Hugo Boss · 2017
Boss The Scent Intense EDP Intense
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
leather-forward
signature
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About This Perfume
Hugo Boss The Scent Intense smells like warm leather jacket, cardamom and ginger heat. It opens with cardamom and ginger, moves into maninka and lavender and settles on leather and vanilla. It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
This fragrance is best in spring, fall and winter and is an evening scent. A good pick for casual days. Released in 2017.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something leather forward and signature for casual days.
- Sample first if: leather is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike vanilla fragrances.
Around $120.
Explore more: More from Hugo Boss · Leather perfumes · Cardamom perfumes · Ginger perfumes
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
The Brand
Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss is a German designer fragrance house built around the Boss Bottled line (original 1998) and Boss The Scent, with newer elixir and flanker releases. Scendira carries 100+ Hugo Boss perfumes; the lowest is about $18 and the highest about $223. For a starting point, people most often bring up Boss Bottled Elixir, Hugo Boss Bottled Absolu and Boss Bottled Beyond.
A closer look at the picks
For Boss Bottled Elixir (2023), expect smoky resin, spicy woods and dry patchouli: frankincense and cardamom up top, labdanum absolute and cedarwood underneath. Hugo Boss Bottled Absolu (2024) comes across as smoky leather, resin and cedar after dark, with leather and frankincense at the start and davana and cedarwood at the base. Boss Bottled Beyond (Eau de Parfum, 2025) reads as cool ginger bite with leathery cedar warmth, opening on ginger and drying down to cedar leaf and saffron.
Take a look at woody perfumes and warm & amber perfumes, then the Scendira brands page when you want another house.
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FAQ
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It smells like warm leather jacket, cardamom and ginger heat. It opens with cardamom and ginger, moves into maninka and lavender and settles on leather and vanilla.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits casual days.
It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
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