Hugo Boss · 1998 · Annick Ménardo

Bottled

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Crisp apple and fruit over geranium and clove with cinnamon, settling onto sandalwood, cedar and vetiver.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell fresh and fruity notes, geraniums, clove, sandalwood, cedar and vetiver.

More from Hugo Boss’s description

It also mentions Apple, Cinnamon and Wood.

The house’s page

The drawn Bottled bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled’s scent picture, a draft: fruity notes, geranium, clove, sandalwood, cedar, vetiver drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bottled, top notes: Fruity notes, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Bottled, heart: Geranium, Clove, Apple, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Bottled, dry-down: Sandalwood, Cedar, Vetiver

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 florals2 spices

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For less

Hawas ViperRasasi · Many of its own wearers say it copies Bottledabout $48 for 100 ml · about a third of Bottled’s $130

For about the same

HeroBurberry · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Bottled$170 for 100 ml

“I think it smells like the dry down of Boss Bottled EdT. Basically Bottled without the Apple sweetness.”

Reddit comment, r/Colognes, 2024

Shoppers call a cheaper stand-in a dupe.

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Classic BlackJaguar · shares geranium (rose geranium), sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver and 1 more
360° Red for MenPerry Ellis · shares clove, sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver and 1 more
ErosVersace · shares geranium (rose geranium), sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver and 1 more$129 for 100 ml · about the same as Bottled’s $130
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.