Hugo Dark Blue (1999)
by Hugo Boss

I was fairly mistaken. This scent is not bad. First time I tried it, I thought I tried it, but it was a fake atrocious smell. After quite a while I tried the real Dark Blue and I find it to be a solid oriental spicy fragrance worthy of my attention. Really is kind of dark and naughty. Evening scent for outgoing people.

Compared to the original Hugo, this is much more appealing. It is less "sourish". Longevity and projection is great. Has a similar dry-down as Hugo, though much sweeter and enjoyable.

It is what its spelled like... a fresh, dark, clean scent that really can't be mistaken for anything else then fresh. I can understand why people would not like this. Its got a high school prom smell to it, but to be honest, that who Boss marketed this for. It even has a tooth pasty essence to it, to be honest. It was created about the same time that Boss bottled was but won't last nearly as long down the road so get it while it's still made.

One of very, very few Boss fragrances that has at least something interesting going on, imo.

I like the name and the bottle. The scent itself is sort of interesting; Cool and spicy ginger engaged with quite well made suede accord does smell very good. I also get a very distant hint of the smell of cherry flavoured pipe tobacco.

It smells kind of synthetic yes, but as very usual, I don’t have problems with these synthetic vibes at all. More on the contrary.

This has some very interesting ingredients to it. But this is one of those scents in which (much) higher concentration would serve very well : Dark Blue should be fine in fuller, more dense, richer structure. It would also improve the lasting power which now on me does seem to be very poor.

i actually enjoy this version of hugo more so than the original. it's a dark & sweet scent. strong, yet isn't overbearing or cloying. really reminds me alot of gucci por homme II, but just a hint sweeter. i really love this stuff. i'd rank this one next to hugo bottled and selection as the best boss has to offer.

Hugo Boss's more reserved alter-ego. Same essense with a touch of mint and without all the filler that makes the original so wild, mischeivious, unique. Pardon me, to all of those who like this sequel, but I'll stick to the tried and true

-MAX