Hugo Boss · 1995

Hugo Man

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Crisp green apple and aromatic herbs over a resinous fir balsam.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell green apple, fir balsam and aromatic notes.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Hugo Man’s scent picture, a draft: apple, fir balsam, aromatic notes, citral (lemon), geraniol (rose), eugenol (clove) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Hugo Man, top notes: Fir balsam, Aromatic notes, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Hugo Man, heart: Apple, Geraniol (rose), Eugenol (clove)

What’s inside it

What Hugo Boss names

What the label names

9 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 florals2 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl alcoholCi 60730Ci 42090Ci 19140Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Acqua di Giò IntenseArmani · shares apple$160 for 100 ml · about twice Hugo Man’s $104
Be DeliciousDKNY · shares apple$100 for 100 ml · about the same as Hugo Man’s $104
TommyTommy Hilfiger · shares apple
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.