Elements (1993)
by Hugo Boss

This fragrance smells expensive, smokey and tabacco.

It's a strong fragrance for mature men and its long lasting.

Although I had smelt it before and already liked it, it wasn't until I read Andrewthecologneguy's review that it occurred to me that Boss Elements smells like Davidoff's Cool Water, just a bit "dirtier" (perhaps warmer would be a better term).

It has a nice citrus opening and comes in a beautiful brown glass bottle. Note the plum in the top and heart notes—very few men's fragrances contain this ingredient.

Definitely one of the better and more interesting releases from this house.

Quite typical and traditional (age after Cool Water) herbaceous fougere and not very unique, but it doesn’t mean it’s a bad scent, really. And it is reasonably different after all for you to get it into your collection although you already have something a bit similar….

Elements is very dense and earthy to my nose, and that perhaps separates it mostly from other scents of this kind. Dense, earthy, fresh. That tight structure makes it a bit harsh though and it doesn’t allow much of different layers – it’s quite straightforward with lack of depth.

I sort of like this one although its one of those scents that really does burn my nostrils if I cannot ease myself on the trigger.


ps. I can’t get that plum note at all which runs through the top and middle notes in that olfactory pyramid released in here. Shame, since plum is one of my favourite (fruit) notes…

Elements is my best all round scent, it is appropriate for any occasion. But I go off it a bit in the cold weather (as I do most of the very fresh-fougere scents). It is very long lasting on me. The way it's fresh notes hits one's nose, is somewhat reminiscent of the way that Platinum Egoiste does the same. However, one really has to wear this scent to test it properly, as a back of the hand or wrist testing would probably leave you unimpressed.

And it is the one scent that I have received more compliments about, than all the other ones put together.

I am with ferrari_63074 (see below). This smells too much like coolwater by Davidoff, except to me it is dirtier.
If you don't like coolwater's syntheticity, you should do well with this. not for me though...

i don´t like it very much, it´s a bit boring,and i don´t find the metal and the aquatic elements wich referes the advertisement either
horacio from buenos aires