Hugo Boss · 2015

The Scent

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Spicy ginger and exotic maninka fruit with a hint of lavender, drying down to smooth leather.

Hugo Boss says

You’ll smell ginger, maninka fruit and leather notes.

More from Hugo Boss’s description

It also mentions Exotic Maninka, Leather and Lavender.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

The Scent’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, maninka fruit, leather, lavender, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

The Scent, top notes: Ginger, Maninka fruit, Lavender

Heartas it settles

The Scent, heart: Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

The Scent, dry-down: Leather, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Bottled BeyondHugo Boss · shares ginger and leather notes$160 for 100 ml · about the same as The Scent’s $130
Silent MelodyOakcha · shares ginger and lavender$39.95 for 50 ml
Uomo Born in Roma IntenseValentino · shares ginger and lavender$165 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.