Hugo Boss
The Scent Elixir
Aromatic
Woody
Leather
from €66.50
Hugo Boss
The Scent
The Scent, signed Hugo Boss, is an ardent and carnal oriental spicy fragrance. It opens on ginger and maninka, reveals lavender and sage at its heart and rests on a base of leather and white musk.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.
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Opening First minutes
Ginger · Maninka
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Lavender · Sage
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Base Several hours
Leather · White musk
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 2 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Maninka: no other perfume page lists it — of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue, The Scent is the only one to use this material.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Aromatic, spicy, leather and musky: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with aromatic supplying 2 of 6.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
- Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.
If The Scent by Hugo Boss seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.
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