Boss Bottled
Boss Bottled by Hugo Boss is a masculine-leaning eau de toilette from 1998 in the designer price tier. It opens with apple, bergamot and lemon, moves into cinnamon, clove and geranium and dries down to sandalwood, vetiver, cedarwood and vanilla. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Apple Crunchy and tart or soft and red, depending on the treatment.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
Heart
- Cinnamon Sweet heat. Reads festive, sometimes to a fault.
- Clove Hot, dry and dental. Powerful — a little goes a long way.
- Geranium Rosy and minty at once. Reads masculine more often than not.
Dry-down
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
Smells like this
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- Armaf Ventana
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