Hugo Pure Purple (2006)
by Hugo Boss

Pure Purple is more of a gourmand to my nose, not so much a fruity floral in my humble opinion.

This fragrance is indeed delicate and sweet, but not in a sickening way. When first applied, Pure Purple smells like gingerbread cookies. There are hints of sugar, ginger, spices and almond. Just sniffing it was making me hungry.

In the heart, the scent continues with its sweetness. Candied violets and white cyclamen with an overload of sugar. Nectarine makes a brief appearance right before the drydown, rather than in the top notes, however the leather overshadows the fruitiness of the scent.

The leather in Pure Purple is not like the leather in let's say Bandit by Robert Piguet. This is leather that can appeal to a younger audience; synthetic and subtle. The lasting strength is really good and the sillage not very strong but not subtle either.

I find Pure Purple to be a little different, not exactly what you'd expect from a mainstream brand. Purple doesn't seem to be the right colour for this scent. I'm thinking a reddish brown or even black would compliment this fragrance better.

26th June, 2011.

The opening top notes were so-so perhaps a bit like a synthetic candy for a minute or two then it seems to shift to a nice creamy vanilla(I assume this would be the marzipan). I liked it and will have to get a bottle .

9th May, 2010.

good soft sweet violety scent...I like it.

15th April, 2010.

I smelt this fragrance way back when it first came out-and boy did it disappoint!!
It seems like Pure purple was create on a (quick) whim because Deep red was so popular and makers most likely thought Pure purple would catch on and be just as popular. Not for me! It smells too much like marzipan and thats all i could smell! with a tiny bit of lily flower somewhere when it dried down-both of which i dislike-especially marzipan. Such a disappointment, one of the worst fragrances scents i have come across.

8th March, 2009. (Last Edited: 30th September, 2009.)

This is an innocent, soft, tender, and gentle smell. It is not strong a strong scent.
The design of the bottle did not match the scent. The bottle design drew the people’s attention away from the beautiful smell and made them presume that it is a strong scent, which is what happened to my friend.
It should be a more feminine bottle (like the bright crystal bottle by Versace) to match the scent and attracts the right people. So don’t judge the book by its cover.

22nd April, 2008.

the top note was very unusual and interesting, but lasted on me for only about a minute, and then it became one more sweet and boring modern fragrance...

8th January, 2007.