Hugo Boss · 2010

Bottled Night

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Fresh lavender and birch leaves over African violet, drying to woods led by louro amarelo.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell woods and louro amarelo.

More from Hugo Boss’s description

It also mentions Lavender, Birch leaves, African violet and Lauro amarello wood.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled Night’s scent picture, a draft: woody notes, lavender, birch, violet, citral (lemon), eugenol (clove) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bottled Night, top notes: Lavender, Violet, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Bottled Night, heart: Louro amarelo, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled Night, dry-down: Woody notes, Birch

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 & lavender3 florals1 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Ext. violet 2Red 4Yellow 5Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Musk MubakharArabian Oud · shares birch (silver birch) and violet (sweet violet)$170 for 100 ml
FahrenheitDior · shares birch (silver birch) and violet (sweet violet)$142 for 100 ml · about the same as Bottled Night’s $130
DaisyMarc Jacobs · shares birch (silver birch) and violet (sweet violet)$146 for 100 ml · about the same as Bottled Night’s $130
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.