Hugo Energise (2005)
by Hugo Boss

What is this? Bitter alcohol with rotten fruit, kind of smells like hospital. Energy? What is energetic about it? Even the bottle looks pharmaceutical. Not that the bottle itself is not cool, actualy it is, but the scent it contains...not!

I love, love, love this fragrance. I find it has great longevity and sillage. People often comment about how the fragrance wafts off myself toward them, but it pleases them because this smells so great. I can also smell this long after I have applied it to myself, possibly 8 hours or more. Sometimes I can smell it in the morning. It is very sweet and it does have a fruity edge, but it's different to anything I have smelt somehow and I just love it. I am on my second bottle and I can't get enough. Beat from the Hugo Boss line in my opinion.

I think this one smell very similar to CK Eternity with a modern twist to it. Great stuff. Great sillage and insane longevity. I can smell it after 10+ hours with 2 quick showers. Thumb way up!

the opening is sweet, tangy mandarin, quite synthetic – think the flavour of canned mandarin segments. There's also a light, vaguely soapy herbal note – fresh corriander (cilantro) to me, and a hint of what could be pepper – but it's not a rounded pepper with any true depth, more of a soft, unnatural, light pepper. The pyramid lists pink pepper, which I believe isnt actually a pepper in the same sense as black/white pepper, but a similar hardy berry.
The overall impression is an exotic-fruity-herbal synthetic accord, with a hint of sucked-penny metallic-ness. The heart has a faint touch of florals, but it's very 'cheap smelling', and then it dissapears altogether. No discernible base, let alone anything resembling a cocoa bean.
The sillage is pretty good, but the fragrance itself is very unimaginative and 'generic'. And the longevity is feeble.

This is more of a sedative than an energizer. Incredible longevity and good sillage. This is very distinct and unique, with almost hypnotic qualities. Coffee notes are really distinguished (cocoa?). Kind of a short-lived novelty; the bottle seems to outlast its own grace period, becoming tacky smelling over time.Recommended more for men 25 and under. Very typical of Hugo Boss.

Was offered an "After Shave" - curious about I bought the EdC. Notone of my favourits - use it sometimes during Summer.