Hugo Boss · 2024 · Annick Menardo and Suzy Le Helley

Bottled Absolu

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionParfum Intense

Roasted leather, incense and myrrh with patchouli, cedarwood and amber, and a sweet, fruity touch of davana.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell roasted leather accord, patchouli essence, myrrh, cedarwood, amber and davana.

More from Hugo Boss’s description

It also mentions Leather accord, Incense essence, Myrrh absolute, Cedarwood essence and Davana essence.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled Absolu’s scent picture, a draft: roasted leather, patchouli, myrrh, cedar, amber, davana drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bottled Absolu, top notes: Frankincense, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Bottled Absolu, heart: Davana, Geraniol (rose), Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled Absolu, dry-down: Roasted leather, Patchouli, Myrrh, Cedar, Amber, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet2 spices

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · shares roasted leather accord, patchouli, myrrh, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Bottled Absolu’s $169
Epic ManAmouage · shares roasted leather accord, patchouli, myrrh, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Bottled Absolu’s $169
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares patchouli, myrrh, cedar (Atlas cedar), davana and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.