Extreme Blue. Will go down as one of the most underrated scents of 2021. NOTHING like Stronger With You or One Million! LOL This is a fresher woody scent.