Hugo Boss

Hugo Dark Blue

Woody Spicy · 1999

GrapefruitGingerLemonLimeOrangeCypressCardamomMahoganyGeraniumSageVanillaCedarBenzoinVetiverPatchouli

Notes checked against a published listing.

Reported longevity
Moderate
Reported sillage
Moderate
Typical occasion
Office/Daily
Typical season
Spring

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Modelled profile

A bright mix of orange, lime, lemon and grapefruit over ginger and cypress. Zesty and cool with a woody-green edge, it stays crisp start to finish. Clean and lively.

Taste Profile

The Natural archetype

The Natural

The Soft Presence

Warm enough to feel right. Easy enough to forget.

Some choices just work. This one keeps working. The best kind of invisible.

How Hugo Dark Blue smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Hugo Dark Blue is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthtemperate0.55

Hugo Dark Blue sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 63rd percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.41

Hugo Dark Blue sits mid-range on projection. That is 15th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.17

Hugo Dark Blue is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturebalanced0.42

Hugo Dark Blue carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 22nd percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnesslightly sweet0.35

Hugo Dark Blue carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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