Hugo Boss · 2025 · Daphné Bugey, Frank Voelkl and Bruno Jovanovic

Bottled Beyond

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty bergamot and lemon with spicy ginger and lavender over leather, patchouli and velvety woods, with a hint of vanilla.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell ginger and leather.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled Beyond’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, leather, bergamot, lemon, sweet orange, lavender drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bottled Beyond, top notes: Ginger, Bergamot, Lemon, Sweet orange, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Bottled Beyond, heart: Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled Beyond, dry-down: Leather, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk), Vanillin (vanilla), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Hugo Boss names

What the label names

31 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.

7 citrus7 herbs & lavender6 florals3 woods2 sweet3 spices2 musks1 powder

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

Not for the smell8

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Eau d'Ombré LeatherTom Ford · shares ginger and leather$200 for 100 ml · about the same as Bottled Beyond’s $160
Black For HimKenneth Cole · shares ginger and leather$90 for 100 ml · about half of Bottled Beyond’s $160
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares ginger and leather
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.