Hugo Boss · 2014

Ma Vie

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Fresh cactus blossom with freesia, jasmine and rose, resting on soft cedarwood.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell cactus blossom, refined floral notes and cedarwood.

More from Hugo Boss’s description

It also mentions Refined pink floral notes, Cactus blossom accord, Freesia, Jasmine, Rose and Woods.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Ma Vie’s scent picture, a draft: cactus, refined floral, cedar, freesia, jasmine, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Ma Vie, top notes: Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Ma Vie, heart: Cactus, Refined floral, Freesia, Jasmine, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Ma Vie, dry-down: Cedar, 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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Disodium EDTABHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl alcoholMethyl cyclodextrin, not in Ingredients yetDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Donna Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), jasmine and rose$180 for 100 ml · about the same as Ma Vie’s about $99
FlowerbombViktor&Rolf · shares freesia, jasmine and rose$182 for 100 ml · about the same as Ma Vie’s about $99
Good Girl Gone BadKilian Paris · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), jasmine and rose$450 for 100 ml · about twice Ma Vie’s about $99
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.