Released in 2022 as the second fragrance in Burberry's Hero collection, Hero Eau de Parfum takes the line toward warmer, more ambery woods. Signed by Aurélien Guichard, it places pine needles in the top notes, benzoin and incense in the heart, and the line's trio of cedars in the base, built on the memory of a Landes forest by the ocean.
Pine needles in the top notes
In the top notes, pine needles give an aromatic, slightly resinous opening that recalls the Landes forest the perfumer says he remembered.
Benzoin and incense
The heart pairs benzoin with incense. Aurélien Guichard speaks of a trio of precious resins: benzoin resinoid, the warmest; olibanum resinoid, more mysterious; and an incense oil, more luminous, which come to thicken the cedars of the eau de toilette.
The trio of cedars
The base picks up the line's three cedars, from the Atlas, the Himalayas and Virginia. The house describes this base as earthy and also includes a pine oil, which extends the opening needles in depth.
The juniper and black pepper of the eau de toilette, which some listings also attribute to the eau de parfum, do not appear in the description the house gives of it.